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A Penny Saved is Worth More Than a Penny Earned

Posted February 9, 2009 by Bernz

When I was young, my grandmother’s favorite saying was, “A penny saved is a penny earned.” At that age, money was an odd, far-away concept for me so I really didn’t understand what that meant until I was older. The old aphorism simply means that money we save is less money that we have to go out and make. It seems like a very simple truth, but, in fact, a penny saved is worth far more than a penny earned.

Consider this example. You make $10 per hour at your job. You have two choices: you can work an extra hour to make an extra $10 or you can save $10 on your grocery bill by cutting coupons for an hour. Each choice takes an hour of your time so, at first glance, they appear to be equal choices. But they are certainly not.

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