$130,000 Income And Can't Manage My Money

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[financialfreedomflight]

Dave's face when she said "It's like we're having an affair" haha! Hopefully Dave's team will sort Yolanda's budget.

[jason_v]

Take-home pay earning $130K in San Diego with 1 personal exemption and no 401K contributions: $88, 611. So this woman's stated take-home pay is exactly right, and Dave is wrong.

[SingingBeeize]

Caller : “...we’re having an affair ...”
Dave : 😳😳😳🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴

[tijuanaleduff]

She needs help sounds like she's having panic attack.

[Jazcamrob]

Good advice. She is not sticking to her budget.

[Sexybaby]

she really didn't want to tell him where she was spending her money and how much she was spending. I think she has some habits

[GroundZero_US]

"It's like we're having an affair"

The next caller is about to be Dave's wife 😂

[simonekelly]

Lolol when she said “it’s like we’re having an affair” I fell outta my chair laughing. 😂😭
She’s a sweet lady, hope she gets this mess sorted.

[canman]

With $47, 000 Income I manage my money to have $5500 year end savings with 0 debt after feeding a family of 8 !

[lindseyvelveeta]

I nearly choked on my chicken fried rice when she said AFFAIR 😂😂😂

[PInkW]

80% of financial problems are behavioral

[ChrisInvests]

If you don't direct your money to something, it'll slip through your fingers. 👎

[spamman]

I just did the math and her tax numbers sound correct:

Gross Income
$130, 000

Federal Income Tax
- $22, 610

CA State Income Tax
- $8, 939

Social Security
- $7, 886

Medicare Tax
- $1, 885

Total tax
- $41, 319

Net pay
* $88, 681

Marginal tax rate
34.75%

Average tax rate
31.78%

[Dannycky]

Honestly I would love to see calls from people making $20, 000 - $65, 000. All these people making 100k+ are just very crazy like you have the money to pay your debt.

[cutehumor]

I bet she lives in a million dollar home in California. She said she had a 30k car. She doesn't live below her means.

[braxxian]

Wow how do you struggle with 4k coming in every 2 weeks?.

[tonypeters]

Dave's face when she said "affair with him" priceless 😂😂😇

[HamiltonRb]

Sounds to me like she bought more house than she could afford on one wage and her mortgage is killing her

[NickPeitsch]

A true example of why more money will not solve the poor’s money problems

[kay]

Did she say it's like she's having an affair?? 😂😂😂.. Bad example ma'am