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Re:62% of Americans Have Under $1,000 in Savings, Survey Finds by nemo44x on Thursday October 08, 2015 @02:13PM (#10354766)
Think about it. If you've got nothing and few prospects to ever have anything then why even care?

You might as well get some bit of happiness from something since everything else is awful. People want to feel good.

Were you poor or just broke while you were young? Poverty is far different from being in college and not making much. Poverty is much different than being short on cash. Poverty includes having limited options ahead of you and the prospect of always being poor.

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Re:62% of Americans Have Under $1,000 in Savings, Survey Finds by eimai134 on Thursday October 08, 2015 @03:30PM (#10355439)
I had the prospect ahead of me of always being poor. I decided to forego some immediate pleasures like having cable TV, expensive Internet, eating out, seeing lots of movies, new clothes/shoes, name-brand products, etc. so I could save up, go to school, and get my life in order.

What you mention may well be their line of thinking. Nothing wrong with people thinking whatever they want. I simply did not want the kind of future that such a lifestyle would bring me (i.e., remaining poor).

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