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Tours Over misc. $100k salary = broke
I don't fully agree with the guy, but $100k definitely isn't what most people make it out to be. $200k is the new $100k
For those who don't feel like watching the video, here's how he broke it down

For those who don't feel like watching the video, here's how he broke it down

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Retirement contributions and savings are not expenses, yet he proves you still have money for vacation and left over cash flow. Averages are skewed by people doing dumb **** like having $530 car payment, $390 student loan payments, $150 for wifi. Costs of living vary wildly by location.
Yes, costs are increasing, but this type of alarmist **** like saying 100k = broke is dumb AF.
Yes, costs are increasing, but this type of alarmist **** like saying 100k = broke is dumb AF.
01-10-2021, 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted By frezko⏩
oh no whatever shall i do??? Please don't neg me Mr. Tough Guy. I'm not the messenger LMAOlol'd at some of these payments
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01-10-2021, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted By GNCPOV⏩
Retirement and savings should be expenses. Are you saying we should just gonna ignore those and think life will be great later on? Every responsible person will take out their checks for those 2 variables. Now if we're talking investments then yeah, not necessary. But retirement and savings are necessary, otherwise you're working the rest of your lifeRetirement contributions and savings are not expenses, yet he proves you still have money for vacation and left over cash flow. Averages are skewed by people doing dumb **** like having $530 car payment, $390 student loan payments, $150 for wifi. Costs of living vary wildly by location.
Yes, costs are increasing, but this type of alarmist **** like saying 100k = broke is dumb AF.
Yes, costs are increasing, but this type of alarmist **** like saying 100k = broke is dumb AF.
01-10-2021, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted By GNCPOV⏩
Yeah this. My car payment is 0. Student loan payment 0. Date night isn't 100 4x a month. My internet costs $80 and my insurance premium is $19. Retirement contribution is much higher than the OPs budget though.Retirement contributions and savings are not expenses, yet he proves you still have money for vacation and left over cash flow. Averages are skewed by people doing dumb **** like having $530 car payment, $390 student loan payments, $150 for wifi. Costs of living vary wildly by location.
Yes, costs are increasing, but this type of alarmist **** like saying 100k = broke is dumb AF.
Yes, costs are increasing, but this type of alarmist **** like saying 100k = broke is dumb AF.
It's almost like they purposefully try to make a budget for the least financially responsible person and then say anyone who makes X is broke. lmao
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01-10-2021, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted By bov188⏩
$3k isn't much. That's two 2 week vacations, about $1500 for an entire family. You aren't traveling overseas to something fancy$530/mo car payment and a $3000 vacation every year. Deserves to be broke
How much do you spend on vacation with your family?
01-10-2021, 10:05 AM
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Those are retarded spending habits brah.
01-10-2021, 10:09 AM
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Doing all that and saving $800/month while still having $740/month left over ainโt broke IMO
Things like car payments and student loans are much more temporary as well. Pay those off, donโt take on more debt, and free up another $920/month in this example
Things like car payments and student loans are much more temporary as well. Pay those off, donโt take on more debt, and free up another $920/month in this example
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Wait he's saying he's broke when after all that retarded budget he listed he still had an extra 740/month in budgeting?
Brb 9,000/year unaccounted for even with his super irresponsible spending assumptions.
Brb 9,000/year unaccounted for even with his super irresponsible spending assumptions.
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Originally Posted By RBMK⏩
$150 for high-speed internet/cable is about right. How much are you spending? Agreed on Cellphone, I only pay $50/monthNeeds to get a grip of his spending - $530 car, $150 internet, $150 phone wtf. Plus just lol at treating savings, retirement, vacations and date nights as expenses
01-10-2021, 10:10 AM
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He's budgeted for a lavish lifestyle, is putting money away, and still has some cash left over.
Not sure how that is broke.
Not sure how that is broke.
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if you cant live comfortably on 100k youre doing it very wrong
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Originally Posted By GNCPOV⏩
This.Retirement contributions and savings are not expenses, yet he proves you still have money for vacation and left over cash flow. Averages are skewed by people doing dumb **** like having $530 car payment, $390 student loan payments, $150 for wifi. Costs of living vary wildly by location.
Yes, costs are increasing, but this type of alarmist **** like saying 100k = broke is dumb AF.
Yes, costs are increasing, but this type of alarmist **** like saying 100k = broke is dumb AF.
