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Examples
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Hayden sees a willingness to spend on non-necessities as an opportunity to pitch his necessities.
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Other consistent expenditure on non-necessities – on snack foods, on alcohol, on cigarettes, on clothes shopping, on travel – adds up to much more than book buying and is generally worse for you or the environment.
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Spending is down on funerals and education,, but is rising on non-necessities like gum, tattoos and -- pet pampering?
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Spending is down on funerals and education,, but is rising on non-necessities like gum, tattoos and -- pet pampering?
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Well, when the average Joe he of the much-vaunted six-pack, presumably faces economic uncertainty — or, for that matter, the certainty of a lost job — he tends to slow his purchase of non-necessities.
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It's not like I'm losing out on a lot of money--just a little hobby cash--but when the whole of my take-home pay is already spoken for via mortgage and car payments, the kids' college funds, groceries and utilities, there's precious little left over for non-necessities.
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Well, when the average Joe he of the much-vaunted six-pack, presumably faces economic uncertainty — or, for that matter, the certainty of a lost job — he tends to slow his purchase of non-necessities.
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On more than one occasion I've cried while reading the stories of people losing homes, losing jobs, how it's spread to different industries, how people no longer have money for non-necessities.
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Well, when the average Joe he of the much-vaunted six-pack, presumably faces economic uncertainty — or, for that matter, the certainty of a lost job — he tends to slow his purchase of non-necessities.
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Cut out the non-necessities and junk food, and be practical with what you buy.
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