Current Events > Why do most Americans have trouble controlling their spending habits?

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How the fuck can you make $250K a year and still be broke?

Let alone $80K and broke as hell.
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Finance not being a required class probably helps.
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from top to bottom, our financial system, political system, and culture encourage it
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We live in a consumer culture and most people spend more than they make because their wants outweigh their needs.
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Because stupid. I had to call a cable internet company because my mom was getting charged for a year and a half 83 dollars a month for a place she didnt live anymore, but she just never decided to cancel it.
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Uh, youll probably die young anyways. And the spending gives em a fix today.

This is a dumb question.
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Americans demand and have a much higher standard of living then most other places in the world. Even in low class and without any real Medicare 4 all. Which most Americans do want but are unwilling to may for it via taxes, and redistributing our federal budget.

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You can present yourself as high class by going into debt.
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