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Originally Posted by HeallunRumblebelly
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Outta curiosity, if you make 9$ / hr in a large city, where do you live without loans you cannot pay? Genuinely curious. Having 4 roommates at age 35 works in Friends, but it stunts actually having a life.
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This is the point entirely. You do what it takes to make it. If you make $9 an hour you better be working 2 jobs and executing a plan to get out of your current situation (killing debt, budgeting, job training or education, etc.). Yes, having roommates stunts 'having a life' but if you make $9 an hour you don't have the financial means to 'have a life' unless you live in your parents basement. Taking out loans and pretending that you have enough money to do so is a lie and will end you in the situation we are talking about with drudge.
This is the real world. Everyone is not on a level playing ground. You can argue the merits of the system but regardless you still must deal with it. Quality of life is not consistent or guaranteed to be at a certain level. I don't live like Bill Gates and it's not because I don't want to, it's because I don't have billions of dollars. Scale that example down by a few orders of magnitude and the same principle applies.
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Originally Posted by HeallunRumblebelly
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I'm saying expecting financial wisdom from your average taco bell cash register worker is ignorant.
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Also, I don't expect financial wisdom either all the time, but I do expect people to take responsibility for the choices they made and not try to play a victim.