[geeks] provisional patent application

Mon Oct 2 12:27:48 CDT 2006

On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 10:21:18AM -0400, Joshua Boyd wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 04:27:05PM +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> 
> > It depends upon what you are selling. "High tech" stuff tends to be bought
> > with people with high disposable incomes. The countries with high percentages
> > of people with high disposable incomes are the U.S., the U.K. and Japan.
> 
> Not Israel?

Average wage is just over $1,000 per month after taxes, with a 16.5% VAT,
higher taxes on most things, Many families have only one wage earner.

Israel, BTW, has the highest family income of most of the countries
around here, not counting the oil states.

Geoff.

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