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Around the Internet => Antimustachian Wall of Shame and Comedy => Topic started by: Glenstache on November 05, 2014, 08:40:09 PM

Title: wall street journal: $400k/yr and feeling broke.
Post by: Glenstache on November 05, 2014, 08:40:09 PM

So... many... facepunches...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/10/1328621/-The-Wall-Street-Journal-cries-about-the-poverty-of-making-400-000-a-year#

or, straight to the source (video):
http://www.wsj.com/video/do-you-make-400000-a-year-but-feel-broke/387CA8E8-2C0F-449B-8F8F-7BBCF70EE954.html#!387CA8E8-2C0F-449B-8F8F-7BBCF70EE954

Title: Re: wall street journal: $400k/yr and feeling broke.
Post by: 4alpacas on November 05, 2014, 08:42:12 PM

http://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/antimustachian-wall-of-shame-and-comedy/'do-you-make-$400-000yr-but-feel-broke'-wall-street-journal-on-your-plight/

Title: Re: wall street journal: $400k/yr and feeling broke.
Post by: southernhippie on November 06, 2014, 07:07:37 AM

Sports and activities for kids 10,000 a year.  This is unbelievably insane

Title: Re: wall street journal: $400k/yr and feeling broke.
Post by: RetiredAt63 on November 17, 2014, 07:45:17 AM

I haven't read the article, so I don't know their children's activities, but I can believe it.  A friend of my DD's was into show jumping in high school.  Incredibly expensive, even living in a rural area.  Hockey is expensive at competitive levels, so is soccer, so is golf, so are Irish and Scottish dance.  We did Irish Dance on the cheap, spent hundreds every year, but could easily have spent thousands.

Quote from: southernhippie on November 06, 2014, 07:07:37 AM

Sports and activities for kids 10,000 a year.  This is unbelievably insane