Getting By . . . On $400,000 A Year

Getting by . . . on $400,000 a year

The rich feel the pain of the recession, too. Sort of.On paper, Augustine Fou would seem to have little to fear. He and his wife earn around $400,000 a year. He has a solid marketing job and a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His wife, Lisa, is a dentist with her own practice.

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