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To: michael97123 who wrote (17553)	11/24/2003 11:45:21 AM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793801

Last year when i was paying my bill at a local restaurant the owner took the senior citizen discount off my bill without me asking. I said I didnt want it and that she should give it to the young family behind me who needed it more than I. Older seniors in the restaurant looked at me in disgust. One said "we paid our dues". Bless you. When I was young and forward, I asked my very well off grandmother what she thought about giving up her monthly ss check so that the younger generation would have an easier time of it. Her response was almost violent. I had too much respect for my elders to call her selfish, but she didn't need one penny of that money. We were struggling to buy our kids shoes, but we always made sure we paid our ss tax. My husband also turns down the senior discount......I would too, but I don't qualify yet ;) M

To: michael97123 who wrote (17553)	11/24/2003 11:46:32 AM
From: kumar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793801

About 100k joint income daycare for two will be $1600/month college and professional school loans roughly $80,000 around $800 per month mortgage roughly 2000/month includes RE taxes State, local and fed Taxes & Fica roughly total about $1200 per month Add the two modest cars and insurance add about $700/month in NJ Offerring a contrasting situation, from my young days in India : - Income would not be fair to compare - because of exchange rates etc. suffice to say we were called "middle income" - daycare ? - what's that mean ? Mom or some relative looks after the kids. - college fees - I earned about 40% of it doing odd jobs. My parents could barely afford the remaining 60%. Even then, they guaranteed my fees, provided food/accomodation etc, till I started working after graduation. - didn't have a concept of mortgage then - we were renting a 2 bedroom apartment, where me, my parents, and 5 sisters lived. - taxes - yeah every govt wants to take the most - not different there - "2 modest cars" - we had no car till I started working - 1st year I bought a motorcycle to commute and get groceries etc, 2 years later got a beat up old car.