" The New America” is birthing?, page-20

Hi @moorookamick

To a very large extent, reduced wages can be compensated by personal decisions on lifestyle, to still leave reasonable spending power, and in many instances improved health.

I don’t follow this slavishly myself, but I do move in this direction ...

1. Do not buy excessive quantities of processed (corporatised) food
2. Do not buy excessive amounts of pre-prepared (corporatised) food
3. Do buy decent amounts of fruit, vegetable and staples like rice and pasta
4. Do buy sensible amounts of cheaper proteins (eggs, dairy, red meats on special, chicken and seafood on special
5. Do cook / prepare a high portion of home meals, with planned leftovers for subsequent meals
6. Do not make meats the hero of most dishes, but rather the ingredient to bring vegetables to life (eg a savoury mince can contain 60% or more of vegetables and still be savoury mince for tacos, lasagna, cottage pie etc)
7. Do not buy numerous daily cafe coffees
8. Do not smoke

Followed rigorously a family could save $200-300 or more per week and an individual could save $100-150 or more per week.

The savings can be spent in other areas of the economy. There is a lot of now conditioned spending that in fact discretionary.

It was good enough as recently as 1-2 generations ago.

Just saying.

Dex