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Hugin

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3. It's become nearly impossible to do what I call a retail lifestyle...

Reply to unblock (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 25, 2025, 05:25 AM

Nov 25

Last edited Tue Nov 25, 2025, 11:14 AM - Edit history (1)

Where an income can be spread to cover all required expenditures. Food, shelter, health maintenance and so on. Even for an individual, without a boost in each category to get by.

A lifestyle that was the norm until maybe a decade ago.

I must be a member of at least fifteen rewards programs and I can’t use any one of them completely.

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Interesting (though longish) article convincingly argues that the poverty line for a family of 4 should [View all] tblue37 Nov 24 OP

$35 per hour minimum wage for a working couple MichMan Nov 24 #1

Great article, lays out something we've all noticed but rarely gets talked about. unblock Nov 25 #2

It's become nearly impossible to do what I call a retail lifestyle... Hugin Nov 25 #3