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/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.