No, but even for those of us with some extra money… we’re not building a savings pile for a house or anything… we’re just spending the extra on doing things and buying stuff beyond our needs.
It depends on what you call “itty bitty” and “wealth”. Saving $1,000/month is doable for many people and will make you a millionaire by retirement age, even adjusting for inflation.
$1,000/mo in savings is pretty difficult for most people.
$300/mo, invested earning 8% for 40 years, does get to a million though (10% rate of return + 2% interest safe assumption.) This is as $60k/yr job, contributing 3% to a 401k with an employer match, not something that’s particularly rare.
I know prices are high and people are hurting… but there’s a lot of people who are just not really trying.
we’re just spending the extra on doing things and buying stuff beyond our needs.
That’s one of many problems and majority of the people who fit this category like to point the finger at anything and everything else… when the problem is themselves and their spending habits.
The headline reads like big retail trying to squeeze more profits. Of course people aren’t saving as much, they have to buy groceries.
No, but even for those of us with some extra money… we’re not building a savings pile for a house or anything… we’re just spending the extra on doing things and buying stuff beyond our needs.
This is how you never accumulate wealth…
Itty bitty savings will never lead to wealth either. The working class and “middle class” that remains has a low enough income to recognize this.
It depends on what you call “itty bitty” and “wealth”. Saving $1,000/month is doable for many people and will make you a millionaire by retirement age, even adjusting for inflation.
You’re not being serious, right?
Crackitalism is a serious drug Jimmy, it’s deadly serious.
And don’t call me Shirley.
Bro, what?! Who the fuck can save $1000/month with current rents and home prices? 🤣
I thought you were serious for a second! Good one.
lol. It’d actually be kinda disrespectful if it wasn’t clear you’ve never met a struggling American in your life
$1,000/mo in savings is pretty difficult for most people.
$300/mo, invested earning 8% for 40 years, does get to a million though (10% rate of return + 2% interest safe assumption.) This is as $60k/yr job, contributing 3% to a 401k with an employer match, not something that’s particularly rare.
I know prices are high and people are hurting… but there’s a lot of people who are just not really trying.
Not if you’te middle aged by the time you get a job that allows you to save.
That’s one of many problems and majority of the people who fit this category like to point the finger at anything and everything else… when the problem is themselves and their spending habits.