1 in 3 parents say they can't afford back-to-school shopping this year, survey says
1 in 3 parents say they can't afford back-to-school shopping this year, survey says
A new survey reveals that parents are bracing for the financial impact of back-to-school shopping.
yet another article blaming inflation and not corporate greed, while the "advice" is to look for sales and beg money off of family
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things are more expensive
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try to buy less expensive things
American Econ 101
try to buy less expensive things- Have a rich parent
That's the advice I see and get every time. The buy less is not allowed for Americans and more or less just used to try and end a conversation.
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Inflation is a symptom. Corporate greed is the cause (in this case). They are not exclusive.
My state of Texas has a "Tax Free back to school weekend" that's mostly exploited by businesses to restock their office supplies and has virtually no impact on children in lower income families going to de-financed failing school districts.
Ahhh capitalism
Ohhhhhh... That's what it's for... Yeah I honestly don't really ever understand the tax free week in supplies when it's like 6 more dollars when the cost of supplies themselves and need to individually buy them are clearly the more glaring issue.
Of course it's something to help companies exploit and be supported more.
Great. More of my paycheck going to provide school supplies for my classroom.
Hey at least you get the whole summer off work. And you have a nice 9-5 job that never bleeds into your evenings or weekends. Basically a glorified babysitter.
(I'm totally kidding. Teachers are insanely overworked and underpaid.)
Hey at least you get the whole summer off work.
It's frustrating because of how much of a lie this is and how persistently it endures. A three month long furlough isn't a vacation. Teachers routinely do work during this period, as part timers in the service sector or as summer school instructors at diminished pay (or as contractors in careers that pay better than education). And that's not even considering the teacher training and prep work that happens before the first day of class.
People aren't this clueless by accident, either. You've got a deliberately malicious rumor mill media that's designed to perpetuate a myth any actual teacher could disabuse people of.
Got me in the first half...
spend an average of $701 per child
What are you Americans buying for school?
Some notebooks, agenda, pens, pencil, ruler... It's not all that expensive
Don't forget the armored backpack and a new gun
https://canarmor.ca/product/ranger/
This seems like a start, low key and quick to get on if needed, a must for all children attending school south of Canada
Be sure to get a caliber appropriate for their age. You wouldn't want little Timmy to get blown off his feet from the recoil of a .44 magnum.
We just did our back to school shopping for 2 kids, $150.
Most schools have lists of must-haves for children going to them that parents have to buy. A lot of companies take advantage of that and jack up the price of those items. There are also a lot of those things that parents have to buy multiples of at the beginning of the year and hand over to the teacher for the student to have access to over the next 9 months.
some buy new clothes too, That is expensive.
So, any of you guy do "back-to-school shopping." ? What did you buy ?