So people are spending more money on the stuff that makes life worth living instead of the stuff that merely keeps you alive. Why exactly is that a bad thing?
This is also extremely arbitrary-who exactly is determining what is non-essential?
-Is a cell phone? How about the data plan for the cell phone? Does this change if it is “required” for your occupation?
-Higher internet speed than basic? How about internet at all?
-Luxury cars/ car accessories? Is excess considered the price difference between a basic car and a luxury one?
-How about clothes? Do designer clothes count as non-essential?
or- advancements in personal technology.
So people are spending more money on the stuff that makes life worth living instead of the stuff that merely keeps you alive. Why exactly is that a bad thing?
But people actually used to have savings accounts back in the day. Now the average household is almost $15,000 in credit card debt alone.
Or maybe it’s just that in the 60’s everybody was a hippie and had no interest in material goods, man.
audible advertisements? really?
If I didn’t spend $1,500 on my car audio or quad core gaming rig, then life would be a lot more duller
This is also extremely arbitrary-who exactly is determining what is non-essential?
-Is a cell phone? How about the data plan for the cell phone? Does this change if it is “required” for your occupation?
-Higher internet speed than basic? How about internet at all?
-Luxury cars/ car accessories? Is excess considered the price difference between a basic car and a luxury one?
-How about clothes? Do designer clothes count as non-essential?
I call bullshit.
i call statistic
I fail to see the difference.