“It means if you think it impossible in the insanely rich society that is modern America to save even just 5% of income, you haven’t got the sense God gave squirrels.”
Learn to read. I didn’t say it was “impossible”.
I said I simply don’t know anyone doing it TODAY. Most the people I know are barely making it TODAY.
Grow up.
Producing things of value is what made us rich.
And you haven't the foggiest notion what made us rich or what value is. Hint, it does not inhere in things. We made *too many* houses recently, for example, and that is exactly what the economic mess consisted in. Houses remain valuable things, but making them with abandon did not create value. Because sometimes the valuable things made do not justify the cost of their inputs.
Efficient allocation creates all value. It is not a matter of "making things", but of providing the actually desired mix of goods and services in the most practical manner.