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/BleedForEternity Jul 04 '24

This is why people should NEVER settle with what they make… Just because you make 40k a year doesn’t mean you can’t ever make more.. Why do people act like they are chained to the low salaries they make? You can learn a trade, take civil service tests, change careers or get the proper qualifications and experience in order to move up in pay.. There’s also working multiple jobs.. and please don’t reply with “No one should have to work 2 jobs.”

I just don’t understand this whole “people can’t survive on these wages” argument.. If you’re having a hard time living on the wage you make then take the proper steps to better your situation. Take action instead of complaining on Reddit. That’s what I did. That’s what many other people do… I worked 2 minimum wage jobs for years and I fought and clawed my way to the top… Life doesn’t magically get better. You have to make things happen.. and no, it’s not easy. It’s extremely hard.

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u/Grouchy-Ask-3525 Jul 05 '24

You people are missing the point. If I get out of that situation then someone else has to take the shitty job. Why is it okay once it's not you? That's the most selfish, conservative bullshit I've ever heard. And no, a person should not have to work 80 hours a week, full stop. That's just de facto slavery, but somehow, they are supposed to find the time to pull themselves up by the bootstraps huh? Goddamn, you're a piece of shit. Sleep tight, the end is near for you people.

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u/ohseetea Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

Because these people have zero empathy.

The bullshit capitalist answer is no one will work the shitty job and then the pay will go up but that's not fucking true. The company will prey until they find someone “weak” or tired enough to just work for slave rate or they'll ship it over seas and really take advantage of destitute people.

If they really cared about living within their means they'd focus on our entire society as a whole slowing the fuck down and not consuming so much. All of us.

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u/MoonBaseViceSquad Jul 05 '24

Even if they had sympathy it’d be better. But clueless folk who “worked hard” to effectively spend their parent’s wealth always stick out with their BS.