Economy Income inequality and wasteful spending

[Sinister]

Ah so you actually agree with the point of my thread. Good.

No, I don't. You're just the type of person who will see a parallel and instead or having a meaningful dialogue about it, you'll immediately take a self-celebratory tone. We fundamentally disagree on WHY people are "bad with money"...and you are just making yourself feel big by shaming those less fortunate than you are.

 

[Deleted member 592570]

No, I don't. You're just the type of person who will see a parallel and instead or having a meaningful dialogue about it, you'll immediately take a self-celebratory tone. We fundamentally disagree on WHY people are "bad with money"...and you are just making yourself feel big by shaming those less fortunate than you are.

Not at all. I used to be one of those people. I used to spend money like a drunken sailor when I was younger.

I wish someone had a frank conversation about money with me when I was 19 rather than having to figure it out for myself in my 30s.

 

[Deleted member 592570]

Because they all have enough money to relocate, especially after being out of work.

I relocated in my 20s with a camping roll and a minivan with the back two rows of seats taken out. I worked 50 hour weeks in a kitchen after I relocated and slept in my van in the parking lot. All while finishing college.

I think the problem with people like you is you don't have any comprehension of earning something. You think everyone doing better than you was given it and you're just sitting around waiting for your turn.

Your turn isn't coming. You have to work for it.

 

[Crazy Source]

Because they all have enough money to relocate, especially after being out of work.

I hate the "just move" argument. Sure, because everyone has the means to do that. It's an absurdly lazy and simplistic stance.

 

[El Panteron]

I relocated in my 20s with a camping roll and a minivan with the back two rows of seats taken out. I worked 50 hour weeks in a kitchen after I relocated and slept in my van in the parking lot. All while finishing college.

I think the problem with people like you is you don't have any comprehension of earning something. You think everyone doing better than you was given it and you're just sitting around waiting for your turn.

Your turn isn't coming. You have to work for it.

Just because your life was miserable you don't need to want everyone else's to be the same. Grow up some brother.

 

[HomeCheese]

I don't see how "I'm living a deliberately shitty life despite working so hard I should be able to afford some luxuries and still save money but billionaires are cool" is any kind of brag whatsoever.

Sort of like this: "I'm successful with 100k savings and can afford luxury goods but I'm too smart and good with money to act the fool and treat myself like most everyone else."

OP could have done the same thread without all the personal information, he/she wanted to mention their savings.

 

[RockyLockridge]

You sound poor

If you're actually not poor, this is a compliment

 

[Crazy Source]

Just because your life was miserable you don't need to want everyone else's to be the same. Grow up some brother.

Nope! We all must suffer like I did! Grow up some, indeed.

 

[deviake]

Just because your life was miserable you don't need to want everyone else's to be the same. Grow up some brother.

It's the mentality of someone who thought Ayn Rand was cool as a teenager and never learned anything/grew out of it

 

[Scott Stapp]

"I know plenty of millionaires who live cheaply."

I know plenty more who have 3 ex-wives and love cocaine.

 

[Crazy Source]

It's the mentality of someone who thought Ayn Rand was cool as a teenager and never learned anything/grew out of it

I've met the type. Many people go through that phase, especially in college, but not coming out of it is a character defect.

 

[El Panteron]

It's the mentality of someone who thought Ayn Rand was cool as a teenager and never learned anything/grew out of it

Eh, plus of course the idea that, if you just put your head down and work hard, things will be fine is just stupid.

 

[MrShady]

I see a lot of posts on here about income inequality and it's always blamed on billionaires.

What I'm noticing now as a 40 year old man with investments is poor people are often dressed in more expensive clothes than me and driving a fancier, newer car than me.

I have to think a big part (probably the biggest part) of income inequality is that poor people just make dumb fucking decisions with their limited funds.

I drive a 15 year old van I bought on auction for $3k. I wear plain old jeans and a plain t shirt most days and shoes I got on sale at Mark's.

But I also have over $100k in an investment portfolio with my bank.

I often see young people wearing fancy clothes and driving expensive cars that they can't possibly afford and must be financing.

The number of people you see with iPhones with shattered screens because they can't afford to get it fixed is staggering.

These same people are constantly complaining about capitalism and income inequality.

Can anyone in the capitalism = bad camp explain why you guys buy such expensive consumer goods?

Luxury Brands Are Status Symbols Only If You Can’t Afford Them

Why rich people are embracing minimalism, and the rest of us are Googling "Ralph Lauren" and "David Yurman."

newrepublic.com

How The Psychology Of Income Inequality Benefits Luxury Brands

The more extreme income inequality becomes, the more pressure people feel to create the impression that they’ve climbed up the social ladder.

www.forbes.com

This is the same kind of brain dead argument people (like you) would make in saying "well I know Doug and Stacey arent even actually disabled and scam the disability fund, therefore the entire program is full of lazy good for nothings who waste fraud abuse the system and therefore we should gut the program entirely!"

Your deaf tone argument accounts for a tiny percentage of the problem, and you extrapolate it to make sweeping generalizations when in fact the opposite point stands as true.

Billionaires, corporations, lobbyists and politicians are certainly the main culprits of income inequality and wealth redistribution. Check how much CEO salaries have gone up the past 10 or 20 years, compare it to average employee salaries. Not even close.

While you're bootlicking for billionaires, remember they don't know you even exist.

 

[Blayt7hh]

You are, as usual, wrong.

I have no pension. No Tricare for life either. I said fuck this at 17 years.


Equating a pension with socialism? Astounding.

Equating government paid tax payer funded pension with socialism? Government provided healthcare for life and disability checks? Not astounding in the slightest.

As usual, you’re taking on subjects without a basic understanding of the concepts. Honestly you probably do understand you just try to play dumb to sound like you’re winning an argument. You’re not.

This post is also beginning to reek of bullshit. No one in their right mind would choose to call it quits at 17

 

[Sinister]

The 'lives matter' stuff is referring to people getting murdered. And the chronically unemployed are not the same as a person between jobs.

I'm going to have to ask an indelicate question. Were you raised by a single mom, by any chance?

Hahaha!! "This is because feminism."

You are so predictable in your standard issue programmed talking points its actually impressive.

 

[Blayt7hh]

Of course it is. Own it.

It is not. Do you care to have a conversation or you just going to keep trying to make little jabs with your noodle arms of an intellect?

 

[Sinister]

I hate the "just move" argument. Sure, because everyone has the means to do that. It's an absurdly lazy and simplistic stance.

My wife and I moved our Family of 5 just across town, and to do it with any kind of efficiency cost us $2.5k, and that's not including the $6k total we needed to move into this house we're in. I'm sure all these out of work carpenters just have double that laying around for the need to relocate to an entire new state, or different Country.

When I moved from Florida to here I did much better of what this dipsh*t TS would call "money management" and spent as little as possible, and when I got here I made sure to only get an apartment within my means, to be responsible.

The apartment and my car were broken into lol.

This thread is just this clown's personal flavor of elitist masturbation. Nothing more.

 

[Rational Poster]

If you're actually not poor, this is a compliment

Can you try that again in English?

 

[Deleted member 592570]

Hahaha!! "This is because feminism."

You are so predictable in your standard issue programmed talking points its actually impressive.

No, but I'm sensing a lack of a strong male role model.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Can you try that again in English?

if you have money, sounding poor is a good thing.

If someone sounds "rich" they are probably acting like a douchebag. Kinda like you, If I'm being honest.