ResistanceIsFertile (@ResistanceIsFertile)

A dollar saved is a dollar fifty earned. For many households, in order to purchase $100 of something... They have to earn $130 to 150. Because when you factor in loss to taxes and to other expenses, taking home $100 that you can actually spend requires you to start with far more. Each hundred dollars you earn only actually gets you seventy or so dollars of money to use and spend. Buying a $10 meal at a restaurant actually costs you $15.00 That $3.00 can of whatever actually takes $4.29 from you. That $100 purchase at the store probably ran you closer to $130 to $140. Thus, one of the greatest aspects of a productive household is the ability to escape the diminishing returns on money earned outside the home