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re: Leftist Loomer is shrieking that $70,000 isn't a living wage
Posted on 12/27/24 at 6:39 pm to 4cubbies
Posted on 12/27/24 at 6:39 pm to 4cubbies
House was $10,000 and you would not get shot walking out your front door. Now the same house in the ghetto is $350,000.
This post was edited on 12/27/24 at 7:03 pm
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Posted on 12/27/24 at 6:41 pm to Lsuhoohoo
73k in buffalo is living like a King
Loomer is so terrible but its amazing how a certain group loves her now
Loomer is so terrible but its amazing how a certain group loves her now
Posted on 12/27/24 at 6:46 pm to SDVTiger
Is this thread a bunch of "conservative" MAGA types who want a living wage for American workers?
Posted on 12/27/24 at 6:59 pm to Lsuhoohoo
McDonalds around me are now starting people off at $11 an hour. That's like 440 a week, around 350 after taxes. So 1400 a month, around 16k a year. If they do 40 hours of overtime a week also.. then after taxes, they bringing home around 42k total a year. That's not much.
It's all about housing, though.
If you had a house before the inflation happened.. then you can definitely live off of around 40ish k a year in my area of indian trail, nc. But if you're just trying to branch out on your own, then it's very difficult to find a house to rent or buy at the moment... while making less than 60k a year. For the smallest of houses, they are asking for 2k a month rent. For buying houses... the inflation is even worse. Houses that were 175k 4 years ago are now almost 400k. Shittier houses that were 75k-100k 4 years ago... are now going for over 200k.
It's all about housing, though.
If you had a house before the inflation happened.. then you can definitely live off of around 40ish k a year in my area of indian trail, nc. But if you're just trying to branch out on your own, then it's very difficult to find a house to rent or buy at the moment... while making less than 60k a year. For the smallest of houses, they are asking for 2k a month rent. For buying houses... the inflation is even worse. Houses that were 175k 4 years ago are now almost 400k. Shittier houses that were 75k-100k 4 years ago... are now going for over 200k.
Posted on 12/27/24 at 7:00 pm to SDVTiger
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73k in buffalo is living like a King
Wut
Posted on 12/27/24 at 7:06 pm to mauser
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To me she comes off as another hysterical woman.
Laura is like the psycho ex-girlfriend who won't stop driving by your house.
Posted on 12/27/24 at 7:11 pm to The Baker
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She’s not wrong. Back in the 70’s 80’s and 90’s engineers made really good money on par with the other professions. Oil companies, along with many others, decided to flood the market by lobbying the board examiners (PE question writers) to lower their difficulty. Becoming a PE is easier than its ever been.
You have zero clue wtf you are talking about
And 70k is a starting salary for an engineer and that’s on the low side
There is a huge engineering shortage in the oil industry
Every single thing you posted is 100% false and we are all dumber for reading it
Posted on 12/27/24 at 7:20 pm to NIH
Exactly and not to mention that is the starting salary for an entry level job. Shouldn’t even have kids or be married in that case
And 76k would be a starting salary higher than pretty much every other non engineering major
People have lost their minds
And 76k would be a starting salary higher than pretty much every other non engineering major
People have lost their minds
Posted on 12/27/24 at 9:52 pm to lsu777
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You have zero clue wtf you are talking about
And 70k is a starting salary for an engineer and that’s on the low side
There is a huge engineering shortage in the oil industry
Every single thing you posted is 100% false and we are all dumber for reading it
It is true. 70k has been the starting salary for engineers for over 2 decades now. The PE difficulty has been diluted intentionally over that same time span, which is common knowledge by the way
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Also the oil industry struggles with shortages bc no one wants to fricking work in a sector with highly volatile job security.
This post was edited on 12/27/24 at 9:55 pm
Posted on 12/27/24 at 10:12 pm to Lsuhoohoo
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Its more than enough, in fact.
Let’s do the math.
