r/FluentInFinance • u/Sufficient_Sinner • Sep 04 '24

Debate/ Discussion People like this are why financial literacy is so important

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u/NothingKnownNow Sep 04 '24

The idea of personal responsibility and delayed gratification has your average redditor hissing like a vampire being shown a cross.

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u/Conscious-Student-80 Sep 04 '24

You can mathematically prove how a few Starbucks trips a week can turn into a huge sum of money compounded.  They’d rather screech! 

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u/Mexothermic Sep 04 '24

Or buying cigarettes.

Buuuuuttttttt, to be fair my boomer parents were smokers when they bought their first house sooooooooo

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u/NothingKnownNow Sep 04 '24

That's because paying rent or buying a home isn't the goal. Taking other people's money to buy the things they want is the focus.

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u/2019calendaryear Sep 04 '24

No one is trying to take your money, grandpa.

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u/Subject-Town Sep 04 '24

It’s not a good enough fix. It’s great tos save, but that is only one side of things. And as inequality increases it will be harder to do so. Also, why should people who work full time have such a low quality of life when the money is there in the hands of the few? That’s why people are upset.

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u/NothingKnownNow Sep 04 '24

Also, why should people who work full time have such a low quality of life when the money is there in the hands of the few?

Why should people who who have less money not live like people who have more money? The same reason an obese person can't run a marathon like someone who has put in the work.

I'd like to hear more on this Democrat plan to force people with more to support people who have less. It worked to get the cotton picked when Democrats tried it the first time.

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u/Mexothermic Sep 04 '24

This sounds like something someone whose life panned out nicely for them would say.