re: Here's a budget breakdown of a couple that makes $200,000 a year and yet is scraping by

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Didn't have to read past the first line to laugh. 24k for childcare

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That's actually one of the more realistic lines on the page. Childcare has shot up just like college tuition. It's absurd.

Now, what's ridiculous here (and may have already been pointed out) is they only have one kid they are paying childcare for, but that kid also has some kind of lessons? How old is this kid? That 24k is probably private school, which means that is instantly their biggest disposable expense and primarily what is killing their budget.