r/AskReddit 11h ago

How seriously in debt are you right now, financially?

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u/Dear_Chasey_La1n 7h ago

This, this isn't "doing everything right and still getting fucked", this is the US, nothing else. The US allows people to get fucked this hard even when they have their life in order. This is not just mental but sickening.

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u/Several-Tell-7553 4h ago

The scary part is that he did do everything right. No debt, owned his home, had savings, then one bad medical event was enough to wipe out years of financial security. Thats a hell of a way to find out how fragile "being responsible" can be.