100k SALARY is the new MIDDLE CLASS

[Lanatus]

The fact you said local chilis for $100 just sums up the price increase in the past few years. I remember chilis was a $25 dinner for 2.

[SENSEF]

Why is everyone criticizing his grocery bill? Seriously, even if you cut it 50% that $6, 000 isn't going to be enough to make much difference in THIS economy. Eating well is priority. Just because you CAN eat cheaper, it doesn't mean you SHOULD.

Look at the bigger picture!!! We are being screwed over!!! It shouldn't be this way in our country!!!

[floridamankyle]

I make $38k a year, I am well below the poverty line, if you make less than $130k a year, you shouldn't pay taxes at all.

[Mike]

I'm 45. When i was a kid, 100k a year was rich. People who made that kind of money back then were taking ski trips in the winter and boating in the summer. Just watch any old 80s movie about class struggle. The stakes were much much lower back then but just as serious.

[Midnightmurmurs-]

7000 for 2 people is just plain insanity

[babjaK]

In 2019, MIT did a study that you would need at least 25 buckaroos an hour to have a home, support a family of 4, and be able to put money away each month. I started making that much in 2023 and i cannot do any of that. Wild how much has changed. Probelm is, we let it change with our cowardice and conformity.

[koboldsage]

Average US salary is $59k. I guess "middle class" aint so middle anymore.

[unpopularopinions]

My husband and I lived like royalty with no debt in Orange County, California on less than $65k from 2014-2016. Then we had medical debt and the economy tanked. Now we scrape by with $90k in rural California.

[davidhatetrain]

Literally can’t win when the leaders on both parties only care about lining their pockets

[damn]

Pre-pandemic, my weekly grocery is around $120. Now it's about $200. It's only been 5 years....

[Dark_Embracer]

Exactly that's what I'm talking about the Middle Class is being pushed out squeezed out soon there won't be any Middle Class left. Only the Rich Class.

[delameesh]

NJ here--we now pay $500 electric/month in the winter. Used to be $350.

[SoullessProductions]

I have been making more money each year, finally hit 100k solo income with a family of 4 and its still paycheck to paycheck.

[danilocomichista]

the most insidious tax on the middle class is inflation!

[Michael-edi]

That's why the middle class is disappearing in America 🙁

[BirdAsBond]

I absolutely 100% agree with your message, but you lost me at $7000 a month in bills.😅

[brittniepatten]

1000%! As a middle class single mother I’m constantly being told I make to much for any assistance or to live in financially based housing however if I don’t work 60 hour weeks I can’t make my bills. Middle class is SCREWED!

[Shackattack]

Thanks Republicans and Democrats your very poor voting records have enabled all of this!

[gotkittys]

Just as intended. You seem to think it's not done intentionally.

[Billionaireben]

Date a divorcee who got the house in the divorce, free housing infinite loop.