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Why bother? Businesses don't bother saving for a rainy day, they just hold out their hands to the government every time something bad happens to them, why shoul
by cableshaft 6y ago
Why bother? Businesses don't bother saving for a rainy day, they just hold out their hands to the government every time something bad happens to them, why should an individual be expected to be better than a business?
I'm somewhat kidding, but it's clear that this pandemic caught just about everyone with their pants down, from governments, businesses, and individuals alike.
Hopefully after this is over there will be a recalibration and people and organizations won't be so frivolous with their hard-earned money... but that was supposed to happen after the recession in 2008, and it looks like most people went back to bad habits after recovering from that.
- lazerpants 6y agoActually, individual savings rates increased pretty substantially after 2008 and remained higher than before 2008 through the most recent data. Of course, corporate and sovereign debt have increased dramatically during that time because of near zero percent Fed rates.