美网友：面对高昂的生活成本，你有什么最离谱的建议？“记住，只要你跑得够快，店里所有的东西都是免费的”

Dennis Manning
Unhinged? Okay.
Remember, everything in the store is free if you run fast enough.
That's some unhinged advice right there!

离谱？好吧。
记住，只要你跑得够快，店里所有的东西都是免费的。
这建议真是够离谱的！

Steve Henderson
It ain’t the running fast that’s the biggest problem (though I can’t run fast at all), it’s the damn cameras!

最大的问题不是跑得快不快的问题（虽然我根本跑不快），而是那该死的摄像机的问题！

Robert Hansen
Get any remote job and go live in some country with permissive visa rules like Albania or Egypt. Try Egypt first, and Albania will feel like the great shining hope of civilization in comparison!
$700/mo will get you a normal living in much of the world, and many smaller cities around the world are flatly better to live in than just about any of America’s car-oriented not-cities. I spent many years living in these countries living on income equivalent to the local minimum wage, and I got by just fine. You live better on $400/mo in a place like Plovdiv than $4,000 per month in the US.
Nowadays, I’ve got a fair apartment by the beach for $300/mo, work from an assortment of beachside locations while drinking $0.50 coffees, save a few thousand a month, and a day trip to Paris or Milan is a $30 plane ticket if you’re into that kind of thing.
The basic quality of life available with a decent bicycle and a few hundred dollars a month is simply superior in just about every regard to what you can have anywhere in the US, because the US simply isn’t meant for human habitation — it’s so many extortionist schemes piled on top of each other, with non-communities built for cars rather than people.
Hurghada, Egypt is one of the worst places I’ve ever lived, and my point of reference for it is that it’s nearly as tasteless and empty as an American city — but at least it has the Red Sea.
There is little reason to live in the US unless you’re a non-American who wants to turn your debt-free degree into a few decades of unburdened high income before returning to the real world.
If you do have student loan debt, leaving the country is a viable way to evade them indefinitely, and I applaud any scam victims who evade student loan debt in this manner.

找份远程工作，然后去阿尔巴尼亚或埃及这样签证政策宽松的国家生活。先去埃及试试，你会发现阿尔巴尼亚简直是文明的希望之光！

每月700美元，在世界上很多地方都能过上正常的生活，而且世界上很多小城市的生活条件，都比美国那些以汽车为主导的“非城市”要好得多。我曾在这些国家生活多年，收入仅相当于当地的最低工资，日子过得也挺好。在普罗夫迪夫这样的地方，每月400美元的生活都比在美国每月4000美元的生活要好。

现在，我在海边租了一套不错的公寓，每月租金300美元，可以一边喝着5毛的咖啡，一边在海边工作，每月还能存下几千美元，而且如果你喜欢的话，去巴黎或米兰一日游只需要30美元的机票。

拥有一辆像样的自行车，每月只需几百美元，就能过上比美国任何地方都好得多的基本生活，因为美国根本不适合人类居住——那里充斥着各种敲诈勒索的骗局，到处都是为汽车而建，而非为人而建的社区。

埃及的赫尔格达是我住过的最糟糕的地方之一，我之所以这么说，是因为它几乎和美国城市一样乏味空虚——但至少它有红海。
除非你是非美国公民，想把没有负债的学位转化为几十年轻松的高收入，然后再回到现实世界，否则几乎没有理由住在美国。
如果你有学生贷款，离开美国是无限期逃避债务的有效途径，我赞赏任何以这种方式逃避学生贷款债务的诈骗受害者。

