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| otto-san:
also i think iphones are generally more of a singular investment rather than something you have to shell out money for every day you want to use it. people can get iphones for christmas/birthday/other occasions and that's fine, but that doesn't mean families will have that money available year-round, every year |
| Red Spy:
--- Quote from: PhantOS on February 25, 2017, 12:24:47 AM ---ok, how many poor people then? --- End quote --- Presumably the people than can afford iPhones you loving handicap |
| Cappytaino:
--- Quote from: otto-san on February 25, 2017, 12:24:53 AM ---also i think iphones are generally more of a singular investment rather than something you have to shell out money for every day you want to use it. people can get iphones for christmas/birthday/other occasions and that's fine, but that doesn't mean families will have that money available year-round, every year --- End quote --- but the point is that if you can afford to buy an iphone but can't buy a school lunch for your kid, then you shouldn't buy an iphone |
| PhantOS:
--- Quote from: Red Spy on February 25, 2017, 12:25:23 AM ---Presumably the people than can afford iPhones you loving handicap --- End quote --- obviously. so what should the school do- remove eligibility for children who own iphones? --- Quote from: Cappytaino on February 25, 2017, 12:27:40 AM ---but the point is that if you can afford to buy an iphone but can't buy a school lunch for your kid, then you shouldn't buy an iphone --- End quote --- it's not the school's job to instruct parents what they should or shouldn't buy. if parents have a budget of $1,000 to spend, they can 'afford' to pay for child's school lunches, but then you're removing those parent's ability to pay for added expenses, save for retirement and other stuff. if we operated on 'if you can afford to pay for something, pay for it' the moment you break your leg or you get a bug infestation or some other expensive event happens, you'll be broke and unable to pay for it to be fixed. A safe amount of savings would be like 15,000$ a year in order to plan for those extra events and other things. That doesn't include the new iphone or child's school lunch money |
| Foxscotch:
--- Quote from: Cappytaino on February 25, 2017, 12:23:54 AM ---But there has to be a better way to make sure kids aren't going hungry while at the same time not putting the burden on the taxpayers for their parents' poor habits. --- End quote --- um, like what --- Quote from: Cappytaino on February 25, 2017, 12:27:40 AM ---but the point is that if you can afford to buy an iphone but can't buy a school lunch for your kid, then you shouldn't buy an iphone --- End quote --- so what are you suggesting? minimum yearly income requirements for luxuries? it is really completely meaningless to say these things if you aren't posing any kind alternative solution |
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