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Its more- the money to make society run smoothly has to come from somewhere , and if I had to pick it would be from they guy that has ten thousand times more th
by spencerflem 2y ago
Its more- the money to make society run smoothly has to come from somewhere , and if I had to pick it would be from they guy that has ten thousand times more than he could possibly need over the guy who doesn't.
& Also: why is it necessarily true that they 'earned' their 'unearned' income. This is going from relative fact to opinion here "how does the enocomy work" to the squishier "what does it mean to earn something", but when I put my $$ in an index fund and wake up next month with more money than I did before, it doesn't really feel earned to me.
- alchemist1e9 2y agoUnbelievable misunderstanding of money.
- mixmastamyk 2y agoUnearned in this case doesn’t mean “undeserved.” It refers to the lack of work involved, aka passive income/gain.
- spencerflem 2y agoYeah totally, that's the official meaning. But also, its kinda both - like, I'll take the free 15% a year, im not crazy, and its what the government promises. But its not like that money is from choosing wisely what to invest in and taking on risk, I'm literally putting it all into index funds its dead simple. The only trick is to have money. I have no problem with the government deciding that this is unfair. Its not fair that I get free money for having money already and other people don't.