"Wages have been flat; gas prices, college tuition, and health-care costs have skyrocketed [and] millions of jobs have been lost".At a debate with President Carter one week before the 1980 elections, Reagan took his campaign directly to the voters by asking the "four years ago" question.
On a median income of $51,017 that would leave $31,363 for food, gas, phone, utilities, tuition if you have college age kids, day care if your kids are younger, and an occasional cup of coffee and a pizza.
Don't forget about childcare, school tuition and gas (if you don't pay for gas using your credit card).
Home health care agencies on Long Island have been trying to compete more aggressively in the employment market by providing work incentives in the form of sign-on bonuses, health benefits, college tuition and gas allowances.
Through the career center, he collects unemployment insurance and a gas allowance, and his tuition is paid by federal Trade Adjustment Assistance funds, which support workers laid off when jobs move overseas.
And by 2008 we had seen nearly a decade in which families struggled with costs that kept rising but paychecks that didn't, folks racking up more and more debt just to make the mortgage or pay tuition, put gas in the car or food on the table.
Jackie receives a monthly allowance from her "sugar daddies," which covers her books, supplies, tuition and gas.
Be sure to account for groceries, gas, rent, utilities, clothes, tuition, vacation money, emergency money and potential medical expenses.
When they realize that their parents have other monetary commitments too (paying for their siblings tuition, grocery, gas bills etc etc) they become less demanding and more understanding.
"We don't give athletic scholarships, so our kids work hard for everything that comes their way, including gas for their cars and tuition," Mr. Lizak said.
