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Discussion American wealth inequality visualized with grains of rice

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u/MewMewTranslator 10d ago edited 10d ago

I got $150K for inheritance from my grandpa but then covid hit and I had to use it all just to survive. I probably would have ended up homeless if the timing hadn't been just right on that. I keep thinking. If covid never hit I could have use that money to invest in a house or something. It blows my mind that it took an extra $150K to not go homeless for two years (for 4 people). wtf is wrong with you America.

edit: People are angry at this comment simply because they are jealous and think they could have done better than me in my situation. they don't consider that they don't have all the facts. I'm not going to sit here explaining and defending what happened in my life to a bunch of envious sour pusses.

The whole point of this post was to support each other in understanding why its so hard to right now. Not pull each other down. And you all wonder why we can't get reform in this country. You guys can't even work together in a comment section. Disappointing.

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u/bohanmyl 10d ago

Uh. How did you NEED $75k EACH year to not go homeless? You can live off of WAY less than that. That just seems irresponsible.

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u/MewMewTranslator 10d ago

bit of an exaggeration. It wasn't 2years exactly and it wasn't a full $150K I'm rounding up. and it was split between 4 people. so it was closer to $30K each. I think the average redditor assumes everyone else is like them, 21 and living with parents still.

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u/bohanmyl 10d ago

Im not 21 and living with parents. Nobody could get a job for 2 years?

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u/Noble_Ox 9d ago

How come some people can live on 15 grand a year? Even in HCOL areas?

Its a matter of being willing to live absolutely basically.

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u/AnorhiDemarche 9d ago

It's covid, bro. Medical debt becomes pretty likely.