Yes the median is below what the OP claimed, 160k. You're right, I presumed no care costs. Retirement savings actually help at that income level. They drop the 28% as do flex spending accounts to pay for child/elder care that tend to be offered at companies that pay 160K. He STILL has over 6k/month to deal with those costs even without the flex and retirement tax savings.
All of this falls into... Can you say it? Financial management. I knew ya could.
let's see... My crude rule of thumb, that kept me out of IRS trouble when I was self employed was set aside 28% for taxes. Call it 45,000/year out of 160,000. Leaving 115,000. Rent of 3000/month... 36000/year and now I see 76,000/year or 6500/month.
Oh the poor baby!
I'd say he needs to learn how to manage his money. From the looks of his complaint, he's a windows or Mac weenie... Quicken will help him a lot
Many, many moons ago studios owned the theaters and there were enforced anti-trust actions. A few years back I started wondering who owned what and found something interesting. Large amusement companies own the theater chains. They also hold large stakes in the studios and many production companies.
Ya know how we sometimes stories about how a musical group get's a million dollar contract for 2 albums and all the production costs are billed by the record company against the contract... And all the companies and services being paid are subsidiaries of the record company?
It seems to work the same way in movies. Except they got smart enough to not do it directly and the big amusement companies collect at every step of the way.
Yes, you own the gear and the land and the building, BUT you have to sell via an aggregator to the utility/independent system operator. The utilities rigged the public utilities regulations that way.
The grid operator/utility doesn't actually do business with the home owner. Home owners are too small for the effort involved. What the grid operator does business with is called an aggregation entity (Solar City etc). This is why the home owner still buys power at silly low rates.
The aggregation entity does all the accounting and sells the energy the homeowner doesn't use or store to the grid operator at rates mandated by regulatory agencies. The sell rate to the home owner NOT regulated in any way, only the sell to the grid.
That same entity is also involved in what are called rate up/rate down events. This is where the entity get's paid for being able to supply energy during peak loads OR more importantly absorbing and storing energy during excess generation periods. This is why the system having storage is important. Also of note, the home owner does NOT participate is revenues derived from rate up/rate down events.
At one time (design time of LTE network protocols) conceiving of a "rogue" base station was unthinkable... Tens of thousands just to start. Now, SDR allows almost any kind of radio transmitter for next to nothing and the unthinkable become thinkable.
As the good Dr Oppenheimer had to say "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.".
Thanks "disruptive" technologists... Another instance of "just because you can doesn't mean you should"
would be the FTC (Fereral Trade commission) and ICC (Interstate Commerce Commission). They were both set up to deal with the same issue decades ago... Fair pricing for carriage of "goods". In this case the good are packets and then it was beef and grain on the railroads, but the ISPs (carriers of goods) are acting not, like the railroad did then. Similar issues should be solvable by similar means
No actually old farts are being hired in droves. We're not "snowflakes" in need of constant coddling and stroking. We understand we work to pay our bills and be of service to our employers... Not fulfill our dream selves. Great if our job can be fulfilling, but not really necessary.
When the Tesla model 3 comes out, it's already been announced free access to super chargers isn't part of the package. A super charger is required to get charge time down to 45 minutes. It takes a LOT longer than that without the supercharger.
chargers are really a simple problem in queuing theory, similar to sewer design. blockages are held. Three guesses what a battery electric represents at a charger.
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I knew ya could.
Most people who have to exist on differing networks do exactly this.... Especially when we have to be on walled networks for work.
Uber's corporate philosophy is do it and if you get caught, say you're sorry... And keep doing it.
His "apology" seems as if it may be worthless
Yes the median is below what the OP claimed, 160k. You're right, I presumed no care costs. Retirement savings actually help at that income level. They drop the 28% as do flex spending accounts to pay for child/elder care that tend to be offered at companies that pay 160K. He STILL has over 6k/month to deal with those costs even without the flex and retirement tax savings.
All of this falls into... Can you say it? Financial management. I knew ya could.
Actually the taxes can be estimated at 28% of the gross and have a safe margin of error.
Pay your damned bills and stop whining
let's see... My crude rule of thumb, that kept me out of IRS trouble when I was self employed was set aside 28% for taxes. Call it 45,000/year out of 160,000. Leaving 115,000. Rent of 3000/month... 36000/year and now I see 76,000/year or 6500/month.
