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The budget breakdown of a 25-year-old who makes $100,000 a year and is excellent with money
Trevor Klee earns $100,000 a year in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he works as a test prep instructor for the GRE, GMAT and LSAT. He donates a substantial chunk of his earnings to various charities in the Boston area.
The budget breakdown of a 25-year-old who makes $100,000 a year and is excellent with money
''Donations: $615/month''
Philanthropy is a key part of Klee’s financial picture. Each month, he donates a significant amount, around $615, to a variety of charities, including More Than Words and GiveDirectly. The bulk of his contributions go to One Family, a non-profit located in Waltham, Massachusetts, that works to end homelessness and break the cycle of poverty for local families.
“I spend money that I would otherwise spend on going out, or just putting it in savings,” he says.
Is it actually common for Americans to donate a significant part of their salaries to charities? If I want to feel good, I'd sometimes drop a euro to some collection box, but in truth I know it makes no kind of difference.
And if you actually want to help the homeless, why not actually fucking buy 600 loafs of bread and go hand them out in the streets so the highly paid office workers don't get to steal from the pot? Charities get truckloads of money, but nothing ever seems to change. The kids in Africa are still starving, the homeless are still homeless, the Indian kids are still working in sweatshops.
