Americans with Six-Figure Incomes Are in 'survival Mode'
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The article discusses how Americans with six-figure incomes are feeling financially strained, with commenters debating whether this is due to overspending or unaffordable living costs.
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People making $X/mo, thinking "well, I can afford a $500k house because it costs $Y a month", where Y is some nominal amount less than X. That works for a little while, until the price of everything creeps up and now Y + expenditures > X. Entirely predictable outcome.
In reality, a savvy person making $100k a year in the US can live comfortably, if they live within their means. Those last 4 words seem lost on most people, unfortunately.
The amount of waste of even middle class earners is staggering. American culture needs to catch up with the fact that infinite growth, on both a personal and a societal level, is just not sustainable.
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