No I’m living in planet actually understanding what things cost and what a middle class income is. Also living in planet understanding a budget. Most of the reason people “can’t afford” something is because they already blew the money on something else. Folks go out to eat all the time, upgrade their cellphone and tablet and laptop every 18 months, then complain they’re broke. Part of being middle class means knowing how to budget, middle class has enough money to live, but not extravagantly, when they start living extravagantly they start running out of money before they’re supposed to. Any truly middle class person who can only get 3 of these things a year has been blowing a lot of money on other stuff.
You can click on a link can't you?
You are making a lot of assumptions about how people spend their money. You are out of touch with reality.
“blowing money on other stuff” - what does that mean? The $80 a week we spend for groceries? We do not ever go out to eat. I pack a lunch for work every day. Maybe we are blowing money on the $181 monthly gas/water bill or $151 electricity? $5,000/year for real estate taxes? $3,000/year for homeowner’s insurance? How about this one: Over $6,000 for health insurance premiums that I cannot even use, because of the co-pays and deductibles.
But you seem to have all of the answers.