Sliding scale is a community-oriented way to make payment for services, experiences, and more. At Flying Pig Farm we want to make sure that anyone who wants to participate is able to, and anyone who wants to support community participation can elect to. Ever wonder where on the sliding scale you are? Here are some prompts so that you can assess an equitable payment on the sliding scale for you or your participating family member.
Consider paying on the high/supporter side of the scale if many of the following are true:
- Employed, make over $125k
- I have a degree(s) without having had loans.
- I have high earning power (even if I’m not exercising it today)
- I live partially, mostly or all off unearned / gifted income
- My family has plentiful assets, like investments
- I received a large (over $50k) amount of money and gave/give it away
- Someone else paid or pays my rent/mortgage
- I can choose to work or not
- I choose to work part-time or for less pay since I need less money/have external support
Consider paying the full fee if many of the following are true:
- Employed, make over $85k
- I choose to go out to eat or drink weekly (or more).
- My race, ethnicity, skin color, or gender doesn’t impact my income
- I’m able-bodied
- I can cover my basic needs regularly (sometimes extras too)
- I have student loans for professional or post-secondary education in my current field that I work in
- I have student loans and most people in my family have higher education
- I have a graduate degree and am paying off my loans
- Someone in my family explained how careers work
- My career is stable and moving forward
- Family has many assets, like a paid-off house and/or parents have retirement accounts
- Family of origin has assets, like a house they are paying
Consider paying on lower part of the sliding scale if many of the following are true:
- Employed, make $40-85k
- I’m sick or disabled and that impacts my ability to work / earn money.
- I give unpaid volunteer time to the community
- My race, ethnicity, skin color, or gender(s) does impact my income
- I have non-optional healthcare costs to cover
- I have a bachelor’s degree and am paying off my loans still
- I am struggling to pay more than minimums on debt
- I have student loans. I was among the first in my family to go to college
- I help my family with $
- I support others besides myself on my income
- In a helping profession or work a service job (nurse, teacher, food service, delivery driver, cleaning or maintenance, etc.)
- My family has few or no assets
- I have no family or access to family
Consider selecting the free option if many of the following are true:
- Employed, make $25-40k or I make a low income relative to my home’s average income
- Unemployed or employed marginally
- In a helping profession or work a service job (nurse, teacher, food service, delivery driver, cleaning or maintenance, etc.)
- I struggle to cover basic needs regularly
- My career path is unclear / has been thrown off course by circumstance
- Currently accruing survival credit card debt
Mainly taken from:
Damian, H. (2015-2020). “Fees & Sliding Scale.” Ride Free Fearless Money. Retrieved from https://www.ridefreefearlessmoney.com/about/fees