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0 pointseffingwewt1y ago0 comments

You forgot about all the people making minimum wage working 40+ hours who can't afford the basics like food and shelter

Because you can cover your necessities with 20% of your income doesn't mean everyone else can.

I know several people on SSI who had to take under the table jobs because their checks wont cover their food and shelter. And that's with food stamps. If they get a regular job they lose their SSI.

Ive got a friend who had to take a part time job dashing after work as a supervisor at my factory.

I think about this stuff when I'm working overtime- how lucky I am to be able to rather than have to find a second job.

I make over 6 figures as an electrician/instrumentation technician. I have a surgery coming up in September that's going to cost me 40k+. Instead of feeling it's so much and all the other things I could use that money for, I try to remind myself I'm blessed to be able to afford it without saving for years. I, again, know people who work full time and don't make that in a year.

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_heimdall1y ago

I was actually thinking about the societal level here rather than any one person's financial situation.

I expect that we could make sure everyone had the basics much more easily if the average person could define what "enough" means for themselves. For one thing, we would be using many fewer resources as a country and would therefore be much better able to make sure the resources we do have would be available. For another, when a person knows what "enough" is for them they may decide to work less when they achieve that goal, leaving those potential paying work hours for the next person that needs the work.

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