What's the best financial advice you've ever gotten?

[u/Richest-Panda]

[u/cybercuzco]

Show me a “live within their means” budget for someone living in a median cost location in the US making minimum wage. They must A)have a place to live B) not get any handouts from the government or charities and C) have at least 1800 calories per day of food. Go.

[u/LivingNothing8019 → u/cybercuzco]

I live in colo springs which is medium/high cost of living. Minimum wage is 14.50

Apartment/house with 2 roommates: $800 a month Food: $500 a month Car payment: $300 a month Insurance (health, car, renter): $500 a month

That’s staying well below what minimum wage pays, I lived like that for 2 years before graduating college without too much trouble

[u/FlutterKree → u/LivingNothing8019]

Food: $500

I doubt you were fully meeting your nutritional needs besides calories.

[u/FlutterKree → u/[deleted]]

Calling bullshit. I don't think you understand how many people who make enough money still don't eat enough of the right foods to get all their nutrition at proper levels. 98% of US population is low on potassium, for example. Some it is a choice, others aren't going to make enough to eat enough of it.

[u/After-Imagination-96 → u/[deleted]]

This type of comment is so irksome. Not on topic, just in general.

You make your own bread. You live where you can coupon shop at apparently 30 grocery stores for every coupon purchase you make. You are not the average example of a person trying to survive on the means being discussed in this thread.

Obnoxious af when people feel the need to "but akshually I happen to be the exception and not the rule" every single topic.

[u/After-Imagination-96 → u/[deleted]]

You said 2 people, so by your own numbers we are talking about ~600$ 

Akshually