What's basics? For a single person, per year...

Housing: 6k
Food: 3k
Car/gas/insurance: 6k
Clothing/shoes: 1k
Healthcare: ????

Anything else? That's 16k already and that doesn't count healthcare. That's $7.70/hr at 2080 hours a year.

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