If you are BROKE, it's your fault! Do y'all agree?

[Ozymandeas]

If you’re broke by 40, I kinda want to say yes because you should’ve gotten it together by then. But I do realize that one medical event or life changing event like a bad divorce for example could ruin you. So I’ll say yes but tentatively.

 

[UpNext]

Most bankruptcies are from medical expenses, pray you don't learn that the hard way OP

Exactly. You're damn near always gonna be one health problem/injury away from financial ruin in this country.

 

[King Poetic]

If you’re broke by 40, I kinda want to say yes because you should’ve gotten it together by then. But I do realize that one medical event or life changing event like a bad divorce for example could ruin you. So I’ll say yes but tentatively.

agree with this statement

I seen 40,50, 60 year olds who work for companies like Enron had to start over again in the workforce because they loss their pensions, stocks do to companies greed

 

[NeoSeeker]

I need the OP to define broke. Because a lot of those youtubers will have you thinking that unless you're worth 50 mil, you're broke and your life ain't s***.

As long as you budget yourself and can afford to do anything you want, you're good.

 

[mykey]

According to the US government, 11.4% of the American population are living in poverty. Income and Poverty in the United States: 2020

That's 38 million people... Brazilian levels of inequality.

Surely, it can't be all their fault that they're poor? There's some serious structural issues in the USA.

 

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

This time yeah...my girl n i had a clear budget when we were in Chicago land for a week on vacation n clearly blew past it now we byke broke asl 3 days before pay day

Atleast we got gas, groceries n weed but

 

[Still Benefited]

Didn't watch. Sounds like bootstraps babble.

Yup,as soon as nikkas make even a little bit of money they start lecturing people and talking bootstraps talk? Which goes to show you their is no "black people" in this country. Just a bunch of people who cant wait to be fully assimilated. Who are only unified by struggle or stuck in a pity party together. Get your money and get as far away from america as your money can take you. Before you become one of them

 

[BaggerofTea]

Binary ass statements

 

[MJ Truth]

I low-key agree with this sentiment.

I know many people that its not their fault for where there at, but ik just as many who set themselves up for failure.

Generally speaking, yes. I’ll say past the age of 25 for sure. Obviously you can’t control how you grow up if your parents were poor, but 25 gives you seven years of adulthood, time to have gone to college or military or years of working to figure it out.

That said, it’s not like the shyt isn’t hard. It’s not difficult to end up broke, AT ALL.

 

[Mowgli]

If you live in America yea pretty much.

 

[MJ Truth]

Wealth is a matter of perspective.

I would change the message to: "If you arent happy, its your fault"

Happiness is a matter of perspective too though. And at least wealth can relatively be reliably measured. Happiness can’t.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Happiness is a matter of perspective too though. And at least wealth can relatively be reliably measured. Happiness can’t.

Spoken like a true broke ass nxgga.

 

[KBtheKey]

I partially agree. If you had enough opportunities to get/stack some money, i can't feel bad for you if you broke. That would mean that you gave up on your ambitions, or had none in the first place

 

[Tair]

agree with this statement

I seen 40,50, 60 year olds who work for companies like Enron had to start over again in the workforce because they loss their pensions, stocks do to companies greed

Just imagine you put in 30 years into a job and are one year away from being pensioned, then your company lays you off so they don't have to pay.

 

[@OffHalsted]

Im 27yo and trying..
Everytime I get paid I gotta split that shyt with the fam to keep them from going without..Yall dont factor how peoples Family and Overhead holds them back

Location as well