Terrible budget and at the end still has $740
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
No family crew$3k isn't much. That's two 2 week vacations, about $1500 for an entire family. You aren't traveling overseas to something fancy
How much do you spend on vacation with your family?
How much do you spend on vacation with your family?
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
$70 gigabit crew$150 for high-speed internet/cable is about right. How much are you spending? Agreed on Cellphone, I only pay $50/month
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Originally Posted By Anachron⏩
makes no sense at allAnd here we go, the weekly whiny thread from OP, who proclaims to be successful in life - regular vacations to ski chalets and all.

I assume the video is targetted for Americans
brb according to BLS the median full-time US worker wage is 50k
brb that means those that are way below 100k will feel like ****
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yeah this is why the "trump phenomena" is happening.
trump is a meme, but everyone is becoming aware that the economic system is in a hairy situation at the moment
trump is a meme, but everyone is becoming aware that the economic system is in a hairy situation at the moment
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Pay for car cash. + $530 per month.
Dont go into debt with student loans. +$390 per month.
Get rid of cable TV. +$100 per month.
Pay car insurance by the year. + $75 per month.
Stop taking ridiculous vacations you can't afford. +$250 per month.
Boom. $2085 per month in your pocket after all expenses. Save/invest that for over 24K per year of gains. Assuming you invest it for 20 years into an ETF with an average return of 10% your looking at 1.5 mil in just 20 years. Not counting your original retirement account.
Or you can be a consumerist cuck and blow all your money for 20 years then complain about the 'rich' people that spent 20+ years grinding and sacrificing to be wealthy.
Dont go into debt with student loans. +$390 per month.
Get rid of cable TV. +$100 per month.
Pay car insurance by the year. + $75 per month.
Stop taking ridiculous vacations you can't afford. +$250 per month.
Boom. $2085 per month in your pocket after all expenses. Save/invest that for over 24K per year of gains. Assuming you invest it for 20 years into an ETF with an average return of 10% your looking at 1.5 mil in just 20 years. Not counting your original retirement account.
Or you can be a consumerist cuck and blow all your money for 20 years then complain about the 'rich' people that spent 20+ years grinding and sacrificing to be wealthy.
01-10-2021, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted By guest89⏩
True, but at $1,030 mortgage including taxes you live in a trailer.Par for car cash. + $530 per month.
Dont go into debt with student loans. +$390 per month.
Get rid of cable TV. +$100 per month.
Pay car insurance by the year. + $75 per month.
Stop taking ridiculous vacations you can't afford. +$250 per month.
Boom. $2085 per month in your pocket after all expenses. Save/invest that for over 24K per year of gains. Assuming you invest it for 20 years into an ETF with an average return of 10% your looking at 1.5 mil in just 20 years. Not counting your original retirement account.
Dont go into debt with student loans. +$390 per month.
Get rid of cable TV. +$100 per month.
Pay car insurance by the year. + $75 per month.
Stop taking ridiculous vacations you can't afford. +$250 per month.
Boom. $2085 per month in your pocket after all expenses. Save/invest that for over 24K per year of gains. Assuming you invest it for 20 years into an ETF with an average return of 10% your looking at 1.5 mil in just 20 years. Not counting your original retirement account.
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these people are try hard retards
that is my ballpark salary and i live in a high col area.
my cell phone is 45 not 150 a month. my car is paid off now. student loans gone. cable bill and netflix closer to 60 than 150 and im now at the point where im going to contribute to regular 401k instead of roth to not pay 28%. my rent is way higher than his example but i will still come out ahead of this plebtard example.
that is my ballpark salary and i live in a high col area.
my cell phone is 45 not 150 a month. my car is paid off now. student loans gone. cable bill and netflix closer to 60 than 150 and im now at the point where im going to contribute to regular 401k instead of roth to not pay 28%. my rent is way higher than his example but i will still come out ahead of this plebtard example.
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Originally Posted By Anachron⏩
And also, he seems to be saving for retirement by stuffing cash into his mattress.
BRB $4800/year retirement savings, but none of it is tax sheltered?
brb spending 2k/month eating out with family, taking three $6k vacations a year, spending $18k a yr on charity, a THOUSAND a month on children's extracurriculars, $800 a month on clothes....
And also, he seems to be saving for retirement by stuffing cash into his mattress.
BRB $4800/year retirement savings, but none of it is tax sheltered?

