$85,000

[Jolly]

The high cost of just getting by...

https://thehill.com/business/4022178-americans-say-average-family-needs-85000-to-get-by-gallup/

[Axtremus]

Pity the survey doesn't take a step further to ask which types of expenses drive those answers. Is it food, rent, transportation, healthcare, (higher) education, whatever?

[Doctor Phibes]

I get by with a little help from my friends.

And my friends are Lincoln, Jackson, and on a good day Mr. Franklin.

[Jolly]

Shun Mr. Grant, shall you?

[Doctor Phibes]

Link to video

[mark]

$85k should be considered the new "poverty level" for a family these days.