over 50% of americans say they couldnt come up with $2k in 30 days

John F. Kerry · 12-16-2009, 08:36 PM

if they needed it for an emergency.

i mean seriously? ur telling me these people couldnt sell some shit they own or something? im pretty sure that most people if the desperately needed 2k to save their lives have at the very least 2k worth of possesions they could sell at the pawn shop if not a job they could save 2k out of in 30 days time.

hence, a poll is in order.

stonerkid · 12-16-2009, 08:44 PM

i feel i could borrow that easy from friends

pacman · 12-16-2009, 08:48 PM

i would result to thievery without remorse

Geeno · 12-16-2009, 08:50 PM

I could do it, i dont legally make that much but w/e

Bearsy · 12-16-2009, 08:54 PM

I totally read it wrong. Answered no, meant to say "It would be hard, but yea"

bongobongo · 12-16-2009, 08:57 PM

lol

Mercury · 12-16-2009, 09:20 PM

lol i just read this in an old businessweek magazine in a lobby the other day.

Mercury · 12-16-2009, 09:27 PM

what doesn't it have to do with it? i actually read the article, did you?

Canuck Wisdom · 12-16-2009, 09:51 PM

Not unless I got it from relatives... even if I sold my expensive stuff like this computer. I mean maybe if I sold a tonne of stuff, but it would be hard to move it all in 30 days and it would have to be a serious need.

**SageTree** · 12-16-2009, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John F. Kerry

if they needed it for an emergency.

i mean seriously? ur telling me these people couldnt sell some shit they own or something? im pretty sure that most people if the desperately needed 2k to save their lives have at the very least 2k worth of possesions they could sell at the pawn shop if not a job they could save 2k out of in 30 days time.

hence, a poll is in order.

You mean right now or if I was cast into the street? What are the circumstances here?

I think that when it comes down to it and people need that 2k to live they'll come up with it some how. This poll likely reflects people's belief that they can't, rather than what would actually transpire.

Where did this number of 2000 come from? Did they pick some high number so people could flip shit and they'd get a nice head line or is there some reality to this number?

Elucidate Juan, por favour

SageTree

John F. Kerry · 12-16-2009, 10:26 PM

im not exactly sure why sage i think it was to show how paycheck to paycheck most americans are and how a car repair or medical expense would fuck a lot of people who dont plan ahead for that shit and couldnt get2k quickly if they needed it.

i figured yahooka would be slightly higher than the average, lots of kids with parents etc lots of computer savy people, im not surprised we dont have the "average" breakdown in here.

**SageTree** · 12-16-2009, 10:44 PM

Well, then I'll stick my neck out here and say I'm a trades person and stay at home in the off season and my wife is a student with a part time job and we have money in the bank. There is something to be said for our health care costs though and we sold our car in 06 and don't have that cost either. As a side not in the States we payed $400 dollars a month for our health care and up here we pay $200 for 3 three months. Once we are citizens it's way way cheaper. Both of those figures are for us two combined. That also means 'disaster' in a medical sense doesn't exist outside of major treatments of cancer etc...

On that note I'd like to poke with that stick, into the problem in the States.

One less thing to stress about and add to our quality of life.

This figure is unfortunate.

José · 12-16-2009, 10:55 PM

i know i have $2000 in electronics in computer shit, RC airplane/heli shit, snowboarding stuff. i mean i have the shit, but selling it for the price i want might take longer than a month.

Roach · 12-17-2009, 01:20 PM

no way.

Sir-Ex · 12-17-2009, 01:38 PM

I could do it. I might have to work this ass on the street but I could do it

Grieves · 12-17-2009, 01:52 PM

The quality of the individual is not reliant on how much money one can pool together in times of crises but how you act in the worst of times...I personally could come up with enough funds to take care of those that i love and that would need the help...As could each of the people that I could do that for would do it for me...

my_scatterheart · 12-17-2009, 01:59 PM

Yeah I totally got random nerd shit I could sell. I got these vinyl figure jawns that could easily get me 1k on the low end. Art always works. lol, a vinyl box set of Bright Eyes that I got for free that's apparently selling for nearly 200.

Sir-Ex · 12-17-2009, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grieves

The quality of the individual is not reliant on how much money one can pool together in times of crises but how you act in the worst of times...I personally could come up with enough funds to take care of those that i love and that would need the help...As could each of the people that I could do that for would do it for me...

very true. in times of real emergency, money doesn't mean anything anyways.

