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WCDT Strips 3821-3825 (3-7 September 2018)

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Welu:
Here are some relevant threads to the last couple weeks that already exist lower down the forum. We're not as strict about posting in quiet or older threads here, since sometimes topics come in cycles. We're always up for new points of view or twists on discussed topics, but I recommend to give them a skim to see what has been brought up before and/or to get the idea of tone in the threads.

Discussion of why healthcare costs in the USA are high

What is the best country to live in?

Privilege and Self Examination

Momoka:
Let's try putting some numbers to this budget discussion for Martin.

Martin has an entry-level book-stacking job at a local college, so he's likely getting paid the Massachusetts minimum wage of $11/hr, which is $1,760 a month (assuming it's full time).

A 2-bedroom apartment in Northampton is around $1500/mo on Zillow (living in Boston, I find this number suspect, but I guess some places allow people to actually live), and he's got a roommate, so Martin's share is $750 or so, leaving him $1010 a month. Around $300 of this goes to groceries, leaving him with $710.  An average Bronze Obamacare plan is $560/mo, but Martin's low income means he gets his health care subsidized so his premium is no more than 9.5% of his income (thanks, Obama! Possibly! I might be wrong on this!), which we'll round up to $170. This leaves him with $540. $40 or so goes to his half of the internet fees, leaving about $100 each for water, electricity, gas, ironic T-shirts, and heat. One of his expenses is also a robot, which I don't know how to budget for.

So Martin is in a situation where his survival is actually feasible, which I didn't expect when starting to google it, but he has basically no money for anything that isn't a strict necessity, and will probably hit major financial problems soon even without a medical emergency, since rent is an endlessly growing monster about to consume him. His best short-term savings goal is probably to get Pintsize a humanlike chassis so that he can get a job and contribute to rent, though that plan has several problems only some of which are ethical.

sitnspin:
We know he makes significantly more money than his position would normally dictate. He and Tai caught two board members having an affair in the library and they offered a salary bump in exchange for discretion. I don't remember the specific comic, it was several years ago.

Cornelius:
I seem to remember a 30% raise?

pwhodges:

--- Quote from: sitnspin on 09 Sep 2018, 00:57 ---He and Tai caught two board members having an affair in the library
--- End quote ---

Marten and Dora, that was (they were sneaking off to do the same thing themselves, mind!).

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