and some of it is -- I am trying to think of the word I heard applied to the economy the other day. Pent-up demand? Big bills tend to get deferred until they can't be, so the person who gets through a windfall of several thousand in a few days isn't necessarily spending the money foolishly if they buy -- let's say -- new glasses, tires for the car, and a laptop made in the current century.
Judah could be talking about the sort of emotional spending you're talking about -- which I think is understandable if self-defeating -- or he may be trying to explain that there's no such thing as investing part of your disposable income if there's no disposable income. Certainly that was *my* point at the time I'm talking about. On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 5:59 AM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com>wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 10:34 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com > >wrote: > > > The problem (and this is something I've suffered from) is that you > > only know how to deal with hand to mouth. There is no experience > > investing extra money because there has never been extra money. If you > > somehow happen to have a bit more at the end of a month, that is (at > > best) getting put into a savings account because you know that you'll > > be short again sometime soon. The short months always outnumber the > > ones that aren't. That's why you're fucking poor. > > > I think this has lots to do with it. Living paycheck to paycheck can make a > person simultaneously resentful and jealous of "the rich". It's very common > for someone living paycheck to paycheck to get a windfall of some sort and > rather than save the money in a saving account, blow it on something either > so that they can feel rich or just because they simply don't know what to > do with it. > > Saving it for the "time you'll need it again sometime soon" just isn't > wired into the thinking. Some of this is lack of education and some of it > is emotional spending. > > -Cameron > > ... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348743 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
