• Serinus@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    FICA and Medicare count. But then so does health insurance premiums.

    I don’t think there’s anywhere in the world where you can’t get by on $160k. There are plenty of places where it can be tight, especially if the comparison is just a number of your choice.

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      10 hours ago

      “can’t get by on $160k” is changing the original premise. The original claim by that poster was: “My point is that $160k is enough for anybody. That much per person would give any household a very comfortable lifestyle even in a HCOL area.”

      “get by” ≠ “very comfortable lifestyle even in a HCOL area”