The most comical argument, “livable” for any idiot liberals that aren’t aware of what “livable” means, it means that you can live off of the wage you make. Do you get a $8 Starbucks coffee? No. Do you get a $1200 iPhone? No. Do you get to go out and eat steak dinners? No. You cook your own meals at home stick to chicken pork and ground beef potatoes and rice cost nothing, you don’t get the internet (that would save us all a headache in itself) you don’t get a fancy flat screen TV, you make minimum wage you live as such. Living beyond your means is a serious problem in this country, and not just for poor people. Keeping up with the joneses and living on credit is fucking stupid. Start a budget, I mean fuck something as simple as a calculator and ziplock bags. Cash your paychecks and put however much in each bag labeled food, rent, gas, etc and whatever you come up with at the end of the month instead of blowing, save it for when your POS car breaks you got a cushion account. This is all extremely basic shit that everyone should understand. You don’t get to have the same fun as your friend who makes more than you, if you don’t like it use that as motivation to make more money. I lived just fine off $250 a week during the Obama years when gas was $4 a gallon. I didn’t have a cell phone and bought a 1996 TV from the pawn shop and a bunch of $1 bin dvds. And no, I didn’t apply for food stamps or government aid because I’m not disabled and was able to work just couldn’t find the right pay in the field i was in. Yes I got tired of the $1 frozen Walmart pizzas and ramen noodles but living below my means off minimum wage and learning a trade got me the fuck out of that lifestyle real quick.
This is very true. I think that younger folks fall into the trap of trying to live the lifestyle they had when they lived with their parents. But they don't realize that it took their parents 20-30 years to achieve that lifestyle. So young people take on debt and forego savings because they want a middle class life but they haven't earned it yet
you see this a lot in today's weddings. the newlyweds are just a couple of years out of college, but the wedding costs $30k, they honeymooned in the azores and came home and bought a 500k house. they can't afford any of it....and pretty soon, the arguments over money start and you've got another divorce....a wedding, a divorce, but no marriage. steps off soapbox
The most comical argument, “livable” for any idiot liberals that aren’t aware of what “livable” means, it means that you can live off of the wage you make. Do you get a $8 Starbucks coffee? No. Do you get a $1200 iPhone? No. Do you get to go out and eat steak dinners? No. You cook your own meals at home stick to chicken pork and ground beef potatoes and rice cost nothing, you don’t get the internet (that would save us all a headache in itself) you don’t get a fancy flat screen TV, you make minimum wage you live as such. Living beyond your means is a serious problem in this country, and not just for poor people. Keeping up with the joneses and living on credit is fucking stupid. Start a budget, I mean fuck something as simple as a calculator and ziplock bags. Cash your paychecks and put however much in each bag labeled food, rent, gas, etc and whatever you come up with at the end of the month instead of blowing, save it for when your POS car breaks you got a cushion account. This is all extremely basic shit that everyone should understand. You don’t get to have the same fun as your friend who makes more than you, if you don’t like it use that as motivation to make more money. I lived just fine off $250 a week during the Obama years when gas was $4 a gallon. I didn’t have a cell phone and bought a 1996 TV from the pawn shop and a bunch of $1 bin dvds. And no, I didn’t apply for food stamps or government aid because I’m not disabled and was able to work just couldn’t find the right pay in the field i was in. Yes I got tired of the $1 frozen Walmart pizzas and ramen noodles but living below my means off minimum wage and learning a trade got me the fuck out of that lifestyle real quick.
This is very true. I think that younger folks fall into the trap of trying to live the lifestyle they had when they lived with their parents. But they don't realize that it took their parents 20-30 years to achieve that lifestyle. So young people take on debt and forego savings because they want a middle class life but they haven't earned it yet
you see this a lot in today's weddings. the newlyweds are just a couple of years out of college, but the wedding costs $30k, they honeymooned in the azores and came home and bought a 500k house. they can't afford any of it....and pretty soon, the arguments over money start and you've got another divorce....a wedding, a divorce, but no marriage. steps off soapbox
Not to mention a hundred thousand each in college debt, crying because the government won't pay for it.