Posted by Roarkiller on 04.24.2012, 11:25 AM: Cost of being an Earthling Recently there's been a lot of hoo-hah in Singapore about the cost of living (understandably). Stuff like how the price of an apartment has doubled or even tripled in the past ten years, plus 5% inflation, yet gross salaries has barely risen in this same period.
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Posted by husky51 on 04.24.2012, 12:05 PM: One aspect of our rampant increase in the cost of living that I've always complained about was NOT an increase of salary, but a stabilization of how much stuff costs.
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Posted by Saddletank on 04.24.2012, 01:47 PM: This doesn't sound like your writing Roar, what article or web page is it from please? I'd like to read more.
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Posted by AmtrakDesertWindrider on 04.24.2012, 05:43 PM: Oy, Roar, ya'd hate SoCal with a burning passion, then.
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Posted by captain george on 04.24.2012, 07:52 PM: i agree with husky when it comes to things being priced in such a way that makes it difficult to afford anything. The cost of living these days is frighteningly high. Its terrifying looking at the cost of even every day products, like food and clothing, never mind the costs of houses and living, and you can add taxes onto the top of all that. As a young person its even worse, you look out at the world and think to yourself, 'How am i ever going to survive out there?'. You start at the bottom rung of the financial ladder and that ladder seems to keep getting higher and higher at a time when jobs are so scarce and well paid jobs are next to impossible to come by. All this makes what Roar said about what can be described as unnecessary necessity's, extra shoes, shirts etc. just impossible luxury's (yet there are some who prioritise them above every day needs). There's only a handful of jobs out there which pay enough for one person to live comfortably, making it more difficult for people to start families without a double income, and even if they do have a double income there's massive amounts of costs involved and to even have a bit of money left over to spend on the person actually making the money is a rarity in many cases.
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Posted by Roarkiller on 04.25.2012, 02:42 AM:
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Posted by Mush on 04.25.2012, 03:54 AM: I believed it was you, Roar! I could tell by my irresistible urge to argue over details:
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Posted by husky51 on 04.25.2012, 09:09 AM:
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Posted by Saddletank on 04.25.2012, 01:51 PM:
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Posted by Wikidkid101 on 04.25.2012, 03:46 PM: @Roar, I agree with some of your points but not others, however I think we can put what we are talking about down to these three things:
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Posted by Roarkiller on 04.26.2012, 01:07 AM: It's the same point in Engineering. It's a sad life we live.
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Posted by Mush on 04.26.2012, 02:22 AM: There's a couple reasons why it might make sense. The first is if American beef is sold under-priced (perhaps because of subsidies), and Taiwanese farmers have to price to compete but can't sustain a living like that. With American beef gone, they can price as they would like to, so prices go up.
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Posted by husky51 on 04.26.2012, 03:40 AM: From what I was listening to on the local news channel this evening, there was one cow in California with 'mad cow disease', but it was NOT in the beef supply chain and was referred to as an anomaly... (that word reminds me of something about Roar... ) Something that might occur randomly on occasion.
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Posted by Roarkiller on 04.26.2012, 10:39 AM:
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Posted by saviour2012 on 07.03.2012, 06:38 AM: Now the thing is everything in this world runs on business. And as there is no surity of profit in business so there is no boundary of profit too.
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