[Proud_USA_Republican]

A higher salary doesn't mean a lot if it only makes you more of a target for your family members to be kidnapped for ransom by the mob.

[kingu]

A higher salary doesn't mean a lot if it only makes you more of a target for your family members to be kidnapped for ransom by the mob.

Exactly. Getting home with that increased paycheck is generally a goal that anyone expects. A Russian friend once confided...

New government, old government. I still have to deal with the same thugs. The only difference is that we now have capitalism. They're self employed thugs with guns.

[x5452]

I'v never heard of anyone being kidnapped for pulling in 200 a month.