Yeah, like as a senior engineer I get $85k, that leads to a take home of about $4500 per month. Mortgage and debt payments are ~$2500 to start with. And now th

Yeah, like as a senior engineer I get $85k, that leads to a take home of about $4500 per month. Mortgage and debt payments are ~$2500 to start with. And now that buys less and less. We can't afford to be playing world police or pretend to be the world's refuge.