return2ozma'An economic divide that is widening': Almost one third of Americans earning $150,000 a year or more say they're living paycheck to paycheck and many rely on credit cards to close the gap
OBGIf you’re making 150k and are living paycheck to paycheck you either live in a crazy expensive area or are a total fucking idiot when it comes to managing your money.
hex_m_hellGo look at a mortgage or even rent in any major city.
Good thing there are plenty of places to live outside of major cities.
The only people who this isn’t a solution for are those who feel they’re entitled to live in places they can’t afford 🤷
A lot of people like not commuting several hours a day, or having access to actual culture, or not being constantly robbed by meth heads, or not being murdered because of their Identity, or about a million other things that aren’t possible outside of cities…
But fuck all the trans people who escaped to the safety of cities. If they can’t afford it, they shouldn’t be there, right? /s
If they can’t afford t, they shouldn’t be there, right?
What makes them exempt from supply and demand?
“The invisible hand” is literally a metaphor for god. Sorry, I’m not in the capitalist suicide cult.
So… what do we do when there is scarcity?
knightly the SneptaurTotally. I wish we lived in a culture that valued taking excess from those who have it and giving it to those who need it.
We have to create that culture. You’re not alone. That’s the world that most people want to live in. The more we talk to each other and the more we’re able to connect, the more we can work together to make that happen.
We’re playing a game together with made up rules. Just by being aware of this, we can start to change the rules.