"Its literally impossible to save money when you're poor"

[Skrilla]

PPL make excuses on why they HAVE to have that new iphone rather than that flip
PPL make excuses on why they HAVE to buy the more expensive car than the cheaper one
PPL make excuses on why they had to buy their lunch rather than bag it
PPL make excuses on why they waste money buying $200 sneakers
PPL make excuses on why they had to move out on their own before they had any real money saved
etc

too many excuses.....not enough sacrificing.

Work smarter, not harder.

Invest in yourself. Learn some new skills.

People spend thousands on useless junk every year.

Could've used that money to take classes to gain more skills to get a higher paying job (CDL, HVAC, IT, Programming, Nursing, anything ). Could've started businesses. All I hear is excuses.

Exactly. We can't pretend like alot of ppl don't waste their money on stuff they don't really need. If you cut back on some of that stuff, you'll see your savings grow and you can invest in something.

There were even ppl arguing against saving in here "It ain't gonna make a difference if i save!" only someone who has given up would say that.

Nobody's saying it's easy but if you want to eat, and eat well, you'll do what you have to do. That usually means cutting back on some "fun" things now so that you can live better in the future.

 

[lotteryplaya]

Whites who dropped out of high school have more wealth than blacks with a college degree-Yvette. Yvette uses facts from economists not just her opinion. Keep letting these non black posters tell you that black people are not being held back by the evil people in charge and you are in debt because you are irresponsible and have Netflix or cable. These non black posters who make threads and posts that always say negative things about black people and lump 100% fault for any negative black issues on us but you just keep dapping them up and assuming its tough love/constructive criticism. A few posters in the stickied Rick Ross thread in the booth said black people just have bad genetics and some people actually dapped them up and quoted them. That is racist trolls pretending to be black on an anonymous forum. The people who dominate every sports we get near have bad genetics. Most black men aren't bad built like Rick Ross or abuse their bodies like he does. I got fat after college and I am fat but I can go months without seeing another black man who is as big as I am. Even older black men are usually built like Samuel L Jackson a skinny guy with a small stomach. White supremacists having a field day in these comments.

If they give us the reparations for slavery we are owed and were promised some of us African Americans would never have to work again if the money was invested and used correctly-Yvette. That statement sent a shiver down a lot of peoples spines because their worst nightmare is black people happy and thriving and doing better than them. The evil people in charge number one mission is to do what they can to never let anything close to a financial base for African Americans to happen.

 

[Skrilla]

nikkas still waiting on reparations Yeah, i'm sure Trump will do that.

Nothing against Yvette but she's delusional about that, it's been like 5 years and still talking about "we need reparations" that we aren't going to get. And you need the money to even try to challenge them on reparations. The most REALISTIC way for black ppl will to remotely improve our current condition is by pooling our money together (i.e. group investing, business, group economics etc). I never said that would uplift us out of being the underclass. But it would at least help us be more self sufficient as a community. Reparations aren't coming anytime soon so delusional nikkas need to stop mentioning that as the solution. If you're a nikka still talking about "the government needs to give us reparations" in 2018, esp when you have NO CAPITAL and NO PLAN to get them to do so, you're just stupid. "they's needz to give us reparations" um, yeah, i'm sure that will convince them. most of you who say this don't even know the legal steps to go about trying to get reparations, you just run around saying it.

 

[JahFocus CS]

nikkas still waiting on reparations Yeah, i'm sure Trump will do that.

Nothing against Yvette but she delusional, it's been like 5 years and still talking about "we need reparations" that we aren't going to get. The only way black ppl will improve our current condition is by pooling our money together (i.e. group investing, business, group economics). I never said that would uplift us out of being the underclass. But it would at least help us be more self sufficient as a community. Reparations aren't coming anytime soon so delusional nikkas need to stop mentioning that as the solution. If you're a nikka still talking about "the government needs to give us reparations" in 2018, esp when you have NO CAPITAL and NO PLAN to get them to do so, you're just stupid.

While I agree, let's keep it a buck -- there has never been a true mass movement pushing for reparations either.

When was the last time there were thousands of people in D.C. protesting for it? Shutting down infrastructure and other forms of direct action to push for it? Forcing candidates to endorse it? it has never happened.

 

[Skrilla]

While I agree, let's keep it a buck -- there has never been a true mass movement pushing for reparations either.

When was the last time there were thousands of people in D.C. protesting for it? Shutting down infrastructure and other forms of direct action to push for it? Forcing candidates to endorse it? it has never happened.

Well, Dr. Claud Anderson tried back when Obama was in office and they blocked him. Claud has a lot of experience, is smart, and actually has the clout to be able to challenge them, and even he got blocked. Obama didn't do it, so what makes these nikkas on here think Trump is going to do it? Plus, i know most of these dudes aren't even trying to garner the capital and plans to help with seeking reparations, they're just talking about it. Even if they did, they'd most likely get blocked somehow like Dr. Anderson was.

A lot of Yvette fans try to prioritize reparations above group investing, business ownership and group economics. They say, we can't even try to do that until we get reparations. What i'm trying to tell them is the likelihood of us getting reparations is very, very low. And if we do get them, it won't be anytime soon. So we need to focus on the most realistic option first, which is stacking and pooling our money together to become more self sufficient as a community. It won't be easy, but it's way more realistic than getting reparations right now. We should work on that, and we can try to get reparations too but it shouldn't be the first priority, because the likelihood of getting them is slim.

 

[JahFocus CS]

Well, Dr. Claud Anderson tried back when Obama was in office and they blocked him. Claud has a lot of experience, is smart, and actually has the clout to be able to challenge them, and even he got blocked. Obama didn't do it, so what makes these nikkas on here think Trump is going to do it? Plus, i know most of these dudes aren't even trying to garner the capital and plans to help with seeking reparations, they're just talking about it. Even if they did, they'd most likely get blocked somehow like Dr. Anderson was.

A lot of Yvette fans try to prioritize reparations above group investing, business ownership and group economics. The latter is something we can actually try to do. We should work on that first, and we can try to get reparations too but it shouldn't be the first priority, because the likelihood of getting them is slim.

A movement, not one person. Grassroots, not top-down. What do you mean Anderson was blocked? They didn't approve the permits for a mobilization? Permits are a co-sign from the system to keep political energy safely corralled. Plenty of Civil Rights-era mobilizations didn't have permits. So if it was a permits issue, I wouldn't call that "blocking" necessarily... the system can't block a movement that is sufficiently strong with a tactic like that

When movements are strong, they can force concessions from reactionaries in power. Look at how much progressive stuff was passed by Nixon because movements were forcing concessions from the system.

Reparations are not imminent and it would take a couple of decades to gain sufficient strength to force it. So yeah, I agree in the sense that no one should be banking on it happening.

 

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[Lay Z]

Its impossible to save money when u rich. Maybe money juss dont wanna b saved b.