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What does it mean?
Money is preferred over poverty mainly for financial reasons.
In plain terms
Money is better than being poor because of money.
What can you take from it?
Wealth solves problems that poverty creates.

Where it applies

  • financial planning
  • economic disparity
  • daily life

Putting it to work

  • prioritize financial stability
  • avoid debt

Questions to consider

  • Is money the only reason?
  • What else matters?

Another view

It ignores non-financial benefits of poverty.

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