How America's Top 20 Percent Perpetuates Inequality

Re:How America's Top 20 Percent Perpetuates Inequality by harryh on Thursday June 01, 2017 @10:14AM (#14460363)

12k - 2.2k (rent) leaves 9.8k. You can get a great full time nanny for 3k a month. That leave 6.8k. Where is the rest of their money going? 6.8k for food/bills/clothing/etc is HUGE.

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Re:How America's Top 20 Percent Perpetuates Inequality by mcbruiser3 on Thursday June 01, 2017 @01:49PM (#14462629)

2.2K for rent, are you insane? try 3x that.

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Re:How America's Top 20 Percent Perpetuates Inequality by harryh on Thursday June 01, 2017 @02:39PM (#14463128)

I took the 2.2k from flexie's comment which does sound right for a studio apartment in the east village. 3x that would be 6.6k which would get you a very nice two bedroom. Maybe a 3 bedroom.

My point was that if they weren't spending so much on food/clothing/bills/etc than they would be capable of affording a perfectly nice apartment.

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