http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Program/1978
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Yuriy Stupak, jan-mar99 Russian text follows (quoted; 
 used alphabet is :  A B V G D E E ZH Z I I K L M
   N O P R S T U F H TS CH SH SHCH `` Y ' E YU YA )
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        Zhizn`` idet, zhizn`` ...et
        Ne oglyanesh``sya - i svyatki
        Tol``ko promezhutok kratkiy - 
        Vot Tebe ... i Novyi God.

Ya podvozhu itogi proshedshego goda - s TurboTax98.

Kak i vse (v etoi strane VSE zapolnyayut nalogovuyu 
deklaratsiyu). Staryi god zdes`` NE uhodit 13jan.

Itog genial``no prost. Ya shel v Metabyte na $45000 
v god. Ya zarabotal v 1998 godu men``she $34000. 
Eta "oblagaemaya nalogom" raznitsa v $11000 i 
sostavila te $8000 dolga, kotorye ya poimel v godu 
uhodyashchem. Est`` chto zapomit`` na budushchee. 

Nado bylo by "ekonomit``" posle Metabyte - no kak? 

Na privoz sem``i mne v Metabyte posovetovali vzyat`` 
loan $4000 za 2 nedeli pered tem kak menya uvolit`` 
- a potom mne bylo neudobno kinut`` svoih devchenok.

Za apartaments" ya platil po $800 - za obshchagu v
IPEX s serediny oktyabrya stali brat`` $750/mesyats. 
Za mashinu... vmesto togo, chtoby chestno zatotalit`` 
ee srazu - mne ustroili vyplaty $341 / mesyats do 
kontsa goda (polovina - eto chistye protsenty dlya 
"Patelco" - za mashinu, kotoroi u menya uzhe ne bylo).

Pravda ya perestal platit`` strahovku za mashinu - 
no prishlos`` ispol``zovat`` "Computer loan" chtoby 
bylo s chem iskat`` rabotu. Plus protsenty za loany. 

Tak chto, esli u "Russian" programmista ostaetsya 
neskol``ko sot dollarov v mesyats na zhizn`` (posle 
nalogov, kvartiry, mashiny...) to on kak bol``noi s 
kislorodnoi trubkoi: lish`` by ne perekryli "weekli
or beweekly or monthly checks". Togda OCHEN`` ploho. 

Teper`` samoe smeshnoe. V etoi strane ya bezdetnyi. 
Na moyu dochku zdes`` skidka ne polagaetsya, potomu 
chto ona ne zhila 183 dnya v USA za poslednie 3 goda.
Esli by ya ne byl "bezdetnym", ya by doplatil v CA, 
no poluchil REFUND ot USA bol``she chem platil v CA.
 
Teper`` ostalos`` vyyasnit`` "if I'm (M) = MARRIED 
or (S) = SINGLE or DIVORCED". V pervom sluchae ya 
dolzhen doplatit`` nalogov $420, vo vtorom - $1566.

V obshchem, inogda takaya grust``, chto hochetsya 
povesit``sya - ili DAZHE uletet`` obratno v Moskvu 
(chto kazhetsya bolee strashnoi al``ternativoi).