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Yes 41 82.00%
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Old 07-24-2006, 05:08 PM   #1
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Just curious how many actually do live paycheck to paycheck.
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Old 07-24-2006, 05:16 PM   #2
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Our retirement is a very important part of our budget.

We have our retirement money invested in several places including 401k, CDs, stocks, a money market account, and we both have Roth IRAs that we max out every year.
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Old 07-24-2006, 05:16 PM   #3
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I always say we live paycheck to paycheck (for everyday items we run money pretty tight) but we do put away in our 401K and stock purchase programs. There isn't much there, but they do exist .
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Old 07-24-2006, 06:03 PM   #4
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We aren't putting in as much as we would like for retirement but we are also saving to purchase our next vehicle several years from now...$400 a month - not bad on $2000 take home, huh? I guess when I look at it that way...not too bad.....BUT STILL I wish we could find more ways to save...
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dh puts the max in 401k and i rolled mine when i quit work into and ira. we pay ourselves first. so we do live paycheck to paycheck but we pay ourselves for retirement first. also dh's 401k contributions help us out in the tax department he actually takes more home in his check because it is taken out before taxes..plus he has a pension.
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Old 07-24-2006, 06:45 PM   #6
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we both max out our roth ira's each year
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Yes - we do retirement (401k and IRAs) as well as emergency savings.

Maybe we need to re-define the term living pay-check to pay-check. Technically we do since all money is accounted for between savings and expenses, so every paycheck the money is already allocated to where it is supposed to go. Is that paycheck to paycheck?
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I have both retirement funds and some in savings. Not as much as I would like in either one so will work on that when medical bills are paid off next year. I have a pretty small income so if I can do it - others should be able to as well.

I think the term paycheck to paycheck is supposed to mean that if you suddenly didn't have a paycheck, you wouldn't be able to keep up with your bills. For a long time the experts were saying that a large percentage of Americans were just a paycheck away from being homeless. That is what I think 'paycheck to paycheck' means.

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Old 07-24-2006, 09:02 PM   #9
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We have savings, but not retirement. I should start looking at it considering that we both will work in professions with no stable existance of them. I'm only 21 but I know it will take a long time to save up.
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Quote[/b] (maoftwinboys @ July 24 2006,21:12)]Yes - we do retirement (401k and IRAs) as well as emergency savings.

Maybe we need to re-define the term living pay-check to pay-check. *Technically we do since all money is accounted for between savings and expenses, so every paycheck the money is already allocated to where it is supposed to go. *Is that paycheck to paycheck?
i agree with this fdefinition of living paycheck to paycheck.
and we both max our 401K's.
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