openmic.social is an uncensored community. You may encounter strong language, controversial opinions, and mature or NSFW material. You must be 18+ to browse. Illegal content is prohibited and removed on sight — please report it. By continuing, you accept that you may see content you personally disagree with.
Even if you are a millionaire. If you had a million invested in a simple index fund you would have got paid about 130k last year for doing absolutely nothing - just for holding wealth.
If you’re working, it is people with investments like that who are literally depriving you of either higher wages or better state provision of stuff you need.
Even just being really conservative on the ROI and going with 4.5% gains, if a person has $1,000,000 invested, that’s $45k a year to do nothing. The US median income is around $65k for reference. In lower cost of living places, a person can definitely live off of $45 a year assuming no debt. It won’t be the most comfortable life and it’s probably not worth retiring, but any other income could supplement for QoL upgrades, or further be invested, meaning more ROI, and compound interest, which means even more money.
Even if you are a millionaire. If you had a million invested in a simple index fund you would have got paid about 130k last year for doing absolutely nothing - just for holding wealth.
If you’re working, it is people with investments like that who are literally depriving you of either higher wages or better state provision of stuff you need.
Even just being really conservative on the ROI and going with 4.5% gains, if a person has $1,000,000 invested, that’s $45k a year to do nothing. The US median income is around $65k for reference. In lower cost of living places, a person can definitely live off of $45 a year assuming no debt. It won’t be the most comfortable life and it’s probably not worth retiring, but any other income could supplement for QoL upgrades, or further be invested, meaning more ROI, and compound interest, which means even more money.
Yes, but then you have to retire to somewhere like Kansas.
Exactly.