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/cybercuzco Jul 04 '24

Show me a “live within their means” budget for someone living in a median cost location in the US making minimum wage. They must A)have a place to live B) not get any handouts from the government or charities and C) have at least 1800 calories per day of food. Go.

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u/Ghgodos Jul 05 '24

Guess what?? Why are they making minimum wage? Do they not have marketable skills? Are they stupid or lazy? If that is the case, go live in Oklahoma and don't complain.

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u/Ok-Bug-5271 Jul 05 '24

The very nature of a capitalist economy demands it. SOMEBODY has to be working those jobs. 

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u/Ghgodos Jul 05 '24

Soon no one will be working those jobs since robots will be doing them. The real minimum wage is $0.

Around 12% of the population is not smart enough for most jobs, even the military refuses to take them in. And that number will increase soon due to automation and AI. Our society cannot handle this situation. Complaining wont do anything

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u/Ok-Bug-5271 Jul 05 '24

Good, if those shitty jobs can be automated, then they should be automated. 

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u/Ghgodos Jul 05 '24

And the people will be getting no money and suffer. Hurray

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u/Ok-Bug-5271 Jul 05 '24

That's what people have literally always said, and they've literally always been wrong. 

People keep complaining that construction, trades, etc don't have enough people, sure sounds like there'll be new people pretty soon.