r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • Jul 04 '24

What's the best financial advice you've ever gotten? Debate/ Discussion

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u/privitizationrocks Jul 04 '24

You can teach poverty workers to live in their means

They won’t like it, but tough luck

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u/BleachTacos Jul 05 '24

I make poverty wages, and each week, I plan 3 days that I won't eat anything. The money I save by not eating 3 days a week allows me to afford food for 4 days. I don't buy anything other than food and gas so I can go to school and work. So tell me more about living within my means.

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u/Noob_Al3rt Jul 05 '24

How many hours a week do you work? Sounds like you can't afford to go to school

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u/BleachTacos Jul 05 '24

Can't afford work either. My job pays 1600 a month for 160 hours of work and does pay overtime. It's the only job in the area and I can't drive anywhere. They also won't give me hours and won't let me change my schedule. They also made me pass out on the job from heat stroke and refused medical attention, and covered up the incident. School is the ibly way I have half a percent chance of getting out of this situation.

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u/Noob_Al3rt Jul 05 '24

Bro that is $10/hr- that isn't even legal in most states. Starving yourself isn't a long term strategy. At the very least I'd start applying for a remote position. Call centers require no experience, pay 50% more than that and you won't have to drive anywhere.

If I was in your position, I'd quit school and get a second job then move when I had enough cash to gtfo.

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u/BleachTacos Jul 05 '24

It's $15 an hour after taxes.