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The prices on things got shielded from concern because people thought only of how much a month they had to outlay in credit card payments. I think the bravado of conspicuous consumption is being re-evaluated as a Madison Avenue ploy all along.
We're still out here, slugging away at it. Corporate just doesn't notice us as we're never seen at the counter or at the table. To them we're almost un-American as we just won't play the game. Media pays no attention to us as we make really boring copy.
It's just amazing to me. All those people who are desperately trying to make ends meet, yet they think nothing about their $4 a day Starbucks habit.
Here's a great way to curtail your spending: Consider that the government, in one form or another, gets roughly 50% of every dollar you make, once you factor in income taxes, FICA, FUI, SUI, state, local, property, gas, and sales taxes. That means you really have to earn $2 to make a $1 purchase.
I think that way alot: why buy a beer for 5 dollars when I can buy a sixpack for a few dollars more? Yeah...I guess you're paying for the social experience...invite friends over instead. I don't do Starbucks. I purchase good coffee from the store (not Starbucks either) and make it at home. I just don't understand how people drop money like they do. My co-workers eat out for lunch every day at 15-20 dollars a pop! Give me a break!
I think that way alot: why buy a beer for 5 dollars when I can buy a sixpack for a few dollars more? Yeah...I guess you're paying for the social experience...invite friends over instead. I don't do Starbucks. I purchase good coffee from the store (not Starbucks either) and make it at home. I just don't understand how people drop money like they do. My co-workers eat out for lunch every day at 15-20 dollars a pop! Give me a break!
Agree with you totally. I work at a private school so my lunch is free, but BF brown bags it everyday and takes a thermos of coffee. Even when we go to a ball game we carry in our own sandwiches, water and peanuts.
People want to LIVE their life instead of constantly trying to scrimp and save every penny they make. I love my Starbucks coffee every morning and I like to go out and eat a few times a week; it isn't like this spending is cutting into anything important. These little luxuries make life worth living, I could never be one to stay at home all the time and not go out and enjoy myself.
$30 for a meal is nothing, my bill at an average priced restaurant with my girlfriend usually over the $40 mark. Figure two meals for $15/ each and add 2 drinks each at about $4/ drink and you're already at $46 plus another $9-$10 for a tip and you're around $55 for the evening. It's just something I enjoy doing and $55 for an enjoyable evening is worth it to me. You only live once.
People want to LIVE their life instead of constantly trying to scrimp and save every penny they make. I love my Starbucks coffee every morning and I like to go out and eat a few times a week; it isn't like this spending is cutting into anything important. These little luxuries make life worth living, I could never be one to stay at home all the time and not go out and enjoy myself.
$30 for a meal is nothing, my bill at an average priced restaurant with my girlfriend usually over the $40 mark. Figure two meals for $15/ each and add 2 drinks each at about $4/ drink and you're already at $46 plus another $9-$10 for a tip and you're around $55 for the evening. It's just something I enjoy doing and $55 for an enjoyable evening is worth it to me. You only live once.
Fine, but live with the repercussions if you lose your job and can not find a new one and discover you had no money saved.
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