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How do you deal with being broke? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by quinnly@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm in my 30s so I should be used to this by now, but this shit is getting so stressful guys. I have no savings, my checking account is drained every month with rent, and if there's ever a serious emergency I have no safety net, I'm legitimately fucked. I'm one unplanned expense away from absolute ruin. Those in the same boat as me, how do you deal with this?

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[-] blanketswithsmallpox@kbin.social 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Getting a better job paying job is never the answer. We need all jobs to pay living wage.

There’s a million reasons, and none of those are because he doesn’t browse /r/personalFinance enough

Sure let him just time leap into the future by 100 years when all western jobs pay a living wage at 32 hours a week.

What an absolutely tone-deaf take completely out of sync with reality.

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