You are also at ther mercy of exchange rates of course. The ERP doesn't really help much.
Good and bad here. The exchange rate for the USD is fixed, but Americans don't get the ERP.
Oh yea, I easily saved $2000/month as an F.O. and that's when starting pay was 16,000 dirhams a month ( wife, no kids and before the massive inflation of the mid 2000s ). Didn't buy the newest Landcruiser and 42 inch plasma TV ( they were 10,000 dits back then ), but watched a lot of people do just that and then complain they weren't able to save money
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