How much does your household make?

[TXlib]

Numbers in US Dollars, annual gross income

[GOPisEvil]

1. $43,219.44! You can look it up.

No, actually you can look it up. My rate of salary and benefits package is public information. :P

Well, not mine personally, but all the numbers are public record. If you know enough about me you can figure it out.

[commander bunnypants]

2. yer rich

Are you sure you aint no closet republican?

DU wants to know?

BAwhahahahahah

[GOPisEvil]

5. I'm rich in more ways than one!

I voted for a Republican once. I'll never make that mistake again.

[commander bunnypants]

7. larf

actually you sound like me... Poor over worked under paid civil servant....

I shoulda been a forest ranger.

Damn, cant do that either with the widespread destruction ordered from the Chimp.

Ah hell, I am going to Harvard, get in Skull and Bones, be an average student, skip military service, ride the family coattails and become President.

I am going to bed now..

DDQM

[GOPisEvil]

9. Eh, I can't complain...I'm not driven like a slave...

I'm treated fairly well here at the office, although I'm not fond of my actual duties.

My college offered forestry as a major - maybe I should have studied that instead of Poli. Sci.

[Pegleg Thd]

4. Social security does not

pay retirees very well.

[tinnyguy1777]

10. I agree with pegleg----SS is not at all what I was used to.

[GOPisEvil]

11. You got that right.

I started off as a food stamp case worker 12 years ago. Seeing the retirees trying to scrape by on their SS was painful. Most of them qualified for a very small amount of benefits, but were always really thankful for anything they received. I really went out of my way for those folks.

Thankfully my dad has military and federal retirement to augment his and mom's SS.

[commander bunnypants]

13. I got family's getting about

30 bucks a month. Impossible to feed children on that. Damn shame

DDQM

[XNASA]

12. That'll buy you a whole lotta BBQ brisket....

and that's not chopped liver.

[GOPisEvil]

15. Heh! Too bad I blow it on cds, live music and golf.

Oh, the occasional BBQ brisket, too. :9

[commander bunnypants]

17. I bought a pork loin

last night... and I copy CD's now. Me bad


DDQM

[VelmaD]

14. Mine is public record too...

No fair. They pay you better than they do me. $35,755.20 a year here. x( *pout*

Next time we go out to lunch...you're buying, Mr. Moneybags. :-)

[GOPisEvil]

16. $1746.96 of that is longevity pay and benefit replacement pay!

It's a good thing to be an old-timer! :bounce:

[VelmaD]

18. I get a whole whopping $40 a month...

in longevity pay. No BRP though. Haven't been here long enough.

What kills me isn't the taxes and social security and whatnot...it's the $200+ dollars that comes out every month to pay off my student loans. x(

[GOPisEvil]

19. Ouch! I just have a 401(k) loan that I am paying off.

As of August 31st, that's paid off. But, I'll start contributing a similar amount starting September. :-)

Oh, and I go to $80 longevity in September too. :-)

[VelmaD]

20. Yer damn right "ouch!"

If anyone ever asks you if going to graduate school at UT is expensive...you tell them "yes".

[GOPisEvil]

21. At least you got to meet Karl Rove!

*ducks*

[VelmaD]

25. Meet Karl Rove? MEET?!!!

I had to listen to that...thing...lecture for 3 hours every week for an ENTIRE FUCKING SEMESTER. ARGH!!!!!!!!!

[GOPisEvil]

26. Heehee...so you've met, then?

*hides behind desk* You're gonna come over here and throw shit at me soon. Heavy shit. Hehe!

[VelmaD]

27. Yup...probably furniture.

The spare tire for my car. A frozen turkey. Whatever is at hand - maybe just hit you repeatedly on the head with your own stapler. :evilgrin:

[GOPisEvil]

28. Oh no! Not the stapler!

I've got one of those old-school state staplers, too. It's metal. :scared:

[Richardo]

31. Use the Swingline instead of the Boston...

I have it on good authority...

[KamaAina]

3. Less than a part-time bartender at the Hyatt Waikiki

on an hourly basis, that is; job listings at the Hyatt were posted in the office, for the benefit of our consumers, and... OUCH! "What'll you have, mister?"

Bear in mind I coordinate a statewide program, and possess a cum laude degree from the same place where Bush* got straight C's.

[Supormom]

6. Wish I'd known...

We were just vacationing in Hawaii last month.

[BiggJawn]

8. Yeah, and those who make twice what I do consider themselves...

..."Middle-Class", yet I get ragged on for calling myself "Working Poor". :-(

22. feels strange

but when I got my last check for 2003, I realized I'd made over $46,000. (of course, I am in NYC where life is not cheap)
I've never made that kind of money in my life & I'm 47. As recently as 2 years ago I was making less than $10 an hour and in '96 I made less than $10,000 and was eating beans and rice and one meal a day.
So since Bush has been pResident, my personal economic situation has improved immensely. But there's no way I will vote for him. Even if Lieberman gets the nomination!
I know what it's like to struggle & there are things in America that are more important than the fact I'm making money.
I wish more people thought like I did.

[Skittles]

23. me and Tombo make $153,000

but it sure as HELL ain't even. :D

[GOPisEvil]

24. Did you ever get down here to pick up his fancy-schmancy car?!

:hi:

[Skittles]

29. I ended up driving him to the airport

and he flew down and picked it up. So now he has a 2004 Honda S2000, a 2003 Honda Insight, a '66 Triumph and a big ass freaking tractor. Can you guess which one of us is overpaid???

[GOPisEvil]

30. Oooooh...a 66 Triumph! Sweet!

I want an old Corvair - but I'm not as overpaid as he is! :D

[populistmom]

32. I'm a stay at home mom and student- I make jack fucking squat

I can't wait to work again. I hate this. I don't care if I end up married to a damned millionaire someday, I will never let myself get stuck like this again.
(Another reason to hope I don't get wait-listed to start my nursing clinicals next year.)

[supernova]

33. Absolute Jack

Nada. Zero. Zip. Zilch. I made nothing last year. Did not contribute to the economy in any way whatsoever. Well, I made a couple of house payments for one plumber. x(

My investments made a little money, that's about it. At least I still have those. I'm not in debt.

Next stop: temp agencies. *sigh* I can't wait to go back to work. I feel like such a bum.

[SOteric]

34. Well, I've got 3 jobs and my cat brought home a pork chop once.

How do you want me to factor that together?