Originally Posted By: Bingley
"Stuff that your grandparents never heard of," depending on family, could include stuff like medical care, a modern education (and the stuff that comes with it, like a computer), taxes, fines for this or that, unhealthy foods that the kids can't seem to stay away from, etc. I'm guessing it's tough to stay out of the modern economic system.

The article about the exorbitant grocery cost in arctic Canada is shocking.


Very true! Especially in Canada given their reputation for social justice and welfare. I had assumed they somehow had a better system in place.
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