Definitely money is hard to get and very easy to spend, and it's has always been that way. You need to work really hard to make money, either you are using physical strength or your brain, it's take a lot of hard work to make money, but spending it on the other hand is very easy, because you always have expenses to use the money on. Your social status also determines how you spend your money. Your taste in life and how you want people to view you. It's has been this way for time immemorial and I don't think it's going to change anything time soon.
You can also notice that the more money you make, the monet your spending power increase.