68
Even households earning $150,000 a year are struggling with credit card and car payments (www.cbsnews.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
38 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There is also a cultural lifestyle inflation that has infected society in the last 5-10 years. Everything that can be has been moved to subscription basis, and people all want to have the latest and greatest of everything. Hire a taxi for your burrito delivery and such.

It's hard to watch people that I know are struggling financially continuously blow money on stuff like daily food delivery and $200/month cell phone plans. I'm just fortunate to have the perspective that comes with growing up before all that was "normal"

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    monthly cell phone plan bills pales in comparison to eating out daily. if your spending 70-100/day on eating alone that is more than any utility bill/cell phone plan combined.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Are people really spending that much on food delivery? That would be totally absurd.

    In my part of the USA, a family can easily obtain take-out meals for $10 per person or less. That's not including a taxi for the food, but picking it up yourself. Takes me about 5-10 minutes in the car to do so.

    But also nobody needs a $200 phone plan. Mine is under $50/mo with unlimited data.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •