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'An economic divide that is widening': Almost one third of Americans earning $150,000 a year or more say they're living paycheck to paycheck and many rely on credit cards to close the gap(finance.yahoo.com)

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hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net
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Do you have kids?

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I make 150k, have 3 kids (one in college), a home, 2 cars, etc and I am most assuredly not living paycheck to paycheck

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hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net
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Good for you. I’m glad you don’t care about other peoples problems because you’re fine.

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SCB@lemmy.world
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That’s the opposite of my stance. These people are fine and they’re comparing themselves to people who are not.

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Socsa@sh.itjust.works
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I’m pretty sure I covered the questionable decisions.

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Yeah, if you’re a single man who doesn’t have anyone to take care of and has no physical or mental health problems $150k is great. If you’re part of a house with two incomes you’re probably OK. If you’re on a single incoming supporting parents with disabilities, kids, partners with disabilities, or any combination of similar things, you can maybe get by on $150k as long as you never fuck up and everything goes perfectly in your life and you don’t care about or try to help anyone else.

Edit: and I say man, because men are less likely to take on caregiver roles that cost large amounts of money.

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Yeah, if you’re a single man who doesn’t have anyone to take care of and has no physical or mental health problems $150k is great. If you’re part of a house with two incomes you’re probably OK

Why would it matter how many people it takes to make the 150k?

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My wife is disabled FYI. I get what you are saying, but there is still a good amount of wiggle room in our budget. I also still don’t really like the idea of lumping kids, which are a choice with a very clear financial impact, in the same category as dealing with illness and disability. That doesn’t seem to be a good faith argument.

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