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No one making $9/hr with a kid or two is going to be dishing out for a Costco membership and getting a volunteer to drive them around everywhere they need to go
by rtev 4y ago
No one making $9/hr with a kid or two is going to be dishing out for a Costco membership and getting a volunteer to drive them around everywhere they need to go. There is no long-term savings and “financial sense”, it’s hand-to-mouth, sometimes shoplifting to survive. Have you executed this plan yourself? If not, I’d suggest appreciating the fact that it isn’t this easy or many people in poverty would have done it.
- FrontierPsych 4y agoYou are putting words in my mouth. I didn't say drive them everywhere, every day, available 24/7 every minute of the day. Since you are taking that tack, I now know that you are not having this discussion in good faith. >or many people in poverty would have done it. Nope. And you are the 100% proof. Instead of asking me how, you attack me. Most people would willingly starve to death before doing something different. Trust me, I've tried to help many people out of a bad situation. I got emotionally invested in their situation - they came to me for help, not vice versa. And they just spent money like drunk sailors when they had a little bit. Anyways, you are not discussing in good faith so I'm going to have to part ways with you here.
- rtev 4y ago“Choose to not be poor” is the thesis of your statement, whether you meant for it to be or not. It’s hard for that to be a good faith start to any discussion regarding poverty.