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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's more than comfortable.[/quote]

If you're busting your ass billing 2000+ hours per year, "comfortable" isn't exactly the word I'd use.

It's definitely a lot of income, but there's no freedom if you can't walk away from your job.

Comfort would be having the $350k in [i]passive[/i] income from investments. That level of wealth (as opposed to income) is difficult to achieve. You need about 25 times your annual spending in investments to achieve it.[/quote]

Right?  We're at $330k, two income household.  DH drives 1.5 hours each way every day to get that paycheck.  And yes, he could look for another job, but he just started this job 1/2 year ago after leaving a job that required him to travel 100%.   Are we thankful every day for the opportunities we've been given?  Yes.  Do we feel like we're living the life of luxury?  No.

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That's the thing though, all households have to bust their butts to get a paycheck. Yea, you're working hard for that check but isn't everyone? If anything lower income people have to bust their butts even more because they have limited opportunity to get ahead.

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PP here.  Sorry, I have little sympathy.  I grew up on free lunches in the boonies in the south.  Immigrant and immigrant parents that didn't speak English.  Started working before I could drive.  My family considered the chance to come to the US an opportunity and didn't expect anything else.  [/quote]

No one is asking for sympathy. You are the one talking about how hard you work to get 300k. This thread is talking about how ppl with your income that feel like they aren't getting by. So it actually appears that it's lower income ppl telling higher income folks to get the hell over themselves because they are doing just fine.

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