Re:Seattle C.E.O. Who Promised $70,000 Salaries Wins Suit Fi...
by clock_tower on Thursday July 21, 2016 @01:14PM
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> You also should not hoard all of your money and live a miserable penny pinching life unless that somehow makes you happy.
It does: it means financial independence -- and the freedom to work on what I really want to do -- comes quickly as opposed to never coming at all.
> The reality is that people tend to spend most or all of what they earn.
Read Amy Chua's _World on Fire_, on the question of market-dominant minorities -- i.e., peoples who have too much sense to waste their money like this.
> quality stuff that you don't really need
The difference between old money and the rest of the US is the difference between checking the time on your cellphone (the old-money way) and buying, or wanting to buy, a $20,000 Patek Philippe mechanical watch.
It does: it means financial independence -- and the freedom to work on what I really want to do -- comes quickly as opposed to never coming at all.
> The reality is that people tend to spend most or all of what they earn.
Read Amy Chua's _World on Fire_, on the question of market-dominant minorities -- i.e., peoples who have too much sense to waste their money like this.
> quality stuff that you don't really need
The difference between old money and the rest of the US is the difference between checking the time on your cellphone (the old-money way) and buying, or wanting to buy, a $20,000 Patek Philippe mechanical watch.