A: Do you drink? B: Yes. A: How much a day? B: Three 6 packs. A: How much does a 6 pack cost? B: About 10 dollars. A: And how long have you been drinking? B: Fifteen years. A: So one 6 pack cost US$10 and you have three packs a day which puts your spending each month at US$900. In one year, it would be US$10,800, correct? B: Correct. A: If in one year you spend US$10,800, not accounting for inflation, the past 15 years puts your spending at US$162,000, correct? B: Correct. A: Do you know that if you hadn’t drank, that money could have been put in a step-up interest savings account and after accounting for compound interest for the past 15 years, you could have now bought a Ferrari? B: Do you drink? A: No. B: Where’s your Ferrari then? (SD-Agencies) |