Well shit there you go, kids is the answer. You can’t say “I make over 100K a year and I’m barely scraping by” and then not mention you have done -the single most expensive thing you could have done-
100k is so more than enough. Is it enough to own a house and raise kids while the other spouse stays at home? Also yes, just less so.
Your take is delusional, my dude, and reeks of unacknowledged privilege.
I was at a birthday party the other night, and I spoke in passing about how I had performed a brand new comedy set the previous night (I’m an amateur stand-up comedian). I’ve been doing it for a few years and I’ve gotten pretty good at it, to the point I don’t even try out my new stuff at lesser mics, I know what’s funny, I write a brand new set every couple of weeks and then go perform it at the one good show my city consistently has. I’m proud of my art, and like I said, I’ve gotten pretty good at it. like, I consistently have to slow down my set so people can finish laughing at the previous jokes.
Well at the birthday party were a couple of other guys that fancied themselves comedians, but only one of them had ever actually done it, and from what I heard, that single time wasn’t the best. It’s a karaoke party, so these guys grab the mic, and start reading jokes from their phone… and… Yeah, just lame, hacky, border-line offensive material. Like one guy just straight up googled a joke website and was reading from it. Then the next guy went on to perform and… Man I recognized half the jokes from reddit 🫥 But hey, his girlfriend was laughing so…
Anyway, they wanted me to go up, but… man, a party of like 6 people in a living room isn’t a stand-up venue. Every comedian knows this, stand-up doesn’t work outside of stand-up. Like, some stuff can, but for the most part, it just doesn’t. Especially for my comedy, I use different mannerisms and affectations to lure the crowd into thinking I’m A, then hit’em with B. So I’m essentially playing a character. If you already know who I am, then it doesn’t work as well. I did not perform for them.
I dunno, All that to say sometimes I feel like I’m a dummy who over the course of three years of regular stand-up has only amassed around 45 minutes of solid jokes… but then I saw these guys, and… I dunno man, I think I might be really fucking funny. I’ll have a chance to prove it to them soon, as I’m inching closer and closer to recording a full special. Hopefully it goes well, or else the real joke will be me writing this circlejerk fluff piece immediately before crashing/burning
Listen the IRS has routinely made clear that every time it’s forensic accountants get to sink their teeth into a billionaires financials, the return on that effort is enormous. Don’t ask “how are going to tax billionaires,” first demand that they actually BE taxed.
We’ll figure it out later, man. Realistically, just have a team of specialists that focuses solely on the ultra-wealthy, and then let “unrealized gains” be taxed if they were ever used as collateral for a loan.
only reason I still go there is my mental support subreddits. r/stopdrinking, r/CPTSD, r/RaisedByNarcissists…
If those communites were thriving here, I’d never go back to reddit again 🫤
I think I speak for everyone over 30 when I say, Fuck the TSA. The entire agency can disappear overnight and the only outcome will be better airports.
No, I’m suggesting that it’s insanely expensive to raise kids in the United States, because it 100% is. It’s morally repugnant, ethically evil, and absolute bullshit, but it’s the truth.
Having kids in the US (as in multiple children), you need both parents working, or one partner making at least $100k per year.
Coming on here and pretending that 100k is barely enough for you is some performative bullshit, unless you give the full story. My wife doesn’t work, we have 3 kids, we live in a really nice part of town… etc. etc. These are hugely expensive and unnecessary things to do. Live in a worse house in a worse part of town while your wife works, and that income sets you up like a godamned king.
My cousins live in bumfuck kentucky, and raise children on FAR less. Go tell them you’re having such a hard time “scraping by” with your pitiful 100k+ salary 🙄