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The Cost of Living and a Plan for a Better Pay Scale
A dated consider-the-balance piece contrasts a 30 year old standard of living with today’s wages. It calculates monthly income and expenses including rent heating food clothing transport taxes and modest entertainment showing a squeeze from $1600 gross monthly pay to a far smaller take home after expenses and taxes. It proposes playful fixes such as marrying up moving in with relatives or aligning to a higher wage or lower taxes while critiquing federal budget provisions and the idea of a universal minimum wage.
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Europe
Great Britain
Revenue Canada
Ottawa