[lbo-talk] spending twice what you make

[Jordan Hayes]

>> [WS:] Hackery aside, I am wondering how can so many
>> people afford so many things they buy - expensive
>> cars, MacMansions, electronic gadgetry, 100+ channels
>> of expensive televised crap, shop at malls and
>> overpriced boutiques etc. and on the top of eat out,
>> attend expensive sporting events and so on.
>
> Borrowing, of course.

I don't know about your friends, but there's a third choice (first two 
are: be rich; or borrow): I have plenty of friends who make "below 
average" income and have arranged their lives to live within their means 
but still find room in their budget for at least some of the things 
Wojtek is tut-tut'ing about above.

/jordan