I feel for this mum:

“I earn around $150,000 and my hu*****and is a stay at home Dad. We too would be far better off on a COMBINED income of $150,000. With one income earner getting that amount we pay $47,100 in tax, two people earning $75,000 each pay combined $34,200 in tax. The reason I earn that amount is that I am a contractor - I work short contracts which are very uncertain and unpredictable, I have to travel extensively leaving my young boys for weeks at a time, and I forgo annual leave (I work more than 220 days per year). I do this so that we can have one parent at home. I am getting very tired of being called wealthy - we have an average mortgage, and I support a family of 6 (my hu*****and, two sons, my hu*****and’s teenage sister, and my mother). There is not much money left at the end of the month in our household. None of these factors are taken into consideration when determining wealth - which for us, feels very unfair.”

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• but that is the life she chose -玉筷子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2009 postreply 02:25:31