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I’m not rich but believe anyone can do at least some of this, some of the time. And that alone is deeply helpful.

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OK. $3M lotto win -> Invest in S&P 500, nice and stable diversified fund -> avg 8% return-> $240k/year -> 20% cap gain tax = $192k after tax living on just the interest. I can't imagine wanting for more than that.

A kind, generous, empathetic human. Thinking about how much better the world would be if more people shared this philosophy on how money is best used.

The kind of wealth most people I know - including me - hope for some day, because it would be nothing but awesome.💚

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How about having enough to stare into the distance when pumping gas 🤣🤣🤣

Amen.

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Agree wholeheartedly. 😊

Love this

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this is the difference between proletarian prosperity and bourgeois wealth

Love this post by whomever wrote it ❤️ & I stand by this statement

Exactly !

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In many movies, average Americans are often portrayed as having a lot of economic freedom & flexibility. They can just buy a flight ticket, hire a car, fill the gas tank, eat out, without as much as a second thought. Maybe this was so when the middle class and working class had savings

I feel the same: When I see something that someone I know will love, I want to be able to buy it and send it to them. & BOOKS! To be able to buy books for people I know would love them. & save retired horses & rehab wildlife.

Exactly this 🙌

wonderful

So very true for so many.

I love it! So true!

That’s exactly what I feel- -“I just want to be rich enough”. To pay mine and a family members CC debt; to buy a house big enough for all of us; to treat everyone to dinner and a movie; to lie in bed at night and smile myself to sleep. 😴

Agreed! My sentiments exactly

I feel that way, and because I'm not morally superior, I'll prove it to you by telling you to eat a dick sandwich

Wouldn’t it be awesome to give lots of money to every worthy cause?

Please read and pass along. Greedy billionaires just don’t get it.

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Enough to give someone who needs it a twenty and not worry if I run out of gas before payday

This is me and it is plenty for me. I don't need more and I certainly don't need millions or billions.

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With enough money, I can contribute as much time as I want to help others. Contributing time is far more valuable than money.

Money = freedom from money

Yes!!!

Do you think Bezos and Zuckerberg while floating around on their fancy yachts feel this kind of contentment? Me neither.

A beautiful piece. Thanks for sharing 🙂

I dream of being so rich I emit my own financial gravitational field that all other commerce must bend towards but this person is good, too.

I desire "no" money. That's the amount of money you need to be able to say "no" to whatever you want, for whatever reason. It's the point at which money is no longer a pain point nor a guiding need.

Beautiful.

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That’s a keeper

Id be wealthier but emotionally poor if I had not shared my entire lifetime.

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Exactly it's to be comfortable. Not to have to count every single item at the grocery store. To be able to pay the entire utility bill every month. I just want to be comfortable. But the richest among us will spend millions just to make sure to get every last penny out of our pockets. It sad

I just want to be able to afford food and housing

I used to live this life, but Trumps economy is fucking up the program for everyone except the ultra wealthy.

last time we had kids selling pencils it was the Great Depression- so this is an oldie but goodie

Unfortunately, this is something that the “billionaire class” will NEVER comprehend.

Beautiful!!!!!!

That’s what always annoys me about shows like Sex in the City. The total obsession with expensive stuff like shoes, handbags & fashion. It’s all so stupid & self centred. No wonder they’re always miserable.

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I just wanna be rich enough so I don't have to mad about the price of beef jerky, and a yearly visit to my relatives in the UK

I don't have a retirement fund and that worries me, but for now, I can say my needs are met. And my daughter got me in the habit of getting $20 cash back at the grocery from time to time, in $5 bills so I'll always have cash for buskers and someone who needs a little help. Because my needs are met.

Perfection

Well.fucking.said

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Totally. Well put.

Yes. ... and enough to not get high blood pressure worrying how to pay for more cancer treatments.

i dream of a world where everyone is that rich so no one needs a friends money to save them

I sow this poster in many apps.

A life well lived.

Sounds perfect!

This is a great perspective.

I'll keep this around for the next time I see a "money buys happiness" take.

all that plus 'rich enough to spend my days engaged in activities that give me joy and fulfillment instead of the crap I do now to pay the bills'

Yes.

rich enough to buy my cats ANYTHING THEY WANT

I like the Gary Stevenson version: "I'm rich enough that I can eat at Nandos any time I like"

I have always seen this as the true American dream, to be content having the means to live and let live, and to help others on their way to contentment.

