Originally Posted by
Boggie Dog
People at all economic levels forget to pay themselves first and end up living paycheck to paycheck. I know one person who is vice president of his company and he is so extended that just a minor emergency would send him to bankruptcy court. I know people at the lowest pay levels who live within their means and actually have money saved for emergency's. Some of the poorest people might look like good candidates for bribery but may have the makeup that they would never betray themselves. So money alone doesn't suggest that a person can be bought. Might make it an easier task but not a sure thing.
Second this. I've seen it far too often--paycheck to paycheck is almost always a spending problem. My former employer had a policy that you could get an advance on your paycheck, limited to a percentage (as the system handling it didn't know actual withholding) of what you had earned so far. $10 a pop (quite reasonable considering the number of people who had to spend a bit of time for it to happen.) For most people it was rare if ever. For one worker it was clockwork. Every Wednesday, every other Friday. $30/two weeks in advance fees. He didn't have more kids, he made the same as his coworkers.