Meet the Armstrong family; the big family of five. The Andersons all live in Las Vegas Nevada. Allen, 31, is the father; Mercedes, 33, is the mother; Libby, 17, is the daughter; Zach, 13, is the son; and Nathalie, 11, is the youngest daughter. Allen is a qualified graph teacher at a high school. Mercedes is a stay at home mom. Allen had chosen his job because he loves to work with children and Mercedes decided to stay home to take care of their children. Zach, Libby, and Nathalie both go to the same school. Zach is in 8th grade; Libby is in 7th; while Nathalie is in 6th. Allen earns 60,000 dollars annually. His gross monthly income is 5,000 dollars. Each month he has to pay $378.13 for federal income tax, $0.00 for state income tax, $310.00 for social security, $72.50 for medicare, and $250.00 for Retirement. After all deduction are payed the Armstrongs have $3,766.87 left to spend.
About one third of their money is taken out, and it doesn’t seem that they have a good amount of money to spend.
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The house has four bedrooms, a functioning kitchen, one full bathroom, and one half bathroom. The Armstrongs have to pay at least $1600 every month for rent. They get free coverage if anything happens, like if the toilet breaks; compliments of renting. Armstrong’s wanted a different house, but unfortunately they couldn’t afford the cost.The house for them isn’t exactly great, with them paying taxes and the rent; it makes them have less money for groceries and a car. The Andersons have chosen this house because it was the cheapest for how big their family was. Since the Andersons live close to an school they can walk there, but Allen would have to drive to