Do You Believe That Years From Now You will Work One Day?

Question

a WHOLE day just to put dinner on the table?

Here in L.A. Calif, milk is $6, bread is $5, Bacon $6, and cereal $5, eggs$4. So if you make $6 an hour at 8 hours, you are paying $26 for just breakfast, not to mention butter, heat, the pan, and your energy. So you have to work nearly 5 hours FOR BREAKFAST ON THE TABLE. Now, dinner, let's say chicken dinner with potatoes-- a whole chicken is $8 and potatoes $3= $11. Total for day is $36 meaning you work 6 hours just for breakfast and dinner.
Years from now it's going to get worse. I live in Los Angeles, the prices are high. Give your state and price on things.

Answer 1

I can believe it. I get paid well for my temp jobs, in theory. But by the time taxes and all are taken out, I only make $50 a day. To us, that's extra money. My hubby has the solid job. He would rather have me stay home and take care of the house, dog, phone calls, bills, laundry and such instead of wasting my time at a permanent job for 10 hours (with commute and gas). That's why I'm retired. We don't live extravagently, barely make our rent, and we don't eat fancy foods. We have 13 year old cars. I have two part time jobs to supplement us. And between the two of us it sometimes doesn't make it so we have to dip into savings. You'd think with two people with college degrees, living very frugally, it would be better...but it isn't. So I say, we're already at that point.

Answer 2

That's why I always nibble.

But yeah...if we keep treatin' the world the way we're treatin' it now food might be scarce! Especially greens! :(