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Survey: Almost 50% of Americans Consider Themselves ‘Broke’ (www.marketwatch.com)

submitted 1 month ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/personalfinance@lemmy.ml

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[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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!

[–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

The sad thing is that a nice toy is like 5% of the cost of 4 years of college tuition these days.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe get out of suburbia. There's far more people lower than middle class just struggling to survive, and toys are a luxury.

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

You completely missed the point of my comments.