I am a caregiver who works very hard but only make 800 a month  can any one really live on that?
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if u try and get an other job if u cant live on 800 dollars a moth :-)
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I am a Sidetracked Home Executive (A stay at home Mom, but I like the fancy title). I am the gardener and grounds keeper (yeah I use the weed eater and the lawnmower and I love it), the day care provider, the financial consultant and accountant, the cook, the first aid provider/nurse, the housekeeper, I even do some car maintenance. Home maintenance projects such as painting, small fix ups. I also provide an extensive laundry service... hey I deliver. I put in well over 80 hours a week and the pay ain't too bad (a very happy and healthy daughter and husband, plus 2 dogs and 2 cats) Oh yeah I do the dog walking as well.
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It is a very tough situation. And sadly there are no easy answers. I'd would at least try to speak with your children on the phone and see how they are doing.\nTry not to be too picky with work, and if you do get a job try and get at least a used car; yeah I know about used cars but if you are in a tight situation including $$$$$ then you should go with what you can afford. \nIn regards to living samething start small and then work your way up, rent or room-mate with someone for the time being.
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i'm a student full time and a debt collector part time\ni dont make the full salary so i dont think it would be any help telling you how much i work for\nbut it's $8 an hour\nwith benefits
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You can't go giving huge  salaries to people.  This woman seems like she would undermine all you have accomplished.  Find someone else, there are many out there.
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holy crap!!..I make over twice that amount a month and I don't make ends meet...good luck!!!
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Yes there is..It's called wellfare help..sounds awful i know..but this is about supporting your 3 kids till things get better in your life..and it will..it's just going to take some time...trust me the wellfare office understands the struggles of single parents and by u going down there to apply for the things that u are having trouble to make ends with...they will help u...so long as u are 100 percent honest with them...Number one..if u don't have medical insurance to cover the kids...u will get it right away..since u are a family of 4.(not including this guy)and u make 40 thousand or less u can get it..including foodstamps..(just untill things get better).U can also apply for public housing..sure that sounds awful..but there are alot of places that are decent as hell and u wouldn't ever know that the landlord allows section 8 people.(section 8 means the landlord gets there rent period no questions ask cause the state pays him u pay him just a little maybe only 100 to 200 a month only set back is u are on a waiting list..but it goes quick in the spring time..u can also get help with heat the list is endless..all u need to show them is all the kids Social security numbers,yours as well..proof of paycheckstub from your job and copys of all your bills that u pay.like car insurance gas bill electric bill ect ect..u will be flabbergasted on all the areas that the wellfare dept can help u with...Remember this is your tax money that is helping u so why not make it work for your kids\nthere is also a place called the YWCA not YMCA(thats for men)they help with apartments furniture childcare ect ect..i know u ask for financial help here..instead of getting a check to cover your bills..all that i mention above they personaly pay your bills for u..if u ever want to talk more to me please feel free to contact me through my name...Good luck sweety u can do it..and get rid of the abusive so called boyfriend u don't need this right now..u and your kids come first and nothing else..PERIOD
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No. My husband and I both work and I respect him very much, as he does me. And in today's world, at least in the US, you need 2 incomes to keep a household running.
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that is a hard one to answer as medicaid varies in their "quote" area of how much u make/don't make.  Best bet is to call your local medicaid office and ask.
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Well I have 4 kids and I'm a single mother. I can not work at the moment because I can not find proper child care for the two children that don't attend school.( I would love to be working) But here is the deal, Me and my kids are living in a small 2br, 1 ba home, you could donate about $2,500.00 to us so that we can pay the down payment on a new and bigger home. Charity I guess you could say, but I would consider it to be a blessing. Ty   latovat@yahoo.com
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It depends entirely upon where you live.  There are places where you can do it, but you won't be living the high life.
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I have a lousy income too. Mother of 3, full time student. I will spend the 800 and then some probably. I have 4 birthdays in December also. Doesn't that suck.
