Quote from retaildaytrader:
Lets say you are one person, how would it not be hard to live on $1600 a month?
Quote from The Big D:
That's kind of frightening. Presumably at that income, you're not paying much in terms of income or property taxes. One person living on $1600 isn't that hard, and shouldn't require food stamps...
Quote from S2007S:
Isnt that hard????
I dont know where you live but a one bedroom starts at $1200.
Add up food, gas, electricity, at least some entertainment, bills etc etc and you need to be clearing alot more than just $1600.
Oh yea forgot that BOB mentioned medical insurance, go out and shop for that and tell me the prices you get, mine is around $375 a month.
Quote from S2007S:
Isnt that hard????
I dont know where you live but a one bedroom starts at $1200.
Add up food, gas, electricity, at least some entertainment, bills etc etc and you need to be clearing alot more than just $1600.
Oh yea forgot that BOB mentioned medical insurance, go out and shop for that and tell me the prices you get, mine is around $375 a month.
Quote from jeb9999:
I don't know where you live, other than an overpriced area, but in most of America you can rent a house for less than $1000 a month.
Near me is Trenton, NJ and you can rent a 3 or 4 bedroom house for $950 a month. 3 adults in a 3 bedroom comes to $317 a month per person and 4 adults in a 4 bedroom comes to $237.50 a month per person. Even after you pay your one third or one fourth share of utilities there is plenty left over from your $1600 a month income.
Frugal people know how to cut expenses. How do you think that all the illegal immigrants that work for low wages manage to survive and send the bulk of their income home to their families? They certainly don't overpay for housing.
Quote from retaildaytrader:
I went to a website to see what it took for me to qualify for food stamps. $1600 every month (income) was the threshold for myself to qualify for food stamps.
So are 40 million people in the United States making under 20 grand a year?