Have you ever heard the phrase “wealthy people plan for the next three generations while poor people plan for Saturday night”? In simple English, the rich plan to leave a financial legacy and as minimal debt as possible, while those who desperately need to plan ahead don’t do so. Perhaps the theory there is that tomorrow will take care of itself.
The wealthy continue to plan for rainy days, they invest, they work hard and, importantly, they save. Sure, they may have holiday homes and a fleet of luxury cars. But they honestly live within their means… Cross a few highways, get to a township or two and you have reached the less affluent side of life.
It is here where one is likely to find child-headed households, depending on social grants. It is also here where you are bound to find luxury vehicles and expensive weaves. It is here where the word affordability doesn’t exist.
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Largely, society has bred a nation of people who feel entitled, but what happens when society decides to stop giving into these demands? Will the entitled then be able to sustain themselves? Will 20 year olds with two children be able to feed them without child grants?
Safe to assume that tyres and public amenities would go up in flames in protest. People live beyond their means, something that is not new. Let us however be honest and admit that the poorest of the poor live beyond their already stretched means.
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