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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] Sounds like the article is saying “if you live this very reasonable UMC lifestyle of daycare and shopping at WholeFoods and driving 2 new cars, and having thousands of discretionary income each month, you’re in poverty when you look at what’s leftover! What a ridiculous position.[/quote]

You cannot afford any of this on $140K per year in the DC area.[/quote]

I have family on Frederick who do this just fine. And the schools are good too.[/quote]

I doubt it. Daycare cost is still the killer. $140k isn't enough for 2 working parents. It works fine if one parent makes that much and the other stays home, but that's different from the scenario described in the article.[/quote]

Daycare costs do not last forever right. And licensed home daycares are cheaper than the centers. Furthermore, there are townhouses with cheaper mortgages and maintenance, and then there is shift work. This is so far from poverty, it is ridiclous. The children in these families are happy and thriving. [/quote]

Every year, my look forward to my daycare costs going down as my kids get older, and every year, the daycare raises its rates. I'm still paying what I was paying when I had one infant and one 2 year old - I cannot imagine doing this for so many years on less than $140 HHI. I hear from my friends with older kids that the costs don't go down once they start kindergarten - instead you're close paying the same amount for before/aftercare + daycare during the summer (camps, babysitter, etc). You're really underplaying the costs associated with caring for kids these days.[/quote]

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