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To: JohnnyZ

Do you have any idea what it costs to live in Silicon Valley? At $50k you can forget about ever owning a house. Let's say you are making $100k. You buy a 40 year old 3 bedroom 1600 sq ft home close enough to not commute 3 hours a day in an area where your car windows aren't broken every night. $300k down (from who knows where) mortage $700k @ 5%. That's $35k a year in interest, $10k in property taxes. Take SS out of your check about $8k, and pay the state and fed some income tax and you're living on around $2k a month. Excuse me if after getting an advanced degree from one of the hardest tech schools in the country and putting in 60 hours a week if I expected more.


146 posted on 03/15/2006 8:46:06 AM PST by CA_soon_gone
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To: CA_soon_gone

Don't bother, Americans all working for 8.50 hour is a good thing, right??????????

MJohny is the first to spout how no one knows anything but him and will be the first to call names.

Look at his past - For Meirs, For DPW deal, probably for the scamnesty, etc etc. That tells you something right??????


155 posted on 03/15/2006 8:57:22 AM PST by chris1
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