will make you wealthy. It just isn’t true and is a long told wives tale. Putting money away in “investments” For retirement gives you some security for the future. It does not make one wealthy in terms of lifestyle.

And yes I get that we are wealthy by worldwide standards and I have no complaints about my middle America income bracket. None at all. That’s not the context he’s using though. He and all “investment” salesmen say they can make you wealthy by American standards and the truth is if you aren’t wealthy to start your investing isn’t likely to get you there. For more than 90% of people It’ll preserve your current lifestyle in the future at best.