It's the "thrift" argument all over again. You're projecting systematic economic problems onto the poor. Wages have been stagnant for many years. Inflation and cost of living is rising incredibly.
Can we at least make the government take a financially literacy class first? It is the biggest debtor in the world.
HN posters are mostly corporate workers, or institutionalized in some way. The individual is always wrong in their eyes, institutions are always right.
If an individual goes broke wracking up medical debt, "Too bad. You should have been more economically useful." If the government goes broke, "Uh, it's no problem."
I get it. They were trained to despise individuals and worship institutions. They stop singing this song when they get edged out of the system though. I've met many middle aged programmers that gave up all hope in life because they lost their economic value.
Can we at least make the government take a financially literacy class first? It is the biggest debtor in the world.