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Old 14-03-2012, 18:52   #46
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How much (in £'s shillings and pence)is a decent wage according to you
Enough to have a comfortable lifestyle on!
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Old 14-03-2012, 19:56   #48
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Enough to have a comfortable lifestyle on!
How much in actual figures, rather than non-specific generalisations, please?
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Re: Unemployment is rising

I'm paying the price for not working for 3 years because of looking after a relative who was ill. As soon as I got back into a job, I tore cartilage and ligament in my knee which has meant I now cannot do warehouse work again. I've applied for every job going, but with a big 3 year gap for when I looked after my relative I am getting nowhere.

I'd settle for a job that pays just over minimum wage.
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How much in actual figures, rather than non-specific generalisations, please?
It depends on where you live, for example how high house prices and rail fares etc

The money to live a comfortable lifestyle on is higher in London and the Southeast than lets say the Northeast of England

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I'm paying the price for not working for 3 years because of looking after a relative who was ill. As soon as I got back into a job, I tore cartilage and ligament in my knee which has meant I now cannot do warehouse work again. I've applied for every job going, but with a big 3 year gap for when I looked after my relative I am getting nowhere.

I'd settle for a job that pays just over minimum wage.
Even those types of jobs are in short supply
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It depends on where you live, for example how high house prices and rail fares etc

The money to live a comfortable lifestyle on is higher in London and the Southeast than lets say the Northeast of England
That doesn't really answer the question
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Old 15-03-2012, 11:03   #52
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That doesn't really answer the question
I don't live in other places in the UK, so I don't' know what the prices in those arreas are, but lets take how much you have to earn to afford a morgage for example

Where I live you need to be a rather high earner

I would let workersa themselfs deside how much they need to earn to have a comfortable lifestyle and how they are going to get it
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That doesn't really answer the question
No l am still waiting for mine.
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I don't live in other places in the UK, so I don't' know what the prices in those arreas are, but lets take how much you have to earn to afford a morgage for example

Where I live you need to be a rather high earner

I would let workersa themselfs deside how much they need to earn to have a comfortable lifestyle and how they are going to get it
How do you know your definition of 'comfortable living' is universal?
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How do you know your definition of 'comfortable living' is universal?
I mean, how much do you have to earn before you have enought money to afford a comfortable lifestyle

What would it be for you?
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I mean, how much do you have to earn before you have enought money to afford a comfortable lifestyle

What would it be for you?
What is a comfortable lifestyle though? Does it include car ownership? What kind of car? Does it include eating out? Does it include huge tv in the lounge?
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In the words of Jeremy Paxman - just answer the question, Alan...

Where you live, how much would people need to earn, after tax, to be 'comfortable'?
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In the words of Jeremy Paxman - just answer the question, Alan...

Where you live, how much would people need to earn, after tax, to be 'comfortable'?
£432 per week?
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What is a comfortable lifestyle though? Does it include car ownership? What kind of car? Does it include eating out? Does it include huge tv in the lounge?
What would it be for you?

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In the words of Jeremy Paxman - just answer the question, Alan...

Where you live, how much would people need to earn, after tax, to be 'comfortable'?
So you want be ask 60 million people (along with a lot of illegal immigrants) how much would they need to earn to have a comfortable lifestyle

I would also need to know the prices and other goods they buy as well, along with tranport costs, fuul bills and etc

How will I get all that info from that many people and people in hiding from the law?
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