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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 03:50 PM Original message |
"could you live on $39,000 a year?" |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'd kill for that much money right now. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. Me, too. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
49. Notice he says "wife and kids", too. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. But lots of families live on less than that. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. That would be less than $10,000/year per person. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #53 |
75. Like I said elsewhere in this thread, my baby's daycare |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. We spend almost $8,000/year on FOOD alone. |
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xsquid (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 06:46 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Our family survives on a lot less, |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 09:01 PM Response to Reply #78 |
114. It's always been my experience that you spend what you earn. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 06:53 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Yep. When you start adding up the costs of having more |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 07:14 PM Response to Reply #53 |
87. But not impossible. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. There were years in the last 10 where I would have been thrilled to be pulling that in. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'd like to have a pay increase to that level |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. LOL |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I know! Really depends on the city they live. 39K is not much for Los Angeles, probably enough for |
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Tyrone Slothrop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I make $40K, live in NYC |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Maybe it's the need for a car but I'd find it difficult to live on that in LA |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. A bit more. |
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Juneboarder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Really? |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
45. If I may ask, what is your monthly housing cost? |
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DeltaLitProf (459 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
63. YOU need to write a book. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
69. That's some bullshit. I lived in NY for years and 40K a year is only enough if you're single |
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dem mba (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
93. in Manhattan? |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
116. Having two brothers who live there? I find this hard to believe. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. I agree |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 08:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
110. lol n/t |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
122. 39k IS enough for LA unless one wants to always buy the biggest, newest crap to show off |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. I live on half that, would LOVE to have that much. |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. Oh hell yes |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. No. Not in my current home I couldn't. |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. $39,000/yr. ... The new American Dream! |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. that would be about an $8,000 raise...I think I could handle that. nt |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. You betcha. n/t |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
13. It would be tough. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 03:58 PM Original message |
Since I got by, quite nicely, at under $10,000 last year, yes. n/t |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. Um...yeah. I'm surviving on a lot less right now. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. It also depends on how many mouths you have to feed. |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
38. A single person can't make it on that either. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Food alone for my one child cost me a lot per month. |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. That's why I need a roomie. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 07:08 PM Response to Reply #38 |
84. "the stupid idea that one person can live cheaper than two" |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #84 |
90. It is just common sense. Two people need more than just one. |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 07:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
82. 2009 Poverty Line Guidelines |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 07:28 PM Response to Reply #82 |
89. I can't imagine how 8 people are supposed to survive on that. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
18. We live on less than that. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. Hell yeah. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. I live on slightly less than that |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
22. before or after taxes? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
23. I live on somewhat less than that - |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
24. I could live like a queen on $39k. But I'm single. |
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Political_Junkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
40. Me too. |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
26. That is 2x's the amount I have lived on |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
27. $39,000 = $3,250 a month. WTH? |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. It sounds like a lot, but when you start adding up |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. It's no money at all, not anywhere in the United States |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
97. In Arkansas, it would be decent money. |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
62. Getting married is such a money making scam |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 06:58 PM Response to Reply #62 |
80. I wish it was a money making scam! |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #28 |
107. Mine is $2K because we currently have a five year mortgage |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 08:45 PM Response to Reply #107 |
109. $400 a week for groceries? You eatin lobster and cavier? |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #109 |
111. Teenage boys. 'Nuff said. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #111 |
112. ahhhh... I understand. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #112 |
113. They should be called bottomless pits, but that is unfair to pits. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #107 |
117. Ooh, I dread the college days. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
29. I lived on less than that last year. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
30. I lived for a Winter on $50./Mo. |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
31. 5 X that amount would be about right |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
32. I live on 900 a MONTH |
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fishbulb703 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
33. I live on 18k and my bf doesn't have a job. But, |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
34. Subsist, yes. Live, no. |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
37. Erm, ummm.. some of us already do (or even less)..not a complaint, just a fact. n/t |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
39. I live on less than that a year. It sucks. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:43 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. That is because you work at Initech and do those damn TPS reports! |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. And somebody took my stapler!!!! |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. _ |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #48 |
94. Needs more flair! |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #47 |
74. You better watch out. Hopefully the basement is cozy! |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #74 |
95. I was told that I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume from 9 to 11... |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 07:27 PM Response to Reply #42 |
88. "Um, Yeah... I'm Gonna need you to come in on Saturday." |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #88 |
96. If we get caught we're not going to minimum security resort prison! |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. :-^o....... |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
43. Hm, dunno, let's see: tap tap tap gazinta/=x52/12++...yeah I guess so and with what looks like |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
44. Yes. Move out of New York City, LA, and all the other places the poor go and pay rents of $1000+... |
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here_is_to_hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. Coast of Oregon + 39k = |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Exactly. I'm well aware that not everyone can pack up and move... |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
46. We've lived on less than that before. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
51. I currently live on less than that. nt |
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seeinfweggos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
54. yeah i could handle a 2 thousand dollar raise. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
55. Not much for CT with two kids. |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
57. I do, but there's only two of us... |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
58. Yes. |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
59. If I were single, yes. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
60. I could manage...lol.(n/t) |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
64. I lived on far less in the SF Bay for years (and without a roommate) |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
65. $9024. |
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TEXASYANKEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
66. Not easy. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
67. No. But I live in a city. |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
68. Easily |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
70. yes n/t |
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ChicagoSuz219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
71. Oh, yeah! n/t |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
72. Since business was bad last year, I hope to get UP to that level this year |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
73. I live on a lot less than that |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
76. Numbers |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
81. Yes. |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
83. poor people don't exist in CNN land |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
85. Possibly |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
86. Each month? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
91. I live on much less. n/t |
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PacerLJ35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
92. Sure, if you keep a budget |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
99. My husband and I are living on roughly half that. |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
100. We do. But health benefits are what keep us in the black |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
101. I can get by comfortably on $1100/month net income |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
102. Many of that teacher's students' families live on much less. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
103. No. Not even close. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
104. Teachers make $60K to $100K in California and many other places in this country. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
105. With great joy! |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
106. I live on half that |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
108. And then some. |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
115. for a long time! |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
118. That's not much for a family of four. |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
119. Yes. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
120. lived in the SF Bay area (one person) in the 90s on less than 20K |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
121. My family of four lives on less than that and we manage. |
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