people have money these days?

MaryAnn Johanson

on July 18, 2008 12:37 PM | permalink | comments (5)

I'm continually astonished to learn that there are people with more than $100,000 in the bank.

Must be nice.

All those IndyMac customers worried about FDIC insurance should stop worrying: the American dollar will be all but worthless soon anyway. Think of yourselves as trendsetters.

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by Tonio Kruge on July 23, 2008 1:30 PM

Well, maybe if you didn't spend so much money on popcorn...

by MaryAnn Johanson on July 23, 2008 5:17 PM

I can't remember the last time I had popcorn... I could cut back on the wine, but I'm already drinking the cheap stuff, and I don't know how else to survive the state of the world today.

by paul on July 28, 2008 6:52 AM

I was at a writers' workshop where they played a writer's verison of Monopoly; it was designed to let would be writers make the sorts of economic decision pro-writers make. One premise of the game was that you couldn't live on less than $2000 a month. As I was living on $1500 a month, I was amused. Having a large insurance deductable and not having a car are the two biggest ways I've found to save serious money.

by MaryAnn Johanson on July 30, 2008 12:02 AM

Depends on where you live. You can't live in NYC on $2000 a month, even living cheap.

by Paul on July 30, 2008 7:12 AM

Yes, I agree with that, which is why I don't live in NYC. I can understand the attractions, but I need time to write so I can't be working my ass off to pay rent. Then again, if I had enough money to live well in NYC, I could live like a king in a lot of other places.

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