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If that $1 of investment doesn't yield any returns that's not an investment it's just an expense.

So yes $1 of savings is worth more than $1 of spending.

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You could potentially take it as an investment loss for tax purposes. Whether that’s proper depends greatly on the circumstances surrounding how the money was accounted for and spent.

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That's not how taxes work. Investing $1 doesn't count as a loss for tax purposes.

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I did not claim that investing $1 is a tax loss.