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"enough money every month to fully cover basic food, basic shelter, and basic expenses"

• endisneigh 3y ago
  The fact that you can’t put a number is why it’ll never happen, you expect people to agree with an undefined amount of money given?
  • shuntress 3y ago
    I'm not sure why you are ignoring what I'm saying. I assumed "enough money every month to fully cover basic food, basic shelter, and basic expenses" was very clear. I can try to make it simpler for you. "Every Month" means monthly. So, twelve times per year. "Basic Food" means things like rice, bread, carrot, celery, onion, potato or raw meat. Obviously this can vary slightly per person but in general enough for a month will mean five to ten pounds of each of those, so called, "staple" foods. "Basic Shelter" means walls and roof that contain a bed, bathroom, kitchen, and heating. In practice, this is just called "rent". Like with the food, what this specifically looks like in any given place will vary. Finally, "Basic Expenses". This means things like clothes, phone & electric bills (though, it's not too unreasonable to consider electric as part of your 'shelter' as well), travel expenses (gas, train tickets, bus fare), simple repairs, batteries, light bulbs, etc. I'm sorry this has been so confusing for you but it does get just a little bit more complicated. You see, the actual cost of these things may vary depending on what they are and where they are from. For example, in New Mexico we may consider cornmeal and green chili peppers to be necessary inclusions as staple foods. Air conditioning may also be considered a housing necessity. Compare this to, for example, Maine, where air conditioning may not be considered a necessity and cornmeal and green chili peppers would likely not be considered a staple food and other foods would be considered instead.