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Re:Dad, Are We Rich? by jedberg on Thursday June 06, 2019 @12:55PM (#20116411)
So then if you lose your job you're no longer rich? Are you then poor? The problem, to me, in differentiating rich vs wealthy based on how you get your money is that it makes things too fluid.
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Re:Dad, Are We Rich? by treis on Thursday June 06, 2019 @01:49PM (#20117033)
>So then if you lose your job you're no longer rich?

A rich person will have enough of a buffer to still spend like a rich person until they find their next job. If you can't find one then yeah eventually you slide down from rich.

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Re:Dad, Are We Rich? by DuskStar on Thursday June 06, 2019 @01:33PM (#20116884)
But to me (at least) how you get your money is the fundamental difference. The rich guy has to go to work - the wealthy guy has to do whatever he wants.
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