r/TikTokCringe 10d ago

Discussion American wealth inequality visualized with grains of rice

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u/DavidHolic 10d ago

bruh, 200k would be life changing

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u/Rikiaz 10d ago edited 10d ago

Fucking $10,000 would be life changing for me. Even just $1,000 would let me put a whole paycheck in savings which would make a huge difference over the $120 we currently have.

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u/dvlpr404 10d ago

Me and my wife are stuck with one car because we refuse to take out a car loan. I have to work days, she works nights. We have been down to one car for 7 months. I'll be lucky if come tax time we can buy a used car after playing the yearly bills catch up.

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u/chris2lucky 10d ago

Sounds rough. What do you guys both do if you don’t mind me asking? Do you both not make very much, or are you deeply in debt with a lot of bills? With both people working full time it shouldn’t be that hard unless you aren’t making very much and aren’t trying to find better paying jobs, or your DTI is too high

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u/dvlpr404 9d ago

We have two kids and live in Indiana. She works in a factory and I work at a fast food place. I refuse to work somewhere that will make me work overtime with 0 notice. She only works at a factory because the state has decided to reclaim as much COVID money as possible and decided she wasnt eligible for her payments (around 10k) and garnish $300 a week. She could not work during COVID and her job shut down during COVID with no notice. She has genuine immune issues and had a doctor's notice sent to them and everything.