TAXES SUCK ! don't forget the gas you pay at the pump and do you smoke ?? well the gov. thanks you very much than theres the property tax and tabs for your car too!! YAHOO !! when you buy or sell your car you pay tax the list goes on and on so the real deal is almost 50% of your income goes to TAXES

I've made one of those spread sheets before,
I've got one for calculating my fuel mileage too

I work under the table...12/hour landscaping. I restart for the spring and summer next weeked.

you guys in texas dont get paid much...

i did customer service for 8 freakin years!! the last 2 1/2 i was a photo manager making 8.30/hr at walgreens... i liked it... i get to yell at customers when they started to yell at me
i've thrown people out... ive caught #'* of thiefs.. but ill never do it again!!! i love my desk job at 13.30/hr well its less after taxes but i still love what i bring home!!

I do e-commerce customer service. I been here 4 years, and it ain't too bad. Take a few phone calls, do a few e-mails. I've moved up to a semi-supervisory day shift position. I make $14.40 an hour. Basically enough for bills, beer, and bait....

I guess now I know why I still live here in Ma. Im a little over $20.00 an hour and
that is still not making much around here.(I work for a non-profit orginization)
Damn. rents alone are around a $1000.00-1200.00 a month and thats for a 2 bedroom
apartment. If you live in Boston area the rent is double that.
It use to be said that rent was one weeks pay but has changed to two weeks.
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for those who rent Im curious as to how much you pay.

I pay 800 bux, plus uitilities, for a one bedroom duplex. The nice part, tho, is that includes cable TV and internet. AND, we get free run of the yard. The wife has a few gardens, I can wash my car in the back. ABout as nice as it gets without owning your own property

$425, one bedroom, carport, and a dog, plus utilities

Something between 20 and 30 an hour at my engineering job. Salary, I'll let you speculate as to what it actually works out to an hour.

Um... We used to rent this house at $400/mo three years ago. 3bdrm/1bath, large yard, shade trees, 19*21ft shed, 18' round above ground pool...

You guys are poor.

That'* not too bad. Start calculating in overtime pay and then you really feel the bite in the ***. Just remember the more money you make, the more tax law loop holes you can exploit and keep more of that precious green.
Hmm, what was taxation without representation again?