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		brown9-2 on Sept 17, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It's A Terrible Time To Buy An Expensive House It should be post-tax, but I think a lot of people forget that their nominal salary is not all take-home pay.

randlet on Sept 17, 2013 [–]

I agree that it should be post tax, but nobody uses post-tax figures when stating how much money they make so it's often not clear which "15% of income" they are referring to.

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