Survey: Almost 50% of Americans Consider Themselves ‘Broke’
Survey: Almost 50% of Americans Consider Themselves ‘Broke’
MarketWatch Guides surveyed different generations of Americans about their financial situation – and nearly half consider themselves broke.
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Our entire system is designed to make people spend every dollar they make on stupid toys and other things they don't need. People make hundreds of thousands a year and spend it all in monthly payments. I know lots of "well off" people who can't survive more than a few months before being in serious financial trouble.
As long as the payments can be made it's encouraged to just buy more and more and more.
I think most of these huge payments are not due to stupid toys, it's due to college debt, mortgages, and medical debt. I wish it was spent on toys instead.
For some that's true, but go count the number of trailers, ATVs, watercraft and other toys that way too many people have. Same goes for cars and houses. Buy the most expensive stuff you can so you can stay ahead of your friends!
The sad thing is that a nice toy is like 5% of the cost of 4 years of college tuition these days.
Maybe get out of suburbia. There's far more people lower than middle class just struggling to survive, and toys are a luxury.
You completely missed the point of my comments.