We are officially screwed

[BanginJimmy]

I agree with you. This is my point.

One thing, don't tell me you paid for food, car insurance, phone bill, water, gas, and all your necessities and rent making $7.50 an hour without any kind of help like student refunds. Please it's just too hard to believe.

Depending on what you pay for rent, it can be done. My wife bought our house (before we were married) making about $11.00 an hour while she was going to school in the evenings.

[nelson9995]

Depending on what you pay for rent, it can be done. My wife bought our house (before we were married) making about $11.00 an hour while she was going to school in the evenings.

Again, $11, not $7.50. This is a $3.50 an hour more which is 140 more a week which is $560 extra a month. This can be rent, all of your bills, and it's a huge difference.

Even at $11 I admire her. She seems like a well organized person because at $11 it can still feel short at times.

Also, most likely she was receiving school refunds which CAN be a good amount every semester. Not saying she was but I'm guessing she was and if this is true, then that's another income.

[BanginJimmy]

Again, $11, not $7.50. This is a $3.50 an hour more which is 140 more a week which is $560 extra a month. This can be rent, all of your bills, and it's a huge difference.

Thats true, but if you own your own house then you know that it is never that simple. A mortgage is also more expensive than a bottom barrel apt. When I first got to Atlanta I found a nice apt for about $600 a month and had zero maintenance costs. My wife ended up having to replace a furnace her first winter in the house.

Also, most likely she was receiving school refunds which CAN be a good amount every semester. Not saying she was but I'm guessing she was and if this is true, then that's another income.

She did not receive HOPE or PEL. She had to drop out of school her first semester to take care of her grandma. That left her unable to qualify for HOPE or PEL for the first year in school here.