To: FJB who wrote (176072 ) 12/21/2019 2:38:43 PM From: Stock Puppy 4 RecommendationsRecommended By AJ Muckenfus Honey_Bee kckip Woody_Nickels
Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 455781 IWF ? @IWF Many #millennials enjoy their juice bars, avocado toast and spin classes but continue to bemoan the lack of American prosperity. What do they think prosperity looks like? #IWecon #prosperity #BetterOffNow bit.ly Perhaps they'd have more of that prosperity stuff if they made their own juice and toast and spun at home. A long time ago I knew this guy who would bemoan his credit card debt and then he would take his less than 2 miles from home to work via taxi practically every day. Yes, bus was available to him at a fraction of the price. And as he complained, he would be sipping his capp from Starbucks. I tried to help, give advice, talked to him about money management (in a nice way) - but he couldn't learn. Damn - if something is around 2 miles away (we're talking NYC), I'd have a very short debate with myself whether to take public transit or walk; expensive taxi would be furthest from my mind - and usually the walking wins. Well, you guys here know me - when I was on my own at one point in my life I was eating cheap store bought hotdogs and day old bread and whatever was in the expired bargain bin; never even considered looking into food stamps. Saved and learned to get ahead, and worked my way up. While I suppose I could have done a lot more, I did give back, not enough though I'll admit, to my parents, RIP now (my excuse: it was hard for them to accept anything from me). Thankfully my kids appreciate and understand these things and understand what is life and what is a luxury and how to mange finances, even credit cards whose simple concept flies over many heads - "never buy more than you can pay off every month" and "live within or better yet below your means". Wow what a post - does this mean I was... triggered? :-)