The kids are all paying increased payroll tax, gas is up, groceries are up and income is just sitting still. It isn’t possible to build up any reserves, if something big breaks down we are screwed.
I only have a house payment and one car payment. My budget is $3,000 a month. It’s hard to come in under budget. The only thing we do is go to the grocery store and doctors’ visits. Gas prices are up. Food is up. Everything that’s delivered by a truck is up. So, it gets harder and harder to make the budget. Then a tooth ache starts. My dog has an ulcerated cornea and that’s a few hundred bucks. And truthfully, we feel like we’ve really been placed. I have no idea how people really up against it with kids are making it. And even more so, I can’t understand how some of them can still vote for obama.