Quote:Except for those basic Diagon Alley shopping trips, we rarely see Harry with any money; in fact, he seems to avoid dealing with it as much as possible (per end of vol 4).
so her loose cash may not be as obvious or loose as Harry's
Quote:Agreed. I'm trusting that Rowling's got this thought out, though.
I suspect that her parents' tax bracket hasn't been explained for the same reasont that Harry's parents' financial surplus hasn't been: it's not important to the story yet.
Quote:That had occurred to me as I was writing the initial response, but it still seems that they are relatively impoverished even so. If you can trust Lucius Malfoy's comments at the beginning of "Chamber of Secrets", they are noticeably poor.
t's major problem is that it is such a very large family, and that's a financial drain at any income level.
Quote:Well, it doesn't seem that Hogwart's actually costs anything, at least not to the families of students. Perhaps its the wizarding equivalent of public school. It may well be that the older boys in the Weasley family are getting cost breaks on college-level education, though.
I'm surprised that Mr. Weasley hasn't taken advantage of the perks that a government job can bring. Certainly, working for the Bureau of Magic Affairs should give him a discount on certain educational expenditures for his children. I know that when I was working for the State of Texas, certain college costs were reduced.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.