A Boring Dystopia

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Living paycheck to paycheck is more common, even when the paycheck is higher (www.usatoday.com)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago

While "the system" is absolutely at fault for this, lifestyle creep

and changing finances

is very real.

For example, if you can almost afford a house, and your rental is modest, you're probably not spending all of your take-home. But if you make just a little bit more it might make financial sense to buy a house, stretching your budget to the max. Short term this really hurts, but long term may end up being a savvy decision.

Opting for a hefty mortgage can be risky, but can also pay off in the long run

especially in a place like California where property taxes are basically fixed at time of purchase.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's remarkably easy to have your expenses slowly creep upward in our society. Especially as prices constantly go up in the name of "inflation".

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 days ago

It’s to keep you poor and working. You’ll fall in line if you can’t go a week or a month without a job. If everyone had a year of wages saved up, employers would have to be better.