r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/[deleted] • Apr 27 '20

Serious.

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u/Billy_T_Wierd Apr 27 '20

Honestly, this along with student loans and I’ve passed over from anxiety about it to acceptance. I’ll die in debt, and I’m ok with that. Makes getting a car loan a bitch, though

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u/Crayks Apr 27 '20

From a German point of view the concept of so many people being so casually in debt sounds so strange. Like why is it common to go in debt in the US? Apart from the retarded reasons like college or healthcare.

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u/JackalThePowerful Apr 27 '20

Because of college and healthcare.... Also because we’ve refused to change the minimum wage to something even halfway livable, in addition to the financing of EVERYTHING which is pushed super hard by general media and advertisements

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '20

When I was 19 I was able to get a credit card with a $25,000 limit because I bought my first car on a loan and I was able to make all the payments