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Perhaps. My mortgage is $1000, car payment is $244. I own the kids' car outright but my car insurance is $385 a month. Right now, gas is costing me $320 a month for both cars. I haven't even gotten to the $200 a month for utilities. We're at $2149 of the 2500 a month and we haven't eaten, bought clothes, had home or car repairs or anything. Pretty tough to raise a family on that here. Oh yeah...and tuition, Boy Scout camps, they all add up really fast. And in the days when I paid day care? That was $1000 a month alone. Can people live on it? Yes. Is it a comfortable middle class income? No. It is low enough to qualify for reduced lunch.
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