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this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2026
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I would love to have $50,000 a year. About $15k is what I need for living and basic entertainment, so the rest of that lucre can go towards fixing up the house, getting dental, checking the car, and so on. I wouldn't have to live hand-to-mouth anymore.
Where do you live? If you have kids 50k is barely enough to survive on instant ramen in the US.
Would rather not say. If politics come to a head in the US, I want a basic level of anonymity. Depending how things go, we might see ICE doing a Pretti Good to many voting Democrats.
Anyhow, I don't have to pay for utilities and housing, just my food, fuel, phone, internet, and the things that make life decent. I am VERY lucky for what I have. Kids are definitely not something that I would ever consider having.
I can cut down on the food budget and go full ramen if I wanted to improve my savings, but I do like my vices of meat and such. About $500 for this month's Costco* shopping bill...but half of the meat is bought by other household members. I cook the food, and split the cost of supplies between us.
*$5 off per package for this stuff is a recurring deal. It is quite good, it comes pre-sliced and in two sealed packets.
Fuck it. 120k for the household is barely enough for two working adults I have no idea how people with kids afford anything.
The only time I ever made more than 50k (55k) was when I had a union warehouse job. But the job sucked so I went to college, got a 4 year degree, got a "career job" and after 10 years am making 45k. And that's with job hopping 4 times. And of course I had to pay off massive debt that took about 8 of those years. I hate it here