BONUS: Six Figures Doesn't Mean You're Rich Anymore...

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Interns, John and your morning show Habby Tuesday.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Friends.

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Welcome to the show, Interns, John, It's my name, Sauce. Hello, Hello, Rose, Hi, Hi,
Eric Seer. Guide to Hoodie and Savera as well. Nine
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T at Wymus Radio. I saw this in living in
this area. I was not surprised at all. Majority of
Americans think that a six figure income is no longer
a sign of wealth.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
Yeah, I don't think it is anymore, unfortunately, well.

Speaker 1 (00:26):
Especially cause I just pulled up this the like the
current stats in DC, one hundred k has a value
of forty eight thousand dollars.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
Yeah, which is crazy. It makes sense in Arlington, VA.

Speaker 1 (00:36):
No, don't tell me one hundred k has its value
of fifty three thousands.

Speaker 3 (00:40):
I only need to be Saturday.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
I told her. Sorry.

Speaker 1 (00:43):
When my first semi contract to come out here from
Des Moines, I thought I was rich. Yeah, I remember
tell my parents like, guys, I'm I'm rich. Yeah, And
then I saw rent was twenty five hundred dollars a
month ago. I'm just as broke as I was before.
I'm just making more money.

Speaker 2 (00:55):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (00:55):
Because my brother was asking me how much my rent is.
And I'm like, you aren't in Arlington, Kolby, you live
near Columbia. Yeah, why don't because he works in Columbia.
So I'm like, why wouldn't you look over there?

Speaker 1 (01:05):
It's not great, Yeah, it's not great. So they say
that a lot of a third of six figure earners
describe themselves as financially stressed. Yeah, a lot living paycheck
to paycheck. Yeah, yeah, especially if you're in a big city.
I think for DC it's it's the taxes is probably
the big part. And also the cost for sure. But
like if you're making one hundred k and the big
chunk thirty grand, the top goes taxes, whatever, it is, like,

(01:26):
that's that's tough.

Speaker 3 (01:26):
Also depends on how your transportation everything, because sure, I
live in Virginia, work in Maryland. But you know, I'm
going through DC over the weekend and I was going
to stop for gas, but I stopped myself because gas
is cheaper in Virginia. I don't know if it's like
I could google it, I don't care to. I just
know that it's cheaper. So it was four oh four,
my regular Saturday, and I was like, I don't think.

Speaker 2 (01:49):
So they will last a lifetime.

Speaker 3 (01:51):
In Orlington, who was like two sixty five and I
was like okay.

Speaker 1 (01:54):
They also said half of people said they need at
least double their salary to feel financially secure.

Speaker 2 (02:00):
Yeah, I would love. I would love to be like
fifteen grandy. You gotta be sick, you know what I'm saying.

Speaker 3 (02:05):
Yeah, it was it would be nice. One day you
can maybe you started getting some takeout more one day.

Speaker 2 (02:10):
Yeah, one day. It's an intern Johnny Morning Show intern
john in your Morning Show at iHeartRadio