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>If you're at risk of losing your job, and you need all that income just to survive - without saving anything - then you're already not in a sustainable situati
by learc83 11y ago
>If you're at risk of losing your job, and you need all that income just to survive - without saving anything - then you're already not in a sustainable situation and should fix it while it's easy
If you're making $100k a year, living in a nice 4 bedroom house, driving late model cars, and not saving, that is a relatively easy fix.
If you're making $10 an hour working retail, there just isn't enough money to pay for cost of living and any kind of substantial savings.
People in this situation (who make up a huge chunk of America), are one expensive car repair away from disaster and debt collectors.
- Asbostos 11y agoYes. If you're living hand-to-mouth, then you're already having a problem. Things have already gone wrong. It's too late to put the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff and only worry about people when they fall off - which everybody in that situation is bound to do given enough time.
- mikeash 11y agoThere is no guarantee people in this situation must fail. They might get a raise, or a promotion, or a surprise inheritance, or win the lottery, or who knows. Now, obviously you don't want to get into this situation in the first place, if you can help it. But if a person is, then they are not simply doomed as you're saying. We should not excuse exploitation of people living paycheck-to-paycheck simply on the basis that they're bound to get fucked over eventually so it doesn't matter when or how it happens.