Comment on Even households earning $150,000 a year are struggling with credit card and car payments
RaoulDook@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoThere 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”
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
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.
RaoulDook@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
not food delivery but just eating out like in restaurants.