• partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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      20 hours ago

      $250/year starting investing in 2020 into the regular S&P 500 would be worth $3,703 today. So maybe as much as a month and a half of rent depending on where you live. However the point being is, if the subscription is unused, you’re not getting any value for it. A free month (or more) of rent is something you’ll actually use.

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        16 hours ago

        would be worth $3,703 today. Or perhaps $250 tomaro when the AI bubble pops. An investment in the market is obviously worth more to those high-living traders, of course (and those fee-loving brokers), so they concur.

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            12 hours ago

            I might not just know “ThE vAlUe Of A dOlLaR!!¡” but 20 dollars would make no difference a month.

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              10 hours ago
              • A common insurance co-pay to see a Primary Care Physician (regular family doctor) is $40. That could mean going to the doctor or not for some folks.

              • $20 would pay for five different 30 day prescriptions of common generic prescription drugs.

              • $25 ($5 short) would buy more than a month’s worth of insulin.

              • $20 will by 35lbs or rice. That’s well over 2 weeks worth of meals (at 2000 calories a day).

              • $20 will pay for one month of mobile phone service with unlimited talk and text along with 4GB of data (as well as hotspot functionality)

              • $20 would pay for 100 full charges on a very large ebike battery. Thats enough to go 7500 miles of range on average.

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              11 hours ago

              While I agree $20 doesn’t go far, a $20 bill at least makes sure I have enough to give my kid if he says he needs a couple bucks.

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                10 hours ago

                Which as always is a fair answer. I do get feelings of joy remembering asking my parents for something and them actually saying yes for like a book/video game/flash drive. Hell, I remember being excited exactly that way getting an 8gb flash drive so I could finally burn dvd’s to something other than physical DVD’s.

                Hope your kid gets that too!