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Can You Afford Four Houses?

Melissa Batai / January 6th, 2014 / 18 Comments

One of my guilty pleasures after a long day of work is to watch a show or two from a series on Netflix. Right now, I’m watching the TLC series Sister Wives about a polygamist family where there is one husband and four wives. Don’t forget the seventeen kids. Photo courtesy of hollywoodlife.com. I know some people are irked by this show and the Brown family’s polygamy lifestyle....

Posted in: Editors Picks, Entertainment and Leisure Tagged with: buying a house, cost of home ownership, featured, house, housing costs, Kody, real estate, Sister Wives

Living on the poverty line

CF / June 7th, 2012 / 8 Comments

Every once in a while, a group or charity will call out the government and complain that it is impossible to live on minimum wages or that people at the poverty line can never expect to improve their lives. Is this really true? I would argue not. Let’s take a look at some real numbers. Say you’re an average British Columbian with a high school diploma. You don’t want to take...

Posted in: Money, Philosophy Tagged with: budget, Grocery budget, housing costs, living on less, poverty line, saving