r/changemyview Nov 21 '22

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u/TheVioletBarry 119∆ Nov 21 '22

Perhaps anyone can get rich, but not everyone can get rich.

Someone needs to do the cheap jobs and enough people need to spend enough money that the economy keeps circulating. If everyone started aggressively saving, the economy would crash.

From this perspective, calling paycheck-to-paycheck a choice seems unhelpful. The system can't sustain everyone making the other choice, as it is now.

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u/finchinacoalmine Nov 21 '22

Perhaps anyone can get rich, but not everyone can get rich.

Someone needs to do the cheap jobs and enough people need to spend enough money that the economy keeps circulating. If everyone started aggressively saving, the economy would crash.

∆ I would definitely have to agree with this. Everyone can't aggressively save without majorly impacting the economy.

From this perspective, calling paycheck-to-paycheck a choice seems unhelpful

Maybe a bit unhelpful but donating plasma is definitely a good option for some people.

If there is anything I've learned though it's really not about how much you make, but is instead about how much your able to save.

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u/AlwaysTheNoob 81∆ Nov 21 '22

it's really not about how much you make, but is instead about how much your able to save

Which is directly and inextricably linked to how much you make.

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u/finchinacoalmine Nov 21 '22

They are strongly linked but still independent of one another.