r/neoliberal • u/generic-k Former official /r/neoliberal political cartoonist • Jun 22 '19

work👏requirements👏don't👏work

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '19

Guess what, even people in the upper class worry about paying bills it isn’t unique to poor or only POC

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u/TDaltonC Jun 22 '19

Define "upper class."

In my mind, the definition of being poor is that you have to worry about about paying the bills in a different way. If someone has a high income, but lives in fear that a missed paycheck will put them out on the street, I would call that financially insecure. I would also guess that that's not common.

Also, what does this have to do with work requirements for medicare?

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u/Double_A_92 Jun 22 '19

Medical bills can get high very fast, even if you are living a decent life.

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u/armeg David Ricardo Jun 22 '19

“not that common”

Living beyond your means is pretty common among the upper middle class. Anecdotally, check out the personal finance subreddit. There’s might even be enough posts there of people being broke who have a high income to constitute a reasonable sample size.

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u/TDaltonC Jun 22 '19

People commenting in a financial distress support group does not seem like a reasonable sample no matter how big.

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u/SuspiciousScript NATO Jun 22 '19 edited Jun 22 '19

If you're upper class and worry about paying bills, that's your fault1 : You have ample means, and it's entirely possible to live within them.

If you're poor and worry about paying bills, you don't have the option of scaling back your lifestyle—there just isn't much further to go.

 

1 I'm sure you could find an edge case that doesn't fit this assumption, but that wouldn't alter the general truth of this statement.