Goomba38 > wrote in
:

> PeterLucas wrote:
>> "kilikini" > wrote in
>> :
>>
>>
>>> My hubby makes about $14K a year and supports the both of us as best
>>> he can. It can be done!
>>>
>>
>>
>> Excuse the French but.......... ***** me*!!!
>>
>> Even with the exchange rate (it comes out to AUD$15,140.00) that is
>> pathetic for the "supposed" #1 country in the world!!
>>
>> Our 23yo daughter is working for the State electricity Board. Just
>> doing office work.
>>
>> She earns AUD$52,000.
>>
>>
>> My advice.......... give the 'greatest country in the world' the
>> flick and come to the "Lucky Country".
>>
>>
>> (Although they pay their ex-soldiers jack-shit........ it's just on 4
>> times what TFM is making)
>>
>>
>>
>> No wonder so many people in the US turn to crime.
>>
> I think you're getting a distorted or inaccurate impression of the US
> society on the whole based on this family's unusual situation?
>
>
>



No.


My CA wife was a Theoretical Physicist (working on the 'Star Wars'
program) at UCLA and she counted *every* penny she had.

I was an Aussie ex-soldier, bumming around the world skydiving, earning
more than twice as much as she was.

Here's a look at the average wage for Aussies......

http://www.domainsdownunder.com/wages-australia.html

and when compared to this..........

http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_fl.htm#b47-0000



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


Wars begin where you will...
but they do not end where you please.

Machiavelli