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Originally Posted by _paralyzed_
I pull in $8500 a year. My income (disability check) is low enough that I don't even have to file taxes.
On top of that I get $90 a month ($1080 a year) in food support. I generally live off $60 of food each month, and I use the extra $30 at the end of the month to treat myself to some filet mignon or salmon.
And in the last 8 years I've accumulated probably $10k in r/c stuff, and bought and sold my way to what I have now.
So I live off a total of $9580 a year and still spend about $200 a month on r/c.
I drive a '98 van that is payed for. 190,000 miles and runs like new, my old man is meticulous about maintenance. New hoses and belt before they fail, every grease zerk greased at every oil change, water pump and alternator replaced before failing, stuff like that. I will own the van to 300,000+ miles.
Yeah, if I made $250,000 a year I would spend most of it. It's amazing how little I can live on though. The world is full of excess.
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I am guessing you live with your parents? There could be no way I could even feed my self on that. Probably because I consume half my body weight in food every day but still that is not much money on the scale of things. Good on you for that. At least you know the true value of the dollar.
I Hate tax time. Every year I get smacked with a big tax bill. Mainly due to all the little perks I get from work. They call it Fringe Benefit Tax or FBT for short. Last year I had to pay nearly $4K tax time and belive it or not I wasn"t too upset about that. It's been worse than that. I know I can't complain as it still works out in my favor but I hate having to blow my savings every year on tax. GRRRRRR!!!!
Couple of years ago I went to Europe on a holiday to see some of my cousins. They live in Serbia and Croatia. I set my self a limit of $100 a day over the 8 weeks I was there. First day I walked into a bar I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. Hineken was about $1.20 and evry other beer was even cheaper. In a bar!!!!!
First day I blew about $60 and that includes the taxi I had to be carried into. By the end of the first week I thought my liver was going to pack it in. Food was even cheaper. I loved it. Spent about $5.5K of the $9K i allowed. I wish I couls make money here in Australia and live there.