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gtar100

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71. More poor shaming to make the rich feel better about themselves.

Wed Dec 26, 2018, 10:34 PM

Dec 2018

"You're poor because you don't work hard enough or manage your money well." And stop looking at all those off-shore bank accounts...they have nothing to do with it!

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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