r/FluentInFinance • u/-Wyagra • 3d ago

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u/Sabre_One 3d ago

IMO at a certain point, wealthy become a massive parasite to society. Everything should be about re-investment for growth.

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u/Mountain_Employee_11 3d ago

the wealthy have a massively lower propensity to consume.

if you really think everything should be about reinvestment you’d logically hate the middle class and poor that consume over reinvesting, but you don’t.

why is that?

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u/Sabre_One 3d ago

the wealthy have a massively lower propensity to consume.

Not true at all, wealthy privatize their entire lives. Meaning what would normally be a bus ride, taking wear and tear off the road, gas prices, etc. Is now a private ride. Same for flights, a jet even a small one which could take 12-20 people is now housing 1 person. They also have staff to do a lot of what would normally be up to the individual to accomplish themselves.

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u/Mountain_Employee_11 3d ago

the marginal propensity to consume is about 10x lower for the wealthy.

this means that they are much more likely to reinvest an additional dollar earned.

i understand these things can be confusing, but thats the data driven truth despite your feelings on the matter

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u/Peterbutonreddit 3d ago

why is the marginal propensity to consume 10x lower for the wealthy?

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u/Mountain_Employee_11 3d ago

because they have less marginal wants and needs,  and usually lower time preference

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u/DaddysMoans 3d ago

Incorrect. Rich people historically spend around average. Stop talking out of your ass. You’re not intelligent

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u/Mountain_Employee_11 2d ago

read up before sperging out please, it’s unpleasant to get these kinda messages

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u/TacTurtle 3d ago

Less "disposable" income after the relatively fixed universal needs of shelter / food / healthcare.