Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Could you cover a $1000 unexpected expense?

Sounds like Dave Ramsey.

It seems that many people are addicted to instant gratification. It also seems that many people cannot do simple addition and subtraction.

Many focus on a lack of money, not enough focus on a society that normalizes excessive consumption and stupid spending habits. And credit card companies and other usurers enable this kind of behavior. Personally I share the bible's position on this.

No problem for me. Hard to believe there are so many who could not.

The bigger question is could you cover a $1,000 bet if you lost.

Half of Americans who live on or near min wage go out to eat 4 to 6 days a week.

& buy lunch everyday !

Yes

I’ve known many over the years that probably couldn’t come up with $500, much less $1000.

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He can.
But his his head is so far down the Q hole that he’s unwilling to admit he was led astray by a PSYOP.

It wasn’t my intent to claim that you need to be a doctor, lawyer or corporate exec. I’m certainly none of those things and can cover 1k.

My point being that the US has turned into a low wage service industry rather than a decent wage manufacturing economy. How many transactions for goods and services on a daily basis do most of us make with minimum wage level employees? It’s the big majority IMO.

Gone are the days where you buy an appliance, gas, or groceries from a mom and pop business owner making a decent income. We buy them from Best Buy, Home, Depot, Speedway, Walmart, Kroger ect with minimum wage clerks and shelf stockers, and typically low wage store management and a small handful of executives at the top with most of what’s sold manufactured in China. We don’t manufacture and what we sell at retail is sold by corporate giants.

Literally the vast majority of transactions that most of us have day to day in our lives is with at or close to minimum wage workers.

LOVE THAT QUOTE !!!!!

Tell me that again after lightning fries your water pump or your fridge/freezer conks out.

I work at a bank I overhear people making their vehicle payments one for her one for him one at $700 the other one at $1,200 .... what the hell !! Who needs that !!! On top of that you have to buy insurance and then fill the thing up .... how the hell do you have fun when you spend that kind of money on just your freaking four wheels...lol

i remember being young and naive about money, job security, etc and let my ass hang out a little too far. let things run a little thin but thankfully never got bit. i also remember feeling fat, dumb and happy and having a good bit of money saved, good job, etc and getting slammed with layoffs i never saw coming when the dotcom bubble blew. i saw grown men cry and throw schit around their offices, threaten to burn the place down, etc. it was a sick feeling and it really made an impression on me.

That’s home maintenance; not an emergency. Happens all the time. Be prepared for it.

I have to add... I ant hurting in no ways nowadays....but I was a CASH guy for like 10-12 years....never had so much money or the stuff I got with it nowadays days the cards can eat your lunch

In the 80' s I remember when you couldn't buy beer with a cc...or a bunch of other things ..u guys remember that ?

Lived in an auto manufacturing area.
Kids in HS got new cars at 16.
Dual income UAW jobs. Expected the factories to hire them.

Main one gone, satellite support gone.
Retirees went to FL, recession had many younger just walk away, leave homes to the banks.

Minor uptick w another company.
Hear HS grads.....buying new 4x4 and having kids, buying houses.....i dunno how they do it at 20 bucks an hr.

Ol lady must have Only Fans or sumpthin.