Sammy
Real simple. Live BENEATH your means. Decide what is more important, living with food on the table and a roof over your head or the latest tech or that tat, or going out for drinks with or without your crew. Buy a car rather than leasing one and drive it until the doors fall off. And pay cash for it. Don’t try to keep up with the Jones’s (gives away my age).
Bottom line is do not accumulate any debt at all costs.
My bonafides are, I own TWO homes (summer and winter) outright (no mortgage). I own outright TWO vehicles (a 2016 and a 2024) with no monthly payment. We live debt free on Social Security alone and a less than $90K savings.
We raised 7 kids and never used any kind of welfare. Yes it took us 2 full time incomes most of the time, and much of the time I had two full time jobs and picked up side gigs whenever the opportunity presented itself. BTW, our Gross annual income never exceeded $100K.
Has it been tough? Hell yes. It's all matter of priorities. What’s more important? Keeping up with the materialistics of your friends or those you want to impress. Or not having to lay awake worrying about how you’re going to make ends meet?

很简单。量入为出。
想想什么更重要：是温饱，是有房，还是那些最新科技产品或小玩意儿，又或是和朋友出去喝酒（无论有没有朋友）。
买车，而不是租车，一直开，开到车门都坏掉为止。而且要全款付清。别跟邻居攀比（这暴露了我的年龄）。
总之，无论如何都不要负债。

我的亲身经历可以作为证明：我拥有两套房产（一套用于避暑，一套用于避寒），全部产权都归我所有（没有抵押贷款）。我拥有两辆车（一辆2016年款，一辆2024年款），也无需每月还款。我们仅靠社保和不到9万美元的存款生活，没有负债。

我们养育了7个孩子，从未领取过任何福利。没错，我们大多数时候都需要两份全职收入，而且很多时候我同时做两份全职工作，只要有机会就兼职。顺便说一句，我们的年总收入从未超过10万美元。

日子难过吗？当然难。一切都取决于你的优先事项。什么更重要？是跟上朋友或你想取悦的人的物质生活，还是不必为如何维持生计而彻夜难眠？

Joseph Nazzaro
The current politicians are creating a country of economic and political oppression. Both parties have sold out to the interests of industry, whether it’s the pharmaceutical industry, defense industry or technology, such as telecom or AI. Farmers are being clobbered. Independents small businesses are be closed. These politicians want us struggling, in fear, impoverished. The only thing we can do is to run third party candidates and get every predator out of office. 

现在的政客们正在打造一个经济和政治压迫的国家。
两党都为了产业利益出卖了人民，无论是制药业、国防工业还是电信、人工智能等科技行业，都是如此。农民们遭受重创，独立小企业纷纷倒闭。
这些政客想让我们在恐惧中挣扎，陷入贫困。我们唯一能做的就是推出第三方候选人，把所有贪婪的政客都赶下台。

Kenneth Kruse
Travel!
Travel to a 3rd world country and live with the locals for awhile. When you meet happy and generous people, despite having virtually nothing, you will quickly realize how blessed you are. You'll also realized that money does not buy happiness and that the poorest people on earth are happy and generous with what little they have.
Travel enriches the soul. A rich soul has all needs fulfilled.

旅行！
去一个第三世界国家，和当地人一起生活一段时间。当你遇到那些虽然几乎一无所有却依然快乐慷慨的人们时，你会很快意识到自己是多么幸运。你也会明白金钱买不到幸福，世界上最贫穷的人们也能拥有快乐，并且乐于分享他们仅有的东西。
旅行能丰富心灵。心灵富足的人，一切所需都能得到满足。

Richard Alperin
I'm 70 living on SS only! My rent is now $1800 per month and Medicare is $400/mo with a supplement plan. Instead of using electric lights, I wear rechargeable headlights on my forehead day and night when I need light. When I go to bed, I turn off the circuit breaker, to the furnace so it doesn't continue to keep the water hot all night! I don't need hot water while i'm sleeping. I turn the furnace back on when I wake up! Obviously I can't do that in the cold weather so I keep the thermostat set at 60 degrees and wear sweaters, hats, and gloves!

