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HEyHEY

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4. Poor piece of journalism

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:50 PM

Feb 2016

Not usual for Beeby, but it doesn't take into account the percentages of salaries people pay for cost of living.

Sure they may make 93,000 compare to 60,000 (adjusted) but when rent in 2016 take half your paycheque rather than a quarter there's a big difference.

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Current generation of young Canadians wealthiest ever: federal study [View all] applegrove Feb 2016 OP

Who says social programs and good public education and health care don't work? applegrove Feb 2016 #1

Great news for Canada but you have to be careful with averages VMA131Marine Feb 2016 #2

The young middle adults in the study are doing moderately well, not as well as the top applegrove Feb 2016 #3

Poor piece of journalism HEyHEY Feb 2016 #4

Probably less renters overall too laundry_queen Feb 2016 #5