• ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I mean by all standards they should be completely fine.

    I make less than $30k/year and make it work without credit. I honestly want to see their bills and what their living situation looks like because if you can’t manage $150k/year comfortably you’re definitely doing something wrong.

    • whofearsthenight@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I don’t disagree, but $150k is just not that much money any more for a household. My wife and I make probably around $110 or so. I got lucky and bought a house 6-8 years ago (I’d never be able to afford interest rates or what that house appraises at now) we have a couple of <$20k used cars with good rates, and a household of 6-8 depending on which of my kid’s friends basically live with us this week.

      if I were buying my house today, we’d need to make much closer to the 150 just to maintain our current middle class lifestyle, and trust me, it’s not like we’re eating steak every night (or probably even every month.) I mean, sure, there are things we can do to make that money go further, and we will likely have to do as my kids get older/more expensive.

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      1 year ago

      Other places may have higher cost of living. Hard to tell. But it does sound like a lot of money.

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      1 year ago

      You get used to the money and spend more until you are broke. Maybe it’s peer pressure, irresponsibility or a lack of financial education.

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      I mean by all standards they should be completely fine.

      I read it as whether it’s fine (moral) that they make that much money, not whether they could live off it. Else, what context for billionaires being mentioned?