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Americans with six-figure incomes are in 'survival mode' (www.usatoday.com)

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[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean, if you don't have a choice, you make it stretch or you go hungry. There is a big difference between a poverty budget and something "average" though.

I just don't consider spending at the level we do to be particularly extravagant and it is still expensive now.

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Same, we're not buying anything fancy. Bulk meats, some fresh fruit and vegetables, and we buy a lot of dry and powdered goods that keep (wheat gluten, pastas, beans, etc.). Milk, sour cream, eggs, butter, orange juice, some bread. We get some snacks here and there, but minimally and generally it's stuff that can be added to make meals anyway, like tortilla chips and the like, or dips that can be thinned to make convenient sauces.

We even make our own treats, like I make my own yogurt and peanut butter from starter and whole peanuts and cashews, and my wife makes homemade ice cream sometimes.