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thenewgreen  ·  4017 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Global Rich List: find out where your income places you on a world scale

Remember it's "net."

I put in the amount I earn after taxes and before taxes and it substantially changes my hourly take. Still, I'm lucky not to be the average laborer in Ghana.





b_b  ·  4016 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah when I calculated my net income, I said to myself, "That can't be right???" I think I'll start voting tea party.

user-inactivated  ·  4017 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well, net is one of those things ... is that after taxes, after expenses, after everything except free cash flows ... does it adjust for how many dependents you have, where you live, the relative value of your currency? Course not.

But it's still a fun exercise and an apt reminder on Thanksgiving of what most of us on hubski have that others don't.

thenewgreen  ·  4017 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Generally, in these types of scenarios I assume they're meaning "take home," or after taxes. But good point and Happy Thanksgiving. There's no doubt that I'm an extremely fortunate person.

user-inactivated  ·  4017 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, me too.