我今年70岁，只靠社会保障金生活！我的房租现在是每月1800美元，医疗保险每月400美元，外加一份补充保险。为了省电，我不用电灯，而是白天晚上都戴着充电式头灯照明。睡觉前，我会把暖气炉的断路器关掉，这样它就不会整晚都烧热水了！我睡觉的时候不需要热水。等我醒来再把暖气炉打开！显然，在寒冷的天气里我不能这样做，所以我把恒温器设定在60华氏度（约16摄氏度），然后穿上毛衣、帽子和手套！

Sam Quinn
Okay, we’re going with “unhinged”. LOL
Buy an older model family van. (Say, like a Dodge Caravan.)
Remove the back seats and replace with a wooden platform. Put a queen sized mattress on top of the wooden platform and make it up with fitted sheets, throw pillows, and a good, thick comforter.
Below the platform, put some plastic drawers on rollers (available at Staples or Office Depot) and a 48 quart Igloo cooler.
String up some black out curtains that can be pulled back (or taken down) when driving.
Wah-la! You have a rent free home on wheels! Just add a gym membership to 24Hour Fitness for showers, soaks in a hot tub, and access to cable TV, and you’re all set!
(P.S. I lived in a 1997 Dodge Caravan like this for a year in 2015. )

好吧，我们就用“离谱”这个词吧。哈哈。
买一辆老款家用面包车。（比如道奇Caravan。）
拆掉后座，换成一个木制平台。在木制平台上放一张双人床垫，铺上床单、靠垫和一条厚实的被子。
平台下方放一些带轮子的塑料抽屉（在Staples或Office Depot都能买到），再放一个48夸脱的Igloo保温箱。
挂上一些遮光窗帘，开车的时候可以拉开（或者拆下来）。
瞧！你现在就拥有了一辆不用付房租的移动之家！再办一张24小时健身房的会员卡，就可以在那里洗澡、泡热水澡、看有线电视，一切就搞定了！
（附注：2015年，我就是这样在一辆1997年的道奇Caravan里住了一年。）


Marc Hilton
Honestly, if I were you, I'd probably find a cheap camper, live in it for two years, and just save money. Utilities would likely be cheap – water, power, and internet – and a modest food budget would help you achieve independence. I call it short-term pain for long-term gain. I'm pretty sure you could save $10,000-$15,000 living like this each year, then you'd have a nice cushion to rent an apartment or maybe put towards a house.

说实话，如果我是你，我可能会买一辆便宜的房车，住两年，然后攒钱。水电费和网费应该都很便宜，再加上合理的伙食预算，你就能实现经济独立。我称之为“短期痛苦换取长期收益”。我相当确定，这样生活每年可以省下1万到1万5千美元，这样你就能攒下一笔可观的钱，用来租公寓，或者甚至可以用来买房。

Kevin Glass
Start growing a garden. Preferably a community garden. Tend orchards. Tend sheep, goats, and chickens. Learn skills like foraging and hunting, making necessities like soap, cloth, learn to generate energy, collect rainwater. Essentially, learn to be self-sufficient.
Things are going to get much worse before they get better.

开始种植园艺作物。最好是参与社区花园。照料果园。饲养绵羊、山羊和鸡。学习觅食和狩猎等技能，制作肥皂、布料等生活必需品，学习发电，收集雨水。简而言之，学会自给自足。
情况在好转之前会变得更糟。

Kevin Ford
If at all possible move to a difference country. Seriously. This is problem that is disproportionately hitting the US due to its economic policies. I’m not going to point at any single party because both are deeply complicit.
Take your skills and try to get residency and a right to work in another country with an economy that is setup for most people to be able to have a reasonable quality of living. Quality of living doesn’t mean just being able to buy expensive things. Things won’t make you happy, in fact my experience has been very much the opposite. In general what will make most people happy is having lower stress and very little causes long term stress like being constantly worried about money.

