uuuuugh! I chose a human services field. I'm happy w/ what I do, and am blessed with a lot. I don't mean to b*ch, but honestly... doesn't it seem like it's just getting too too expensive out there? It seems like here in the USA, we pay so much more for less! Thoughts?
2007-02-09 11:30:46 · 8 answers · asked by "Corey" 3 in Social Science ➔ Economics
Um... Kevin stud... I'm a teacher! I would say that that is pretty valuable to society. I live QUITE humbly. Your tone is offensive and mirrors poor communication skills. You've been voted OFF my questions island.
2007-02-09 15:18:48 · update #1
Yes. Costs for necessities keep going up [gas, groceries, medical care & insurance, real estate taxes, sales tax increases in some places], and in cases when they don't [$1 fast food menus, housing prices]--it's usually because there are too few dollars 'chasing' these goods. Local & state gov'ts are not getting the money from Washington they used to, the 'pork' keeps a-comin, everybody still wants theirs, and business certainly has more clout in shaping favorable policy than you do. Conversely, we have multiple cars, cell phones, VCRs/Tivo/premium channels, big screen TVs, I-pods, memberships to everything, portable computers, life-saving medical care, spas & salons, premium ice cream & coffee shops, everyone's been on a cruise...I dunno. Could the Amish have it right?
2007-02-09 11:52:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, it is not. There are a ton of good paying jobs out there.
And the standard of living is higher than it has ever been.
Give up all of the innovations of the past 20 years and you will have a whole lot more money. Cell phones, computers, Internet, on and on and on....
You really would not like it if you had the standard of living of the 1960s, 1970s. Then you would really have something to complain about.
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2007-02-09 22:25:32 · answer #2 · answered by Zak 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Actually no, the staples in life are getting cheaper compared to averages wages. But that doesn't apply to every single job out there, does it?
You are receiving a signal. The economy is telling you that what you do is not of much value to other people. Get over your sense of entitlement and do something the actually benefits other people -- you will be rewarded for that.
2007-02-09 19:57:53 · answer #3 · answered by KevinStud99 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It's the blood sucker of bastard Governments and the riches.
Why the price is keep going up while all the raw resources are FOC from Earth?
Don't we think it is so funny, while we are very poor, the rich get riches and government draw higher wages and suck high taxes?
My country is one of the blood sucking vampire.
2007-02-09 20:29:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yea its gotten kind of crazy hasnt' it. I learned in one of my classes a few years ago that if you take out a 150,000 dollar morgages for 30 years you will have actually paid over 300,000+ at the end of the 30 years.
2007-02-09 19:38:39 · answer #5 · answered by magooi1234 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
its true in the past 30 years minimum wage has only gone up about like 30% which is nothing compared to living costs which have at least tripled since then.
2007-02-09 19:34:53 · answer #6 · answered by thenextiommi 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
yes i have a lot
2007-02-09 19:33:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
thanks to politicians who make tons of money from wars and oil
and we are not good
so because you can't get another president ...get another job!
2007-02-09 19:35:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