marichiko

Well, from what I understand, if she made $7,800/yr from H&R Block PLUS additional income from temp jobs - this would have made her monthly income more than the $650.00/month she claims. If she really only made $650.00/month from H&R Block PLUS her temp jobs, I'd be damned interested to know what her monthly budget was and how she managed to save money in addition. Even Wolf commented that my $350/month for a studio apartment sounded like paradise. So, where's this lady's paradise?

To elucidate further: Take home of $650.00/month would mean that she was earning under $6.00/hr at age 33. Well, stuff happens and I can feature an honest, hard working person earning some small sum per hour for whatever reason. But this lady claims she attended college and was STILL earning less than $6.00/hour at age 33 with no children and presumably anywhere from 10 to 15 years in the workforce. OK, it happens. But then she goes on to claim that she even SAVED money on that wage and turns her nose up at Katrina victims who need assistance.

THERE'S where I begin to dig in my heels. I want to know just what this woman paid for rent, food, utilities, and where she was living and what her circumstances were. I want to know what she would have done had she been stricken by a major illness or disability. I want to know how she felt about life in "paradise" on a budget such as what I outline which is REAL world and includes not so much as a dime left over for a cup of coffee somewhere, never mind your own phone or God forbid, cable TV or an Internet connection. How the hell did she pass her time and did she ever wish she had the money for a pair of nylons or some make-up to look pretty and go somewhere? Did she ever wish that she could put a dime in the collection plate at her church?

She did very, very well for herself on $650.00/month and I'd love to know how she did it so I could share her wisdom with the disabled of Colorado who must make do with $580.00/month. I'll spare them her scorn, however.