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[quote=Anonymous]DH and I have lived in utter misery of a white collar low wage scenario for several years. We were the unfortunate H1B visa types who were given 35K a year and the spouse could not work. We lived in a cheap apartment, had a cheap 2nd hand car but also carpooled, and never ate out or could afford to give our clothes for dry-cleaning. We lived with minimal furniture, a suitcase full of clothes and agonized when the gas price went up. We did not save any money because my husband still needed to work in an office and dress professionally. I get how difficult it can be for people to have savings. Of course now we are in a better situation, but it is so easy to live paycheck to paycheck even if you are doing everything right and not feeding a starbucks addiction. i also think that there is a large subset of people who have a starbucks addiction and spend without discrimination on things that are wants not needs.[/quote]
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