Reply to Making SAHM get job to pay for private school

Forum Index » Relationship Discussion (non-explicit)

Reply to "Making SAHM get job to pay for private school"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The ‘luxury good’ is an excellent education for OP’s children. He’s not working more so he can pau for his wife to get a diamond jewelry, mcmansion, or Tesla to drive. He’s paying for his children’s education!

Especially after the sh—-show that our public schools were the past year and a half, I think it’s a worthwhile expense for the kids, don’t you?[/quote]

I send my kids to private school and I think OPs wife is absolutely being ridiculous. It is [b]unquestionably[/b] a luxury good. Come on.[/quote]

Nope. There is something in between a necessity and a luxury, and private school can actually run the gamut. I know people who send their kids to private because they think it will let their kids climb the social ladder, and then I know of people like my MIL who sent her kid to private school when she wasn't even middle class because this kid was having panic attacks at school and the school had no support in place for him.

[/quote]

My kid is in an expensive private school because the public schools can't meet his needs (dyslexic). It's absolutely a luxury good. I can't believe people are even debating that something that is $30-50k post tax isn't a luxury good. Probably the same people who think they are middle class at 400k or more a year HHI. 
[/quote]

Your definition of luxury makes no sense. It doesn't just mean expensive. It has to do with extravagance and comfort, not accommodating a dyslexic child who otherwise would not get his/her needs met. Yes, it is expensive, but I don't think any rational definition of luxury encompasses your situation.[/quote]

You do not understand what a luxury good is. The circumstances of the purchaser don't change the objective fact of whether the purchase is a luxury good or not. Let's say someone has a bad back, and can't drive a car without extremely good lumbar support. Are you taking the position that if that person buys a BMW 5 series for the excellent seats, the BMW suddenly doesn't become a luxury consumer product? That isn't rational. Luxury goods are an objective consumer classification, not a reflection of the circumstances of the purchaser.

There is no debate that private school is a luxury good. Just because people have reasons for purchasing private education doesn't change the facts of the situation.[/quote]

By your definition, a person in a wheelchair who purchases a van that is expensive because it was outfitted to accommodate the wheelchair would be buying a "luxury" good.[/quote]

Sigh, no. You really have no understanding of economics, do you? It's clear you have never taken a class in economics.

Vans outfitted with wheelchair supports don't have an alternative. Therefore, not a luxury good. Let me give another example. I know a guy who is disabled and loves cars. He has two cars, both outfitted with expensive assistive driving technology. One is a Honda, the other is a Porsche. The Honda is not a luxury good even though it has expensive assistive technology. The Porsche is a luxury good, even though the cost of the assistive technology is about the same as in the Honda.

There isn't debate among rational people that private school (especially $30k+ school) is a luxury good. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics