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$800.000.000 / 2000 Positons = $400.000 / Position

Wow. Even with expenses apart from income, that is a lot of money. Most companies I receive job offers from do not make so much _revenue_ per person.

I not a fan of DT and EM, but boy... there seems to be an unsustainable spending issue in the US.



Actual salary is a fraction of that number. Science is expensive.


So are other necessary expenses.

And I'm aware that most of the salary (even if that would be 100% salary) will be spend and thus be good for the economy. Nonetheless that money has to come from somewhere.




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