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The important point here is you cannot project this statistic on the poor! Maybe poor have problems, but there is no way 40% of the US is that poor. The majority of that 44% has a spending problem. If you want to make a statement about the poor you need to study the poor and that means you won't study everyone and talk about 40+%.
Dude go jump in a wood chipper, please.
I'm poor and I have cancer meds that cost $16k a month. You literally don't know what the fuck you're talking about. I can't spend money on anything extra if I fucking wanted to.
So you're better off being used as kindling. Because you've got no evidence your position is true other than your feelings.
Man, fuck your feelings, put them in a wood chipper, too. Come with some data or fuck off into a wood chipper.
My guy, you can't just dismiss the stat because it's so high. The fact that it's so high shouldn't trigger skepticism, it should trigger alarm.
I'm not dismissing it. However I am dismissing the idea that this has anything to do with poverty. That later is what most people commenting seem to be assuming and that is not supported by the data we have.
Why would you think any of the data either side has is valid post-covid?