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A good statistic, especially since he claims to need to pay Tibor’s “wages” or he’s down to 3 videos a month. If he worked 35 hours a month, Tibor worked about half that since he’s not involved in show prep and research. By that I mean Tibor isn’t watching the convention/JWB material, analysing it, and scripting rebuttals.
Median wage in Croatia is €16,000, but that’s assuming a full work week. Even if Lloyd is generous and paying him what would amount to €20,000 a year assuming FT work, at 17 hours a month that’s 4.25 hours a week. €20,000 a year means €9.62 an hour. So, €163.34 a month.
I seriously doubt Tibor would work for that, but it gives you an idea what his time is worth on a better than average Croatian salary based on the amount of time he puts in.
And Lloyd by all accounts is a tightwad. He notoriously refused to go on trips unless they were funded and would pull out if he had to pay for any significant portion of it. He refused to give his book for free to anyone who helped him with his book tour, though he did give Kameron Fader a $10 discount because he only had $15 on him. He whined about paying import taxes on a BMW that was shipped to him until Dick Kelly compensated him for that.
Short story is: He’s running a scam. He could have easily afforded Tibor’s salary on 400 patrons + YT revenue. What the begging stunt was really about was keeping Dijana funded in terms of child support and he was increasingly being forced to cull from his own cut of the take in order to help take care of the children he wilfully abandoned for his bachelor lifestyle in Zagreb.
There’s a reason why he mentioned not being able to afford his daughter’s haircut.