MewtwoLikesMemes , 8 hours ago

Not sure what happens on the wider scale, but if I don’t find a new job by then, I’m probably going to start seriously going hungry, and suffer from malnutrition as well. I have a job, for sure, but it doesn’t pay me a living wage. My spouse also works, and makes a good deal more than me. Problem is, their higher pay makes our gross household income (which is what is used to calculate income-based monthly payment amounts, not net income) high enough to where we cannot afford to make the payment without seriously starving ourselves.

This is why it’s stupid that the government, or anyone really, should ever take into account gross income. Because who gives a shit if Bob and Jane make $50 000 a year if after taxes, food, rent, natural gas, gasoline, electricity, medical payments, etc. it’s only really like $25 000 or whatever. (Don’t correct me if that math doesn’t add up. Lol. I just threw down some numbers to illustrate a point.)