Well done, you've just discovered the Cost of Living Index. Your coworkers would be able to live significantly better on their current wage in the other 80% of the world than they do in the US.
They would be able to save money if they just lived at the same standard of living as other countries.
No need to have an apartment twice the size of other countries, financing much more expensive cars instead of a basic one. Eating out constantly versus occasionally.
Truth is Americans just consume way more than other countries causing themselves to be paycheck to paycheck and not a lack of wages or high prices.
They would be able to save money if they just lived at the same standard of living as other countries.
Not even just other countries. As someone raised by grandparents, a ton of the "rich boomer" rhetoric in the U.S. is from youth who were raised middle class and are just mad that they can't live that lifestyle as adults. They only feel poor because Instagram shows them how rich people live. So they don't realize the fact that most of the old generation saved money because they will only eat canned beans and 3 other meals on rotation, or how "vacation" was a drive to the next town over to see our cousins. You aren't hearing from actual poor people in threads like these cause they've already been doing this shit for ages.
It's a huge elephant in the room when discussing this topic.
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u/QuestionSnail 10h ago
It's crazy how despite making more than 80% of people in the world my coworkers still live paycheck to paycheck