Let's test that theory of yours. We'll halve the car expense to $6000 a year and drop all extra expenses (vacation, entertainment, eating out, cable/internet.)

Let's test that theory of yours. We'll halve the car expense to $6000 a year and drop all extra expenses (vacation, entertainment, eating out, cable/internet.) And let's drop our taxes by 50%, since we are earning less, and our savings entirely since, really, who saves anything anyway, right? My math pegs that right around 70k a year, or about 20k more than the median household income. Yeah, it's totally entitlement that's killing the american dream.