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Costs.Costs.Posted Aug 2, 2002 6:17 UTC (Fri) by percy (guest, #3073)In reply to: Costs. by Inoshiro Parent article: Is it really The End? $3,000 per month per person is nothing. Please note that they mentioned the magic word "health insurance", which is a very necessary evil. Of the $3k, 1/2 to 1/3 actually ends up getting paid in salary while the rest goes to benefits such as health insurance and the like. Assuming that each person, after health insurance, gets $1,500, that would mean that they are making $18,000/year gross. Try paying a mortgage, feeding the family, paying utilities, making a car payment, etc... with $1,500 a month *before taxes*. In all reality, $3,000 a month still represents a large sacrifice on the part of the LWN staff.
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Perhaps a move would help. Posted Aug 3, 2002 0:40 UTC (Sat) by Inoshiro (guest, #3070) [Link] Canada is much cheaper to live in. With the money supplied, they could live like kings. If they want tropical weather, Vancouver is very much like Seattle (they are spitting distances from each other).
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