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"You want family and friends to know exactly how much you make? That's extremely problematic for a lot of people." Can you explain why it's problematic?
by pmoriarty 5y ago
"You want family and friends to know exactly how much you make? That's extremely problematic for a lot of people."
Can you explain why it's problematic?
- yupper32 5y agoFamily can be very manipulative when they know you have much more money than them. It can end up massively hurting relationships. I don't even tell my parents how much I make.
- pmoriarty 5y ago"Family can be very manipulative when they know you have much more money than them." As I suspected, this is mainly a problem of the rich. Most of the rest of us don't make much more money than anybody. So are we going to make our laws to advantage the rich or the vast and ever growing majority of the population who aren't and never will be rich?
- yupper32 5y agoAh yes, I'm the problem, paying around 40% in taxes. People making 6-figures a year are not the ones manipulating the financial system. HN is particularly in this category. But go ahead and lump me in with someone with like 6000x my net worth.
- babayega2 5y agoI have lived in 4 countries, and 3 continents and everyone I have lived with agreed that it's not useful for the whole family to know how much you make. Last year I learned that lesson the hard way...