return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 8 months ago56% of Americans can't afford a $1,000 emergency expense: We are 'living in a paycheck-to-paycheck nation,' money expert sayswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1179arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down18·8 months agoYeah, it says in the article you venerate consumerism With a percentage that high I can imagine there is a good chunk of people who don’t really need to live pay to pay. When I was young I spent every dollar on partying and no matter how much I made I found a way to spend it. and when I finally decided to save I went all in on cutting expenses, the vast vast majority of people never interrogate their expenses.
minus-squareStupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-28 months ago the vast vast majority of people never interrogate their expenses. Source: the Association for Rectally Sourced Estimates
minus-squareCowbee [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoWhile most people can cut out some expenses, they should not have to in order to be able to afford a decent lifestyle with productivity at the highest point in history.
Yeah, it says in the article you venerate consumerism
With a percentage that high I can imagine there is a good chunk of people who don’t really need to live pay to pay.
When I was young I spent every dollar on partying and no matter how much I made I found a way to spend it.
and when I finally decided to save I went all in on cutting expenses, the vast vast majority of people never interrogate their expenses.
Source: the Association for Rectally Sourced Estimates
While most people can cut out some expenses, they should not have to in order to be able to afford a decent lifestyle with productivity at the highest point in history.