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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.

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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.

... 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.

And then there's this:

Alt National Park Service

We wrote this to help you imagine how quickly a city can change under Trump ...
Charlotte was once a place of slow, easy mornings, coffee cups clinking in cozy cafs, jazz drifting through open doors on Tryon Street, families stepping onto the light rail with strollers and soccer bags. A city defined by banking towers and craft breweries, where weekends were measured by Panthers touchdowns, farmers' markets, and late-night debates about who served the best barbecue in town.
By this weekend, that rhythm collapsed.
Before sunrise, unmarked SUVs slid through quiet neighborhoods, and ICE agents moved in like a storm front. Residents described officers sprinting through parking lots, jumping fences behind small bakeries and mercados. Some said they watched people shoved to the ground, grocery bags splitting apart, oranges rolling into traffic, voices shaking as shouts ricocheted between brick storefronts.
A caf known for empanadas and music stayed shuttered, its metal grate pulled tight. A handwritten note hung on the door: Closed for the safety of our community. Just down the street, a weekend lunch spot told customers online: Too dangerous today. Please stay home.
Parents kept children inside. Workers who normally clocked in before dawn called their bosses in fear. City bus drivers said they saw makeshift checkpoints near major intersections, where people waited in silence, shoulders tense, eyes fixed on the ground.
The city that once celebrated diversity through food trucks, cultural parades, and church festivals found itself breathing differently doors locked, windows dark, conversations hushed. Neighbors said it didn't feel like protection; it felt like punishment. Not order, but intimidation.
Operations were no longer about safety, but about fear, fear that reached families, workers, business owners, and even those with the legal right to be here. And in the quiet between sirens, the city wondered what it was becoming.

The Gen Z anti-cartel protesters have managed to break through the police lines and into the Government Palace of Guadalajara at this moment.
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Do try harder.
#7 | POSTED BY LAMPLIGHTER

Why? You're a gaslighter thats all there is to your questions. Gaslighting.

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