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My argument is that money-in/money-out is not a true measure of how well-off someone is. It's part of it, but not the whole - it's too narrow.

It must cost Gawd-knows how much more to get into a footy-match these days, than it did in 1971......but you've said it yourself, they go in their hundreds of thousands every week. Average attendance at Old Trafford has doubled since 1971. That doesn't really reflect your argument that 2015 Man is worse-off.

The living-with-Mum-and-Dad thing? I'm assuming that your 'individual" is the Father in this arrangement, and that HE is getting shafted (and is worse-off than 1971 Man), because he has to pay the mortgage out of what he earns, whilst his layabout seed use whatever they earn, to buy season-tickets - making no contribution to the mortgage themselves. Is it this particular arrangement that is the thrust of your argument? (genuine question).

<blockquote data-quote="Grasshopper" data-source="post: 2518921" data-attributes="member: 65342">My argument is that money-in/money-out is not a true measure of how well-off someone is. It&#039;s part of it, but not the whole - it&#039;s too narrow.It must cost Gawd-knows how much more to get into a footy-match these days, than it did in 1971......but you&#039;ve said it yourself, they go in their hundreds of thousands every week. Average attendance at Old Trafford has doubled since 1971. That doesn&#039;t really reflect your argument that 2015 Man is worse-off.The living-with-Mum-and-Dad thing? I&#039;m assuming that your &#039;individual&quot; is the Father in this arrangement, and that HE is getting shafted (and is worse-off than 1971 Man), because he has to pay the mortgage out of what he earns, whilst his layabout seed use whatever they earn, to buy season-tickets - making no contribution to the mortgage themselves. Is it this particular arrangement that is the thrust of your argument? (genuine question).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grasshopper, post: 2518921, member: 65342"] My argument is that money-in/money-out is not a true measure of how well-off someone is. It's part of it, but not the whole - it's too narrow. It must cost Gawd-knows how much more to get into a footy-match these days, than it did in 1971......but you've said it yourself, they go in their hundreds of thousands every week. Average attendance at Old Trafford has doubled since 1971. That doesn't really reflect your argument that 2015 Man is worse-off. The living-with-Mum-and-Dad thing? I'm assuming that your 'individual" is the Father in this arrangement, and that HE is getting shafted (and is worse-off than 1971 Man), because he has to pay the mortgage out of what he earns, whilst his layabout seed use whatever they earn, to buy season-tickets - making no contribution to the mortgage themselves. Is it [I]this [/I]particular arrangement that is the thrust of your argument? (genuine question). [/QUOTE]

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