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It's not the 1% that's killing them - it's the fact that they're spending at their limit and they don't have that 1% available. "Annual income twenty pounds, a
by paulhart 17y ago
It's not the 1% that's killing them - it's the fact that they're spending at their limit and they don't have that 1% available.
"Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery." -- Charles Dickens, 'David Copperfield'
- nostrademons 17y agoI think this point doesn't get enough attention from people whose salaries are big enough to save lots of money. If you make $60K after taxes and spend $30K, then you can easily eat a $300/year increase in gas expenditures. Your savings rate goes from 50% to 49.5%, big whoop. But if you make $31K and spend $30K, and gas goes up $300/year, it's eaten up a whole 30% of your savings rate. And if you make $30K and spend $30K and gas goes up, you're screwed.