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Try this site<\/a> next time you’re unhappy with the raise you got.<\/p>\n

Of course, everything is relative, and cost of living is always an issue. Still, it’s astonishing what even a poverty-line income here in the US represents on a global scale.<\/p>\n

(via Doyce<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Try this site next time you’re unhappy with the raise you got. Of course, everything is relative, and cost of living is always an issue. 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