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I don't mean to sound unsympathetic, but it would be nice to hear what is eating into their income so much. My thought pattern here is that if you can't manage
by incadenza 9y ago
I don't mean to sound unsympathetic, but it would be nice to hear what is eating into their income so much.
My thought pattern here is that if you can't manage on $100,000 a year then you'll have the same problem at $200,000 a year, so on and so forth.
- Y7ZCQtNo39 9y agoI'm a bit sympathetic to the idea that the American dream, when compared to the average paycheck, just doesn't add up for most people. I don't empathize with the poor financial choices folks make to place their expectations above their reality.
- incadenza 9y agoI guess I feel the same. I'm very sympathetic to people who, when making decent financial decisions, are unable to meet their basic needs. Poverty / under-earning like that just creates a constant stress that is completely debilitating and unproductive. It has a real psychic toll. It's just difficult for me to imagine not being able to make $100,000 work, save for a bunch of kids. But after all, those are somewhat of a choice as well.
- marktangotango 9y ago$10k per kid per year preschool (minimum) is one thing I’ve heard. Really eats I into a salary.
- twelve40 9y agoin the Bay Area 100k pre-tax per family is close to poverty level. Unless you inherited/lucked out with a house, or settled for a perpetual rental, you will have to choose between shit school for your kids, with used condoms on the playground (I know because I lived in those places) or a 1.5 hour one-way daily commute. You can try to blame the 100k people for not moving to cheaper states, but who is going to do most of the work?