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In reply to the discussion: Low income families pay $2,635 on prom, higher income spend $842 [View all]Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)33. I'd argue the poor are "preyed upon" only if they are ignorant.
If they aren't ignorant and they do see how much it is going to cost them compared to the value versus household income then they choose poorly. So maybe "stupid" would be the proper diagnosis, though for personal reasons I would choose the gentler, "less than sound financial decision."
just sayin'
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Low income families pay $2,635 on prom, higher income spend $842 [View all]
Liberal_in_LA
May 2012
OP
VISA prom poll is bullshit, as it turns out, so, it's not possible --to answer your question :)
CreekDog
May 2012
#50
Okay, thanks. I've had a couple teens go to prom, and this made no sense at all.
pnwmom
May 2012
#55
Exactly! In case people were wondering why I was so cranky about some errors in a poll/article
CreekDog
May 2012
#104
you should bug David Lazarus, he posted it on LA Times and is ostensibly a consumer reporter
CreekDog
May 2012
#119
well a lack of opportunity and low paying jobs would've give you any income to save
CreekDog
May 2012
#105
I did my daughter's hair and no way would I have let her go to a tanning salon. Ever.
pnwmom
May 2012
#77
as in push expensive crap and try to convince people that this is vital to their children's happines
cali
May 2012
#23
And poor people are too stupid to realize they can do without these things?
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#26
the people polling the poor people are stupid, the poor people themselves are not
CreekDog
May 2012
#52
It's like buying a diamond wedding ring. Try being engaged and telling your fiancee' no diamond ring
Zalatix
May 2012
#73
If you and your fiance are both making at or below the poverty level
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#101
the poll is bogus and has been corrected by other news stories --why are we so quick to believe it?
CreekDog
May 2012
#51
one of the reasons I've read DU for so long is that some of the responses examine OP stories
CreekDog
May 2012
#106
And why isn't there a reality show on this yet? TV producers are slipping these days!
Initech
May 2012
#7
There was a quincereana one and there is a sweet sixteen focused reality show
Liberal_in_LA
May 2012
#10
Probably about right. My daughter's dress alone was around $350 and hers wasnt in the
stevenleser
May 2012
#8
If you're living in LA and earning 30K you *really* don't need to be spending money
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#35
makeup, dinner, corsages, jewelry, tips, pictures, tans, and an entire
Horse with no Name
May 2012
#20
I worked at a firm that pushed on us heavily to sign up for automatic deductions for United way.
Liberal_in_LA
May 2012
#39
Since when did it become "prom" and not "the prom"? In my day, we went to "the prom."
jenmito
May 2012
#31
My limo was a Ford Tempo. I wore a borrowed dress. Kids need to ratchet this shit down
TwilightGardener
May 2012
#44
Many paid for prom dresses with welfare checks, which they naturally picked up in a Cadillac n/t
DefenseLawyer
May 2012
#89
It's not. The poll is stupid and bogus. And it undermines help for the poor...
CreekDog
May 2012
#71
That's because most of these families live in rural communities where football is the only game.
Selatius
May 2012
#79
My lucrative Pizza Hut job was able to pay for a kickass Miami Vice white tux
DefenseLawyer
May 2012
#88
Count me among those who will never pay 842.00 for a prom never mind 2635.00!!!!/nt
NotThisTime
May 2012
#97