MY $2K?
DEMONSTRATE TO GOP WHAT MIDDLE CLASS REALLY LOOKS LIKE!
This is what a middle income household realistically looks like:
$50,000 annual salary minus current tax & health insurance deductions leaving a net of $3000/mo.
Mortgage
$1600
Utilities (gas, electric, water, sewer
$300
Auto Loan (1 car, 2nd car 25 yrs old)
$400
Auto Ins.
$200
Auto Maint/Fuel
$125
Cable, Internet, Phone &/or Cell
$250
1 or 2 Credit cards
$125
Food/Prescriptions
$600
Total $3600
Net Pay $3000
Deficit $ 600
This includes no clothes, home repairs or emergencies. Where can the middle class afford any increase in taxes when they are already facing monthly deficits of nearly $600 or annual deficits of $7200? Move to a cheaper than $1600 mortgage? Where? No prescriptions, Cable, Phone, Cell, Internet, Car?