100k is a whole lot more than minimum wage. or did you mean like a years worth of minimum wage per month?
Comment on How a Family of 3 Lives on $500,000 on the Upper West Side
KaChilde@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
What the fuck am I reading here? Is NYT trying out satire?
This feels like a sob story about a family tightening their belts in the current economy. But these fuckers are saving more in a month than most couples earn!
They talk about living in a one-bedroom like they couldn’t spend more than 10% of their income on a larger space, and still save an entire minimum wage’s worth of money a year without breaking a sweat.
When you can pay for zoo memberships and museums, and still be saving over 100K a year, you are not like the rest of the world.
HubertManne@piefed.social 2 days ago
KaChilde@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I meant that they could break into that 100k a year, find somewhere bigger, and still have enough leftover to cover a minimum wage. But you are right, they could probably cover it a couple of times over.
londos@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I honestly think the whole thing is rage bait to get people angry at the idea of providing free child care to people who “don’t need it”.
The idea of spending $900 on groceries to cook twice weekly feels comically set up. This is an intentially absurd portrait to paint and there’s no clear narrative otherwise.
But even they should have free child care.