>Living on only 35% of after tax income requires you either A) live extremely cheaply or B) make tons of cash. Roughly speaking, in California... How about C)

>Living on only 35% of after tax income requires you either A) live extremely cheaply or B) make tons of cash. Roughly speaking, in California... How about C) Move to a different state? If the goal is to do this in California, then yes, it's probably not possible.