[quote=Ren][quote=Diego Mamani]TG, you’ll afford a much better nursing home if you save and invest all those $1000s you spend on cell phone hardware and service every year. LOL![/quote]
I aim a little higher than that, and choose both.[/quote]
My good friend, you realize that the whole discipline of economics wouldn’t exist at all if resources were not limited. Limited resources implies making choices among competing alternative uses. Only in electoral campaign fantasy land it’s possible to have lower taxes and higher expenses…
I’m only half joking; there’s nothing wrong with spending money on something you really like. For me, it’s world travel. I’m aware that money I spent traveling is money that I can’t invest and multiply. I wish you enjoy your smartphone as much as enjoy my (dumb?) travel.