> raising your income is the best thing you can do to improve your financial situation in the long run. It's such a vacuous statement it's practically a tautol

> raising your income is the best thing you can do to improve your financial situation in the long run. It's such a vacuous statement it's practically a tautology. And it's false: plenty of people who earn modest money over the course of their career end up wealthy. How? They learn to live within their means and budget accordingly.