I learned recently that more than half of all Americans have <$1,000 saved and somewhere around at leak $20,000, if not $200,000 in credit card debt (multiple cards).
One time a few years ago, when I was shopping at China Mart, I saw a conversation between a mother and her young son, who wanted a little thing of yogurt. She told. Him to put it back because they couldnt afford it.
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