http://www.mytwodollars.com/2009/07/06/cut-spending-by-looking-at-hours-of-work-put-in-to-pay-for-stuff/ A place to discuss money...for the rest of us. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:09:30 -0500 hourly 1 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2009/07/06/cut-spending-by-looking-at-hours-of-work-put-in-to-pay-for-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-34257 Mneiae Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:46:27 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=2104#comment-34257 Spending money on clothes is definitely a status thing. I came from a very affluent community, where everyone had a lake house, and spending $400+ per pair of jeans was the norm. Will these girls have good financial habits once they stop receiving their enormous allowances from their parents? No. This is why 1/3 of Gen Y, my generation, still lives at home. They can't NOT do with some of what other generations would consider luxuries. As a byproduct of my wealthy immigrant parents, I hate spending money and going shopping now. I have professional clothing because I'm a business student, but that's pretty much it for my expensive clothes. Spending money on clothes is definitely a status thing. I came from a very affluent community, where everyone had a lake house, and spending $400+ per pair of jeans was the norm. Will these girls have good financial habits once they stop receiving their enormous allowances from their parents? No. This is why 1/3 of Gen Y, my generation, still lives at home. They can’t NOT do with some of what other generations would consider luxuries. As a byproduct of my wealthy immigrant parents, I hate spending money and going shopping now. I have professional clothing because I’m a business student, but that’s pretty much it for my expensive clothes.

]]> http://www.mytwodollars.com/2009/07/06/cut-spending-by-looking-at-hours-of-work-put-in-to-pay-for-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-33544 Brian Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:55:24 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=2104#comment-33544 Don't forget that the number of people that actually clear $20 an hour after TAXES is even smaller - so you'd really have to work almost twice as many hours by the time you get robbed at fed state and local levels! Don’t forget that the number of people that actually clear $20 an hour after TAXES is even smaller – so you’d really have to work almost twice as many hours by the time you get robbed at fed state and local levels!

]]> http://www.mytwodollars.com/2009/07/06/cut-spending-by-looking-at-hours-of-work-put-in-to-pay-for-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-33467 Dan Holt: Laid Off Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:47:49 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=2104#comment-33467 Though not employed currently, I would definitely work less if I could, as long as I still brought enough money home to provide for my family. Though not employed currently, I would definitely work less if I could, as long as I still brought enough money home to provide for my family.

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