“There’s this wild disconnect between what people are experiencing and what economists are experiencing,” says Nikki Cimino, a recruiter in Denver.

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    8 months ago

    I am not saying that at all. I’m saying that “the largest purchase of my life” is not the reason for living cheque to cheque. It’s bad budgeting.

    As an analogy, you’re insisting the fall is what kills someone, and I’m insisting it’s the sudden stop at the end. Because it is the sudden stop at the end. If just falling killed people, that Red Bull guy woulda died. If just making a large purchase put people in poverty, I would be too.