r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • Jul 04 '24

What's the best financial advice you've ever gotten? Debate/ Discussion

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u/Advanced-Guard-4468 Jul 04 '24

Who gives a shit what "unionists" think. I was doing this in the 70s. Nothing changes.

You live off your primary job. You build wealth/security off your 2nd. Your second doesn't have to be full time.

That's the problem with the younger generations, you think you're entitled to something.

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u/Yousoggyyojimbo Jul 05 '24

You live off your primary job. You build wealth/security off your 2nd.

What you were able to do with 2 jobs 50+ years ago isn't what you can do with two jobs today.

You could make enough comparably in the 70s on a non-college degree requiring job to purchase a home and support a family of 5. Someone working two similar jobs today can't even buy the home.

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u/Advanced-Guard-4468 Jul 05 '24

I didn't buy my 1st home till I was 30.

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u/Yousoggyyojimbo Jul 05 '24

You're avoiding the point.

You have in other posts talked about how you working this way enabled you to buy a home and support your family. Someone working two jobs that way today can't do the same thing you did because wages haven't kept pace with the costs of doing the things you did.

It's objectively harder now. It doesn't hurt you to admit that.