"Help a broke anthropology student go to field school!!!!" read the GoFundMe. The amount for the summer study abroad was raised, but a couple of months later another plea went up to help cover rent, bills, medicine and moving. A few days later followed posts about how much they’re enjoying the latest Grand Theft Auto, currently retailing around $60 ( Read more... )

Alice got a brand new place in a popular district of a big city where the cheapest rent is around $2,100 a month, but her wage is only around $2,500 a month. Please tell me I'm not the only one raising an eyebrow at that. I'd often heard that as a rule of thumb no more than 25% of your monthly gross income should be spend on you rent, and in today' ( Read more... )

I understand the need to increase fares when fuel prices go up, but there's a limit to how many fees and extras an airline can charge for before your typical Joe Blow decides your airline isn't worth it, or many it's better to take the bus or train or drive somewhere closer. Case in point is this handy table of baggage fees.

• American Airlines: 1st ( Read more... )

Noel Bosse and Ken Davis watch as the numbers keep spinning at the gas pump -- 70 bucks, 80 bucks. Gulp, guzzle, then it stops: $101 for about 25 gallons. The $100 fill-up has arrived in the United States."I think it's absolutely ridiculous," Bosse says with disgust.

Must be a large truck or SUV.

Bosse and Davis are returning from Las Vegas, ( Read more... )

I’ve heard it all before, the comments meant to make us shut our whiny traps and appreciate things as they are, but I don’t care that Europeans and Canadians pay more per gallon than us*. And I know we’ve got way too many gas guzzling monstrosities barreling down our highways. I agree overall with all the familiar speeches preaching the virtues ( Read more... )