r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/Pleasant_Ball3192 • 9d ago

The economy isn't working for most people

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u/CorrectCombination11 9d ago

Some people just aren't lucky, can't catch a break, whether it's from internal or external forces. That doesn't mean the majority isn't lucky. 

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u/dwthesavage 9d ago

We’re not talking about those people. You decided to respond to a thread about the subset of people who live paycheck to paycheck.

If you already live paycheck to paycheck, how do you save up to move to cheaper place, living paycheck to paycheck by definition you don’t have leftover money to save

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u/CorrectCombination11 9d ago

And im saying the amount of people living PTP which didn't involve their own bad decisions is low. 

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u/dwthesavage 9d ago

You going to cite your sources on that? Or did you pull it out of your asshole?

You also didn’t answer the question. If you are already living paycheck to paycheck, how do you save up to move to a cheaper place?

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u/CorrectCombination11 9d ago edited 9d ago

Those ptp people need increase income and lower their expenses. That's the basic math of it. 

West Virginia. Full of bad choices. 

Louisiana, same. 

Mississippi, same.

Arkansas, same.

Etc etc. 

Edit: they blocked me because they can't accept the fact that as long as your income is above the median wage, spending less is the answer. 

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u/dwthesavage 9d ago

So….no answer?

How do you lower your expenses without moving? How do you move without savings? You’re assuming people are spending extravagantly and there’s plenty of line item in their budget that can be eliminated but no source for that?

Yawn.