Global Wage Calculator: I really AM poor by global standards (wages, Reagan)

[TrapperJohn]

Originally Posted by freemkt

I tried it some time ago, I prefer the Calculator.

My guess is that the Calculator accounts for Purchasing Power Parity and the Rich List does not.

Why? Don't like knowing how rich you are globally?

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by TrapperJohn

Why? Don't like knowing how rich you are globally?

Originally Posted by middle-aged mom

. Wage is meaningless. What matters is the local cost and standard of living.

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[texdav]

Originally Posted by Chicago60614

308% of USA aveage and 727% of world. Yikes.

I am with you US wise. I am really high but globally over double that and I am retired.

[Osito]

When you're being forced to dig diamonds for 18 hours a day on one leg with your life on the line every minute, then you'd know what it's like to truly be poor.

[Greg_IA]

Originally Posted by freemkt

??? I have no marketable job skills, plus now I have to navigate age discrimination. Going to school is financially not an option.

Why is that? Are you childless and non-elderly? If so you can go to a trade & tech school. I know lots of people that started that way.

Originally Posted by freemkt

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Childless non-elderly adults are at the bottom of the political and entitlement food chains.

I'm not aware of any candidates who will give me freebies.

[pnwmdk]

Originally Posted by freemkt

??? I have no marketable job skills, plus now I have to navigate age discrimination. Going to school is financially not an option.

My complaint is that I'm tired of hearing that I am 'rich' by world standards.

Well, it's all your own fault. So, shut up about it and do something. Instead being rich by global standards and whining about being a victim.

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by Greg_IA

Why is that? Are you childless and non-elderly? If so you can go to a trade & tech school. I know lots of people that started that way.

I am childless and non-elderly and I can't afford to go to trade & tech school and I can't get financial aid and I think that pretty much covers it all.

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by pnwmdk

Well, it's all your own fault. So, shut up about it and do something. Instead being rich by global standards and whining about being a victim.

Originally Posted by freemkt

I am childless and non-elderly and I can't afford to go to trade & tech school and I can't get financial aid and I think that pretty much covers it all.

[theunbrainwashed]

Why can you not get financial aid, freemkt? You are poor, you should be getting Pell grants up the rear. Unless you either A, have a drug conviction and thus cannot get financial aid; B, maxed out prior financial aid from a previous stint in college; C, the programs you are looking at do not meet minimum credit amount requirements (i.e., diploma and certificate courses less than a year do not qualify). Did I hit the mark anywhere?

[Greg_IA]

Originally Posted by freemkt

I am childless and non-elderly and I can't afford to go to trade & tech school and I can't get financial aid and I think that pretty much covers it all.

To me, childless and young means all options are open. Don't give up.