Because they get food stamps, free healthcare.
Low-income families spend 40% of their money on luxuries.http://www.marketwatch.com/story/low-income-families-spend-40-of-their-money-on-luxuries-2017-06-28 …
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"The Deutsche Bank Research report defined luxuries as “goods or services consumed in greater proportions as a person’s income increases”
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So this story could mean any thing. I mean caviar is a luxury items but by the standar that is set in this study so is a car and vegetables.
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A luxury is any good that you buy more of when you make more. That you didn't provide a definition is telling
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Back in the 80s I worked at a grocery store and saw families use food stamps for groceries, but their kids wore very expensive Air Jordans.
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...and sell their food stamps.
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What do they class as luxury I can't find an example in the article
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But want free healthcare
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According to the articles definition of "luxury" car/house payments/rent is a luxury. But what else I wonder?
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then they complain they don't have enough money
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but tattoos, smartphones, skytv, clubbing, prosecco, barbour clothes, flatscreen tv, spanish holidays, range rovers, wealth envy, demands!
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