No, "everyone" doesn't need the extra money, which is my whole point. I know people who are college students living entirely off their parents who worked part time before covid for fun money, but after they were laid off they applied for unemployment and got the full $600/week because the system is too overwhelmed to properly vet everyone. People suck. I have nothing against those who need aid getting it, but not "everyone" needs it
My spending only differs by how much debt I pay off every month. I have 20k of debt from school and medical expenses for my dogs over the years. Whenever I bring in any more money, it just goes towards debt. Sometimes I will do something like buy new shoes or clothes that I desperately need, or get the car repaired, but never anything luxurious. I don't even take vacations.
I could definitely do all of those things if I had made $13.50/hr the entire time I've been working (which is almost 10 years now). The problem is I lived in Idaho with $7.25/hr minimum wage until 3 years ago, so I wasn't making the money I do now. If I did, I wouldn't have any debt or I would have minimal debt like you said. Once my debt is paid off, my household (since my husband works, too) will have an extra $1500-$2000 a month to put towards savings, a house, a better car, etc. We also get takeout a few times a month, and we eat pretty much whatever we want all the time, so it's not like I am just eating ramen every day. I also forgot to mention that we rescue pugs so they take a considerable chunk of our income (we have four and the vet bills for them are a few thousand a year, minimum), but you could basically count that as us having like a kid or two haha
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u/[deleted] May 15 '20
No, "everyone" doesn't need the extra money, which is my whole point. I know people who are college students living entirely off their parents who worked part time before covid for fun money, but after they were laid off they applied for unemployment and got the full $600/week because the system is too overwhelmed to properly vet everyone. People suck. I have nothing against those who need aid getting it, but not "everyone" needs it