My latest post on "OutsiderWriters"

Conceiving the Play Money Budget of a Presidential Campaign

I don’t know about you, but I struggle from month to month, financially.

I have a family of four, a 2100 sq foot home in the outskirts of the San Francisco Bay Area, where my rent is $2300 per month. We live off of the $55k I make annually as a recruiter, and my Iraq War Veteran husband’s $2000 Disability Check.

Some months we get by with extra, but the extra we pocket never lasts long. Inevitably, what we manage to build up in savings goes to the dryer that kicks the bucket, Christmas presents, prescription and medical costs, regular maintenance and tag renewals on our vehicles, and other out of the blue expenses we get slapped in the face with the minute we think we are okay......
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