<prompt> Human: I have gone down an internet hole and found tons of people who make 70 thousand dollars a year and say they simply dont make enough to live One story in particular was a woman who wanted to stay home with her baby and said that her husband who I think made 70 thousand didnt make enough for her to not work yes it was posted to reddit cant remember where possibly here And this is not the only story actually far from it where people are making a shit ton of money and they say its not enough My dad made 120,000 a year and he supported 3 kids plus my mom and we had everything we wanted he never had any problems supporting our family So why suddenly is there so many stories about people who make 5500 a month saying that they dont make enough money Where most people live on far less with familys they need to support Sorry if this scatter brained Im running after 3 kids  <response>: This is scatter brained because without context your point is 100 moot. 70,000 in Topeka, KS? Probably living a fairly decent middle class lifestlye. 70,000 to support a three family household in Washington, DC? Youll be pinching pennies. Without knowing what debt these people are in and what their expenses are its impossible to say. 