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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes! We make about 350K per year and max out everything. That's sound financial planning. His 5K pension is only about half we'll need in retirement.[/quote]

So, you are comparing yourself to making $350k to other families making $60-100K... and you need $10K a month in retirement.  You sound very high maintenance.  [/quote]

Who makes 60-100K? [b]Most of the military families we know in the DC area are making 200K+[/b]

Not sure what you mean by high maintenance. We are 20+ years from retirement so 10K won't be worth what it is today.[/quote]

Then they don't have SAHMs, they have working wives. [/quote]

+1. A four star general's base pay is like 197K. So you are clearly hanging out with military with spouses with well-paid jobs, not military with SAHM wives.[/quote]

And there are very, very few four star generals. [/quote]

So you just aren't counting BAH? Which isn't taxable. So it's equivalent of 2x the allowance. After taxes and maxing out retirement my husband clears far north of 100K. He's no where near a general. A wife would need a fairly low paying job to get to 200K before taxes. [/quote]

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