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>Living paycheck-to-paycheck doesn’t necessarily mean hardship I must have a different definition of hardship then. That's WAY too close to the knife's edge fo
by jdhn 4y ago
>Living paycheck-to-paycheck doesn’t necessarily mean hardship
I must have a different definition of hardship then. That's WAY too close to the knife's edge for my liking, but different strokes for different folks.
- noirbot 4y agoI guess the question is how much of that stuff could they cut back if they needed to. There's a lot of expenses in my life I could easily cut back if I lost my job or had some other expense come up. If part of your paycheck-to-paycheck is subscriptions to food services, or memberships at fancy gyms or a cleaning service or such you could probably free up a lot of money if you needed to.
- bombcar 4y agoThis is a really good point to keep in mind when looking at your expenses/budget - what things are mandatory, which can be changed with little effort, which can be changed with major effort, and which are entirely optional.
- mjhay 4y agoIt doesn't mean hardship, but it's an express train to hardship the minute something crashes down.
- VerminOctopus1 4y agoAh yes the hardship of fine dining, luxury vehicles, and McMansion mortgages. More seriously, I take issue with the definition of “paycheck-to-paycheck”, they at least thankfully split the groups into those who struggle to pay their bills (a small minority) and those that don’t. I don’t know how you can claim to live check to check (“on the knife’s edge”) while also claiming to easily pay your bills every month. Just because you’re able to allocate all of your money doesn’t mean you’re living check to check.
- foobiekr 4y agoThey have the cash flow to avoid catastrophe.