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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nothing like being poor in a developed country. Immigrant here - grew up in 2 bedroom govt housing for 6 people. One time we were in housing where water was pulled from a well by hand (!), clothes washed by hand, etc. Came to the US for college under a scholarship and now make over $500k and my husband also an immigrant, our HHI is over $1M.  I send money home to my parents and siblings and so does he.

Money alleviates a lot of stress....
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Are you both doctors?[/quote]

No, STEM degrees. For the poster who asked what we think of poor people today - every needs a helping hand to break out of the cycle of poverty. You just need one from each family to lift the rest up. Majority of our cash donations go to Catholic Charities and our time to the inner cities.  I wish richer towns could have a “sister” poorer town and some of the taxes collected from the richer town could be used for the children of the poorer towns.[/quote]

What do you do to have $1M STEM income!  Look at engineers thread, we are curious.[/quote]

Ha! That thread is correct - u have to get into management, that is where the money is in the form of bonuses, RSUs, stock options. Our base for both of us is $800k but w bonuses and all the rest, it can go up to twice and that is not counting SERP plans.

I am grateful to this country - we would not be where we are today if we did not come here. I was the first in my family w a college and graduate degree, and in turn I paid for my sibling’s education and now one of my nieces and nephews all have college degrees including a PhD. All we needed was a helping hand to let one of us break out of the cycle of poverty.[/quote]

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