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Food would be first on my list... as I cannot survive without food... and I am too pride to beg for it. Then I would check how long I have before they turn off the phone. You do have a certain time after receiving the original bill. In Australia you do anyway. By which time I would have found another $50.00 to pay for it. As for the car insurance... we have two of them. One is compulsory... but the property damages is not. If I were that poor... I would not take the second one. But to do so... you need to be a good driver... and not have an accident.

Unfortunately I know some people really are is situations like the one you are describing. I would try to get the landlord to back off till I got more money even if that meant I had to pay a late fee. Then I would pay the electric bill if I managed to get the rent off my back. Otherwise I would pay the rent and deal with living in the dark for awhile.

well, this is a difficult situation for me to choose... i am fortunate that i already have my own house now and i don't have to worry about accomodation... but i will definitely use the money to pay for my food and daily needs first... electricity next... and then car insurance will be the last thing i deal with... i can do without a car... take care and have a nice day...

I would have to go with food. My kids have food allergies (life threatening to milk and milk products) and there's no way to know if a food pantry or church would have safe foods. Eviction takes a while, so hopefully I'd have the rest of rent soon. Electric would stick to be cut off, but I have a gas stove so I could still cook. The car would probably be the last to get caught up on.

Since this is hypothetical, I would first see if there was somehting I could do for my landlord to pay off the $50 I owe them like snow shoveling, painting, grass cutting, something of that sort. If not then I would have to pay them first instead of having my children on the street. If I could do something to pay off rent then I would pay the electricity so this way we would have a home and electricity. I would have to go to a food pantry for food. The insurance bill would be the one I would have to forego and pray to God that I didn't get in an accident. I guess in a situation like that 3 out of 4 isn't too bad. It's very unfortunate that while we discuss this as a hypothetical situation for many of us it is actual life stealing from peter to pay paul but with the economic situation being what it is living is a game of survival. Take Care Everyone

Personally I would take the 50 dollars and spend it on electricity so i can continue to use this site and hopefully make enough money to get caught up on the rent which my lanlord will decide to give me extra time to pay. A car is not a necessity in life and i could hunt rabbits and could just go and eat food while im in the grocery store very sneakily. Or I could always sell myself on the streets.

Hello! That is why I save a portion of my income every month.In case of emergency I borrow some money from the savings and meet the needs.Every body should cultivate this habit.thanx.

Well the landlord has to give you 30 days before kicking you out so if I knew I would have th $50.00 soon, I would hold off on paying him. I would probably use half to get some food because I have to eat. Then I would pay half to the electric company as a bargaining tool to try to keep them from turning my electric off. I would refrain from driving so I would let the car insurance lapse, even though I would hate that.

I would sell the car! That way I would get rid of the car insurance and get money for the other things! Wasn't that a great solution! I wouldn't go without elecricity since it would destroy all plumery in the house when it froze - and it would do that pretty fast since it's very cold here at the moment!

I think I would spend the money on rent and pay the landlord so that I didn't get kicked out of my home. I wouldn't enjoy living with without electricity, but I have experienced periods without electricity when I was living/working in other countries, so I know that I would be able to handle the situation if I had to. I would walk around collecting empty bottles and sell them in the shops. (In my country we recycle most bottles, so the shops pay you to return the empty bottles) The money that I got for the bottles I would spend on food. I wouldn't be too worried about the car, I would just use my bike instead.

I would probably pay the car insurance. I would leave the house and live with my sister or family. So I don't think I have to pay the electric bill, buy my food for the meantime and pay the house. At least I could be save for a month and probably then during that time I could gather money of my own.

I guess i will pay for my food and in a mean time got to find an extra cash to make things up

Well, I don't have to worry about eggs, milk, cereal, etc because of WIC. (Just for those reading who may very well need help, WIC stands for Womens, Infants, and Children. It is available in all of the 50 United States. It provides supplemental food packages for pregnant mothers, nursing mothers, and children ages 0-5 years. You can find your local number simply by googling WIC). The electric company has programs available (at least in the US) for just these types of situations. You can apply for LIHEAP in cold weather months, and a one time help with electric with Salvation Army, Catholic Charities, and your local CAP office. So, my electric would then be taken care of that month. The same offices above, Salvation Army, Catholic Charities, and your local CAP office can also help with rent one time per year. So, you go to one for one and go to another for the other. Now, what hasn't been mentioned was gas for the car so you can get to your job. That's where I'd put the money. In terms of the car insurance, you can usually make a one time deal with your car insurance agent if you are in a bind. It never hurts to negotiate with them. If they won't work with you put the money on the insurance. If you have a checking account that allows you to use a direct deposit advance, I'd suggest you advance what you need for your items. It's cheaper then bounced checks, and keeps your utitilities on.

i wud prefer to run away from that house and find a new house where rent wud be as low as $25. then i could buy some food stuffs for my family, and will live without electricity if i dont have money to pay. after all, bad times are short lived. so will hope for the better time to arrive soon.