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More Than Half Of All Americans Can’t Come Up With $400 In Emergency Cash… Unless They Borrow
Personal Liberty Digest ^
| August 11, 2014
| Ben Bullard
Posted on 08/26/2014 3:51:12 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
They got us right where they want us.
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posted on
08/26/2014 3:53:09 PM PDT
by
ecomcon
To: SeekAndFind
I could but I wouldn’t. That’s what the “big credit card” is for, bad luck runs in streaks, best not to empty the back account during one.
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posted on
08/26/2014 3:55:44 PM PDT
by
discostu
(We don't leave the ladies crying cause the story's sad.)
To: SeekAndFind
I can do the 400$$, but If it was 401$$ I’d have to borrow a buck.
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posted on
08/26/2014 3:56:14 PM PDT
by
skully
(Who farted??)
To: SeekAndFind
Huh...I think I got that on my EBT card. Lemme hit the liquor store and check. BRB...
To: Billthedrill
Let’s try this. Everyone on FR who can come up with $400 bucks, send it to me. If you can’t just let me know. When everyone has participated one way or the other I’ll let you know where members of the FR stand.
To: Cry if I Wanna
Sure. Give me your account number and PIN. I’ll send it right away.
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posted on
08/26/2014 4:05:36 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: SeekAndFind
More Than Half Of All Americans Cant Come Up With $400 In Emergency Cash
Unless They Borrow Wait! How can that be? We're just wrapping up the FIFTH "recovery summer" as proclaimed by baraq hussein 0bama and idiot joe biden!
/sarc
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posted on
08/26/2014 4:07:01 PM PDT
by
The Sons of Liberty
(I want a Speaker who'll stick that pen and phone where no one but Reggie Love can find it!)
To: SeekAndFind
Hey, why save when all you have to do is scream for Uncle Sam to hand you some cash if you need it. That’s what we’ve come to in this country. Self-sufficiency is gone and has been replaced by a culture of “government should take care of me.”
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posted on
08/26/2014 4:07:30 PM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: ecomcon
Well I can attest that this is prob true .. My own experience...
While visiting family in NY, My 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee developed a Click which was diagnosed as a “Piston Slap”.
The local mech. said $3600 to replace the engine and would take 2 weeks. Unable to do that, I had the Jeep transported back to South Carolina for $650.00. We flew back home for a $400.00 tickets.
My local Mech put a rebuild in for $1800.00 in 2 days.
Upon returning home we discovered that our frig had quit a week before.. that was an additional $1300.00.
Right now our emer savings are gone.
If I needed $400.00 now I would have to go to the credit cards that are used only for emergencies
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posted on
08/26/2014 4:07:56 PM PDT
by
Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
To: discostu
I have a line of credit. Harumph!
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posted on
08/26/2014 4:10:05 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: SeekAndFind
Got over $500 in coins stashed, along with about $125 in pennies
Spare change anyone, Anyone have spare change......
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posted on
08/26/2014 4:16:15 PM PDT
by
njslim
To: Robe
Under normal circumstances, one emergency shouldn’t kill you. Your story is 2+ emergency payouts, both greater than $400. Most of my life I couldn’t have handled that much stress at the same time.
That half the country can’t come up with $400 for an *emergency* is ridiculous. Either that, or the unemployed (plus never employed) is a hell of a lot higher than ~7%.
Or the respondents were lying to make sure their EBT cards kept getting filled.
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posted on
08/26/2014 4:19:41 PM PDT
by
TheZMan
(Buy more ammo.)
To: SeekAndFind
This must explain our lengthy FReepathons.
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posted on
08/26/2014 4:21:18 PM PDT
by
Laslo Fripp
(The Sybil of Free Republic)
To: SeekAndFind
Yikes. If I have less than $400 in my wallet at any give time, I’m worrying about where the nearest ATM machine is.
To: SamAdams76
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posted on
08/26/2014 4:28:05 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: Robe
There might be more to your story, but piston slap will not cause sudden catastrophic engine failure. It's usually just an embarrassment and cause for more oil consumption.
If both mechanics said the entire engine had to be replaced instead of rebuilt, why not just drive back home in the Jeep instead of flying & towing?
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posted on
08/26/2014 4:31:52 PM PDT
by
OA5599
To: OA5599
Exactly my question. If it’s believed that the engine is toast anyway, you risk nothing by driving. If the engine fails halfway home, you save on both towing and plane tickets, and if it doesn’t you avoid them altogether.
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posted on
08/26/2014 4:39:27 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: Robe
Was your Jeep a v8 or a six?
The inline 6 cyl Jeep engine often has some piston slap, but it is usually of no consequence. It’s usually only noticeable
on a slow idle, and goes away above 700 RPM.
.
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posted on
08/26/2014 4:42:29 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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