Mikey · 12-17-2009, 02:24 PM

if you really think about it
if we're all really piss shit scared for our lives whatever amount of money we need to come up with, we'd do it.

i think that goes for everyone. as long as somebody is in an extreme amount of fear, they'll do anything. and they'll start thinking outside the box in like 30 seconds.

Sir-Ex · 12-17-2009, 02:30 PM

people that are piss shit scared for their lives generally dont even think about money. they go directly for what they need.

View Poll Results: Could u come up with 2,000 dollars in 30 days for an emergency?
Easily	24	53.33%
It would be hard, but yea	15	33.33%
No way	6	13.33%
Voters: 45. You may not vote on this poll

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SageTree ~Kalyāṇa-mitrā~ Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: In Love Posts: 23,414 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 13,070 Thanked 6,767 Times in 4,664 Posts	Well, then I'll stick my neck out here and say I'm a trades person and stay at home in the off season and my wife is a student with a part time job and we have money in the bank. There is something to be said for our health care costs though and we sold our car in 06 and don't have that cost either. As a side not in the States we payed $400 dollars a month for our health care and up here we pay $200 for 3 three months. Once we are citizens it's way way cheaper. Both of those figures are for us two combined. That also means 'disaster' in a medical sense doesn't exist outside of major treatments of cancer etc... On that note I'd like to poke with that stick, into the problem in the States. One less thing to stress about and add to our quality of life. This figure is unfortunate. __________________ "What's oppressive is letting your life be confined by old definitions of what everything is." -Zen Meister my_scatterheart YaHooka is.... Cannabis lovers from around the world pulling up a comfy chair, picking up a vaporizer, a bong, a brownie, a pipe, or a joint, getting high, stoned, buzzed or healthy. Uniting our minds in conversation...While Portraying a Positive Image of marijuana and marijuana users to the world. Treat your fellow YaHookans with kindness,respect and tolerance.

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Sir-Ex Learner Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 11,413 Thanks: 1,725 Thanked 3,816 Times in 2,256 Posts	I could do it. I might have to work this ass on the street but I could do it __________________ Smile Ditch the cigs!!!!!!

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Grieves The Worst Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Interstate 8 Posts: 12,077 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 2,552 Thanked 3,109 Times in 1,708 Posts	The quality of the individual is not reliant on how much money one can pool together in times of crises but how you act in the worst of times...I personally could come up with enough funds to take care of those that i love and that would need the help...As could each of the people that I could do that for would do it for me... __________________ "And no matter what they said dollar is not your friend and it's the feelings that are hard to know are the feelings that all come slow No matter what they said dollar is not your friend and these feelings that so hard to know are the feelings that wont let go No don't let go, till you find a home World Unite and I'll love you forever"

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my_scatterheart Today, I am alive. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 3,565 Thanks: 1,486 Thanked 3,323 Times in 1,870 Posts	Yeah I totally got random nerd shit I could sell. I got these vinyl figure jawns that could easily get me 1k on the low end. Art always works. lol, a vinyl box set of Bright Eyes that I got for free that's apparently selling for nearly 200. __________________ Be mindful even if your mind is full. -J. De La Vega

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pacman lets get tropical Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: florida Posts: 711 Thanks: 60 Thanked 193 Times in 143 Posts	i would result to thievery without remorse

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José YaHookan Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,363 Thanks: 62 Thanked 147 Times in 72 Posts	i know i have $2000 in electronics in computer shit, RC airplane/heli shit, snowboarding stuff. i mean i have the shit, but selling it for the price i want might take longer than a month.

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Roach Victoria Aut Mors Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 7,167 Thanks: 2,368 Thanked 1,984 Times in 1,507 Posts	no way.

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Mikey Seasoned YaHookan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: gulf islands bc Posts: 7,442 Thanks: 1,144 Thanked 2,246 Times in 1,475 Posts	if you really think about it if we're all really piss shit scared for our lives whatever amount of money we need to come up with, we'd do it. i think that goes for everyone. as long as somebody is in an extreme amount of fear, they'll do anything. and they'll start thinking outside the box in like 30 seconds. __________________ RIP Gov

12-17-2009, 02:30 PM	#20 (permalink)
Sir-Ex Learner Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 11,413 Thanks: 1,725 Thanked 3,816 Times in 2,256 Posts	people that are piss shit scared for their lives generally dont even think about money. they go directly for what they need. __________________ Smile Ditch the cigs!!!!!!

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