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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Most people don't have 10 grand laying around -- thanks anyway Bill Gates![/quote]

This. I am amazed that the average DCUM poster is so completely out of touch with the way 99.9% of America lives. My DH makes about 160,000 and we aren't living in D.C. right now so cost of living is way lower. I work part-time.  Even with that, we have debt, kids in college, medical expenses,.....  You might as well ask me for a million dollars. I'm sure people think we have extra money, but we just don't.

Example- my A/C is on its last leg. We desperately need a new one. But we don't have $6,000 right now. We probably couldn't finance because of our debt. We are scrapping together every penny we have right now to save for it.

Payday is Monday. We have groceries and gas in the car. All our bills are paid. We have 142.00 to last till Monday. No one will starve, but there is almost no wiggle room in our budget.

That said, we are contributing to our retirement accounts and slowly paying down debt, so we are better off than a lot if people. But the only way I could come up with $10,000 would be to sell my own car. [/quote]

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