'Tis the difference between a Liberal and a Conservative.
Conservatives would love to see everyone be successful.
Liberals define success as "making everyone just as miserable as they are".
In addition to the difference in work and effort put forth by the savers, there is also missing from that “equality” calculation the vacations, days off, restaurant meals, delivered pizzas, fancy cars, etc, the savers gave up in comparison with the non-savers.
I know plenty of people who made more than I did throughout their careers but who have less in a retirement account. They were busing jetting around or driving fancier cars or eating in restaurants instead of cooking at home. They saw every movie in the theaters, always had the latest gadgets, dressed in the latest fashions.
There was a reason I cooked at home, drove the car a few more years, wore my clothes until they were worn out, and saved my money and it wasn’t in order to finance the lifestyles of the spendaholics.
I will not be penalized for my responsible decisions and hard work in order to subsidize someone else’s laziness and bad decisions.