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Even after taxes,that is great money.

7600 a month. Let's say 40% is taxes.
4560 after tax.
assuming no retirement or HSA deductions

Housing usually is the next biggest budget expense.
US average rent is 1500-1800/mo
We'll use 1800.
probably an underestimation for urban areas; my search says averages are more in the $1,800 to 2,000 range

2760 left to pay utilities (elec/gas, water/sewer, phone/internet/cable).
utilities have been steadily climbing by large jumps each year for several years; we've signed up for plans that spread bills out over the course of the year and pay about $200 per electric and gas, ~$100 for water and sewer, so $600 a month in utilities
~$80 for cell/internet bundle
Call it $750 to $800 if you add cable.

Groceries/month.
On average, my family of 4 spends $100-120 per week with larger weeks, say once a month, where we stock up on bulk protein from Costco and freeze it along with other more stable items we can use in bulk; say on average $200-250 per trip
That would give a total of about $600-$730 per month

Car insurance needs to be broken down to note monthly expense.
Personally works out to about $150

Single person is doing really well with this.

A couple? That's $200,000. No sweat.

This is need vs want.

The 'want' crowd can't survive because they don't understand what 'need' means.

#12 | Posted by Petrous

Totals for my bold text are $3,550. Without any deductions or savings.

Leaving $1,010 remaining.

That doesn't include other big ticket items like:

Car payment - average of ~$1,000
Daycare/child care - average ~800-1,000 per child depending on child's age
student loan payments - average $400-500
Car/home maintenance - variable
Medical costs - variable
Clothing/shoes/gas/miscellaneous items - variable

Me thinks your last line is based on the significant assumption of two six figure earners in a single household whereas the norm is, most likely, a single six figure owner in a household with supplemental income coming from the other spouse/partner.

Even if there are two six figure incomes in a household, two kids in day care wipes most of that gain away.

@#61 ... A 2020 Justice Department report into the case found "poor judgment" was made in giving Epstein a sweetheart deal at the time."...

Ya think.

Yet Pres Trump appointed Mr Acosta to his Cabinet.

As a reward?

Alexander Acosta
en.wikipedia.org

... In 2007"2008, as U.S. attorney, Acosta approved a plea deal that allowed child-trafficking ring-leader Jeffrey Epstein to plead guilty to a single state charge of solicitation, in exchange for a federal non-prosecution agreement.[2]

After Epstein's arrest in July 2019 on sex trafficking charges, Acosta faced renewed and harsher criticism for his role in the 2008 non-prosecution agreement, as well as criticism and calls for his resignation as Secretary of Labor; he resigned on July 19 and was replaced by Eugene Scalia.

Since March of 2025, Acosta has been a member of the board of directors of Newsmax and serves as its Audit Committee chair.[3] ...



"Jocularity!"

www.youtube.com

You know Trumpers are losing it when all they can do is post LAME Whataboutisms about the Bidens rather than admit that their Cult Leader is a liar, a fraud, a rapist, a traitor, and a Pedo Pimp Enabler.

It's so sad and inept and stupid that it's funny.

@#14 ... Joe Dems said it wasn't his. ...

The concerns expressed about the laptop were not whether it was Mr Hunter Biden's, but the provenance of the laptop, i.e., who else had access to that laptop while it was in that shop.

It could not be shown that the laptop was not tampered with.

Provenance
en.wikipedia.org

... The primary purpose of tracing the provenance of an object or entity is normally to provide contextual and circumstantial evidence for its original production or discovery, by establishing, as far as practicable, its later history, especially the sequences of its formal ownership, custody and places of storage. The practice has a particular value in helping authenticate objects. ...

... Several women who survived abuse by Jeffrey Epstein have come together for a public service announcement video demanding that Congress release all files ...

From what I understand, there may be to be a press conference tomorrow with many of the Epstein victims and Congresspeople.

Also, I just saw this ...

