r/wallstreetbets • u/ihasanemail I am a huge prick. Welcome to r/wallstreetbets • 1d ago

Discussion -$596,000 today after tariff announcement. Purely coincidental the Wendy's app is hooking me up with a $1 JBC for dinner.

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u/PotatoWriter 🥔✍️ 1d ago

You assume they got to where they were with "simple" means. That doesn't happen unless you're 1) old and 2) have been investing safely for a long period of time.

If they got there younger, that's either 1) born to rich parents or 2) risky ass dumb regarded plays that worked out somehow

So it's quite regardedly complicated to be fair.

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u/Fickle-Experience526 1d ago

Or maybe they got a really good job (some tech industry roles pay salaries around $1 mil/year) and saved aggressively? It’s not always rich parents or dumb luck. 

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u/DAE77177 1d ago

Is being born into the USA, during a massive tech boom not luck?

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u/Silkku 1d ago

Yeah it's been both funny and sad reading these "just get a job at tech and save some of your 100k/year salary you make straight out of school and once you are making 300k life will be easy" posts

Bitch over here you study 5 years and after some years of experience you might get to 60k a year with roughly 50% tax rate

Good luck saving 5 mil with that combo

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u/StonkaTrucks 1d ago

Same in America for 90+% of people.

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u/Odd_History4720 23h ago

Only difference is Half the tax and 100x healthcare costs

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u/Papaya_flight 16h ago

Yup, I'm on the top 9% of earners but broke as shit because of life long disease that needs treatment. My best case scenario for a retirement plan is to move to a different country.

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u/Odd_History4720 16h ago

Come on to Thailand. I moved here last year. Love it. Not so cheap anymore but still very cheap

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u/Papaya_flight 15h ago

Would that work with my kids though? I am a remote worker, so my company doesn't care where I am as long as I get all my work completed.

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u/thatstheharshtruth 17h ago

And your conclusion from that is that some people are just so lucky and not that maybe you should stop supporting policies that have the government steal half your money?!