INFANTS IN DAYCARE?

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Registered: 06-08-2008
INFANTS IN DAYCARE?
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Wed, 11-26-2008 - 12:20am

OK, remember this is a debate board, and I am going to play devil's advocate here, so please let's play nice.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 02-08-2008
Thu, 12-18-2008 - 4:31pm
Do you not budget for maintenance on your car, inspections, registration, license?
iVillage Member
Registered: 06-27-1998
Thu, 12-18-2008 - 4:34pm

Why would she need to do that in the type of situation that she laid out?

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 02-08-2008
Thu, 12-18-2008 - 4:44pm
Why not? Just because the university and hospital might be close to home, I don't think that determines how many people have cars and who do not. I can see if she lived in a large city, like NYC where many people do not have cars. Her area is still the suburbs and you need to get around many more places then just work.
iVillage Member
Registered: 06-27-1998
Thu, 12-18-2008 - 4:50pm

You didn't answer my question.

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 02-08-2008
Thu, 12-18-2008 - 4:57pm
And many do. You are assuming that just because the "area" has a university and hospital that you don't need a car.
iVillage Member
Registered: 06-27-1998
Thu, 12-18-2008 - 5:15pm

You still didn't answer my question.

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 04-22-2005
Thu, 12-18-2008 - 5:16pm
It's lumped in with the car insurance. I should have labeled it "auto expenses".
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iVillage Member
Registered: 07-12-2005
Thu, 12-18-2008 - 6:55pm

Gesichtgal's numbers are a good estimate for her area. I live fairly close to where she does, and $100k for a house is easy to find where I live, which

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-12-2005
Thu, 12-18-2008 - 7:02pm
She is not speaking about what any particular family spends. She is only saying that one could live on 40k, and she is basing it on average costs in her area.
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Registered: 07-12-2005
Thu, 12-18-2008 - 7:11pm

She is not assuming that everyone pays what she does. She did not say that the budget she proposed is the budget of every family in her area. She said it is a possible budget in her area. I do not understand why you are having such a hard time with this.


all she is saying is that it is possible to support a family of 4 on 40k in her area.

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