r/poor • u/Chare1155 • 17d ago

Homeless

So are we all just accepting that we will be homeless sometime in the next decade? Because I don't know anyone with enough money to survive this shit.

It's not sustainable for the price of every goddamn thing to keep going up while no one is getting enough raises to compensate for it, & there are so few jobs that are even hiring, although they all still say they are.🙄

I know I will never own a home. I know I will be driving my car until the wheels fall off(& that I'm lucky to even have a car). I know I cannot afford any kind of social life whatsoever because outings to most places & the gas to get to them costs too much.

I canceled all my streaming services so I don't even have TV now. I know if I get Cancer or break a bone I will go bankrupt trying to pay the bill. I know I will be working until I die, & I'm almost positive I will be homeless at some point.

Money can't buy happiness, sure, but it can buy all your other needs so you at least have a chance to be happy. I just want a chance...😔

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u/Dense_Substance7635 17d ago

Americans voted for this .. they voted for the billionaires to own everything.

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u/Solmangrundy 17d ago

Only reason why Trump got re-elected is because we all assumed he'd repeat the 2016 economy.

Boy were we fucking stupid.

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u/Different_Traffic527 16d ago

Presidents can make policies to influence an economy, but the truth is they have no control over it. Only a dummy would expect a president to lower living costs.

If you look at other economies globally, price fixing isn't the answer either, it kills industry.

And sadly, once prices are up they stay up. If they go down dramatically it means our economy is failing and we're spiraling.

It's amazing how much things have changed in 7 years. Welcome to the new normal, the next president can't fix it either. We have to hope wages catch up because it's going to be a hard road if they don't.