This saying means that you can gain the same by saving a certain amount as you would
gain by earning that amount. For example if you are paying $500 a month for rent and
you move to a place that rents for $450, then it is just as if you got a raise of $50.
( Due to income tax, a penny saved is actually something like 1.25 cents earned,
since there is no tax on saving. )
The origin of this phrase is from "Poor Richard's Proverbs." It was written by Benjamin Franklin under the pseudonym Richard Saunders.
nope, that was Benjamin Franklin
A Penny..the other day I found a penny from the 20s. Its still a penny not much as changed.
...If you can read the date on the penny, it is not an unstamped penny.
A penny.
Lincoln is on this penny.
No, "A penny saved is a penny earned".
A Penny saved is a penny earned, as you would not have it any other way
A penny earned is a penny saved means the money you save (and you don't spend) then it is earned. Because you don't waste it so it's practically saved.
A penny saved is a penny earned is an old saying coined by Benjamin Franklin. It refers to the value of the money that is saved over the money that is spent right away.
...is a penny earned.
When one saves a penny by purchasing a $1.00 item for $.99 the penny saved is earned because you put forth effort to save the penny. Contrary to the belief that a penny placed in a savings bank is earned. A penny placed in savings was earned prior to it being saved.
YES, Ben Franklin originally quoted "A penny saved is a penny earned"
Rockefeller
"A penny saved is a penny earned."
a penny saved a penny earned
Sure, like they say,"A penny saved is a penny earned."
Benjamin Franklin