Quote from: buwaytress on November 28, 2016, 06:02:02 AM

Quote from: Enotche on July 01, 2016, 09:54:07 AM

Quote from: HCLivess on July 01, 2016, 08:24:37 AM

I want to talk about salaries. How much $ do you have left after paying taxes, rent, and basic expenses (electricity, water)
I get $10 000/y like a fucking slave
My spending basic is $5 000 / year, including food, $2 500 without food
I live in the former SSSR
Another reason to move away

Also they give me these communistic so called "benefits" when you get like prepaid cards for predefined services

You must be joking? $ 10,000 a year?
I get $ 2,300 a year! I worked in the fire protection with a salary of 185 dollars a month. Now I try to get a job in a special communication with the same salary.
Taxes in Russia about 50-60%.

P.S
I looked at your profile, that you are from the Czech Republic. I was born there, but I live in Russia. Ohh ... better to live in the Czech Republic, seriously.

I can truly sympathise with you. Were I still employed I would have taken home on a very good job USD6,000 per year pre-tax (min wage is almost USD 2,000 annually). At that bracket tax is only (!) 20% so let us say I end up with $4800 a year.

Forget expenses, I really don't spend more than i have to. I was able to send money home to parents like most Asians do= 3,000 per year. I have virtually no savings of my own.

So the simple answer is I can keep 3,000 per year. I rent a space in a flat (not a room), cook meals for many ppl to cut costs. we use basic free internet. So I can live on very little.

It seems like a good deal but only if you don't mind living this life every day and have nowhere to go.

These examples nicely illustrate that it makes absolutely no sense to compare absolute dollar/Bitcoin amounts. Depending on the country you live in, it may be possible to have an upper class lifestyle with an income that would be insufficient to rent an apartment in other countries. You always have to take into account the cost of living in your area.

It's true however, that life tends to be a lot harder in most socialist countries compared to those which have more market oriented economies. The reason is the high tax burden, combined with excessive economic restriction (for example operating a business) that is symptomatic for these countries. The collected tax is then squandered by an oversized bureaucracy with little benefits left over for those in need.

ya.ya.yo!