In the past week, I have spent 113 euro on a car, gas, hotel, and food. My total expenditure for all of these items was approximately $23.13. This is roughly the same amount of money we spend at Starbucks and Target.
This makes me glad we’re living in a society where we can buy anything we want without having to work for it. It’s also worth noting that we don’t even have to work for the stuff we buy. The fact that we can buy stuff for next to nothing in the U.S. means that we can buy that stuff for next to nothing in Europe.
The only time I remember was on a friend’s birthday and the time we went on the road to the U.S. it was at the University of Massachusetts. I remember the last time I saw a bunch of American flags at the University.
The fact that we have more expensive stuff in the U.S. than we do in Europe means that we have more stuff that is worth spending money on than we do in Europe. If you look at some of the countries that sell the same kind of stuff we do here, it’s noticeable. It’s not just the cars, it’s the clothes, shoes, and even some of the appliances that are worth the cost of the product.
This seems to be common on this blog. I am sure I have said or written the same thing. It’s just that its getting worse by the day. There are so many more gadgets and electronics that are so expensive in the U.S. than in Europe it is almost impossible to justify the cost of the product. We have more expensive music, movies, furniture, and clothes than we do in Europe. We have more movies than we do in Europe.
Now we can use this as an excuse to complain about how expensive our clothes, shoes, and appliances are. But the difference is that European clothes and shoes are more expensive because Europeans have the time to shop for them. This is because they have to spend a little extra time in the store to make sure what they’re buying is what they need. We aren’t allowed to do that.
The thing about “we’re not allowed to do that” is that they don’t really do anything about it. It’s easy to say you don’t have the money to shop in Europe, but the reality is that we are. To make things worse, we still have to pay for the time it takes to shop.
The good news is that we can shop in Europe. We can shop in France when we get around to buying the jeans and shirts that we need. We can shop in Canada when we get around to buying the clothes that we need. At the end of the day though, we are told that European clothes are more expensive because Europeans have the time to shop for them. This is because they have to spend a little extra time in the store to make sure what theyre buying is what they need.
The way we were taught that time is money is incorrect. If we are to spend more money than we need to, we must spend more time doing something that costs more money, whether that be spending more time shopping or spending more time working. We get to shop, we get to eat, we get to work, and we get to play a game that costs more money.
The problem is that we spend more time in stores and malls than we do in our own homes. That’s because we have some sort of life-altering event that happens every time we spend money. For instance, if you go to a store where you spend $5 and get something you don’t need, you might go into a store to buy something you have to have, and spend another $3 on something you don’t need.
