• Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    I might not just know “ThE vAlUe Of A dOlLaR!!¡” but 20 dollars would make no difference a month.

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      17 hours ago
      • A common insurance co-pay to see a Primary Care Physician (regular family doctor) is $40. That could mean going to the doctor or not for some folks.

      • $20 would pay for five different 30 day prescriptions of common generic prescription drugs.

      • $25 ($5 short) would buy more than a month’s worth of insulin.

      • $20 will by 35lbs or rice. That’s well over 2 weeks worth of meals (at 2000 calories a day).

      • $20 will pay for one month of mobile phone service with unlimited talk and text along with 4GB of data (as well as hotspot functionality)

      • $20 would pay for 100 full charges on a very large ebike battery. Thats enough to go 7500 miles of range on average.

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      17 hours ago

      While I agree $20 doesn’t go far, a $20 bill at least makes sure I have enough to give my kid if he says he needs a couple bucks.

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        16 hours ago

        Which as always is a fair answer. I do get feelings of joy remembering asking my parents for something and them actually saying yes for like a book/video game/flash drive. Hell, I remember being excited exactly that way getting an 8gb flash drive so I could finally burn dvd’s to something other than physical DVD’s.

        Hope your kid gets that too!