I have found a job recently. I am hoping to start work soon. However I feel as if I am getting the run around. She hasn't returned my calls as to when I start. Just tell me do I have a job or not. If not I will keep looking no big deal but don't tell me I have it and then not call me. I just want to make enough money to pay my bills and to live simply. We have cut out everything. We have 2 vehicles both are really old and paid off; We have basic tv on satelite as it is cheaper than Cable, I have basic telephone and internet combined for $50. I have sold anything that is ours and isn't nailed down to the floor. We are cutting everything out yet we still have no money saved. Not enough money for our bills. Housing is going up, electric, water, food, and gas are going up. What is a person to do when the paycheck doesn't go up. We don't go out to eat, our weekly outing is to church or god for bid my mother inlaws. We have doctor bills out our butt. My grocery budget with diapers and formula is $150 biweekly. That's not easy. That is using coupons. Do the math that is $300 a month, $150 biweekly, $75 a week, $10.72, $3.57 a meal (3 meals a day) for 5 (five) people. How are we supposed to make it if that is what we are doing. There is only so much ramen and rice and peanut butter that a person can handle. We are not destitute by any means. Just extremely financially stressed. People (again people you would think I would quit listening to people) say that you shouldn't have had kids. Well I hate to tell you this however, when the good lord decides for you to have children you are going to have children. I have been on birth control with all 3 of my children when they were conceived and evidently I am in that .1% of all birth controls that say you are going to get pregnant. Once it was an IUD. It's okay because I love children and I will do what I can. People also tell me to cut back. What can I cut back, please tell me. I have nothing left to sell, nothing left to cut back. I splurged and fixed a pot of coffee this morning and had a cup. I make my own tea and kool-aid. We do not drink sodas or store bought drinks, we drink water from the tap ( my mother-in-law has assured me that we will all die from drinking it), outings include walks to the park (we don't want to drive and waste gas), walks to friends houses, we have been having potluck with our friends to save on food as well and still get a little variety. I don't want government handouts but I do believe that these companies who are out for the money need to give alittle back. Did you know that where we live that the average cost of a big can of powdered baby formula is $25.99 a can. That feeds my daughter for one week. The average price for a box of diapers is $27.99 that lasts us 2 weeks. I order most of my stuff online because it is cheaper and sometimes I can find deals with free shipping. And some of the online stores will take coupons.
Now please tell ME that I have to cut back and be more frugal and to quit having more children. Sometimes it is not an option. I would also like to say that it outrages me to have to pay for illegal immigrants to have food and to get free schooling and medicines when I am struggling like this. I had applied for W.I.C. in the hopes that it would help with the formula. We have excellent health insurance that I pay an arm and a leg for we just needed a little assistance. We make $100 too much to qualify. For a family of 5 you have to make under $44641 a year, $3721 a month, $859 a week to qualify. This is before taxes. Did you know after taxes most people live off of $34,373.57. Deduct your taxes and insurance, medicaid and social security from your yearly income. How much do you live off of?
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