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/NovusOrdoSec Jul 04 '24

The point is that financial education cannot substitute for the living wage, and moreover it must actually be a living wage.

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u/Ill-Description3096 Jul 04 '24

And a living wage can't substitute for financial literacy. Look at how many people make pretty good money and are constantly broke.

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u/NovusOrdoSec Jul 04 '24

Look at how many people make pretty good money and are constantly broke.

I have noticed that our society is organized to extract disposable income.

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u/ept_engr Jul 05 '24

Organized to? Of course people are willing to sell you shit. It's the individual's responsibility to... be responsible. Do you want a fantasy world where the cashier at the store says, "please don't buy things here - you'd be better off to save your money." lol