@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 5 days agoWhy do Americans pretend they're not broke when most Americans are in debt?message-square211fedilinkarrow-up1441arrow-down139
arrow-up1402arrow-down1message-squareWhy do Americans pretend they're not broke when most Americans are in debt?@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 5 days agomessage-square211fedilink
minus-square@logos@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink-1•edit-23 days ago I could pay off my house tomorrow… That’s not what being in debt is
minus-square@Perspectivist@feddit.uklinkfedilink2•3 days agoIs it not debt when you owe money to the bank?
minus-square@logos@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•3 days agohttps://www.moneymanagement.org/blog/what-does-it-mean-to-be-in-debt
minus-square@Perspectivist@feddit.uklinkfedilink1•2 days agohttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/debt
minus-square@logos@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•2 days agoI’m just telling you the meaning of the phrase ‘to be in debt’ vs having some debt. I didn’t invent it.
That’s not what being in debt is
Is it not debt when you owe money to the bank?
https://www.moneymanagement.org/blog/what-does-it-mean-to-be-in-debt
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/debt
I’m just telling you the meaning of the phrase ‘to be in debt’ vs having some debt. I didn’t invent it.