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Doreen

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56. Who the f**k has $250 to wast on going out?

Wed Dec 26, 2018, 08:22 PM

Dec 2018

$400 for food? Who in the blue fuck has the money to spend that much on food? More like between $100-$150. That is wonderful someone can afford a housekeeper. Transportation costs more like 270 per month. Cell phone and internet completely unrealistic. Now for me utilities, rent, and medical are very subsidizes because I am disabled but for some poor Joe or Jane who is not and is capable of working would never ever even come close to that. My donation is getting off my ass on Saturday and helping to feed the homeless.

What planet does this kid come from?

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Who the hell came up with this chart? [View all] MrScorpio Dec 2018 OP

Ha-ha - Donations $615 per month? FakeNoose Dec 2018 #1

For real! backtoblue Dec 2018 #4

Internet $20? SharonAnn Dec 2018 #15

Earthlink 28.8K Dial-up? TheBlackAdder Dec 2018 #54

Someone who only works with other six-figure salaried workers gratuitous Dec 2018 #2

A $100K annual salary, $825 rent, $40 cell plan, $615 charity per month... Girard442 Dec 2018 #3

stoned and drunk. also, no savings at all? Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #10

And $135 for Transportation? MiniMe Dec 2018 #44

Indeed. I cannot think of a case where $100k annual salary and $825 rent aren't mutually exclusive. Massacure Dec 2018 #60

Also, where the hell is anyone getting $20.00 a month internet? dewsgirl Dec 2018 #5

Or a housecleaner for Jane Austin Dec 2018 #6

Yeah right, this chart is a deluded mess. dewsgirl Dec 2018 #7

I would kill to find a housecleaner for $30.00 per month! smirkymonkey Dec 2018 #25

He lives with housemates TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #9

Perfect analysis of this mess of a chart. dewsgirl Dec 2018 #12

Rent $825? Me. Dec 2018 #8

The rent is actually $1,400 FakeNoose Dec 2018 #13

Key - Rect Me. Dec 2018 #16

Los Angeles DBoon Dec 2018 #32

Bingo! Me. Dec 2018 #40

Was this chart from 1980? nature-lover Dec 2018 #11

He's only 25 TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #18

If he's making a hunnert grand a year... Adrahil Dec 2018 #36

Like most budgets, the overall spending level seems realistic. But when you start breaking it down Hoyt Dec 2018 #14

No Taxes? must be a Trump? rurallib Dec 2018 #17

The chart claims $2775 spending per month Massacure Dec 2018 #61

Where are the loan payments? surrealAmerican Dec 2018 #19

No car payment, no student loan payment, no clothing. Must be a trust funder. Vinca Dec 2018 #20

That entire chart is Ferrets are Cool Dec 2018 #21

Are you effing kidding me? smirkymonkey Dec 2018 #22

any job that pays that much DBoon Dec 2018 #34

Not necessarily; IT comes to mind. Massacure Dec 2018 #59

Hmmm. After taxes they are taking home $6K a month. madinmaryland Dec 2018 #23

Ghost of Nelson Rockefeller... czarjak Dec 2018 #24

This is why I urge everyone to Sherman A1 Dec 2018 #26

What percentage of people make 100,000 a year? guillaumeb Dec 2018 #27

The answer to that question is 13% Massacure Dec 2018 #63

Wow, what crap. mountain grammy Dec 2018 #28

Is that $615 monthly donation for IRS? at140 Dec 2018 #29

I just showed the chart to my 29 year old son thinkingagain Dec 2018 #30

Comical JDC Dec 2018 #31

It's connected to an article that isn't linked in the OP. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #33

We live in a shared house. Just a Weirdo Dec 2018 #42

Are you in NYC? PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #43

Denver, CO Just a Weirdo Dec 2018 #45

We used to live in Boulder. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #65

Did the article say where the data came from? The BLS does the... TreasonousBastard Dec 2018 #52

"uses that and other sources for analysis" ... "the source for many of these charts" keithbvadu2 Dec 2018 #62

Sometimes. Not always. TreasonousBastard Dec 2018 #67

Here's a link to the article. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #66

It does-- and everyone commenting should read it. This is one very specific case... TreasonousBastard Dec 2018 #70

LOL @ $825/mo rent. lpbk2713 Dec 2018 #35

Backstory - Mommy & Daddy paid for Princeton, so no student loan debt . . .. hatrack Dec 2018 #37

Ha! Car payment? Drahthaardogs Dec 2018 #38

Donation CountAllVotes Dec 2018 #39

what 25 year old rownesheck Dec 2018 #41

I think this can be dismissef genxlib Dec 2018 #46

Transportation $130 (Is This a Car Payment/Insurance?) Rent $825? Seriously? dlk Dec 2018 #47

we think alike. person making 100k probably needs/wants nicer car. Demovictory9 Dec 2018 #49

transportation cost unrealistically low. high paid person would probably go for a car that cost Demovictory9 Dec 2018 #48

In California the pink, yellow and light blue would be low end rent lunatica Dec 2018 #50

In what parallel universe? MFGsunny Dec 2018 #51

100k at 25????????? Takket Dec 2018 #53

This is why averages can be deceiving and useless Hav Dec 2018 #55

Who the f**k has $250 to wast on going out? Doreen Dec 2018 #56

Any 25 year old making $100K Cairycat Dec 2018 #57

A "house cleaner" but no student loans? oberliner Dec 2018 #58

Rent $825 per month EffieBlack Dec 2018 #64

lololooooololololololololololololololololololool JHan Dec 2018 #68

Drives a cheap car or rides the bus. GeorgeGist Dec 2018 #69

More poor shaming to make the rich feel better about themselves. gtar100 Dec 2018 #71