tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post8543797336141380290..comments2023-10-24T11:03:41.388-05:00Comments on ladypoverty: Poverty and abundanceJ.R. Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076895859826581960noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-6549556893766053172010-09-26T18:17:30.977-05:002010-09-26T18:17:30.977-05:00Debt is illustrative in that it is cheap for thing...Debt is illustrative in that it is cheap for things like car loans and mortgages but extreme for any kind of loan that might go to essentials--credit card debt to buy food, say. <br /><br />Besides that there's the scam of college loans and of course the biggest form of corporate direct taxation of the poor: medical debt.Peter Wardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-2748109195177507412010-09-25T08:22:12.598-05:002010-09-25T08:22:12.598-05:00In a similar vein, it's always been very strik...In a similar vein, it's always been very striking to me how goddamned EXPENSIVE it actually is to be poor in this country (usa). If you don't have the $$ to sit in a nice pile in your bank account, you get hit with all sorts of fees, not to mention the payday check cashing nonsense, or the rent-to-own of basic home furnishings where you wind up paying three times the retail cost of whatever. Predatory capitalism takes massive advantage of people living on the edge all the time.Beth E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13417421626102747302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-3425096341588280002010-09-23T13:41:41.070-05:002010-09-23T13:41:41.070-05:00it's so wonderful to have you back! you make ...it's so wonderful to have you back! you make a crucial point today, which is that "cheap" goods usually bear an enormous cost which isn't represented on the price tag.<br /><br />the question is, how do we make our fellow consumers aware of these invisible costs, and in a way as immediately graspable as a "1.99" sticker?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-31590234025176152010-09-23T12:13:42.062-05:002010-09-23T12:13:42.062-05:00That's why I make my kids' lunches the nig...That's why I make my kids' lunches the night before. Hell, I'm not making them an intricate, four-star meal, so the whole "convenience" thing is an easy excuse. Take ten minutes away from the local sports team sucking ass/reality show/boob tube miscellany, folks.<br /><br />Yeah, I'm paying more than a buck for that bread - I suck at baking - but 'tis healthier than the processed vomit sold in the schools.Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-23071053153354666352010-09-22T14:25:57.267-05:002010-09-22T14:25:57.267-05:00Yep.
Every time I go to the grocery store, I seem...Yep.<br /><br />Every time I go to the grocery store, I seem to have an internal discussion with myself that runs along a somewhat similar line of thought. My thinking tends to include the weird angle of "convenience" and its impact on packaging of the goods sold. <br /><br />For example, instead of a system whereby a majority of parents prepare school lunches for kids by making the food and packaging it in reusable containers, instead we have goods sold in single-portion sized disposable containers.<br /><br />Hooray for convenience. Clearly it trumps resource waste!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com