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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I paid my house off last year.  Nothing fancy, bought it 18 years ago and added onto it, mostly myself.  Its far better than I could live in if I had to pay someone else to do it for me.  We live on one salary, mine, albeit its GS-15.  I'm 42.  I have 150 grand in the bank, cash savings.  We drive old cars, clean our own house, and cook our own meals at home.  I repair my own older iphone when it breaks (they do).  I'm having to telework but grateful to have a job.  (Just because I'm debt free doesnt mean I'm expense free.)  People in bread lines in BMWs had the income, they just chose to spend it and not build up a 6-8 month savings.  Maybe now they'll learn.  [/quote]
Why don’t you walk up and down the line at the food bank telling everyone they should eat cake.  :roll: [/quote]

People do live beyond their means. Or rather, they live to very limit of their means. In these BMW anecdotes, they didn't have to do that.

I get what PP's saying. If you're rolling up to the food bank with an iPhone 10 and a 50k car, well, you made choices.[/quote]
I never forget the neighbors faces when my husband first rode up in his 70k luxury truck. The nosey neighbors think he paid the ridiculous amount, when in fact he purchased an almost new (prior corporate lease most likely) truck from Carmax for $32k. My point is you don't know the circumstances behind people's purchases. And the federal government GS15 worker pulling in $166,000 a year has never missed a paycheck, or worried about job loss.  He needs to stfu because he cant relate to people's job insecurities. Heck, he doesn't even have to leave his house and put him or his family in danger of contracting a deadly virus , but he feels so sanctimonious to lecture others about their money or lack thereof.

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