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A long time ago, (30.12.04), in a galaxy far, far away, Jerald Sheets wrote:

:=Yet, you just enumerated 60% of your total income between a car and house.
:=If you can live on 40% besides that (what with groceries, transportation,
:=and utilities), I want to learn your particular form of black magic.
:=
:=Jerald M. Sheets jr.
:=Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator
:=McKesson, Inc.
:=(404) 293-8762
:=**********
:=>su -
:=Password:
:=# cat /dev/flood > /dev/earth
:=# rdev noah+beasts
:=# dd if=noah+beasts of=/dev/earth 
:=
:=-----Original Message-----
:=From: ale-bounces at ale.org [<a  rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ale-bounces";>mailto:ale-bounces</a> at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jim
:=Popovitch
:=Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 1:08 AM
:=To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
:=Subject: RE: [ale] OT: H1B: PLEASE DISREGARD EARLIER POSTS
:=
:=On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 23:09 -0500, Jerald Sheets wrote:
:=&gt; Yeah, but when you buy a home and car, a 10% cut can be brutal.
:=
:=Consider the recommendations, of learned financial planners, that tell you
:=to never take a car payment more than 20% of your *expected* monthly income,
:=nor a house payment more than 40% of your *expected* monthly income.  Note:
:=*expected* is what you are worth, not what you are paid.
:=At that pace a 10% cut in salary should mean less barbecues, not brutality.
:=
:=It means a more restrained lifestyle, however the choice is yours and no one
:=(other than maybe a friend or spouse) is forcing you down the road
:=to financial disaster.   I love to see the stories about the dual BMW
:=folks, in the $400K house, complaining about the H1B guy/gal &quot;taking&quot;
:=their admin/security/support/IT job.  As John Stossel says.. &quot;Give me a
:=Break!&quot;
:=
:=-Jim P.
:=
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