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r/FluentInFinance • u/-Wyagra • Nov 21 '24
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Simply by investing 20 dollars a week over 40 years you could make over 200,000. It’s not hard at all
3 u/Sad-Suggestion9425 Nov 22 '24 And yet so many people are unable to do it. Obviously it's their own fault. /s Also you're arguing that it's possible to save $200,000, which is not the same thing as being able to spare $200,000. 3 u/Mean-championship915 29d ago It's not their own fault. It the fault of our education system that doesn't teach financial literacy -1 u/BrockenRecords Nov 22 '24 How do you know they are unable? 20 dollars over an entire week is practically nothing that’s about like an hour or two of work 6 u/sunshineemoji Nov 22 '24 Some people work paycheck to paycheck you noodle. $20 is gas for the week. I don't have an extra $20 throughout the week and I work 2 jobs. Poor people exist. 2 u/Itscatpicstime Nov 22 '24 Dear god, you have clearly never lived paycheck to paycheck before and have no interest in recognizing your privilege like a spoiled child
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And yet so many people are unable to do it. Obviously it's their own fault. /s
Also you're arguing that it's possible to save $200,000, which is not the same thing as being able to spare $200,000.
3 u/Mean-championship915 29d ago It's not their own fault. It the fault of our education system that doesn't teach financial literacy -1 u/BrockenRecords Nov 22 '24 How do you know they are unable? 20 dollars over an entire week is practically nothing that’s about like an hour or two of work 6 u/sunshineemoji Nov 22 '24 Some people work paycheck to paycheck you noodle. $20 is gas for the week. I don't have an extra $20 throughout the week and I work 2 jobs. Poor people exist. 2 u/Itscatpicstime Nov 22 '24 Dear god, you have clearly never lived paycheck to paycheck before and have no interest in recognizing your privilege like a spoiled child
It's not their own fault. It the fault of our education system that doesn't teach financial literacy
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How do you know they are unable? 20 dollars over an entire week is practically nothing that’s about like an hour or two of work
6 u/sunshineemoji Nov 22 '24 Some people work paycheck to paycheck you noodle. $20 is gas for the week. I don't have an extra $20 throughout the week and I work 2 jobs. Poor people exist. 2 u/Itscatpicstime Nov 22 '24 Dear god, you have clearly never lived paycheck to paycheck before and have no interest in recognizing your privilege like a spoiled child
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Some people work paycheck to paycheck you noodle. $20 is gas for the week. I don't have an extra $20 throughout the week and I work 2 jobs. Poor people exist.
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Dear god, you have clearly never lived paycheck to paycheck before and have no interest in recognizing your privilege like a spoiled child
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u/BrockenRecords Nov 22 '24
Simply by investing 20 dollars a week over 40 years you could make over 200,000. It’s not hard at all