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I am a part time worker doing work online at home, so I can share my personal experience with you. When u are planning for a home based online work, be very careful because most of them are scam and ask you to pay initial money. never pay money to any such site. I would like to share a link where you can make $600 in a month working at home. The work need to be done is posting a discussion and answering a discussion. the link is:\n\nhttp://tinyurl.com/yhzzph\n\nif you work smartly, you can even make $1000-$1500 or more.. it all depends on your usage pattern. I worked for 1 hour daily last month and i got paid $238 for the last month. Its not bad after all, i am happy and making more. After sign up, do mail me to know the tips on how to increase your earning.\n\nPlease let me know, if you have any queries. I will try my best to give you right answer
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I am currently able to pay my bills, however I lived many years under the poverty level while both myself and my husband worked fulltime jobs. I understand completely the horrid feeling of not having enough money to put food on the table of make a rent payment some months. Most months I would have to "borrow" from my father. I did not have the ability to pay my father back, so I now have been "gifted" those amounts. I was lucky to have a father who could help out in such desperate times of need. However, we also did not have health insurance, and my husband became disabled. We racked up lots of medical bills we just could not pay at that time. \n\nThe bill collectors began calling at all hours of the day and night. They would leave harrassing phone calls on the anwering system. This was before there was law stopping such behaviors. They would say such horridly hurtfull and plain mean statements, calling us deadbeats, irresponsible, theives, corrupt people who did not think we had the same responsibility to pay our debts others in soceity did. That we were bad people and lazy, to get jobs and be responsible adults who did not take advantage of others and deprive them of their rightfull payments. That saying we need to feed and house our children was not an excuse as those we were not paying had families too, and by not paying we were taking the food and housing away from their families. (which was not true as these folks make massive amount of money, but that is not a reason to not pay, they still deserve payment for services rendered like anyone else). Basically these phone calls became so harrassing I had to unplug my phone.\n\nI think you should not answer these calls. You already know your financial condition far better than those bill collectors. They do not care about you or your family, they do not give a darn about whether or not your children will still be able to eat if you bow to their rediculous demands. So, stop answering the phone and trying to explain your situation. They do not care and will only argue with you and basically make your life much more stressfull than it is now. \n\nThere are thirty million families in America currently living under the poverty level. The vast majority of these families have two working parents who are both receiving minimum wage for their labor. Most of these families do not have health insurance and are an illness or injury away from losing everything. \n\nThere is such a misconception of our working poor. Many think it is a simple matter of going out and finding a better paying job, or obtaining more education and them obtaining a higher paying job with benifits. Many think these people are willing to stay in the state they are currently in due to lack of drive to acheive more. \n\nThe truth of the matter is this: Currently a family of two fulltime employed parents working minimum wage jobs spend one fith of their income on just the gas they need in their car each month. A study which was aired recently on an Operah show demonstrated that out of a weeks pay it takes working one full day to pay for the weekly gas for the one car owned. If they are lucky enough to own a car. That is one fith of earnings. \n\nCurrently, we are not suppose to pay more than one third of our monthly income on the major expense of rent and utilities, yet it requires one fith of income to put gas in the family car! \n\nFederal minimum wage is currently $5.15. With both parents working 40 hour weeks that is a gross income of $1,468.00 monthly! Currently rent alone in my area is an average $900.00. That is 61% of the family monthly income. This figuare does not include utilities, food, clothing or medical expreses, or the gas and maintanence for the car! \n\nMany families are forced into sharing living quarters. They have to either move in with family or share the rent with another family just to make it. In a society which prizes self suffencency, we do not have a system in place whic
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in my state, min wage is $6.50 hr X 40 hrs = $260 a week X 4 wks = $1040. Take out taxes then, = $990 (?) a month.\nRent is about $550, gas a month is about $35, food about $200 (shopping and groceries with coupons), electric about $40, phone $10, basic TV $12. That leaves me with $143 for clothes, bathroom and cleaning supplies, entertainment and medical copays.\n\nOf course I can LIVE on $990 a month. But my apt has water leaks, toilet doesn't flush every time, I can only rent $1 movie once in while and can't go to the theater ever, I drive to work, store, church and parents, I haven't driven out of the city in 3 years, I had unforeseen health diagnoses and pay $25 a month in copays for meds, I get 1 bag of food once a month from Salvation Army, I have holes in my tennis shoes that I bought 4 years ago, etc. Yes I can live on this but I can't save any money from any of my checks, I have to use coupons and rebates all the time, I can't afford to have a $12 haircut so I cut my own hair, I just took two end tables from the dumpster area and nailed the leg back on it and cleaned them and covered them with kitchen towels for my lamps, I did splurge and bought a $1 double cheseburger at McDonald's today, the computer is have was given to me by different people (the monitor is Envision, the keyboard is Compaq, the PC is Gateway, no speakers, and the mouse is Hewlett Packard from Goodwill for $2). I go to the librar to use their computers because I can't afford much extra electricity.\n\nSo Yes, I can live on min wage, BUT IT SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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No i don't. I am a single mother, i can't even move out of my parents house because everything cost so much. I could get 2 jobs but then the cost of babysitters would spend all my money and then i wouldn't have time for my child.\n\nGovernment doesn't want to help anyone unless you need all there help. They won't just give you a little boost. \n\nIts hard to find a good job with decent pay. i feel bad for the children growing up in todays world that all.
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Do you mean care assistants who look after the elderly? I'm a care assistant, and have worked in nursing homes for the last 10 years. It can be hard work, elderly people can be very demanding, often crabby and bad tempered due to their ilnesses and pain, often wanting you to do things for them immediately whether you are busy with other patients or not.\nIt is mostly a thankless job, but pretty satisfying. \nIf you do take on a job like this, you will know within a week whether it's the right job for you. It's not a job for lazy people, or for those with a weak stomach! If you've got patience, and a willingness to help people then you could be perfect for it.\nHope I helped.\n\nPeppermint- I apologise if I'm taking your answer the wrong way, but I love my job. I'm very rarely off sick, and wouldn't have been doing it for 10 years if I didn't like it. I'm just making sure that this person knows the facts before she goes for the job, as from personal experience it is not nice for anyone (patients or staff) when people come into a nursing home only to find that it's not for them.