no free lunch meaning that even if it is free to you, someone else has to pay for it.  I need topics that deal with this in an economic sense....any help would be appreciated, I need at least 6-10 topics....
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Free parking, buses\nFree television/newspapers/magazines\nFree seminars, luncheons etc where they try to make you buy time shares etc\nFree plastic bags at supermarket
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The other day I went thru a fast food drive thru and the car in front of me had already paid for my food. A total surprise to me, I didn't know who they were and the cashier said they wanted me to continue the cycle some time. So, for my raok I will pay for someones meal and not let them know it was me. Even tho I didn't need my food to be paid for, it still made me feel good when it happened to me and I would like to give that feeling to someone else.
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I think he meant in lieu of a free lunch by other means (and mostly likely a dig on your mutual employer for not offering said free lunch).  I could be wrong but the expression, I believe, originated from the fact that some blood centers offer donors a free lunch when donating.  Work bleeds you dry...ergo they should offer you a blood lunch.  That's how I would have read the comment anyway....
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Nothing is Free.  Someone has to pay for it.  Usually, it is money taken from one person and given to another person, who has a greater need , or the government thinks has greater merit.
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I would buy some food for a hungry family I saw this past weekend. By their looks, they certainly need the food more than anything I can think of to buy for myself..\nThe fact is, I don't have your imaginary $100, but I still bought them some food.\n\n(I am not competing for the best answer)
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I get foodstamps b/c I have a lot of people to support and some of which are not able to work, some are too young. I hate people that cheat the system. It makes the gov't make all these new rules that make it harder on us who need them. I work hard,but I still need some help.
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No source of food can last for one person indifintely, and not support two. This situation will not come. So we would both split what is available as long as it lasts.
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Nada!  Nein! No!  Nyet!  Never hatchie!\n\nIf the seller sends the wrong merchandise, then it is the buyer's obligation to return the merchandise.  The seller usually sends along with the original shipment, a prepaid return label.\n\nIf you keep the merchandise, you are obligated to pay for it.  The way that you are thinking is both cheating, trying to get something for nothing, and illegal.  TANSTAAFL.  There ain't no such thing as a free lunch!\n\nYou will not have to pay again if the item is returned.  If you are in receipt of the merchandise, you are obligated to ay for it.
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Well! Let me tell you one-thing. It's probably not worth it. I have seen many such sites and took advice from many people about this. All of them had just one thing to say, 'Don't do it.'\n\nIt's a waste of good money. I had once got an email about this too. It reported peoples experiences with these systems, and most of them were disappointed and thought they were cheated, as most of the links of 'jobs' on these sites are either dead, or pay just a pittance. Not worth it.\n\nAfterall, there is no such thing called 'Free Lunch'. No such thing called Easy Money. You've got to get out there and do something yourself.\n\nAll the best!
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You are kidding?  That is against the law to do in any state. If someone was caught doing that, they would risk losing their license. You would be in trouble too.\n\nNo such thing as a free lunch. Study and go to school like everyone else.
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It's called "It's Just Lunch".  Google it.
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There is no free Lunch.
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I so know what you are talking about. I did this once on a high school retreat. What we did was that everybody got assigned to a country of the world, and based on the average gross income of people in the country everyone was given an amount of "money". And then using average US prices they had to buy their food with the "money" they were given. So some people could aford a full dinner and some could only aford rice.
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I would love to do it for free, but i dont have the time. I gotta eat! Whats your budget?
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It was basically about due process.\n\nSomeone was receiving welfare, but then the state decided that he was no longer eligible and told him that the payments would stop.  He said, wait a minute, if you let me explain the circumstances, you'd see that I'm still eligible (it is called a "hearing" when someone is allowed to come in and tell their side of the story).  The state said, fine, you can come tell us about the situation (we'll give you a "hearing"), but first we are going to terminate the payments.  If, after hearing your side of the story, we think you are still eligible, then we will start making the payments again. SO THE STATE OFFERED HIM A POST-TERMINATION HEARING.\n\nThe guy thought that he should get a PRE-TERMINATION hearing, and that the welfare payments shouldn't be stopped BEFORE he was able to explain his side of the story.  So he sued the state.\n\nThe state argued that it would be too expensive and time consuming to give all welfare recipients a pre-termination hearing.\n\nThe case went all the way to the Supreme Court.  The Supreme Court decided that it was unfair to terminate the payments without first hearing the guy's explanation of why he was still eligible.  The court said WELFARE RECIPIENTS MUST BE ALLOWED A PRE-TERMINATION "HEARING" BEFORE THEIR PAYMENTS ARE CUT OFF.\n\nWhy?  In the words of the court: "The interest of the eligible recipient in the uninterrupted receipt of public assistance, which provides him with essential food, clothing, housing, and medical care, coupled with the State's interest that his payments not be erroneously terminated, clearly outweighs the State's competing concern to prevent any increase in its fiscal and administrative burdens."\n\nWhat "vocab" don't you understand?
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that's not true. the children still have to eat, so money doesn't have anything to do with visitation. just like visitation can't be witheld because of no child support, it also goes for the other way around!
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After turning off the computer, I figured out I left out the main aspect. So I did some heavy editting.\n\nAnswer from Brazil\nFirst of all, most people don´t realize there is a difference between tradable and nontradeable goods. Tradeables are esily exported/imported good while nontradables...well. For ex.: A scisor is tradeable a haircut is not. Some food items are tradeable but some aren´t. A meal served at a a restaurant isn´t. Your rent and facilities aren´t. Well, you get the idea.\nYour familly might know how much you make and convert it to there local currency and imagine all they could buy. Unfortunately, you can only make that sort of money living in the US (and paying thru, there).\nIn a poor country, wealthy people can still afford the tradeables (which cost about the same in USD all over the world). For example, a Honda Civic starts at about USD20000 in Brazil and is considered a luxury car. Nontradeables, like a meal at a fancy restaurant can cost, can be as low as USD30 per person.\nLabor is a nontradeable and therefore is priced very cheap. In Brazil, a household with monthly income of over R$8000 (a little under USD 4000) is considered rich for the advertisement association. So you can figure out that, things like cars, camcorders, computers and other nontradeables are completely out of reach for poorer people.\nWhen your parents see you with all these stuff, they associate your life style with that of the rich folks they know. It's common to hear from poorer people who have relatives in the US (as ileagals) to brag about how amazing they have it, b/c they have a car, a computer, etc. What they don't know is how expensive all the other stuff cost.\nAnother reason is unrealistic word-of-mouth.\nA lot of my countrymen feel that they can make a lot of money in the US and acctually try to immigrate ilegally. It sometimes works b/c they live a miserable life there and are able to save and return w/ a lot (for local standard). This furthers the impresion that life is easy there. And whats more, people like to talk about their success, not failures. So these immigrants tend to boost-up the good things and downplay the bad things.\nHope this helps you understand your relatives and helps you on how to make them understand your life a little better.