“I amended my post and said it is Secord or third most expensive.
However, using your numbers.
$3,600 a year x a lifetime (75? years) = 270,000. Or,about the average cost of a house.
Not so “absurd””
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If we were in survival mode we could in 2023 dollars and conditions live on less than $400/month for food. We spend $800/month because we can afford it but still we use care and discernment with our budget.
What keeps us solvent is first we have a work ethic and second we live below not above our means. We do not spend our money on stupid crap, we do not use credit cards, don’t buy cars with financing, we live debt free and don’t eat out 3 times/week and we worked like devils to pay off our mortgage in 12 years not 30+ like most people.
Huge secret I know but there it is. Shop carefully, cook your own damn meals, don’t pay anyone to do something you can do for yourself and don’t buy stupid crap, that includes iPhone 14s, unlimited calling plans and 350 cable channels which are rotting your brain and some car that costs $40k and dumb vacations we cannot afford.
Sure..self reliance. But that still doesn’t change the fact that inflation is making life unnecessarily difficult for lower income people.
IOW life was better before Brandon than after Brandon.
Sure..self reliance. But that still doesn’t change the fact that inflation is making life unnecessarily difficult for lower income WORKING people.
IOW life was better before Brandon than after Brandon.