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Saved - November 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM

@StealthQE4 - QE Infinity

Life in America has just become such a grind for so many people. Even if you make over 100k a year net a family is unable to pay their bills and keep falling further and further behind. I really don’t know how much longer this can last before people just lose it. https://t.co/MzENkR6W7A

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The speaker explains that despite making more than ever—over $100,000 a year combined pre-tax—she and her husband are consistently in the red by about $1,600 each month. She has canceled every possible subscription, including streaming services and gym memberships, and both she and her husband are trying to increase income by taking freelance work and a second job. They do not eat out and budget every penny, shopping for groceries at Walmart or Aldi and only buying what is needed for the week, with extra purchases for their son but not for themselves. Despite all this budgeting, they remain in the hole. This month she is already overdrawn by $300 on a Tuesday and won’t be paid until Friday. On Friday, when she gets paid, she will need to call the bank to ask them to reverse overdraft charges, though she expects they probably won’t. She expresses confusion about how people are supposed to live this way and questions the sustainability of their situation for much longer. She compares their experience to being on a “really shitty treadmill,” running in place at a speed that feels too fast for them, and fears she might fall off. She is determined to stay on but feels like she’s slipping. While she is glad to know she isn’t alone in this struggle, she finds it very hard and asks for support from others who might be going through the same thing, requesting a “little hug in the comments.” She feels she is at her wit’s end and beyond the end of her rope.
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Speaker 0: I never wanted to come on here and, like, complain about money, because it's embarrassing for me to do so, because I have a lot of friends and family that follow me on this account. But, I guess that's what I'm gonna do today. My husband and I make more than we ever have. We make a combined I want to say over a $100,000 a year pre tax pre tax. And still at the end of every month we're overdrawn, like we're in the red $1,600 every single month. I have canceled every subscription possible that I can cancel. I've canceled our streaming services, I've canceled like any gym memberships, literally anything that I can cancel, I have. My husband is trying to pick up freelance work like in his industry, I'm trying to pick up a second job, and it's just nothing is ever enough. Nothing is ever enough. We don't eat out, We budget every single penny that we have. We shop at Walmart or Aldi for groceries. We only buy what we need for that week. We don't buy any extra snacks for ourselves. We always always buy extra for our son, obviously, but never for like us. And with all of that budgeting and everything, we are still in the hole. Still in the hole. Like today is Tuesday, I'm overdrawn $300 in my account and I don't get paid until Friday. And on Friday when I do get paid, I'm gonna have to call my bank and beg for them to reverse the overdraft charges and just beg that they will and they probably won't. I don't know what else to do. Like we are doing everything right and still coming up short and I don't understand how people are supposed to live like this. I don't understand how this is sustainable much longer. It feels like I'm on a really shitty treadmill and I'm running in place and I am running at a speed that is too fast for me, too fast for us, and I don't know when I'm gonna fall off, and I'm just trying so hard to stay on, but I keep feeling like I'm slipping. I'm happy to know that I'm not alone in this struggle, but it's just very hard. So if you are also out there struggling like this, I don't know. Can you please give me a little hug in the comments? Because I'm at my wit's end. I'm, like, beyond at the end of my rope.
Saved - August 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM

@StealthQE4 - QE Infinity

Great rant 💥 Who else can relate? https://t.co/jX3oEAXXcA

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"I don't care how normal this feels. If this is adulthood, y'all can keep it." "It's wild how we've normalized this shit." "I don't I don't need a day off. I need a whole life reset." "I'm not tired because I didn't sleep. Tired because every part of this feels rigged from every corner." "Rent's higher. Gas is higher. Groceries are insane." "But nah, apparently, you know, we're just not working hard enough." "Just work harder. Just stop being negative. Try a side hustle. For what?" "Just so we can be tired in more creative ways?" "This isn't living. This is just making it to the next bill." "I don't know what this is, but it damn sure isn't living."
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Speaker 0: I don't care how normal this feels. If this is adulthood, y'all can keep it. It's wild how we've normalized this shit. Like, working all week, barely surviving, and then acting like a two day week weekend is enough to fix everything. Like, bro, I don't I don't need a day off. I need a whole life reset. I'm not tired because I didn't sleep. Tired because every part of this feels rigged from every corner. Rent's higher. Gas is higher. Groceries are insane. But nah, apparently, you know, we're just not working hard enough. We were taught to smile through it and just be grateful for you have a job. Meanwhile, half of this country is one emergency away from losing everything, and and don't even think about slowing down, because the second you pause, you feel guilty. Like, you should be doing more, spending more, posting more, being more. And when you finally speak up, people hit you with the same tired shit. Like, just work harder. Just stop being negative. Try a side hustle. For what? Just so we can be tired in more creative ways? Nobody wants to say it, but the truth is this isn't living. This is just making it to the next bill. And maybe you've you've gotten used to it. Maybe you've convinced yourself that this is just how life works, but deep down, you know, this isn't what we were made for. We were meant to build, connect, create, explore, not grind ourselves into the dirt so someone else can sit back, you know, and profit off of the scraps. I don't know what this is, but it damn sure isn't living.
Saved - October 10, 2024 at 1:38 PM

@StealthQE4 - QE Infinity

How many people feel like this guy? I think a lot. I hear the same stuff yet ATH’s daily in stocks. https://t.co/DflnUBUUgb

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Real estate is very slow in Des Moines, Iowa, and agents can't explain why. The speaker says people in trucking and other industries report it's the slowest they've ever been. After posting a video about this, the speaker received many messages from people across the country saying the same thing: business is extremely slow. The speaker questions how this aligns with the stock market hitting records. Despite high prices, high rates, and the declining value of money, the stock market is thriving. The speaker is considering pulling all their money out of stocks, fearing a major crash is coming soon due to the current chaos and record stock market highs.
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Speaker 0: It's worse than I thought. Put out a video yesterday that talked about how slow Speaker 1: it is across the country in so many different industries, including my own. I sell real estate in Des Moines, Iowa. It's very, very slow. A lot of the agents I work with say the same exact thing. They can't explain it. It's just extremely slow, slower than normally this time of year. And I said in that video that I talk to people in the trucking business and all sorts of industries, and they all say it's the slowest they've ever been. I put the video out, and I got DM after DM after DM from people all across the country saying the exact same thing. They say they are extremely slow. What about the stock market do I not understand? I don't I don't get it. I had someone comment, I said, I got a PhD in economy, and you need to study up. Do I? I mean, I study up from the ground. Like, I like, okay. Everybody that I know says they are extremely slow. Prices are high. Rates are high. Money has lost its value. Everything I know, things are not good, but somehow the stock market is hitting records. I don't understand it. I'm half tempted to pull all of my money out of the stocks because I feel like there's a major crash coming. With all the chaos that's happening and this stock market at record highs, something's gotta give very soon.
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