Wednesday, December 10, 2008

What is important to you?

The average Mexican earns around $15.00 a day working 8 hours. If this was your pay for the day/week/year how would you spend your money?

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  2. I would only spend the money that is needed, otherwise I would save the money for more important things in the future.

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  3. Basically...food for my family would seem the most logically. When I worked in the nursing home I had several residents remember when they were young and they received oranges or apples in their stockings. They thought that was a really big deal because they didn't have the money. I think our lives have gotten way out of hand and people need to remember why we even have this holiday season. Is it just for the gifts???

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  4. I would chose to spend my money on school, clothes, food and other simple neccesities, and i would probably save the rest for other important needs.

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  5. I would save the money and then use to pay bills and buy food to feed my family. I would also get the healthcare my family needed and buy the important things that are really needed.

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  6. I would save most of it for my future. But i would also save it for paying my bills so my parents wouldn't have to pay for everything of mine.

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  7. I would save the money and use it as needed.

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  8. I would save the money and spend it wisely. I would spend in on the more useful stuff that I would need and use it to pay off my bills. But after that's all done I would then see where it would take me.

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  9. i would probally buy some food and save the rest of it till i needed it for something like a dentist appointment or a doctor visit.

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  10. i would spend it wisely..looking for bargians and things like that and only buy the thing that are completely neccissary...

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  11. I would save my money for the things that are most important. I would try and provide for my family as well as possible, spending my money on only the things i really need like food, shelter, and clothing for my family. I would make an effort to make my family happy, but it would be hard for everyone.

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  12. I would try really hard to save as much money as possible for my future education and adventures. To do this I would only spend money on things that were really necessary and important. This would be a terribly hard adjustment for me to make.

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  13. I would use it for clothing and food.

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  14. I would use the money for the most needed items for me to stay healthy and survive. I would set aside any extra money I have, if any, and I would contribute that toward my college education and for emergency funds.I guess its all would boil down to spending my money wisley on the things I really need and not splurging it on the things I can do without.

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  15. I would save as much as possible to get my green card and come to America and leave that place. Or I would save enough money to get a college education, or use as little as possible so i could have money later on in the future.

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  16. I would use what i needed for food and clothing. I then would save the rest and as Bryce said, i would probably use the saved money to get a green card and come to America. Here you can actually go outside in most places and feel safe. You can also get an education rather than having to work so long and hard and get nothing.

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  17. although im not in spanish this year...I would spend it very carefully on the things that I would need rather than the things I want so i could survive.

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  18. i agree with bryce...but like senora b said you'll be lucky to save 3cents so it would take forever to have enough to get a green card or college education...so basically they are stuck there or they try to get to the United States illegally...that explains all of the illegals...see if their economy was better there would be a lot less illegals!!!

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  19. I think if thats all i make in a day, I would have to consider what is really important. I would also have to take your life one day at a time, and plan ahead rather than just going out and spending all my money on a "want". It would defently be harder in Mexico than in the United States to feed your family and to survive on what little money you make. I would also try to save the extra money I have, but you probably wouldn't have very much extra money, because of the hard times in Mexico. Also I think I would have to rely not only on what i could make but also possibly having help from other family members. But tell you the truth, I don't think I could survive in Mexico very long!

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  20. I would spend it on the things that I need not want. I would have to be careful and not spend it on anything that would be a waste. I would alos have to make sure I would save some of it so I could have some money in the future.

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  21. I would spend it very carefully. So i could use what i have to get into the U.S. because there nation is very well ran and there is a very high min. waige so i would easily make more that what i am getting now.

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  22. ya it would be hard to live off of that much money. Considering all of the things i buy these days im not shure what i would do i would probably end up starving and living on the streets as a homeless person because i wouldnt earn enough money to live in a house and pay bills and buy food to eat either.

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  23. I would spend the money on necessities like food and clothing and I would try to provide what I could for my family. It would obviously be very hard, and we would have to cut back a lot of things. I would also try to save as much money as I could, and I also agree with Bryce, I would get a green card so I could come over here and get paid at least minimum wage!

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  24. well if i only mad 15 dollars a day i would have to spend it on food and a house because you have to be able to live before you can have fun

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  25. If I only made that little of money in a week I would provide for my family as best as I can. I would feed my family with all the money I make to survive in the poor economy of Mexico.

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  26. I would spend it on food and clothing. More then likely there wouldn't be enough to save or spend on something I wanted. I guess you would learn to get by with what you have and would get better at finding bargains and other ways to conserve your money.

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  27. I would try to spend the little money i make to provide my family with necessities. after that i probably would try to save it even if its just a few cents.

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  28. ya i agree with kent ill try to save as much as possable even alittle bit can grow to alot of money but it might take a long time

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  29. It would definitely be hard to live on $15! I would save as much as possible and only spend money on needs not wants!

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  30. If thats all the money I made in a day I would save it all! I have no major expenses how it is besides saving for college. I couldn't afford to spend any extra.

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  31. I would probably use it for the nessecities like clothing, food, and housing!

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  32. think about this people you could even aford your nessecities in life yes maybe food but other then that their wouldnt be any posible way that you could have much more left then maybe 2 to 3 dollars and that aint going to buy you anything for an offly long time. that might build up enough to buy you some better clothes wver a year thats still only going to be what about 24 to 36 dollars. thats not even hardly enough money to get a pair of shoes for my feet. so that way they at least stay dry and kind of clean other then when i would probly have to shower in the river or pond or creek at night just to feel halfe way clean in any way shape or form. Sorry Mrs. B had to add some stuff that i forgot last year.

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