priceless

[SunTzu]

Mortgage, taxes, and insurance = $3,000 per mo.
Eat at McD = $3.50 per meal
Get a heart attack and die with debt up the wazoo = priceless

"Thirty-seven percent of U.S. homeowners with mortgages are spending 30% or more of their before-tax income on housing — the threshold where the government says a home becomes unaffordable — according to 2006 Census data being released Wednesday. This compares with 27% in 2000, before the real estate boom drove the nation's median home price up more than 50%.

For some, the financial burden is far worse: 14% of homeowners with mortgages — more than 7 million households — shell out at least half their gross monthly income to cover their home loan, property taxes, insurance and utilities, up from 10% in 2000."

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/LifeStag ... 152&page=1

"McDonald's Corp. reported impressive August sales Tuesday, attributing a better-than-expected 8.1 percent increase in same-store results to strong demand...."

http://origin.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_6861935