如果可能的话，搬到另一个国家去。说真的。由于美国的经济政策，这个问题对美国的影响尤为严重。我不想指责任何一个政党，因为他们都难辞其咎。
发挥你的技能，尝试在另一个国家获得居留权和工作许可，那个国家的经济体系应该能够让大多数人过上体面的生活。生活质量不仅仅意味着能够购买昂贵的东西。物质并不能带来幸福，事实上，我的经验恰恰相反。一般来说，让大多数人感到幸福的是较低的压力，而没有什么比持续担心金钱更能造成长期压力的了。

Lloyd Brown
First: You have a Need column and a Want column. The more closely the two are aligned, the more stable you will be. Second: don’t worry about what others have or do. Do what makes you happy. Which many times is different from what gives you pleasure. Third: surround yourself with likeminded people.

首先：你要定义一个“需求”栏和一个“愿望”栏。这两者越吻合，你的生活就越稳定。
其次：不要在意别人拥有什么或做什么。做让你快乐的事情。而快乐往往不同于享乐。
第三：与志同道合的人为伴。

Susan
It's hitting everyone it seems. When you go grocery shopping cut out what you want in the way of snacks & soda. That increases your bill.. Be sure going out to eat is worth it rather than cooking..I got rid of cable a few yrs ago and saved $100 a month. I have Roku TV so I get many free shows besides Utube.. For those that drink/ smoke..cut down. That will save a lot.

看来每个人都受到了影响。
去超市​​购物时，尽量少买零食和汽水，因为这些会增加你的开支。
外出就餐前要仔细考虑是否值得，为什么不自己在家做饭呢。
我几年前就停掉了有线电视，每月省下了100美元。我现在用的是Roku电视，除了YouTube之外还能看很多免费节目。对于那些喝酒/吸烟的人来说，减少饮酒/吸烟量也能省下不少钱。

Ameer Gittens
Fasting.
Actually serious, though. Combating the increasing price of food is only one of the benefits, however. We really don’t need 3 meals a day—it’s actually quite unhealthy.
I learned this in the pandemic when I got wiped out, and didn’t have money for food. Eating less greatly improved my health, I strongly recommend it.
Were we to eat less, lower demand for food—at least according to supply/demand theory—should lower prices.

禁食。
说真的，这确实是个严肃的问题。对抗食品价格上涨只是禁食的好处之一。我们其实并不需要一日三餐—​​—事实上，一日三餐对健康相当不利。
我在疫情期间身无分文、买不起食物的时候就体会到了这一点。少吃东西极大地改善了我的健康，我强烈推荐大家尝试。
如果我们少吃，对食物的需求就会降低——至少根据供需理论，这应该会降低价格。

Len
Most unhinged?! GO WITHOUT!!! Yeah, pay your bills, and pay for food.
But No candy! No movies! No toys! No drinks at the bar! No pack a day cigarettes! No $100 dollar jeans!
You were going to buy a car? Hold off and save up! You were going to buy a new playstation? Hold off and save up! Re-assess later! For now… no fun stuff!
I know! Blasphemy right! But yeah.

最离谱的建议？！那就是什么都别买！！！是的，付清你的账单，为食物买单。
但是，不准买糖果！不准看电影！不准买玩具！不准去酒吧喝酒！不准一天抽一包烟！不准买100美元的牛仔裤！
你本来打算买车？先等等，攒钱！你本来打算买新的playStation？先等等，攒钱！以后再重新考虑！现在……什么娱乐活动都别想！
我知道！这简直是异端邪说，对吧！但事实就是如此。

Ndozoalal
The best advice I can give is, boycott rent. Start squatting in parks and forests. They make 4 season tents. We need to remove the demand for housing, so these criminals are stuck with worthless buildings when the crash comes. Then we swoop in, with all the rent money we've saved, and buy them cheap. Boycott ALL services. Let's show the middle class slugs and upper class scum that we do not need them. We need to absolutely annihilate the economy and if that scares you then you are not actually poor and don't need this advice.

