Comment by cityofdelusion
6 hours ago
My room mates all lived on slightly above minimum wage with part time hours. They were not in abject poverty. They were just plain poor. They still had cars, phones, video games, food, water, shelter. They each had an ACA plan heavily subsidized and probably were eligible for other welfare but didn’t use it as far as I am aware.
Do that for your entire life with no advancement. Do that with kids. Do that with elderly parents. Do that until you can’t physically work.
The range of human experience is longer and broader than being a 20 something single young person