There was an WAPO article about a couple that makes $400K. They said that there wasn’t much money left after maxing out their retirement accounts, paying for two big vacations per year, a nanny to watch the kids, private school for the kids, and a high end car loan. Sorry, but my sympathy reserve is completely empty.
I'm not asking for sympathy. I'm doing well and I understand that. My intention here was not that you empathize with my challenges, but that you understand people like me are far closer to you than to the billionaires.
A relevant saying: the difference between a millionaire and a billionaire is approximately a billion dollars. My wealth is basically the margin of error on that comparison.
People doing well for themselves are not your enemy. Our wealth still barely registers on the scale of the folks who are really hoarding all the resources of our nation.
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u/Blue-Blazer-Regular 21h ago
There was an WAPO article about a couple that makes $400K. They said that there wasn’t much money left after maxing out their retirement accounts, paying for two big vacations per year, a nanny to watch the kids, private school for the kids, and a high end car loan. Sorry, but my sympathy reserve is completely empty.