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Re:40% of Americans can't cover a $400 emergency expense by xena on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @06:39PM (#17130020)
What about people whose life situations constantly rip money out of them and their pay is just fundamentally insufficient to cover their expenses?
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Re:40% of Americans can't cover a $400 emergency expense by trophycase on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @06:56PM (#17130135)
You're right. Some poor people have bad spending habits, and some have unfortunate life situations, and some have both.
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Re:40% of Americans can't cover a $400 emergency expense by mlthoughts2018 on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @07:07PM (#17130214)
In fact, poor spending habits could be caused by a poor life situation.
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Re:40% of Americans can't cover a $400 emergency expense by yermom on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @06:44PM (#17130047)
nah, they should just work harder
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Re:40% of Americans can't cover a $400 emergency expense by your-nanny on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @06:57AM (#17133037)
Forgot your sarc tags
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