You're making a lot of assumptions in that statement and spinning a hypothetical story in your head that does not match reality. There are ways to live below y

You're making a lot of assumptions in that statement and spinning a hypothetical story in your head that does not match reality. There are ways to live below your means in America. You may need social assistance if you're in hard times (and that's OK, that's what it's there for), but there is. If you say otherwise, you're just making things up. I said this in another post, but I can guarantee you that even in places like North Korea, people are squirreling away the little they have, just as my grandmother did. It's possible to save even under poverty and/or extreme situations. And America isn't North Korea.