I agree as long as it’s within our means and not an artificially inflated standard of living I think a lot of people try to live up to.
If you mean like the people who have no kids, live in a 4 bedroom house and drive 2 SUV’s I guess. However, we should not have to walk around like Eskimos in our townhouses either.
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No I mean the family of 5 making a combined 60k per year in a 4 bedroom house with 2 SUV’s financed and a $2,300 mortgage payment.
Oh yeah and they just got back from Disney which cost them 5k worth of credit.
Actually I think it is our duty as Americans to keep if not raise our standards of living for posterity.
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I actually think this statement sums up what’s wrong with America.
Stop letting your toddler make decisions about your household expenses.
I agree as long as it’s within our means and not an artificially inflated standard of living I think a lot of people try to live up to.
If you mean like the people who have no kids, live in a 4 bedroom house and drive 2 SUV’s I guess. However, we should not have to walk around like Eskimos in our townhouses either.
No I mean the family of 5 making a combined 60k per year in a 4 bedroom house with 2 SUV’s financed and a $2,300 mortgage payment.
Oh yeah and they just got back from Disney which cost them 5k worth of credit.[/quote]
60k a year won’t pay for a 2300$ a mortgage payment.
I agree as long as it’s within our means and not an artificially inflated standard of living I think a lot of people try to live up to.
If you mean like the people who have no kids, live in a 4 bedroom house and drive 2 SUV’s I guess. However, we should not have to walk around like Eskimos in our townhouses either.
No I mean the family of 5 making a combined 60k per year in a 4 bedroom house with 2 SUV’s financed and a $2,300 mortgage payment.
Oh yeah and they just got back from Disney which cost them 5k worth of credit.
60k a year won’t pay for a 2300$ a mortgage payment.
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I actually think this statement sums up what’s wrong with America.
So keeping our standards of living high is a bad thing? Any idiot who believes that is what’s wrong with this country.
MarvelGirl wrote:
Stop letting your toddler make decisions about your household expenses.
Obviously you are not married or have a family…
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Don’t feel bad. Sometimes we run the fireplace and open a window just because we like having the fireplace on. I don’t bitch about the gas bill though. When we burned wood the gas bill would be pretty low.