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by jncfhnb 746 days ago
Savings are included in disposable income
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Right, I assumed we were talking about discretionary income. Why is a distinction between income and disposable income relevant given that taxes sometimes provide services that would otherwise be purchased and sometimes do not?
A person who spends all of their income on necessities is not in the same social class as someone who does not