Cost of living !

[Mortblanc]

Priorities mate.

Different people have different lists of priorities.

Some lists will fit in a van. Other lists will not.

The complaints I see above are due to the choices the people made. They bought a house that was more than they could afford at a tax rate they could not afford ad then they expect to have money left over for holidays, hobbies and entertainment.

I have a friend that feels I am a loafer for retiring at the standard age and not working until they put me in the ground. His complaints are mostly jealousy due to him refinancing his mortgage on a $500k home at age 60 on a 20 year payment plan. He pays more for his house than I live on as total expense!

It is not a problem with society or the economy old boy, it is a matter of personal choices and what people think they "deserve out of life".

Most of the world works from childhood until the day they die for nothing but a leaky roof over their heads and a few bites of food daily. Somehow the western societies feel they "deserve more out of life" just because they were born where they are and the choices they make along the way should be repaired automatically by some government agency.

I know you are a believer in large scale SHTF. Just think about it. If those folks can not make wise life choices now what will their choices be then?