Posted on 04/09/2015 6:04:35 AM PDT by HomerBohn
Bare essentials like cigarettes and booze and lottery tickets.
There was a thread around here a number of years back where some here were discussing having a toe removed for the "privilege" of paying $5000 to wear an unusually narrow shoe.
Its not just ridiculous, I truly believe it is a mental health problem and it doesn't just effect the "poor".
>> The bottom 10% of Americans, by income, devote ...an additional 17% to food<<
Because they don’t know how to, or don’t simply care to, shop smart on a budget. When your food is ‘free’, courtesy of Taxpayer-funded Food Stamps, grocery shopping at the convenience store is easier than making a list, comparing prices, and driving to the discount grocers.
Excellent statement!
You are correct.
My wife and I were rewarded for being hardworking parents, who raised successful children with a tax system that left us with about 40% of what we earned after taxes.
Then. living in Californicator land, we paid sales tax on everything but food in the grocery stores after that.
Next, there were the so called hidden taxes known as fees for our vehicles and other things.
So our so called being rich, 6 figure income was whacked down to not that great of a 5 figure income. Also, due to the Fica penalties, I stopped paying into the system. As and independent contractor, I was paying double Fica taxes. So the system due to its penalties lost any more contributions/taxes from me.
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They are fooling nobody, everyone knows prices on food and stuff has been rising quickly
Many of them will blame capitalism and Republicans though
Yep. How much is the average west European spending on housing and food? Japan? South Korea?
When you buy an item from the grocery store, like a can of soda or loaf of bread, ever thought about how much of the price (not sales tax) is built-in taxes that the companies paid?
True, but that wasn’t dude’s point....I don’t have a point, but $400 sneaks are beyond the pale. The only ones wearing them (that you see) are the ones who killed for them, stole them or were given to them for pushing drugs for other people.
Agreed, and maybe a few very spoiled rich brats among the group. :)
We are all being squeezed. Have you seen the price of ammo lately?
Agreed, in Haiti these people would be considered Upper Class.
"Food pantries"/"food banks" are how people can be on food stamps, and be buying steak and lobster. They get their staples from the food pantry, leaving most of their food-stamp allotment to spend on what you and I consider luxuries.
The USDA 2014 budget is $146 billion, with 72% allocated towards "food assistance" programs. Then there's the state and local programs.
"Means-tested" programs are like an iceberg -- 90% is hidden under the surface. If you are a regular person down on his luck, you are not likely to find out about all these programs. But if you are an urban underclass Dem voter, your Democrat Party block-captain will know ALL about the various programs and sources of goodies, and will help you with the paperwork, PROVIDED you show up on election day.
I care about the working class...the middle class....their the ones struggling to pay the taxes and the bills....
seriously, my mother would buy us “sneakers” from the discount cart at the A&P....
don’t forget the tattoos..they all have tattoos and/or piercings...
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