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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No person making $150,000 is also spending $12,000/year on health and car insurance for one person. If you’re making $150k, odds are pretty good that your employer is paying for your health insurance. [/quote]
That stuck out to me, too.  $1000/mo. for car and health insurance seems extreme for someone making $150k unless they're self employed.

Reading this thread, it's fascinating to me what people choose to focus on: the $1340/mo. for food, the total lack of savings, the combined discretionary budget (entertainment, gambling, misc.) of $1650/mo., or the $200/mo. on clothes.  So many options to choose from—I think what we identify as the biggest problem says a lot about ourselves.  For example, the clothes seem like the least extravagant of the OP's "budget."  And I can sort of see spending $540/mo. eating out and ordering in, but I don't understand how someone who spends that much on food from restaurants could also end up spending $800/mo. on groceries.

But the big thing I take away from OP's post is that they're complaining about "barely making it" when they have $1650 to "play with" each month after paying for housing, food, and clothing—and that's even with the fairly luxurious food budget.  OP's example isn't "barely making it" at all.  They aren't spending wisely, but they also aren't just eking by. 
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