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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim Dale, post: 8214073, member: 100459&quot;]I am a retired State Government CPA Auditor.&nbsp; I was making $53K when I retired.&nbsp; My retirement is $36K and Social Security is about $24K.&nbsp; My total is $77K a month before Federal and State Income Taxes which is about $50K.&nbsp; My wife is a retired High School Teacher.&nbsp; While working, she grossed about $50K.&nbsp; Her retirement is about $40K and her Social Security is about $28K.&nbsp; Her total is $68 before Federal and State Income Taxes.&nbsp; Both of our homes are paid for.&nbsp; We have a 2003 Toyota Corolla CE, a 2007 Toyota Camry LE, a 2015 Toyota Tacoma TRD, and last but not least, a 2015 Toyota Camry SE.&nbsp; We are not in debt for anything.&nbsp; My wife and I primarly use a VISA for our purchases, which is paid in full each month.&nbsp; We donate 10% of our gross each month. </p><p>When I graduated from high school, my father told me, &quot;You&#039;re on your own son.&quot;</p><p>I was drafted into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, went to Artillery OCS and made it through without getting myself killed by the enemy or members of my Squad.&nbsp; I got my Bachelor&#039;s degree into accounting, and my MBA in Marketing.</p><p>As my father said, &quot;You&#039;re on your own.&quot;&nbsp; I was able to go to college on the G.I. Bill and bought my first house with it.</p><p>I promised myself, I would never be as poor as I was growing up.&nbsp; My father was a Staff Sargent. He made enough to feed his family of 4.&nbsp; I got my clothes from the Army thrift store.&nbsp; My mother patched my clothes.&nbsp; I wore a pair of loafers that had a hole in the sole and I got cardboard from a cereal box from the trash to put into the bottom of my shoes.</p><p>Now, would I take a job at a museum for the amount of money offered?&nbsp; Not on my life.&nbsp; Having worked at a State University, I saw what the professors made that had the Doctorate.</p><p>I know that for many of you, and for me, we enjoy working with coins.&nbsp; It is a great pastime, but the cost of living in Great Britain is not even close to the way we can live in the United States.</p><p>I know the topic was about taking a job at a museum with a meager salary, but most of the citizens live better in the U.S.&nbsp; They are now paying $22 an hour to employees of Chick filet.&nbsp; My first job in 1965 only paid $1 an hour.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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