Oh the poor baby!
I'd say he needs to learn how to manage his money. From the looks of his complaint, he's a windows or Mac weenie... Quicken will help him a lot
Don't tell me you didn't know about this
Follow the money.
Many, many moons ago studios owned the theaters and there were enforced anti-trust actions. A few years back I started wondering who owned what and found something interesting. Large amusement companies own the theater chains. They also hold large stakes in the studios and many production companies.
Ya know how we sometimes stories about how a musical group get's a million dollar contract for 2 albums and all the production costs are billed by the record company against the contract... And all the companies and services being paid are subsidiaries of the record company?
It seems to work the same way in movies. Except they got smart enough to not do it directly and the big amusement companies collect at every step of the way.
They can file an appeal.
Unless they have a new argument or case law to refer to, the court will simply tell them no and could possibly impose sanctions.
SCOTUS has already told Oracle no so there is nothing to be gained there.
As was seen in the film, A Few Good Men, "I vigorously protest!" is treated as contempt of the court. Granted, it's just a movie.
Because independently vetted figures are better than industry supplied, self serving figures are better?
Oh wait, as a people, we don't do that anymore. it might be contentious... Can't we all just get along?
I always ask, how many dollars per nose.
There are *probably* more people working for fast food than in coal... There isn't any money in it though.
Now, with lasers on their heads!
Because four times last year, I repaired systems they said were unrepairable and had attempted to sell a replacement system.
They used to be tech, now they are systems salesmen
Yes, you own the gear and the land and the building, BUT you have to sell via an aggregator to the utility/independent system operator. The utilities rigged the public utilities regulations that way.
Get your check from PG&E or So Cal Edison? Not too likely. Definitely not from CAISO. It comes from Solar City doesn't it?
You might think so, but it just doesn't work like that. It's more like the accounting the Music industry does
Uhhh... CAISO -- California Independent System Operator (California grid operator), when I was setting up infrastructure for an aggregating entity.
The grid operator/utility doesn't actually do business with the home owner. Home owners are too small for the effort involved. What the grid operator does business with is called an aggregation entity (Solar City etc). This is why the home owner still buys power at silly low rates.
The aggregation entity does all the accounting and sells the energy the homeowner doesn't use or store to the grid operator at rates mandated by regulatory agencies. The sell rate to the home owner NOT regulated in any way, only the sell to the grid.
That same entity is also involved in what are called rate up/rate down events. This is where the entity get's paid for being able to supply energy during peak loads OR more importantly absorbing and storing energy during excess generation periods. This is why the system having storage is important. Also of note, the home owner does NOT participate is revenues derived from rate up/rate down events.
What he said!
At one time (design time of LTE network protocols) conceiving of a "rogue" base station was unthinkable... Tens of thousands just to start. Now, SDR allows almost any kind of radio transmitter for next to nothing and the unthinkable become thinkable.
As the good Dr Oppenheimer had to say "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.".
Thanks "disruptive" technologists... Another instance of "just because you can doesn't mean you should"
would be the FTC (Fereral Trade commission) and ICC (Interstate Commerce Commission). They were both set up to deal with the same issue decades ago... Fair pricing for carriage of "goods". In this case the good are packets and then it was beef and grain on the railroads, but the ISPs (carriers of goods) are acting not, like the railroad did then. Similar issues should be solvable by similar means
Also OpenBTS
It's a software defined radio. See Range Networks for similar, MUCH cheaper equipment (also not a dumbed down). Also GNU radio.
No actually old farts are being hired in droves. We're not "snowflakes" in need of constant coddling and stroking. We understand we work to pay our bills and be of service to our employers... Not fulfill our dream selves. Great if our job can be fulfilling, but not really necessary.
Release early, release often! Who cares if it doesn't work right?
Right along with "We had a new shiny idea and announced that was to deprecated. Now re-write all of the working code we broke when we did that"
And the ideal of "break everything, we have a new idea!" rose.
Plasma took it further down that road.
Plasma5 dug the grave
When the Tesla model 3 comes out, it's already been announced free access to super chargers isn't part of the package. A super charger is required to get charge time down to 45 minutes. It takes a LOT longer than that without the supercharger.
chargers are really a simple problem in queuing theory, similar to sewer design. blockages are held. Three guesses what a battery electric represents at a charger.