Frugality as Defiance
The cost of living is skyrocketing. Wages are stagnant. What’s a laborer to do? How about we get a little pissed off and stop buoying this broken system? Let’s fight back. Let’s stop spending so much. It’s time to get ours by getting frugal!
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The Vasectomy Appeal
When deciding whether to get a vasectomy, one must first acknowledge new political realities and that it now costs an average of $310,605 to feed, house and otherwise care for a child to age 17. So says the Brookings Institution. Notice how the stat stops before 18? College, right? Now you’re at half a million…
My Financial Lens: Pricing a Pooch
I can’t help myself. I price out everything. Looking to get a new dog? That’ll cost approximately $36,000 over the pooch’s lifespan. Starting a family? Each child will cost approximately $500,000 to raise. I don’t just see a pool or a hot tub. I see the entire lifetime of affiliated costs. It’s just how my…
You Don’t Have to Get Absolutely Clobbered by Inflation
A lot of what I write about in this blog is common sense. That’s painfully true for this post. Ready? Avoid things that are severely impacted by inflation. I know, some things are unavoidable: rising rents, rising healthcare premiums, rising childcare costs, rising education costs, etc. But no one is forcing you to buy chicken…
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