Americans are famous for living beyond their means. Obviously there are a lot of genuinely poor people. But there are also many that just aren’t financially responsible.
I distinctly remember watching some movie years ago that involved an American family dealing with debt/low income.
They lived in a pretty big house and garden with a ton of crap inside, a good looking car too, and it didn’t strike me as a poor family.
It was fictional, of course, but when half the Internet went “Nintendo raised prices from 70 to 80 bucks, I guess I’ll stop buying since I need food”, that implies to me they had no problem buying full price 60/70$ games (a luxury) consistently, and complaining about lacking basic needs. Same for a lot of people seemingly having multiple same gen consoles.
Americans are famous for living beyond their means. Obviously there are a lot of genuinely poor people. But there are also many that just aren’t financially responsible.
I distinctly remember watching some movie years ago that involved an American family dealing with debt/low income. They lived in a pretty big house and garden with a ton of crap inside, a good looking car too, and it didn’t strike me as a poor family.
It was fictional, of course, but when half the Internet went “Nintendo raised prices from 70 to 80 bucks, I guess I’ll stop buying since I need food”, that implies to me they had no problem buying full price 60/70$ games (a luxury) consistently, and complaining about lacking basic needs. Same for a lot of people seemingly having multiple same gen consoles.
That really should be what’s taught in schools instead of trying to teach them to pass some tests to get the schools money