airplanemechanic
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Why do you people make all these stupid assumptions about poor people? I get that it makes you feel manly and superior to belittle them, but you’re just making shit up.Lol I love how you just assume these people over spend with no basis of facts. They definitely don’t buy new cars. They buy used. Stuff like TVs is a one time expense. And yes, they have Netflix accounts. God forbid they entertain themselves! Oh the horror. How selfish of them.80% of workers in this country live paycheck to paycheck. People have no choice but to work shit jobs because wages are way behind on the cost of living.Liberals want someone else to pay for EVERYTHING.
The concept of health care for all is wonderful. But to me, it's like anything else. You get what you pay for. Nobody pays for my health insurance. I work for it. Why is that such a bad concept to liberals? 70% of America was against Obamacare from the beginning. Later polls showed about 60% opposed. If Trump's approval rating at 40% is "dismal" according to liberals, why is ACA approval at 40% wonderful and amazing?
You provide absolutely no substance to support your claim so I'll pretty much ignore it. 78% report living paycheck to paycheck, but the WHY is far from what you claim.
They live paycheck to paycheck because they spend more than they make, not because they don't make enough. Having high speed internet at your house, digital cable or satellite, netflix, 65" 4K tvs, new cars, the latest iGadget or Galaxy S X phone with unlimited everything, brand new houses, etc is not REQUIRED to live. People living beyond their means doesn't mean they don't make enough. It means they don't want to give up any creature comforts.
I make very very decent bill and I do not have any service except a prepaid cell phone. My TV is antenna. All cars paid for in cash. House about to be paid in full only 7 years after purchase. The newest car I own is a little Fiesta 2012. My TV is from 2012. My cell phone is 4 generations old, it's a Note 5 with a burned in screen so I got it cheap. I could go on and on.
Don't live beyond your means and you don't need to live paycheck to paycheck. My expenses even WITH my housenote could be paid in full by someone making minimum wage working full time.
9 Ways To Stop Living Paycheck To Paycheck
It’s also worth noting many of these people are parents.
Want to entertain yourself? Go to the park, go for a walk. Godforbid our fat American asses get outside and DO something.
Unlike you, I not only WAS poor, but knew a ton of poor people growing up. They barely squeaked by every month yet their kids had the BEST clothes, most expensive shoes, booksacks, etc. They were the FIRST to get Nintendos, Sega's etc. They had the best BMX bike available for their kid. By the time I got a super nintendo I was in college and it was 5 years out of date. I didn't have a nice bike growing up, I had a huffy from wal mart. Why? Because it was 85 dollars not 385 dollars.
As an adult I started out dirt poor and worked my way up. So I don't CLAIM to know the lifestyles of poor people, I DO KNOW their lifestyles because I knew them and know them still today and was one myself. I was the ONLY one making minimum wage after college who was NOT living paycheck to paycheck. Of course I didn't get my first cell phone until 2011 and that was bought by my employer to use for work. My first PERSONAL phone was not until 2014. Of course unlike my equally poor friends who are paycheck to paycheck people, I didn't buy a new car right out of college with a car note. I kept my old one from high school, which I still have to this day, and it's 21 years old and still runs like a top. It's also been paid for since before the Monica Lewenski scandal.
Even forbes.com lists "watch your fixed expenses" as one of the top ways to stop living paycheck to paycheck. It's a simple concept, money in, money out. If you can't increase the money in, you HAVE TO decrease the money out. And if you consider "netflix" a "cost of living necessity" then I've won this argument hands down.
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