I’m often surprised how long folks can go without understanding the real floor in living conditions a lot of Americans are faced with. I think it’s an empathy gap, but I don’t know how to fix it.
Maybe folks need to volunteer in shelters more often. Understand how much closer they are to poverty than they are to Bezos.
They can be saddled with debt on a depreciating vehicle, meaning that although their overall income may be negative when accounting for the debt, the alternative is even worse.