I FINALLY PUT EVERY MONTHLY BILL INTO ONE SPREADSHEET AND REALIZED THE PROBLEM ISN’T THAT I CAN’T BUDGET.
Rent: $1,925
Car payment: $395
Car insurance: $205
Health insurance: $435
Student loans: $285
Groceries: $410
Phone + utilities: $225
TOTAL: $3,880 EVERY MONTH.
I make $63,500 a year. After taxes, I bring home roughly $4,300 a month.
That leaves me with about $420.
For gas. Emergencies. Car repairs. Clothes. Anything unexpected.
And something is ALWAYS unexpected.
I checked the spreadsheet four times because I was convinced I had screwed up the math.
I didn’t.
I’m not spending hundreds on takeout. I’m not buying designer clothes. I’m not living some ridiculous lifestyle.
I’m working, paying the bills, and watching almost my entire paycheck disappear before I even get to decide what to do with it.
At some point, “just budget better” stops being advice.
There’s simply nothing left to budget.
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I DID THE MATH ON MY PAYCHECK AND NOW I’M PISSED.
I MAKE $74,000 A YEAR.
After taxes, retirement contributions and health insurance, I take home about $4,300 a month.
Rent, car payment, insurance and minimum debt payments eat $3,450.
That leaves me with $850 a month.
For a college graduate with a full-time job.
And that $850 still has to cover groceries, gas, utilities, emergencies, anything fun, and whatever unexpected bill shows up next.
I did everything they told me to do.
Get the degree.
Get the full time job.
Save for retirement.
Have health insurance.
Pay your debts.
I followed the plan.
THE MATH STILL DOESN’T WORK.
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Replying to @loungingmee
At what point do we stop blaming clothes and start holding the person who committed the crime responsible?
A person’s outfit doesn’t force anyone to sexually assault them.
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I support a mosque being built anywhere in the US. I think it should be the goal of every American to be tolerant regardless of their religious beliefs.
To promote tolerance, I would also propose that two nightclubs be opened next door to the mosque. We could call one of the clubs, which would be gay, The Turban Cowboy and the other, a topless bar, would be called You Mecca Me Hot.
Next door should be a butcher shop that specializes in pork and across the street, an open-pit barbecue pork restaurant, called Iraq of Ribs.
We could also have a lingerie store called Victoria Keeps Nothing Secret and a liquor store called Mohammered.
All of this would encourage Muslims to demonstrate the tolerance they demand of us.
Yes we should promote tolerance, and you can do your part by passing this on. 😎 I did my part 😉or we can just send them back to where ever they came from.....
If we could please turn back the clock to one income earner house holds that can afford a home that would be great.
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🚨 THEY WERE HARVESTING ORGANS FROM LIVING PEOPLE 🚨
Secretary Kennedy just dropped the most horrifying bombshell in American medical history:
U.S. hospitals and organ networks were cutting organs out of patients who were STILL ALIVE… still showing signs of life… still fighting.
“That’s horrifying — and it ends now.”
This isn’t medicine.
This is industrial-scale murder wearing a white coat.
Federal investigators found dozens of cases.
Patients thrashing. Crying. Shaking their heads.
And the “donation” teams kept going.
Kennedy is declaring total war.
Decertifications. Investigations. A full purge of the transplant system.
The veil has been ripped off.
The medical underworld just got exposed in broad daylight.
Share this before they try to bury it.
The American people deserve to know what was being done in the name of “saving lives.”
#HarvestedAlive #RFKJr #OrganHarvesting
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WHY THE HELL AM I PAYING TAXES TO A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT:
>CANNOT DEFUND THE TALBAN
>CANNOT SECURE OUR ELECTIONS
>CANNOT BALANCE A BUDGET
>CANNOT READ THE BILLS THEY VOTE ON
>CANNOT PASS TERM LIMITS
>CANNOT PASS DOGE CUTS
WHY ARE WE PAYING TAXES?!!!!!!
Yes it's not just bothering it's creating lots of stress.
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Replying to @mistressdivy
I'm tired of the fact that every dollar I make is only worth maybe 40-50 cents due to being taxed multiple times.
You pay taxes when you get paid, when you buy food, when you pay bills, buy gas, or heaven forbid you drive anywhere and are taxed multiple times on that.
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American bought his home and the monthly mortgage payment has been $3,741.72
His property tax just got reassessed and has been sent his new monthly bill in the mail
His payment is now $4,536 per month because of the property tax increase
“This is how people aren't able to stay in their houses forever and lose their houses. Crazy”
This should be federally illegally. Property tax increases are such a scam and straight extortion
Abolish property taxes
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I do not believe in property tax reform.
I do not believe in property tax relief.
I believe in one thing, and one thing only:
Complete and total property tax elimination.
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BREAKING: Elon Musk just called on EVERYONE to vote out the Senators who voted Against the Save America Act
Elon Musk: “Vote them out”
I AGREE 💯
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Stealing a horse was once a death sentence by hanging.
Now if you steal $100 million you may get low or zero bail and a slap on the wrist.
This is why our society is broken.
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You can't tax rich people on unrealized gains from stocks because "it's not real money until it's sold."
So explain to me why my property taxes keep going up based on the unrealized value of my house?
I didn't sell it.
I didn't cash out.
I didn't make a profit.
But somehow I'm paying taxes on paper gains every single year.
Interesting how "unrealized gains" only become a problem when wealthy folks are involved.
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Capital gains tax shouldn’t exist.
I risk my money. I build the business. I make the investment. I do the work. I take the risk.
So why the hell should the government take a cut of my success?
They risk nothing. They create nothing. They just take.
Parasites. F’en parasites.
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Woman who went to work for the social services department said she started out as a full liberal, but by the time she left the job, she came out a Republican.
She says that through anyone’s Social Security number who applied for benefits, she was able to tell whether a person was working, owned property or cars, the status of their bank accounts, and their salary.
However, she says there is a loophole that allows illegal aliens without a Social Security number to also apply for benefits such as food stamps, healthcare, housing, WIC, and childcare.
If these illegals had children, their kids would receive benefits as well. According to her, the department had no way to verify whether these immigrants had income, owned property, or how much money they made.
She claims that illegal immigrant parents would receive $1,200 per child, plus $275 per person in cash assistance and food stamps, not mentioning free housing or other benefits. She also says that some people applying for benefits would show up with their hair and nails done, carrying expensive accessories and driving luxury cars.
Meanwhile, American citizens often would not qualify for the same benefits. She added that this exists especially in liberal-led states like California, where leadership does not put regulations in place and allows this kind of fraud and abuse, while hard-working citizens are left to pay the bill.
If this doesn’t make you angry, I don’t know what will.




















