Ditto. I survive on less than $8k a year, mostly thanks to my parents helping chip in on the rent and being able to buy at restaurant bulk stores.
Anyone who thinks that there’s this grand, unified, lockstep Jewish Conspiracy has clearly never met a group of Jews. Hell, it’s been a thousand years since the Passover Haggadah was canonized, and we still can’t have a ritual dinner without debating which version to use! (and which page we’re on).