This Family Does Not Need Big Bonuses
For those of you who read that article by the Chicago law professor claiming he was barely making ends meet on ~$350K per year, here's a family at the opposite end of the spectrum.
The Economides of Scotsdale, Arizona pride themselves on being the perennial "Cheapest Family in America," feeding a family of seven AND owning a house on an income of $44,000.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39416868/ns/today-t…
In this video you can see them using tactics such as planning an entire month's meals before going grocery shopping, hunting for coupons, and shopping at thrift stores to save every penny they can.
While I think this family in particular is absolutely insane and shouldn't be a model for anyone, it does show us that there's no reason that people with our (or future) incomes cannot live like kings.
I'm interested to see the beratement or possible praise you guys give these quacks.
By the way, here is the father's Linkedin
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/steve-economides/5/59…
Is this a good or bad thing?
this logic is so stupid Chicago has a greater cost of living
The argument in nuanced and complex. It isn't simply a trade-off between salary/cost-of-living. Being a Professor at the University of Chicago brings a certain level of prestige, one that by-and-large (IMHO) is ego and not efficiency driven.
Folks in academic elite circles (think Ivy League profs, for example) have long been the backbone of elitist logic. It is now they and not their grant giving patrician superiors (whom they have done the bidding of for so long) who are getting the short end of the stick, so-to-speak.
It is simply a reaction based on perceived realities. On one hand I do understand the prof and the feelings of a lifetime of hard work going to waste. Reality waits for no man, however, and with the proliferation of the e-learning traditional academic institutions are bound to lose some of their luster over time and this has to be passed-down to the professors' own levels of prestige and salary. Inevitability hits hard. But it is inevitable.
Finding coupons and planning one month's meal takes too much time. I'd rather drop by local groceries and ask for a simply 7-9$/hour job and start making more money.
Quae similique dignissimos delectus sunt est. Ipsum dicta magni nulla vel tempore. Ea et eum modi quod in. Non corporis nesciunt alias ut id. Dolores corrupti iusto ratione. At eos nisi excepturi autem nisi quisquam. Amet ullam et laudantium.
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