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> Most Americans have to check their bank balance (if they have a bank) to see if they can afford to get more essential things like toilet paper and laundry det
by jamesrcole 8y ago
> Most Americans have to check their bank balance (if they have a bank) to see if they can afford to get more essential things like toilet paper and laundry detergent
Is that really true? I am not American and have never been there, and I don't know, but I wouldn't have imagined things were like that. I'm interested to know.
- PascLeRasc 8y agoThere are a bunch of excellent articles exploring the concept of "it's expensive to be poor" but here's my favorite: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/01/25/why-it-costs-so-much-to-be-poor-in-america/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c3b3c4998724 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/0...
- jamesrcole 8y agoI'm aware of that. I'm asking whether the "Most Americans..." claim (in relation to essentials like toilet paper) is true. The closest that article gets to that is "More than 40 percent of Americans say they struggle even to make ends meet each month and would be unable to cover an unexpected $400 expense without real hardship" but to me that's not really answering the question