From Reductress:
Despite her best efforts, including not buying her daily coffee, 25-year-old Tyra Manning is still dealing with the effects of intergenerational poverty.
“I don’t know what I’m doing wrong,” said Tyra. “I stopped buying my daily $3 coffee from the cafe on my block and I’m still poor.”
Tyra, whose family descended from American slaves, decided to quit buying her very inexpensive daily coffee after hearing the advice of many pundits and baby boomers.
“There were so many articles and outlets reporting that skipping your little daily expenses was the path to overcoming decades of familial economic insecurity,” she said. “So I tried it. I even started bringing my lunch to work every day. Unfortunately, I’m still deciding which bills to pay!”