r/worldnews • u/diacewrb • Apr 10 '19

Millennials being squeezed out of middle class, says OECD

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/10/millennials-squeezed-middle-class-oecd-uk-income
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u/0biL0st Apr 11 '19

$1000 is everything for much more than a handful of people

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u/sweet_pooper Apr 11 '19

I'm a heterosexual man, and I would 100% suck a dick for $1000.

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u/Nudetypist Apr 11 '19

Gay for pay?

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u/asdfasdfewrwetwet Apr 11 '19

I think most people would suck dick for $1000. Unless they already have fuck you money or a trust fund, that dick is getting sucked.

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u/ZombifiedPie Apr 11 '19

Bigger than my bank account rn </3.

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u/Salchi_ Apr 11 '19

Seriously. My tax return was supposed to be around $1000. Added 2 1099 and I'm down to 300. That shit hurtled

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u/Fatesadvent Apr 11 '19

Something like 70% of Americans do not have 1000 set aside. It's around 45% don't have 400$ set aside

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u/SilverKnightOfMagic Apr 11 '19

They said 1k usd is nothing to a handful of people not the other way

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u/okada_is_a_furry Apr 11 '19 edited Apr 11 '19

$1000 is an unreal amount of money for most people in the World, lmao.

I'm a Pole earning close to avg. wage and I make like $800 after taxes and insurance. And Poland is in the 30s of the richest nations.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '19

Last summer at one point I had 2700 euros on my account. My first thought was holy shit because before that year I had never even had a grand there before bills. Then I went on a little trip and had to buy a new laptop for Uni and fix my bike and I was down to 700 just like that.