In reversal, Trump says House Republicans should vote to release Epstein files
apnews.com

... President Donald Trump said House Republicans should vote to release the files in the Jeffrey Epstein case, a startling reversal after previously fighting the proposal as a growing number of those in his own party supported it.

"We have nothing to hide, and it's time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party," Trump wrote on social media late Sunday after landing at Joint Base Andrews following a weekend in Florida.

Trump's statement followed a fierce fight within the GOP over the files, including an increasingly nasty split with Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who had long been one of his fiercest supporters. ...

The president's shift is an implicit acknowledgement that supporters of the measure have enough votes to pass it the House, although it has an unclear future in the Senate.

It is a rare example of Trump backtracking because of opposition within the GOP. ...


#10 I think what Corky means are these promises kept ...

- 19th Amendment | Women's right to vote

- Apollo 11 | First manned moon mission (and all of the value-added innovations)

- Social Security | Social insurance program

- Medicare | Health insurance for seniors

- NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization - the political and military alliance between the US, Canada and Europe

- Medicaid | Health care program for low income people

- Securities and Exchange Act Law | Oversee the trading of securities and protect investors

- Rural Electrification Act | Federal loans for the installation of electricity to serve rural areas

- Peace Corps | American volunteers promoting friendship, goodwill and peace around the world

- Unemployment Benefits | Temporary payments to the unemployed

- Fair Labor Standards Act | Ending the cruel practice of child labor

- Servicemen's Readjustment Act | The GI Bill, which has benefited millions of returning soldiers

- Federal Home Loan Program | Guaranteed loans that allowed millions of Americans to become homeowners

- National Industrial Recovery Act | 8 hour workday, minimum wage, paid overtime, and the right to collective bargaining

- National School Lunch Act | Free or low-cost meals for children who might otherwise go hungry

- 1965 Voting Rights Act | Prohibits discrimination in voting

- National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis | Forerunner of the March of Dimes

- Head Start Program | Comprehensive services for low income families

- 1964 Civil Rights Act | Prohibits discrimination and protects civil rights

- Marshall Plan European Recovery Act | Rebuilt a secure and peaceful Europe after World War II

- Financial Aid for Higher Education Loans | Guaranteed student loans that enabled over 50 million Americans to receive a college education

- Family and Medical Leave Act | Temporary unpaid leave and job protection to employees " for qualified medical and family reasons

- Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act | Protect workers against pay discrimination

- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | Health care reform: Preventive care screening, lower prescription drug costs, protection for pre-existing conditions among many other benefits

- American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 | Pandemic recovery, economic stimulus payments, free vaccines, funeral expense assistance, expanded child tax credits, block grants for schools, funds for small business and many other benefits

What have the GOPyers given us?

- a $37.000,000,000,000.00 debt

- free taxpayer money to the uber wealthy

You're welcome.

A coalition of USN Navy veterans is seeking an expansion of health care and disability benefits for toxic exposures linked to gases, chemicals and biological contaminants aboard submarines. They are also pushing for the USN to release findings from extensive atmospheric studies on submarines' sealed environments conducted more than 20 years ago that remain classified. There are over 150 toxins that sailors could encounter on submarines. Source: USN Submariners Health issues.

Beau Biden died of brain cancer, which POTUS Joe Biden believes was linked to toxic burn pits in Iraq. The nefarious Trumpf junta is pursuing a reduction of about 83,000 VA personnel and proposed significant budget cuts, despite a nominal funding increase in some areas.

In Cormac McCarthy's apocalyptic future novel The Road, survivors live in an ash and smoke-ruined atmosphere where plant life stopped growing. In Stephen King's future dystopian novel The Running Man, the nefarious government issues tiny nose plugs to insiders to protect them from the toxic air everybody else is unknowingly breathing. The film version much closer to the original novel than the Arnold Schwarzenegger-starring film version is out in theaters this year.


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