I'm not really guilty of any of the stuff on that list. Of course I'm guilty of plenty of other money wasters. I don't really care though, it's my money.
dullard
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Of course I'm using extreme examples. Someone dying in a car accident doesn't involve needlessly spending money. Someone dying in their sleep at home doesn't involve needlessly spending money. I'm ONLY talking about cases where money is spent, needlessly, to prolong a suffering life. That is a waste of money. And it happens to many families and those familes DO pay for it. Either they pay out of pocket for the bills, or they pay much more monthly for decades of health insurance just so that they may have the ability to have the insurance prolong the suffering. Either way, many people are paying for it.
You yourself may be paying for it, if you have health insurance.
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To further extend on the premium coffee & fast food thing...I'd throw in bottled pop.
I have a ton of coworkers that hit up the pop machine once or twice a day at $1.00 a trip...and do this 5 days a week. Just for a soda. We have three refridgerators in the break room next to the pop machines....BRING YOUR OWN!!!
Seriously...why spend $1.00 at a time when you can buy a 12 pack of cans on sale for $2.50-$3.00 and spend $.25 a can?
There's also free coffee in the break room, but instead they stop by the fru-fru shop and spend $2.50 on it. Is it really that much better after you dump your half gallon of creamer and 4 scoops of sugar in it?
I have a ton of coworkers that hit up the pop machine once or twice a day at $1.00 a trip...and do this 5 days a week. Just for a soda. We have three refridgerators in the break room next to the pop machines....BRING YOUR OWN!!!
Seriously...why spend $1.00 at a time when you can buy a 12 pack of cans on sale for $2.50-$3.00 and spend $.25 a can?
There's also free coffee in the break room, but instead they stop by the fru-fru shop and spend $2.50 on it. Is it really that much better after you dump your half gallon of creamer and 4 scoops of sugar in it?
Yes, but many more spend high $ amounts on medical care that does amount to some good. Less than year ago my father went in for bypass surgery and was hit with ARDS as a result of the surgery. He spents months on a ventilator and, yes, a feeding tube. Today is back to teaching courses at the university. The insurance argument is a poor one, you simply don't know when a situation like that will strike... it's not always at the very end of someone's life.
dullard
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From the hands of many, back into the hands of the select few rich. A portion goes back to us in the form of wages, and a portion stays with the rich.
Vic, you are treading a dangerous line here. Of course, spending is good for the economy. Of course, investing is good for the economy. The article specifically states that spending in ways that aren't beneficial in the long term is worse than investing for the long term. Be careful if you make the argument that we should buy $2000/year of gasoline instead of $1000/year of gasoline and $1000/year of investments into our future. You can make that argument, but be very clear of the consequences in your argument.
mugs
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That's up to your future wife.
The cost of a wedding adds up quickly.
Catering is expensive. A nice meal will range from $35 to $150 a head.
Location fees will probably run you $1000 or so unless the facility is owned by the caterer
Her dress will be $1000+. You can get one at David's Bridal for $500 or so (my wife did), but throw in a retardedly expensive veil, tiara, shoes, jewelry, alterations...
Photographer - now this is something we didn't want to skimp on, because your photographs will be just about all you have to remind you of the wedding. There are some pretty bad photographers who try to pass themselves off as wedding photographers, especially now that digital photography is cheap. A photographer will cost you $1000+ easily. More for a really good one.
Flowers/Decorations - You can go cheap here. One of my friends did all of her own flower arrangements for her wedding, and they looked very nice. The flowers themselves aren't cheap though. $1000+.
Band/DJ - $1000+.
Of course you can skimp and get cheaper. There are many ways to reduce the cost. You can go cheap on the food since that's the biggest cost. You can hook an iPod up to the sound system in the reception hall and skip the DJ. But a lot of people are getting married when they're older now, and they have the money to spend. I would never go into debt for a wedding, I think that's stupid. I wouldn't even want to spend a significant portion of my savings on a wedding. But if you have the money... it can make the best day of your life that much better.
waggy
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eh wrong.
many cultures beleive that the passing is a time of joy. it is a time to remember how the person was while alive. to have a honor the person as he was and where he is going.
When my uncle died a few years he had it that we were to have one heck of a party and no boreing sad get together..and we did! On the property he owned we had maybe 30 of his close friends and military brothers. We went through at least 5 kegs of beer and plenty of food.
it was a celebration to the man and what ment to us. and trust me the guy was very close to me and my father.
waggy
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Originally posted by: mugs
That's up to your future wife.
The cost of a wedding adds up quickly.
Catering is expensive. A nice meal will range from $35 to $150 a head.
Location fees will probably run you $1000 or so unless the facility is owned by the caterer
Her dress will be $1000+. You can get one at David's Bridal for $500 or so (my wife did), but throw in a retardedly expensive veil, tiara, shoes, jewelry, alterations...
Photographer - now this is something we didn't want to skimp on, because your photographs will be just about all you have to remind you of the wedding. There are some pretty bad photographers who try to pass themselves off as wedding photographers, especially now that digital photography is cheap. A photographer will cost you $1000+ easily. More for a really good one.
Flowers/Decorations - You can go cheap here. One of my friends did all of her own flower arrangements for her wedding, and they looked very nice. The flowers themselves aren't cheap though. $1000+.
Band/DJ - $1000+.
Of course you can skimp and get cheaper. There are many ways to reduce the cost. You can go cheap on the food since that's the biggest cost. You can hook an iPod up to the sound system in the reception hall and skip the DJ. But a lot of people are getting married when they're older now, and they have the money to spend. I would never go into debt for a wedding, I think that's stupid. I wouldn't even want to spend a significant portion of my savings on a wedding. But if you have the money... it can make the best day of your life that much better.
I gave my wife a choice. a huge wedding or a house. she chose a house. we had a very nice small wedding. cost us around $5k
Thankfully, I'm not really guilty of anything on that list at all; however, I do think there should be a bit more.
-Perhaps cellphones with all of these options that people don't really use should be one of them. I don't know, surely, since I am just a basic cellphone person.
-Tabloids. It sucks that we know more about what celebrities had for dinner than what our own neighbors did to their own yard.
I'm at a loss for anything else but I know that there's tons more.
-Perhaps cellphones with all of these options that people don't really use should be one of them. I don't know, surely, since I am just a basic cellphone person.
-Tabloids. It sucks that we know more about what celebrities had for dinner than what our own neighbors did to their own yard.
I'm at a loss for anything else but I know that there's tons more.
I thought it was just going to say Iraq ten times ( latest I herd something like 2 Billion a week, probably over 2 trillion before it's done)
Gunslinger08
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