Re:The Simple Math Behind Early Retirement
by cerebrum on Friday January 18, 2013 @11:17PM
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What about the living expenses?
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Re:The Simple Math Behind Early Retirement
by grecy on Saturday January 19, 2013 @10:26PM
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I'll be living off my savings
Re:The Simple Math Behind Early Retirement
by cerebrum on Sunday January 20, 2013 @11:30AM
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Sorry, I meant the living expenses of your children, this was related to university costs.
Of course, sorry.
In Australia the government pays students a wage, called Youth Allowance[1], that is something between $268 to $400 every two weeks, depending on circumstances. Combined with a roughly ~10 hour per week part time job, I had no trouble at all putting myself through 5 years of Engineering without any debt. I'm confident my future kids can do the same thing, so I won't need to support them in the same way my parents didn't need to support me (once I went to University at 18)
[1] http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/enablers/centrelink...