bigdaddydodge

i bought my first truck, the 2002 brand new. (big mistake by the way). monthly payment was more than the house payment. but i was single and didnt have any responsibilities. then the family came along and other things took priority. got rid of the 02 and payment and bought the 95 i drive now. paid cash. she aint as pretty but i have no truck payments. wifes car is payed for too

bigdaddydodge

btw, other than docs and lawyers, what kinda job pays 150k+ a year and how can i get hired

dssimecek

Being retired puts me in the under 30K class. That is just my income. Wife is just over 30K but just started working full time.
Got truck payments and car paments and CC paments. Did not do things the cash, one payment plan.
To Make the big bucks have to have the education in most cases, or be an entrpenure and have a good thing going. It can be done.

bigredBCS

my dad keeps giving me a hard time because i pay the same everymonth for my truck that he does for the house......

smokindog

Haha! Start your own business!

This is an interesting poll. Nationally only 10% of our working population makes over $100,000.00.

Even though I could afford a new truck I like being able to put that money towards something else every month. Like Savings!!! Firearms Or Real Estate, you know, things that often times make more money sitting still!

Shovelhead

As long as my income > my outgo at the end of the month, I'm good to go.

Txwelder

Madhat is right. When you look at the base pay it doesnt look like much, but when you add in special duty pay and what you get compensated for when you are married, it adds up quick. $2402 base pay for E-5 over 8 years (taxable), $1229 Basic Allowance for Housing (non taxable, depends on zip code and rank), $272.26 Basic Allowance for Subsistence (non taxable, same across the board) for a grand total of $3903.26 monthly/$46,839.12 yearly. 30 days paid vacation a year (that starts at day one) and every national and federal holiday off. Medical is covered for you and your dependants, dental at a very low monthly fee. Of course if you are not married the BAH and BAS go out the window but you get free meals and free board. Not bad if you can deal with the deployments. Ammenities vary with the branch of service i.e. Air Force has the most and Marines have the least.

SRTchris

i have a restaraunt that treats me really well, some times i have to work horrendous hours but comes with the territory. most of my easy cash comes from buying/reno/selling homes.

grdnw523

My dad calls me the liability, cause all I do is go to school and spend his money. But he has plans for me when I get out of school.

1-5-3-6-2-4

What restaurant? I'll have to come to eat with the family.



I do alright as a HD mechanic in the oilpatch. I work for Nabors Drilling. I made $80,000 this year. Working strictly in shop. make far more in the field and even more for International rotations.

dodgezilla04

if madhat thinks uncle sam pays the military good, he oughta see what ole sam pays the civilian govt employees.



i'd like to see D wiggs reply and post to this one.......................$$$$$$$$$

John Faughn

Since I'm out of work I'm going back gold prospecting / mining .
In the past , with a $1,000-2,000 worth of equipment & a lot of learning , the min. has been $500 a wk. , with a 15-20 hr. a wk. [ the partner I had at the time didn't like to work and I was there during my time off ]
Now I want to do it my way , about 30 hrs. a week , 3-5 mths. a yr.
I have more equipment & experence now so should do ok .
I'm going get to what I figured out a long time ago , life it not to support your work , work is to support life , this should give me the off time to live it .

PanteraGSTK

This is how I live....not fun. my income < outgo. uh oh.

Don't you think it's wrong to give yourself so many green boxes?

Shovelhead

Is that better?........

PanteraGSTK

Sure...Do those actually mean anything?