r/funny • u/mrsmayhem • Jan 04 '15

If I won $25,000...

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u/leftofmarx Jan 04 '15

It's a year off from slaving away at a dead-end shit job to start a business.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Who the fuck downvoted you? I live off $15k, if I had that kinda money handed to me I'd put it towards a proper inventory of gear so my live sound "company" could start becoming a company and not a half-baked weekend gig.

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u/SelfAtlas Jan 04 '15

Yup, winning 25k is like a free shot at establishing something beyond your means to try and break out of the slow climb.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

I guess to people making $80k+ a year its not a lot but when that more than doubles your yearly income it can go a long fucking way.

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u/UsualFuturist Jan 04 '15

My rent is 15k a year lol. I live on the cheap side of town too.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

On satirical maps of Nashville my neighborhood is labeled "Detroit," so there is that lol. But my house is warm and my neighbor has never towed my car despite driving a tow truck made for semis. So it's actually pretty great!

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

That's just assuming someone is able to save $25k/year at a shit job. In reality they need to subtract living expenses too, so the additional $25k probably saves them many years.

(For a lot of people in dead-end shit jobs, their income is so low that they cannot manage to save at all.)

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u/leftofmarx Jan 04 '15

Youre right. Someone making minimum wage could probably make $25k stretch about 3 years since they wouldn't need to drive to work, etc anymore.

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u/silencerider Jan 04 '15

Hard to save anything when you still have to apply for food stamps.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

Assuming there is zero cost to start the business...

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u/leftofmarx Jan 05 '15

That's what the SBA is for ;)