{
  "id": 11037450,
  "title": "I Earned $250,000 a Year and Still Ended Up $38,000 in Debt",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/i-earned-250-000-a-year-and-still-ended-up-38-000-in-debt",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-30T21:20:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Inc.",
    "slug": "inc",
    "url": "https://www.inc.com/alicia-teltz/i-earned-250000-a-year-and-still-ended-up-38000-in-debt/91412272"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The richest I ever looked was also the brokest I had ever been. Lifestyle upgrades, easy credit, and shame turned a high income into debt. Here’s what finally changed.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}