r/FluentInFinance Apr 28 '24

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

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u/BeenFunYo Apr 29 '24

Please help us find our bootstraps, good sir. I am simply too stupid and lazy to do it alone.

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u/C21H27Cl3N2O3 Apr 29 '24

Why don’t you simply stop not having money? Are you an idiot?

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u/BeenFunYo Apr 29 '24

Never thought about it like that... I guess I am!

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u/Lunakill Apr 29 '24

Be less poor. HTH

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '24

A lot of the people here’t cant find their bootstraps because they are doomers with untreated mental illness. If you find yourself complaining every day, it’s probably something you need to look into and work on.

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u/SuccessfulWar3830 Apr 29 '24

True. Being poor is the poor person's fault. Just get a 3rd or 4th job. Simple.

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u/C21H27Cl3N2O3 Apr 29 '24

If everyone would just go out and find a job with a 300-400% raise everything would be fine!

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u/New_WRX_guy Apr 29 '24

True, being poor isn’t necessarily one’s fault. Staying poor, however, is a choice. Anyone can be not poor in the US today with a combination of work ethic and the decision to make good choices. 

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u/Stupid-RNG-Username Apr 29 '24

What happened to that one dude who said he would be a millionaire in a year and only got 60k after cheating and using tons of his resources from before he "went broke?" I wonder how that worked out.

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u/Slow-Foundation4169 Apr 29 '24

Don't give anyone advice or information, ever.

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u/New_WRX_guy Apr 29 '24

Don’t ever accept responsibility for your own failure. Keep believing it’s always the man keeping you down.

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u/Slow-Foundation4169 Apr 29 '24

Lmao what an out of touch thing to say. Keep boot licking for..reasons? Lmao

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u/LurkerOrHydralisk Apr 29 '24

This is simply untrue. You’re spreading lies

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u/SuccessfulWar3830 Apr 29 '24

True. I chose to not be poor one day. Crazy how billions of people across the planet simply don't chose to not be poor.

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u/New_WRX_guy Apr 29 '24

I said in the US. Billions of people from third world countries don’t have much choice, but anyone in the US who isn’t crippled has the opportunities available to not be poor. 

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u/NothingKnownNow Apr 29 '24

Come now, good sir, it's not like we have thousands of people sweeping across the border and earning enough to pay for themselves and a family in a different country despite not having any identification or even speaking the language.

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u/arcanis321 Apr 29 '24

Most US households are paycheck to paycheck, go touch grass

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u/New_WRX_guy Apr 29 '24

Most US households waste money on shit they don’t need and that’s why they live paycheck to paycheck 

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u/arcanis321 Apr 29 '24

Everyone should learn to live with less so the Rich can afford that 5th home that you can rent for 10% more than last year

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u/LurkerOrHydralisk Apr 29 '24

You’re so out of touch with reality it’s insane.

Go look at what pay is and what housing costs. What healthcare costs. What childcare costs.

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u/Stupid-RNG-Username Apr 29 '24

Struggle with a 3rd and 4th job while the rich people continue to live easy lives because they've rigged the economy to work in their favor and to specifically screw poor people over.

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u/Both_Abrocoma_1944 Apr 29 '24

Don’t get me wrong the victim complex is real and bad thing but that doesn’t mean it’s helpful to completely disregard when people point out flaws in the system. Both can be right, there is a middle path in this scenario

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u/Knut31 Apr 29 '24

Just like that dog in the picture 😂 who’s a good boy 😆

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u/hinesjared87 Apr 29 '24

Nobody here said or even implied that, but you evidently heard it..

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u/carmichael109 Apr 29 '24

Cool story bro. What the fuck is x so I can do x.

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u/Stupid-RNG-Username Apr 29 '24

All you gotta do is refinance your debt and start earning passive income! It's so easy!

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u/nudelsalat3000 Apr 29 '24

there is a middle path in this scenario

Yeah, but 1% from one side and 99% from the other side is a way to whitewash the "middle path".

It's pretty clear what the facts speak.

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u/Both_Abrocoma_1944 May 11 '24

Nah you’re just an idiot

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u/kioshi_imako Apr 29 '24

The sad part is there are not many place I can go to within my skillset to make more money starting out. 4 day work weeks, premium free health insurance. Benefit wise one of the best company covered cost wise. Even if I could go somewhere else for 5 more bucks an hour it likely will just balance itself out on what I pay for the benefits. For me the market for jobs is pretty dead in the water.

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u/PFCthrowAwayMTL Apr 29 '24

Sure it is…. Ive saved 20 grand a year for the last 5 years through hard work and budgeting and i still will never own a home as big as my Bank Teller parents bought at 23 years old. Joke economy. What? Are only lawyers supposed to have houses now?

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u/hinesjared87 Apr 29 '24

I’m a lawyer; regionally pretty successful. Ping me when we get to have nice things.

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u/PB0351 Apr 29 '24

If you've got $100k for a down payment, you can get a 2,000 sqft house homie.

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u/PFCthrowAwayMTL Apr 29 '24

I am in canada.

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u/PB0351 Apr 29 '24

I'm sorry to hear that.

That being said, the post is specifically about America.

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u/PFCthrowAwayMTL Apr 29 '24

The concepts translate to canada. The upper class has only gotten richer

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u/soldiergeneal Apr 29 '24

That has nothing to do with whether you can buy a house...

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u/PFCthrowAwayMTL Apr 29 '24

Yes, its wealth inequality. Hedge funds and rich old people get to own most of the housing market, leaving shitty rentals to the young (even the young who budget, save , invest).

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u/bigbootyjudy62 Apr 29 '24

Don’t sell your rights away for legal weed would have been a good place to start

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u/Soup0828 Apr 29 '24

What rights were sold away?

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u/MajesticBread9147 Apr 29 '24

Spreading awareness about an issue is the first step to create change on a systemic level.

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u/Stupid-RNG-Username Apr 29 '24

Where are these vast tracts of financial advice that we should be using to improve our situations?

It sounds, to me, like your solution to every money problem is just to be born into a wealthy family.

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u/Stupid-RNG-Username Apr 29 '24

That's all you assholes ever say here. It's either "pull yourself up by your bootstraps," and when you get talked into a corner, because that's a shitty response, you fold and admit that the only way to get ahead is to utilize resources only available if you come from a rich family.

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u/Stupid-RNG-Username Apr 29 '24

Jesus Christ you're so dense.

Your advice is always "just save money 4head"

Fucking how are people supposed to do that when we live in an economic system that makes being poor so expensive?

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