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>What's the point of saving? One car crash and it's wiped out. You save and delay the gratification, but it never comes. You save and save and save, then some bad luck wipes it out. You lose a job. A vet bill. A friend needs a room and some food.

That is ridiculous. If you hadn't saved and you had the car crash, then you would have been carless. Instead you were able to use to car

>Poor people aren't stupid. You seem to think they are. Why do you think that I think poor people are stupid? Do I literally have to agree with everything any poor person says to avoid this kind of cheap shot?

I agree that the payoff from education may be a gamble, but it was just an example of the many ways people can become better off.

parent swatow 11 years ago

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