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It's expensive to be poor
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this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2026
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This comment informs me that you have never been close to poor. Poverty is, in fact, very expensive, believe it or not. The entire idea of an emergency fund is something that only the wealthy can afford. I don't intend to be US centric here, but around 43% of Americans cannot afford a $1,000 emergency .
That is a lot of people. Around 150 million in the US alone. I can break that down further by individual nation states if you'd like.
This informs me that you not only lack reading comprehension, but you are also an ill-informed troll. I would say "goodbye", but a "fuck you" is more in order, so I will go with that.
It must be nice to be so financially confident that you can't even imagine that paying bills consists of hard choices for MANY people, especially those renting. If they could save up an emergency fund, they could probably use it as a down payment on a house. Or would that we a waste, too?
It also must be nice to be so Sociopathic that you can just chalk up their lack of emergency fund to spending it on vacation or paying stupid bills like student loans. Dumb Welfare Queens, huh?
"Biff! Stop talking to the poors on Lemmy. We have to get to the club, I have Pickleball at 2."
"Coming Muffy!"
Most people do not have the opportunity to 'put away' the emergency fund you are accusing them of wasting. Are you new to the Earth? Or just a troll?