re: What motivates people to live above their means?

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people don't like to think about bankrupcy until it bitch slaps them, same goes for the small unit that is a family all the way to the large unit that is the country

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I've got co-workers that have such high house notes that they are constantly signing up for overtime out of necessity to prevent themselves from going under. And all the while, they are sacrificing all of their time away from their families to chase some dream. I'll never be house broke just to pursue some supposed level of achievement.