Ogurisama posted...Work fulltime and about to turn 30. I am not bragging about anything.
If not for bragging then why did you make this topic? Anyway, I would expect someone about to turn 30 working full-time to have much more money than what your poll indicates. Considering the standard is 40 hours a week, the minimum wage in the US is $7.25, and workers usually get paid once every two weeks, you should have at the very least $580 plus whatever you had saved. I doubt someone about to turn 30 only works at minimum wage, so you should have much more than $580. Most financial experts say that you should always save enough money to survive for at least six months (by survive, they mean saving six times what you actually pay each month), which obviously isn't what you're doing. Heck, this doesn't even take retirement savings into account.
Why do so many US citizens live paycheck to paycheck? I just did some research and it appears that 58% of Americans have less than $1000 in their bank account, which is actually insane! And here I thought that 24% of Canadians doing the same was really bad. We also only have 44% who have more than $10,000 (~$7543 in USD) saved in the bank. I imagine the percentage of Americans doing the same must be abysmal. How are the current generations going to survive after retirement? How are they going to survive during emergencies? It's no wonder we have such a homeless crisis going on. People lose their job for a reason out of their control and they're left with nothing to pay the bills until they find a new job.
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Who the fuck is this guy
Another Zeus alt?
I'm the alt of no one nor do I have any alts.
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