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Re:Families earning $117,000 now qualify as “low income” in ... by temp20160423 on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @01:26AM (#17405971)
Yes, total comp of 250k is highly doable. At the famous mega-corps, total comp would be 300-400k now, including stock appreciation.
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Re:Families earning $117,000 now qualify as “low income” in ... by softawre on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @03:29PM (#17411051)
> including stock appreciation

Wait, what? So if I take my non mega-corp salary, and buy Google stock, and it appreciates, I can tell people I make more money than I actually do?

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