Yeah I am sure they are, but financially how does it work? How can you be unable to afford food and yet able to afford somewhere to live? Are they all homeless, which if so USA wtf your homeless problem is WAY bigger than I could have ever imagined.
The homeless problem is way bigger than it’s talked about. The officials don’t want to acknowledge it, the people around them ignore it, the media I guess doesn’t get much from stories about it so they won’t cover it.
You still seem surprised that people can pay a big bill but not the little daily ones. The problem with that approach is you’re assuming they can pay the first bill. Some of these people may still have a place, but are far behind in their payment or rent, maybe on the edge of being kicked out. They still have some money, they just can’t pay everything they owe to get caught up. And once you get in that hole, it’s very hard to get out without a major change or luck.
Just be glad you never had to be in that situation, and hopefully it will always seem impossible to you. It doesn’t take much to find yourself there.
I’m sure there are people here in the US that have the same disbelief as you, even with things around them. So for someone from another country that has better systems in place to take care of the public, it must seem baffling. If you’re shocked about the economics, you’ll really love the healthcare situation (which certainly you’ve seen talked about). They go hand in hand, especially since the US pinned health insurance onto employment, so if a job is lost healthcare costs are going to jump, which leads right back to not affording the big bills and starting the fall.
Yeah I am sure they are, but financially how does it work? How can you be unable to afford food and yet able to afford somewhere to live? Are they all homeless, which if so USA wtf your homeless problem is WAY bigger than I could have ever imagined.
The homeless problem is way bigger than it’s talked about. The officials don’t want to acknowledge it, the people around them ignore it, the media I guess doesn’t get much from stories about it so they won’t cover it.
You still seem surprised that people can pay a big bill but not the little daily ones. The problem with that approach is you’re assuming they can pay the first bill. Some of these people may still have a place, but are far behind in their payment or rent, maybe on the edge of being kicked out. They still have some money, they just can’t pay everything they owe to get caught up. And once you get in that hole, it’s very hard to get out without a major change or luck.
Just be glad you never had to be in that situation, and hopefully it will always seem impossible to you. It doesn’t take much to find yourself there.
I’m sure there are people here in the US that have the same disbelief as you, even with things around them. So for someone from another country that has better systems in place to take care of the public, it must seem baffling. If you’re shocked about the economics, you’ll really love the healthcare situation (which certainly you’ve seen talked about). They go hand in hand, especially since the US pinned health insurance onto employment, so if a job is lost healthcare costs are going to jump, which leads right back to not affording the big bills and starting the fall.
How does it work financially? It doesn’t. Rejoice that you can’t imagine it.
I’ve been extremely poor a bunch of times in my life with less than a tenner left for weeks, but never starving. Luck and community saved me.
I have eaten salvaged out-of-date food from supermarket waste bins a looottt of times but even that’s difficult/prosecuted nowadays.
Behold, USA, the richest country on Earth!