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Wednesday, February 7, 2007
9:24:00 AM EST
Hearing Looney Tunes! They're Classic!
This woman has decided to make a go of living on $12,000 a year -- good luck with that:
My 2007 "income," the money I can actually count on, will be $12,084. I know this because it consists of alimony and a portion of a school grant. (I went back to college last year; the grant covers tuition and books with a little left over.) I already know my big-ticket annual costs, too: rent of $6,300 and $1,200 for car insurance. Subtract these from my income and I'm left with $382 a month for food, utilities, clothes, medical deductibles and co-pays, gasoline, renter's and life insurance and any help I give my [adult] daughter, who lives on even less than I do.
How is she doing it? Well, two things about living on $1000 a month: you can't proud, and you can't be lazy. It's possible to live on that much, but as this article shows, it sure isn't easy.
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9:24:00 AM EST
Hearing Looney Tunes! They're Classic!
You Can Live On It, But It's Not Fun
This woman has decided to make a go of living on $12,000 a year -- good luck with that:
My 2007 "income," the money I can actually count on, will be $12,084. I know this because it consists of alimony and a portion of a school grant. (I went back to college last year; the grant covers tuition and books with a little left over.) I already know my big-ticket annual costs, too: rent of $6,300 and $1,200 for car insurance. Subtract these from my income and I'm left with $382 a month for food, utilities, clothes, medical deductibles and co-pays, gasoline, renter's and life insurance and any help I give my [adult] daughter, who lives on even less than I do.
How is she doing it? Well, two things about living on $1000 a month: you can't proud, and you can't be lazy. It's possible to live on that much, but as this article shows, it sure isn't easy.
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I'm a student and I live on LESS that $12K a year. All I have to say is I'm not all that impressed.
AJ in SF -
Is it bad that my reaction to this article was "So?" Most people I know in theater live this lifestyle. Heck. I've lived this lifestyle. It doesn't hurt as much as people think it will.
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i just want to know where she found to live on a rent of 6,300 a year!
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I only take in $12,000 a year, but I own the house outright, and have a professional husband.
That lady will be down on the wharves servicing longshoremen as soon as her kid needs braces, I can tell you that.
2/7/07 9:14 PM
Krissy
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