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05-03-2018, 02:57 PM
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#51 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by KayC  I work in Tech, and we have a severe labour shortage for all kinds of software engineers locally right now. | Could this shortage be artificially created? Can someone with 3-5 years experience in a specific area with post secondary education afford to get paid at 60-70k?
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05-03-2018, 04:21 PM
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#52 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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Originally Posted by Bouncing Bettys How is one to acquire the funds to buy the education required for a high skilled job if they market for low skilled fast food jobs is disappearing or wages being driven down (compared to inflation/productivity) to the point that only people from developing countries find them worthwhile? | Student loans, parents, summer jobs, internships/coops.
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05-03-2018, 06:19 PM
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#53 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by Bouncing Bettys How is one to acquire the funds to buy the education required for a high skilled job if they market for low skilled fast food jobs is disappearing or wages being driven down (compared to inflation/productivity) to the point that only people from developing countries find them worthwhile? | The government offers plenty of financial aid for post secondary students.
Especially for high demand, skilled jobs/apprenticeship programs.
These are just the grants https://www.canada.ca/en/services/be...on/grants.html
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05-03-2018, 06:29 PM
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#54 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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And not that I think it's all that relevant, since I don't believe there's any need or even benefit to UBI, but Finland just announced last week that they'll be scrapping their experimental program.
Looks like the OECD had determined that income inequality would actually increase, as well as poverty rates. Oh and they'd need to raise income tax by 30%(!) No plans to expand Finland basic income trial - BBC News
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05-04-2018, 10:07 AM
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#55 | | I STILL don't get it
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Originally Posted by Badhobz The median total income for households in Metro Vancouver was $72,662 (15th for census metropolitan regions across Canada) in 2015. |
daaaaang, that's husband AND wife combined income pre-tax right?
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05-04-2018, 10:13 AM
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#56 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Originally Posted by ssjGoku69 daaaaang, that's husband AND wife combined income pre-tax right? | Yeah that's right.
I couldn't imagine trying to make it by on $72k. Guess I spend too much money on random shit.
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05-04-2018, 10:22 AM
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#57 | | Witness protection
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someone already said this earlier... is this a foreshadowing of what's to come?:
Amazon halts plan for new office building in Seattle https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/rea...ing-in-seattle
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