I have a roomy that earns $90. That places him in the top 30% of wage earners in this country. And the top 0.1% in the world. 24 years old, from Bangladesh.
When I hear Americans whining they can't make it, I laugh, then mock, then ignore.
You have a "roomy"?
I'll make the supposition he meant $90K not $90
Why would anyone making $90k need a roomy?
He doesn't need.
He is intentionally living far below his means, for the purposes of saving up money, to buy a home.
Something American kids should figure out. This is why immigrants end up wealthy, and Americans whine and cry about being poor.
Ironically, I was just talking with a girl who earns more than I do, who has a "boyfriend" who earns more than I do, and they are in the middle of a fiscal crisis.
Why? Because they blow their money. They both have expensive cell phones, with expensive plans. Have cars they are making payments on. Have a home bigger than they need, given they are always working, and going to school.
Of course they are not married, so they have conflict and problems, while they are struggling to pay their bills.
Then you have this guy, who drives a 10 year old car, they got from a relative for a few hundred dollars, and he has a cheap cell phone, and is renting a spare bedroom, and he's saving several thousands a month to buy a house. He's saving up so he can buy it with cash, instead of paying interest on a loan.
He's going to be wealthy. The two Americans, are going to be poor.
Oh, and his wife, is getting a degree to be a dentist. While the American chick is learn to do "social work". So after she pays tens of thousands to go into debt, she'll end up with a $30,000 a year job. Meanwhile the Bangladesh wife, will be pulling $100k.
Americans need to stop being so stupid. This is why they hate immigrants. Immigrants prove the left-wing "little man can't get ahead" and the "system is rigged!" mantras all wrong.