我能给出的最好建议是：抵制租房。开始在公园和森林里露营。
现在有四季帐篷。我们需要消除对住房的需求，这样当经济崩溃时，那些罪犯手里就只剩下毫无价值的建筑。
然后，我们带着省下来的所有租金，趁机低价买下这些房子。
抵制所有服务。让我们向那些中产阶级懒虫和上流社会败类表明，我们不需要他们。
我们需要彻底摧毁经济，如果这让你感到害怕，那么你实际上并不贫穷，也不需要这条建议。

John Grabski
Don't buy anything unless it's an absolute necessity. I am serious. You've all heard the down hill saying, but it's true. Rich get richer by inclusion. It is a pyramid. If you buy only the absolute necessities the all the swimmers landlords, recreational products, automobile salesmen, even funeral parlors will be forced to reduce prices to attract buyers at a reduced cost. The world's based on supply and demand.Heres an example from my days on the farm. We grew eggplants and sold the “ eggs” from them. For me at the times they were a pain in the kiester. Took much hand care to grow, fruits, the eggs are fragile to hand without damage and the don't fit well into the containers we had so it took extra handelling to load and unload from the truck at market. They sold like hot cakes. We rarely had any to take back. So one day I asked the lady I worked for why we did all this for some thing most of us on the farm didn't like any way. She replied “those “ things” you so dislike bring in good reliable cash that helps pay your wages, they reliably sell out. You can't sell folks what they don't want and they really want these.” I was maybe 8 or 9 at the time. These words have rang true my entire life. Always be frugal. Save all you can. When inflation soars cut back where you can. No one person can usually do little to stop this but banded to get her the strength can topple the biggest empires and stop the otherwise unstoppable.

除非是绝对必需品，否则不要买任何东西。我是认真的。你们都听过“越陷越深”的说法，但这是真的。
富人通过剥削他人变得更加富有。这是一个金字塔结构。
如果你只购买绝对必需品，那么所有游泳池老板、房东、休闲产品销售商、汽车销售员，甚至殡仪馆都将被迫降价以吸引顾客。
世界是基于供需关系的。
这里有一个我小时候在农场时的例子。
我们种植茄子，并出售茄子果实。
对我来说，当时它们真的是个麻烦。种植它们需要很多人工照料，果实（也就是茄子）很脆弱，很容易损坏，而且它们不太适合我们现有的包装箱，所以装卸到卡车上需要额外的人工操作。但它们卖得很好。每次都能卖完。
所以有一天我问我的雇主，为什么我们要为这些我们农场里大多数人都不喜欢的东西做这么多工作。
她回答说：“你这么讨厌的这些‘东西’，能带来稳定可靠的收入，可以支付你的工资，而且它们总是能卖光。你不能把人们不想要的东西卖给他们，而他们确实想要这些东西。”
那时我大概八九岁。这些话在我的一生中都应验了。永远要节俭。尽可能多地存钱。当通货膨胀飙升时，尽可能地削减开支。通常一个人无法阻止通货膨胀飙升，但团结起来的力量可以推翻最大的帝国，阻止原本无法阻止的事情。

Bruce Neben
Stop all tariffs and revert to free trade with all countries. Tariffs raise the cost of imported goods.
Stop deporting immigrants and increase number of annual immigrants. Most of these people are working. Restricting the number of people working increases the cost of labor.
For example, remodeling a house for rental: wood (from Canada) costs more due to tariffs. Immigrant labor (carpentry, roofing, etc.) costs more. Contractors now have to pay more to get native born Americans to do the same jobs. The cost of the remodel is more. The owner needs to charge more for rent to pay off the remodel..
 
1、停止所有关税，恢复与所有国家的自由贸易。关税会提高进口商品的成本。
2、停止驱逐移民，增加每年移民人数。这些人大多数都在工作。限制劳动力数量会提高劳动力成本。

举个例子：

翻新出租房屋：由于关税，来自加拿大的木材价格上涨。合法移民劳动力（木工、屋顶工等）的成本也更高。承包商现在必须支付更高的工资才能雇佣美国本土工人来做同样的工作。翻新成本更高。房东需要提高租金才能收回翻新成本。