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Not sure this is true. A wealthy person might have a mortgage on a $1M home while the poor are more likely to be renting. To whit, US mortgage debt in 2020 was
by fastball 5y ago
Not sure this is true. A wealthy person might have a mortgage on a $1M home while the poor are more likely to be renting.
To whit, US mortgage debt in 2020 was at $10T while the debt that the poor are more likely to have (Credit Card / Personal Loan / Auto Loan) is a combined $2.5T[1].
The wealthy are often highly leveraged in a variety of ways. Just look at some of the world's richest people – they generally fund themselves through loans taken out against their equity holdings (stocks in the case of Bezos / Musk / etc).
So the ultra-wealthy like Musk are actually winning twice: once when everyone rushes to buy stocks like Tesla because they're worried about inflation and such, increasing the value of his holdings substantially. Then again when the inflation actually hits, because he is funding himself with loans, which are now easier to repay.
[1] https://www.experian.com/blogs/ask-experian/research/consumer-debt-study/ https://www.experian.com/blogs/ask-experian/research/consume...
- gher-shyu3i 5y agoYet people still think having a financial system based on usury is an acceptable idea. Quite baffling to say the least.
- ChrisLomont 5y agoThe vast majority of investment capital is from rich person lending. Do you think the poor are lending all the money in the world? Or is it lent from those with the capability?