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Well worth posting thank you!

I always said if you could arrive at any airport house and car owned outright, all bills paid (incl. kids'college funds, health insurance etc.) owing nothing to anyone, and still buy for cash money any first class air ticket, any airline, to anywhere on Earth, any time, then you have enough.

That would be nice.

I couldn't have said it any better ❤️

This is 100% me. I was the person needing the help, now I can offer it. To me, that’s wealth beyond compare. I don’t want to be a billionaire (I mean, I wouldn’t say no, lol…) but I love being able to buy a friend lunch, or put in a grocery order, etc.

same boat here. what a world✌🏽

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It’s funny… That’s all MOST of us ever wanted. …and even THAT was too much for the wealthy to leave alone.

This made me cry

Small things done with great love have the power to change the world.

❤️I believe everyone is trying to be a little nicer too, we must .😊

I’ve always said, “If I ever had a lot of money… I wouldn’t.” But my waitstaff would have plenty and my favorite creators would have new top-tier patrons.

The wealthy say money doesn’t buy happiness. 300 million Americans would beg to differ.

Don't know but, they're singin my song. I remember driving to the store to play the lotto after it had bloomed to some astronomical figure. I asked myself what would I do with it? My answer basically amounted to, give it away, cause I was already comfortable. It then dawned on me, I did ok in life🙂

That is the definition of living the fucking dream.

Yep

There's a reason the first modern front-loader was called the English Electric Liberator.

My countertop machine uses 5 litres to do a full load.

Do you know the tv ad asking for donations to feed hungry animals? I'd a write a check to the organization to feed the animals and to stop the ad from running. It tears me apart, everytime.

Yes, it apparently dates back to an original post made on The Other Place in 2023, but I was unable to find the source.

Blessed be to your good heart ❤️!

Democrats would need to bring meaningful guardrails back in capitalism so that we can have competition and fair prices in commerce while monopolies do not devour the middle class.

There was a time when not every kid had to fundraise -- only poor ones. I asked a kid selling chocolates which was best. She didn't know; she'd never tried any (because...no money). I asked which she wanted if she could buy it. She pointed; I paid. She handed it to me. I said, "For you." Smiles.

this can be real when we get rid of those who stand in the way of it for everyone but themselves vote all GOP/CONSERVATIVE/MAGA/REPUBLICANS OUT OF OFFICE!

Now that's the dream ! 😉

Old Chinese saying- enough is better than too much

This is most people's dream it is also mines

This is the American dream. Always has been. At least for my 82 years.

Thank you…

If only more of us shared this dream!

Or Spider-Man’s Uncle Ben.

Ensuring #Canada stays a social democracy where we improve the support for humans, and limit the wealth and power of the 1percent. Our country has been shifting towards American predator corporate capitalism in these last few decades. We need to stop that so everyone has a roof over their heads.

Exactly I don't want to have the headache or the soul extraction service required to be a billionare. I want to be financially secure enough to own a home, get the basic ammenities I want, and take an interesting vacation every couple years or so. That's enough for me.

FDR

Many of the more, er, successful entrepreneurs of our time would see this as loser talk. They are wrong of course.

I love this. There’s something beautiful about realizing you’ve reached a place where you can give back, help others, and finally afford a little comfort for yourself.

Big same

I don’t dream of being rich. I just want enough. Enough of Trump, enough of congress, SCOTUS AND MAGA.

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Doesn't really matter who wrote it, but you can bet it wasn't a Christian Republican !!

To be ABLE to share what you can spare. THAT keeps the heart beating...

Pythagorean philosophy…

They have to keep it in offshore accounts to hide their corruption. Corruption is how they have everything they have.

There's a FREE course @ Yale University called The Science Of Well-being that teaches you (on science based evidence) amongst other things, that it's better to give than receive. Highly recommended! online.yale.edu/courses/scie... It's particularly good, because they spell "WELL-BEING" correctly!

It’s *all* I’ve ever dreamed of.

Came from a Book.

You Americans got it ALL wrong. Capitalism did this, totally unchecked! Do what the fuck you want, fuck everyone else! Is the American moto

I'm glad to see it making the rounds again! ♥️

'Enough' is a blessing.