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A responsible worker might not buy such an expensive home or such an expensive car, or live such an expensive lifestyle. And perhaps then he could afford to wor
by kebman 8y ago
A responsible worker might not buy such an expensive home or such an expensive car, or live such an expensive lifestyle. And perhaps then he could afford to work less – or perhaps continue to work just as hard, and instead invest the proceeds, and then become truly independent. That's a choice for everyone in a free country to make. That they choose to not do it, is no fault of “the rich”. Expecting other people to pay for your own failing, is at best morally questionable.
- Broken_Hippo 8y agoYou are somehow thinking that a responsible worker has money left over. Savings doesn't matter much if you are already using used cars, living somewhere cheap, eating cheaply, and yet still in the position where a flat tire is an emergency or getting sick and missing a day of work throws your finances in disarray. Saving $30 left over after paying for basic crap doesn't help and completely ignores mental health. Investing doesn't even come into the picture because there is never enough money to gamble (invest) with. To be able to get to the point you describe, you have to make extra money at some point. those things you describe are responsible for folks with leftover money. It also greatly assumes folks are lucky enough not to have things like an accident that disables them, a spouse that dies young and leaves you supporting children by yourself, a parent that needs taken care of instead of working, and so on.