and feeling average lmao
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Originally Posted By guest89⏩
Agree with most of this, however $3k is responsible for a vacation if you have family and the middle class deserves vacation time.Pay for car cash. + $530 per month.
Dont go into debt with student loans. +$390 per month.
Get rid of cable TV. +$100 per month.
Pay car insurance by the year. + $75 per month.
Stop taking ridiculous vacations you can't afford. +$250 per month.
Boom. $2085 per month in your pocket after all expenses. Save/invest that for over 24K per year of gains. Assuming you invest it for 20 years into an ETF with an average return of 10% your looking at 1.5 mil in just 20 years. Not counting your original retirement account.
Or you can be a consumerist cuck and blow all your money for 20 years then complain about the 'rich' people that spent 20+ years grinding and sacrificing to be wealthy.
Dont go into debt with student loans. +$390 per month.
Get rid of cable TV. +$100 per month.
Pay car insurance by the year. + $75 per month.
Stop taking ridiculous vacations you can't afford. +$250 per month.
Boom. $2085 per month in your pocket after all expenses. Save/invest that for over 24K per year of gains. Assuming you invest it for 20 years into an ETF with an average return of 10% your looking at 1.5 mil in just 20 years. Not counting your original retirement account.
Or you can be a consumerist cuck and blow all your money for 20 years then complain about the 'rich' people that spent 20+ years grinding and sacrificing to be wealthy.
I feel like the date nights can definitely be lowered, but you'd be stuck going to cheap places like Apple Bee's
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Originally Posted By bov188⏩
I don't know man, anybody that works hard deserves to get away once or twice a year. Like I said, it's not far fetched to spend $1500 on a getaway and then $1500 for another. It's great your family doesn't care for vacations, save way more money that way.We probably spend $700-$1000 on a long weekend vacation once a year, and our household income is well over $200k. Before we owned a home and we had a combined income of $100k we didn't go on any vacations
Sorry to break it to you but going on a $3000 all inclusive vacation once a year is not a basic right. I have no sympathy for anyone who claims they're, "Broke" but has a $500/mo car payment and spends $3000 on a vacation
Sorry to break it to you but going on a $3000 all inclusive vacation once a year is not a basic right. I have no sympathy for anyone who claims they're, "Broke" but has a $500/mo car payment and spends $3000 on a vacation
I'd have bought a car with cash, don't know why people choose to spend that much. Worse yet it's probably not even luxurious
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Originally Posted By soaponarope1⏩
Unfortunately many many Americans try to live a LAVISH lifestyle...Yeah this. My car payment is 0. Student loan payment 0. Date night isn't 100 4x a month. My internet costs $80 and my insurance premium is $19. Retirement contribution is much higher than the OPs budget though.
It's almost like they purposefully try to make a budget for the least financially responsible person and then say anyone who makes X is broke. lmao
It's almost like they purposefully try to make a budget for the least financially responsible person and then say anyone who makes X is broke. lmao
Which ends up making them spend money left and right not realizing what they're doing meaning they end up broke.
If you look at statistics over 2/3 Americans don't have emergency funds of over $1000..
its sad we live in what is seemingly "The best country" in the world yet so many Americans are poor due to their life style choices..
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
But that's not a guaranteed "expense" if you're choosing to go on a $3,000 vacation and still have $9,000/yr left over, you're not broke. Your thread is stupid, get over it.I don't know man, anybody that works hard deserves to get away once or twice a year. Like I said, it's not far fetched to spend $1500 on a getaway and then $1500 for another
I'd have bought a car with cash, don't know why people choose to spend that much. Worse yet it's probably not even luxurious
I'd have bought a car with cash, don't know why people choose to spend that much. Worse yet it's probably not even luxurious
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Originally Posted By DizzySmalls⏩
Had a brand new house built 5 years ago. .33 of an acre. 3 bed, 2 bath 1585 square foot. + attached garage. 20% down. Normal payments 5 years. Just refinanced for a juicy rate of 2.8% for 30 years. Mortgage is $585 per month.True, but at $1,030 mortgage including taxes you live in a trailer.
Don't live in NY/California/Washington/Oregon.
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Just go open up an excel spreadsheet and figure out your after tax earnings, spending and see how much you have left over for savings/investing or spending
You don't need to watch this guys fuking video
100k could be a lot for someone or not
You don't need to watch this guys fuking video
100k could be a lot for someone or not
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