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by RyanCavanaugh 2596 days ago
It's instructive to take the "What's left over" amount ($7,300) and add back all the things which are actually savings (401k, ~half of the mortgage, student loans): $47,600. This couple has a national household median income (pre-tax!) worth of money left over after their already ridiculous expenditures.

They should just stick the $7,300 into an "Other savings" line item and proclaim themselves to be living literally paycheck-to-paycheck.