I think the point is someone who has 500k after a lifetime of putting money in a 401k along with 600k in home equity is not the same as someone who lives in a mansion and has a few exotic cars.
Tai posed as the latter, so suddenly caring about $35 an hour is very suspicious.
Precisely. It’s quite funny how any time this comes up - a person of dubious wealth who claims to be rich being a penny-pincher - people are quick to chime in with something implying they got rich by doing that. It’s like the inverse of the whole “maybe if you didn’t eat avocado toast you’d afford that $500k house…” thing
Tai posed as the latter, so suddenly caring about $35 an hour is very suspicious.