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Wednesday, November 20. 2019

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People's needs and wants multiply without end, means do not.


Scott Adams 

Posted by The News Junkie in Quotidian Quotable Quote (QQQ) at 17:38 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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How much is enough? Just a little bit more!
#1 Stargazer on 2019-11-20 18:21 (Reply)
My first business mentor was well on his way up the ladder. One day we are driving to do a "dog and pony" show and he gets this wistful look. "Money is the worst drug. You can never have enough. What ever promotion you get you grow into it and get use to it fast and you always need more." (it's also the choice at a certain level of missed birthdays and no life outside work for the chance of more). Then he told me about an old friend in New Orleans who was unexpectedly hoboed. Envy entered his expression and also pitty. His friend had come into a huge windfall, set for life, so he asked his friend "what happened?" and his friend said "I spent it on drugs, cars and women. Guess I wasted the rest." He also told me to save for a rainy day, because if it isn't made a priority you expand into your income (never enough) and never get around to it. Amazing coming from this guy who was only not just like his hobo friend because he had a fierce wife.
#1.1 Karen on 2019-11-21 08:10 (Reply)
A co-worker advised me: "People don't save enough. Then they have to eat too much ****."

Lord Byron said "Ready money is Aladdin's lamp." The lesson for me is that "ready money" is money in store for really important emergencies. There's never enough money if you can't figure out what's important, or if you can't learn how to manage risk.

The trick isn't to maximize income so much as to live within one's means, whatever the means happen to be.
#1.1.1 Texan99 on 2019-11-21 10:41 (Reply)
The first rule of economics is: "Demand is infinite and supply is finite." The left uses ignorance of this and other things (e.g. history) to their advantage.
#2 mudbug on 2019-11-20 18:50 (Reply)
I have a minor in marketing and we used to alway talk about how we needed to find a product and create an emotional need for the product, hair care, body oder, new boat, newest look in clothing, which at the time in the 1970's went totally wonky.

Create a need and then fulfill the need all about perceived status, emotional well being and a lot of other shit that had nothing to do with having enough decent shelter, food, clean water and some medical care when things go wrong.

We, in the first world countries live so fare beyond all that could have been wished for 100 years when my parents were youngsters watching their friends die from influenza.
#3 OldTexan on 2019-11-20 19:54 (Reply)
Foolish and ungrateful people's needs and wants multiply without end, means do not.

There, fixed that for you

Wise people have gratitude for what they have. The richest man is the one who does not have extravagant wants
#4 Ed on 2019-11-20 20:56 (Reply)
As posted on the Veblen item:
Because true, basic needs are met easily in the West, social status is divorced from real virtue/character/achievement, which are no longer necessary for survival. This has led to a culture of narcissism and false victimhood that was intolerable throughout most if history.

Remember that every time you see "designer" jeans that look like rags, and "sustainable" eating habits that are anything but.
#5 Ben David on 2019-11-21 02:36 (Reply)
"Receive the gifts of fortune without pride and part with them without reluctance"

- Marcus Aurelius
#6 Aggie on 2019-11-21 09:38 (Reply)

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