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Heyoka · Post by **Heyoka** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:48 pm

Jimen wrote:QUOTE (Jimen @ Apr 22 2011, 03:42 PM) it's tough to improve one's situation on fifteen bucks an hour

With this, I officially hate you and think that if you can't improve your situation while making 15$/hr, you are simply living beyond your means.

Find cheaper rent, get a vehicle that is good on gas and insurance (those smart cars are pretty cheap, maybe an 80's honda or toyota), etc.

Give me your income and see what would happen, I $#@!ing dare you.

Icky · Post by **Icky** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:25 pm

Heyoka wrote:QUOTE (Heyoka @ Apr 22 2011, 05:48 PM) With this, I officially hate you and think that if you can't improve your situation while making 15$/hr, you are simply living beyond your means.

Find cheaper rent, get a vehicle that is good on gas and insurance (those smart cars are pretty cheap, maybe an 80's honda or toyota), etc.

Give me your income and see what would happen, I $#@!ing dare you.

Again, it depends on area.

But I think Jimen is in FL somewhere, and FL is one of the cheaper states cost-of-living wise.

I made under that in NC for many years and did just fine.

lexaal · Post by **lexaal** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:51 pm

Heyoka wrote:QUOTE (Heyoka @ Apr 22 2011, 11:48 PM) With this, I officially hate you and think that if you can't improve your situation while making 15$/hr, you are simply living beyond your means.

Find cheaper rent, get a vehicle that is good on gas and insurance (those smart cars are pretty cheap, maybe an 80's honda or toyota), etc.

Give me your income and see what would happen, I $#@!ing dare you.

15$/hr is 28,5k/ year (*1.9). Officially richer than 51%.

spideycw · Post by **spideycw** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:05 am

No benifits though. One medical issue and he could end up like Heyoka with possibly more complaining though.

takingarms1 · Post by **takingarms1** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:10 am

Jimen wrote:QUOTE (Jimen @ Apr 22 2011, 03:42 PM) Bachelor's, IT. And yes, I'm fully aware that it's one of the better fields to be in (at least in the event that the economy ever recovers), but stuff sucks right now and it's tough to improve one's situation on fifteen bucks an hour (with no benefits) minus taxes, rent, utilities, food, insurance, and student loan payments.

lol on fifteen bucks an hour you're well above the poverty line and are in fact at or close to median income. STFU and get to work noob.

Icky · Post by **Icky** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:59 am

TakingArms wrote:QUOTE (TakingArms @ Apr 22 2011, 10:10 PM) lol on fifteen bucks an hour you're well above the poverty line and are in fact at or close to median income. STFU and get to work noob.

He can't get ahead because he spends all his time and energy trolling the forums and looking up things on wikipedia so he sounds informed the man is keeping him down.

Duckwarrior · Post by **Duckwarrior** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 6:46 am

I dunno, it's pretty easy to be down on somebody when you aren't walking in their shoes.

Kicking the XT back into people since 2004

deathgoat · Post by **deathgoat** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 5:03 pm

i live in SE ohio, its pretty poor around here.
but our modest income allows us a nice house, quality vehicles, we both are still paying our college loans, we drop $600/mo on child care.

i mean we live pretty simply, but we live well. i was raised in a well-to-do suburb, and definitely choose to live this way.

could we live in a large city like this, probably, but it would be a little tighter. but i make $25-30 an hour here, whereas there i could easily charge $50-60.

i think $15 an hour is easy to live on, provided you have no kids or other overhead, its all about living smart (cook you own meals, dont buy stupid @#(!, etc) (been there done that)

takingarms1 · Post by **takingarms1** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 5:06 pm

Duckwarrior wrote:QUOTE (Duckwarrior @ Apr 23 2011, 02:46 AM) I dunno, it's pretty easy to be down on somebody when you aren't walking in their shoes.

I lived in those shoes for quite some time actually, as have many of the "rich people" that I know

HSharp · Post by **HSharp** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 5:14 pm

TakingArms wrote:QUOTE (TakingArms @ Apr 23 2011, 06:06 PM) I lived in those shoes for quite some time actually, as have many of the "rich people" that I know

The message im getting is, if you want to be rich you need to have a shoe-share with other people? I dunno I like having my own shoes.