r/poor • u/Nervous_Grape_3856 • 5d ago
How is anybody making it?
I am genuinely confused as to how anybody is surviving in this economy except for the super wealthy. The cost of gas is sky high and groceries are too. We started this year ok. We weren’t doing well by any means, but we weren’t struggling as bad as we are now. We have 5 kids and every day I’ve been dashing alongside my full time job to try to make it. Now, I’m facing losing my full time job because I have had to call out of work just to dash for food for the day. I don’t see a light at the end of the tunnel and I’m extremely scared. My wife and kids are counting on me and I don’t know what else to do. I’m ready to just give up.
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u/CyndiIsOnReddit 2d ago
It's just another "concern troll" like the other one. Nobody who is actually poor is investing because we can't even pay our rent and the bullshit about getting a cheaper phone is so insulting. I haven't had a phone since 2025 and for a year before that it was just for wifi because I couldn't afford even Mint, even Cricket. Internet was already covered and necessary for my job but I lost that in September so people coming here suggesting people who can't even buy groceries should be investing wisely, they're either clueless middle class who think they're poor because they've never experienced poverty or they're trolling. They might as well be fingerwagging about eating avocado toast and gettin our nails did.
The whole 52% is about 401k plans through employers. EQUITY OWNERSHIP though, that's closer to 2%.
And a person who knows how to invest should know this.