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Subject Holy crap, Machinist in Nevada starting pay $12hr with benefits

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Well lets see.  For a single person (very conservative figures)

$25,000/ yr
-   3,200/ Federal Tax
-   1,100/ State Income Tax
-   2,150/ FICA
-      820/ Medicare
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 $17,730/ Net Income
-   8,400/ Annual Average Rent for a 1 Bedroom Apartment
-      920/ Annual utilities (Electric, gas, water)
-   1,270/ Auto Insurance per year
-   2,370/ Gasoline per year
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 $  4,770 
 -  4,770/ Annual food costs ($91.73 x 52 weeks)
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$        0.00

Now, if you take public transportation, you'll only spend about maybe $1,300/ yr, and save $2,340

But, heaven forbid if you need to pay child support or get injured requiring hospitalization or have any loan or credit card debt.  And you won't really be able to afford a cell phone or Internet and not have to much for fun.  Further more you'll be likely to live check-tocheck.

Oh BTW, the poverty level for a single person in the US is $11,170.00
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You are forgetting phone service, internet, any car repairs that come up, any leisure time activities, Christmas presents, birthday presents, vacations (LOL yeah right), pet care, replacing any electronics that die out (computers, televisions), cleaning and laundry supplies, and several other things that you would need to pay for.  The poverty level really should be adjusted, it is nowhere near accurate.  I'd say that at least phone service, the internet, and cleaning and laundry supplies are mandatory on that list.  You can always grinch your family or screw them out of birthday presents, but you end up feeling like garbage afterward.  Vacations used to be the one thing that would make working worth it, now it is almost an impossible dream for most working adults (especially single working adults).
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Original Message Holy crap, Machinist in Nevada starting pay $12hr with benefits

Just saw the story on 60 mins about the jobs situation in the USA

3 million job openings, WOW!...the problem is the companies say that today's average applicant does not have the technical skills needed for the job(s)

2 guys went thru 16 weeks of school and were offered machinist jobs at $12hr

I thought a job of this technical skill would at least start at $16 an hour

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