Who brought up Ipods or laptops? YOU did.
And to claim that “cost of living is not high” simply runs counter to all FACTS! Healthcare, housing, college, gas, bread, milk.......the list of things with rising costs goes on and on. Prices are rising but wages are not keeping up, nor have they for years.
Re: just told the dr I didn’t have it and got free meds occasionally and used college dental services.
How hypocritical! How many people have access to “free meds” or have the luxury of college dental services?
Again you are whining without putting out important details like how much you earn, where you live. Speaking in media-speak and generalities (”Prices are rising but wages are not keeping up...”)
Hypocritical on free meds? No, I paid for the doctor’s appt and told him I had to pay for any meds he would prescribe and could he make them generic. Sometimes he’d just give me the free stuff dr’s are given. But I paid for my medical care through college working part-time and with student loans. Luxury of college dental services? Have you ever used them. They are students in training, not very luxurious but efficient and it serves for cleaning etc.
I can tell what sort of person you are, the contentious sort that will ignore what they don’t want to see or hear and argue endlessly on small points. Thus, beyond this post I’ll ignore your commentary.
“Prices are rising but wages are not keeping up, nor have they for years.”
Take 1/2 of that dual-income family out of the workplace and see what happens.