2007-08-05 12:20:01 · 15 answers · asked by mburleigh8 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Because people are greedy.
Everybody affects everybody else. Also, corporations provide us services we need to live. I'm sure everybody knows about that.
The greedy people take from everybody, thus driving expenses up - For example, if I were to steal everything in your bank account, and you ran a business - you would have to up your prices to compensate for my actions. Therefore, my greed has affected all of your customers.
Add to that, government taxes keep going up to support all of their programs - as well as pay all of the government employees - that the more employees they hire, the more it comes out of OUR paychecks.
I'm not an anarchist or anything, but you get my point. Lower taxes and eliminate greed, and living won't be so expensive anymore.
2007-08-05 12:28:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think life is so expensive, what is expensive is the lifestyles the media wants us to purchase! Expensive clothes, electronics, cars, services, ect!!!! We buy so much junk we can really do with out!!!!
2007-08-05 12:23:59 · answer #2 · answered by AZTECAMAN 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because you're poor.... I don't mean that as an insult, but seriously, if you had more money you wouldn't think of it that way.
Life really isn't all that expensive. But if you only make like $30,000 a year or less than yes I see your point.
2007-08-05 12:23:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
life isn't expensive. the way you choose to live it is. if you live simply, your expenses would add up to less. if you have a materialistic view, chances are, you spend more money and time pursuing material things. and then you miss out on the things that really matter in life...... that's expensive.
2007-08-05 12:33:51 · answer #4 · answered by rissa 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
To my own understanding, it because of Satan hard ears, and God want it that way, to able to separate the bad knots from the good ones.And also the world population is keep on in-creation and the resources remain the same.
2007-08-05 12:39:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the Government recklessly borrows money from the Federal Reserve and leaves us to pay it back plus the interest. They like to call it Inflation.
2007-08-05 12:29:35 · answer #6 · answered by Califiyah 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Someone has to provide the trillions of dollars spent on armaments and war. Cut the military budget by 90% and life will suddenly be cheap.
2007-08-05 12:24:13 · answer #7 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because if it wasn't than corporations couldn't enslave the masses to work for the buck.
2007-08-05 12:22:35 · answer #8 · answered by Bill 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I blame Democrats. Everything is overtaxed. Oh yeah, I blame lawyers too (most of whom are Democrats).
2007-08-05 12:25:13 · answer #9 · answered by Stimpy 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Competition for resources, which is getting worse and worse by rampant overpopulation.
2007-08-05 12:22:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