Re:Rich people do have trouble understanding what it's like ...
by lotsofpulp on Saturday May 22, 2021 @09:39AM
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And a poor person in Sudan will say poor person in US will not know what tough is.
The comment I responded to was about a politician complaining about a certain payrate. To which I wanted to show that it is possible to have to have to be stretched thin (mentally), and the politician is not thinking about having to cancel their third overseas vacation. Yes, they’re not on the very last rung of the ladder, but slipping off your rung also causes worry.
Re:Rich people do have trouble understanding what it's like ...
by danaris on Saturday May 22, 2021 @01:08PM
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But you continue to prove the article's point: that the feeling of "slipping off your rung" and having to downsize from 3 yachts to 2 or (shock!) 1, however frustrating, upsetting, and stressful it may be to the person losing both money and status, does not remotely compare to the feeling of not knowing whether you will still have a home or even be alive next year, next quarter, or next month because you don't have enough money to pay for heat, food, and rent.
As soon as you put "saving for retirement" as something that's even possible, you're no longer in the realm of what's genuinely "tough".
"Oh, those people making three times what I do a month have it so tough! After paying way more than the minimum on their student loans and putting aside a large chunk of money for retirement, they might only have a thousand dollars or so of truly disposable income!"
"Tough" is when "disposable income" is a fantasy, and you're regularly having to choose between whether to pay your heating bill or buy enough food for the rest of the week.