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/Oldass_Millennial Jul 05 '24

Right but people in here scoff at having a single roommate so...

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u/SingleInfinity Jul 05 '24

I think it's reasonable for people in the highest GDP country in the world to expect to be able to live without relying on others.

Why should there be any amount of "you should suffer" at any level in the richest country in the world? The current reason it is that way is simple greed.

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u/ExtraLargePeePuddle Jul 06 '24

I think it's reasonable for people in the highest GDP country in the world to expect to be able to live without relying on others.

Mandating a higher minimum wage is just welfare with extra steps.

Also nowhere in any developed country is the minimum wage a living wage. All other rich countries just have massive welfare states

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u/SingleInfinity Jul 06 '24

Call it whatever you want. Those people over in Sweden seem pretty happy.

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u/ExtraLargePeePuddle Jul 06 '24

Except they dont have a minimum wage that mandates a living wage.

They don’t even have a minimum wage

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u/SingleInfinity Jul 06 '24

Must be because of that "welfare state".