$70k is $2692 bi weekly. Take home is going to be roughly $1885 after taxes. Which is roughly $3700/month income. Avg home price is over $300k, so let’s go low and say you’ve got a $200k home at 7%. That’s about $2k/month mortgage. Rents not any cheaper right now.
So out of your $3700, subtract:
$600/month insurance
$2000/m mortgage/ rent
$300/utilities
$500/m auto expenses/ car note
That leaves you $300/m disposable income for food, incidentals, etc. I’m just averaging too. It’s a shitty time to be entering the workforce.
Posted on 12/27/24 at 10:16 pm to SlowFlowPro
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Is this thread a bunch of "conservative" MAGA types who want a living wage for American workers?
I honestly skipped over the first four pages, because I wanted to believe that there weren't people stupid enough to agree with Loomer. Your post makes me think I was wrong.
I only came to post that anyone who gives that count credence deserves to be shunned from MAGA. I mean that.
Posted on 12/27/24 at 10:17 pm to Lsuhoohoo
I’m convinced Laura Loomer isn’t real and it’s Roger Stone in drag.
Posted on 12/27/24 at 10:20 pm to SelaTiger
The stock received should mean something
Posted on 12/27/24 at 10:32 pm to 4cubbies
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Do you think someone making only $70k can afford to pay rent or a mortgage and for daycare? And then also buy diapers, formula, etc? You seem out of touch, friend.
I live in Huntsville AL (not the cheapest nor most expensive) and have 3 kids, 2,5,7. My wife stays at home and we homeschool. I make $75k-120k depending on the year. Our cars are older and paid off, we hardly ever eat out, no grand vacations to Disney. But we have a roof over our head with another passive income rental property, we have food on the table, and don’t go without. All of this with 15% being saved.
It’s very possible.
ETA: and they were all breast fed and home birthed, so guess I saved coin there. I honestly think most people struggle because of new vehicles, new phones, new clothes, eating out all the time, gas station trips.
This post was edited on 12/27/24 at 10:43 pm
Posted on 12/27/24 at 10:35 pm to Hoops
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Well if only one of the parents is working why the hell they getting daycare? Here’s a hint stop letting poor people nut in you
I'm glad someone brought us up.
$70k is fine for a single person.
$140k is fine for a married couple raising two or three kids.
Why are we expecting a single person in entry level positions to make enough to raise a family solo? This isn't the 1950's. There's nothing in the world that's going to bring that back.
Posted on 12/27/24 at 10:59 pm to 4cubbies
Car $500
House $2000
Utilities $400
Car Insurance $200
Phone $200
Internet $100
Total $3400 mo/$40,800 yr
Leaving $30,000 for gas/food/entertainment/essentials
Add in child support roughly $7,000 per kid/yr.
That’s all mid to high averages. It’s doable and silly to think someone can’t live off that.
House $2000
Utilities $400
Car Insurance $200
Phone $200
Internet $100
Total $3400 mo/$40,800 yr
Leaving $30,000 for gas/food/entertainment/essentials
Add in child support roughly $7,000 per kid/yr.
That’s all mid to high averages. It’s doable and silly to think someone can’t live off that.
Posted on 12/27/24 at 11:04 pm to RileyTime
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Leaving $30,000 for gas/food/entertainment/essentials
You forgot taxes...
Posted on 12/28/24 at 1:00 am to TigerFanatic99
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Why are we expecting a single person in entry level positions to make enough to raise a family solo?
Because single, poor people with no real education pan for the future are easily manipulated
Posted on 12/28/24 at 6:03 am to Lsuhoohoo
Spent most of my life living off under 20k and could make 25k work now if i had to. Move away from expensive cities, dumbass.
Posted on 12/28/24 at 6:48 am to Tigahs24Seven
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Drive a lesser car...carry a lesser phone....cook your own meals...vacation in driving distance...get another job..
70k goes a long way if you don't live like you make 200k and think you deserve to START where your parents ENDED UP.
It's that simple, and thats how it used to be before everyone expected equality and equity....
Holy shite...all of this
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