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• ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  You don’t have to be very rich but you definitely need to have some personal savings to invest like that. 40% of Americans don’t have enough savings to pay for a $1000 emergency. 23% had to use savings to pay for holiday expanses.

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  • BlueOysterCultist@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I just take issue with the word “rich”

    Like all those people are poor, primarily as a result of the politicians and corporate greed. I ain’t rich but I’m luckily far from that 40% grouping. I’d probably be grouped as the elusive middle class

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    • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s all relative, right? What I meant is that most people that can afford solar panels don’t struggle with electricity bills. It’s a smart investment for them, not a life saving one. People that actually need it can’t afford it.

      Ben Folds had a song about it. Something about getting free coffee once he was rich. No one gives poor people nice things. The richer you are the more things you get for free.

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      • BlueOysterCultist@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Gotcha, that makes sense

        It’s like that anecdote about the $50 shoes breaking down within a year vs the $150 shoes that last forever

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    • krisevol@lemmus.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The middle class isn’t elusive it’s house rare these day’s. Middle-class household are usually doctors, lawyers, scientists, or small business owners. That makes a pretty small percentage of the population. Middle class in America is 200-400k a year as a household. Only 10% of us household make that money.

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      • BlueOysterCultist@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Where is it defined as 200-400k a year?

        I thought it was based off of savings and ability to vacation

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  • RogueBanana@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That’s why I mentioned if you can get some. Just because some can’t get it, doesnt mean no one should consider it right?

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