I love when poor people bring up boot licking because that's how you know they lost the argument. Here let me make you feel better. It's everyone else's fault you're poor, it's the boomers, it's your parents, it's the governments, it's the corporations.
It has nothing to do with your low intelligence, laziness, lack of discipline, lack of drive, or any personal decision you make. All the people that make 100k are lying, lucky, or bootlickers!
Hope that makes you feel better, enjoy your mom's basement!
Iām not poor lol. I made a $173k as a Union Electrician last year. Then $55k into my pension and $22k into my 401k. I also get a $33k VA pension for life from being wounded in Afghanistan. Then I have one rental property.
However if you compare what my dad to me basically same job a Union Millwright and Veteran. He made less yet he had more buying power than me.
I donāt lose an argument. Iām just telling you that youāre a bootlicker.
Ok letās add up a salary of $70k for a family of four in an average city in America.
Whatās $70k per year after taxes? $54k
Groceries - $12k - $20k/a year. Letās say $15k ($39k)
Gas - $3k times 2(Husband and Wife) ($33k)
Rent - $22k ($17k)
Electric - $2k ($15k)
Car - $12k ($3k)
Car insurance - $2k ($1k)
Phone $2k (-$1k)
You know I didnāt even get to the kids yet right? So tell me how do you make it off $70k($54k). Please elaborate bootlicker.
He didn't have more buying power he just didn't buy as much. How many TVs did your dad have? How often did he buy a new car? How many flights did he go on? When something broke who fixed it? How much smaller was his house? How many cell phones did he have? How many times did he go out to eat? How often does your wife repair clothes, instead of paying someone to deliver? How often do you throw spoiled groceries out instead of freezing it? How many streaming services did he have? How many vacations did he have? How elaborate was his car? Did it have back up cameras, 12 airbags, loud sound systems, large touch screens?
If you lived hyper Minimalist like they did then you'd have a mucher higher quality of life.
It's much easier to live frugally than it is to earn more money. This is why people come to America barely speaking English and do great here. This is why people risk their lives to come here. They're not delusioned that they can buy a new cell phone, car, and TV every year and still think they deserve more.
I didnāt say I grew up poor. My Dad was a Union Millwright and my mom was a Registered Nurse.
However I worked for everything I had. My dad grew up in conditions that would make people cry if they heard the stories. He instilled in me to work hard and not to judge others because you never know someoneās situation. Then my mom worked as an RN in the ER in one of the roughest areas of Detroit. She told me and my sister stories. You canāt judge someone unless you walk in their shoes.
So what did I have handed to me? I've given my mom thousands of dollars since I've turned 18. I've had negative handed to me. Once again America is very cheap compared to most of the world. Once again this is why people risk their lives to come here. Once you realize that your mindset gets much better. Be sure to let your kids know often šš»!
I donāt have kids yet. America is better than their countries, yes. However thereās a reason why we rank lowest in a lot of categories amongst first world countries.
Hereās a quote from a German traveler. He said man America is the nicest 3rd world country you will ever see.
I fought for this country, 2 combat deployments Iraq 2009 and Afghanistan 2011. I love this country as well. However we have a lot to work on and not everything is as it seems.
The American dream isnāt available to everyone anymore. When my dad was growing up people could work at a grocery store. From that salary they could buy a house, vacation, raise a family, save, and have a decent life.
It was available to everyone, the American dream.
Now itās if you donāt make $100k and your wife doesnāt work as well. You probably arenāt going to buy a home, save, vacation, have a family.
Also yeah are some people cry babies who are lazy? Yeah. I know a bunch of them. Complaining about why canāt they have a truck like mine but donāt do anything to get it.
However thereās a lot of people with a lot who arenāt and they just struggle.
Once again the quality of life of those people were vastly worse in basically every aspect. A person working in a grocery store now has far more than someone back then.
Not to mention you haven't mention how you'd fix it. What magical switch do you want to flip?
Also I couldn't care what Germany says, Europe is dying. They're living off the past and that won't last much longer. It's because they're implementing the policies you probably advocate for.
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u/Melodic-Trouble-5421 8h ago
Then why are half of Americans living pay check to paycheck?