@Downeastnc , try living on 40K a year WITHOUT, .gov assistance! I do, it's difficult but NOT impossible..
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The CEO took all the risk, but should be punished to fund lower level guys. I spent the majority of my adult life in the military, retired, and transitioned to the private sector. I spent years on shift and working overtime! My choice! Now it’s an 8 hour day and I’m comfortable and will stay over when I’m needed! If you don’t want to put the hours in but still complain, you are the problem!
Are you serious or just intentionally dense? Trying to get to that land alone cost many of them theirs lives not to mention trying to actually eek out an existence on it by you know, back breaking work, blood, sweat and tears. Please....
That handout was a carrot on a string not a give me.
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If that is the case it has a much, much, much farther way to go when its takes the perfect storm of Trump hate, gas prices, unkept promises and just general lack of care to vote on one party just to eek out wins.
May I be blunt and seriously ask, how in the world?
Shaggy
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Perhaps you are speaking to people who do put the hours in. Matter a fact I'd bet you downeastnc has worked more hours In a week consistently than just about anyone on this forum
Sorry, no, I’m not about to cut property taxes out for the generation that is richest of all while I pay thousands per year in property taxes along with my mortgage.
I understand the argument against property taxes in general, but cutting it only for retirees is so regressive it isn’t even funny, and without property taxes I’m not sure how local governments would obtain enough funding (jacking up sales taxes big time, perhaps).
The fact that records were set(despite high prices) on Americans both going on vacations and spending record amounts of money to do so suggests that the money struggles are mostly in people's heads. Not only that, Bryant Denny is still packed with 100k fans, Hardees still had a line around the block this morning and that school is still full of new or nearly new vehicles for sixteen year olds.
Who knows, maybe my wife and my still wasteful butt are just financial savants on my single income and seven kids in reality and we just didn't know it...
There is a lot of truth in this. What is “middle class” has inflated a lot over the last 50 years. When my parents were growing up, they never went on vacation really, never went on an international trip, almost never flew on a plane, hardly ate out, etc. Now, it seems people take middle class to believe being able to take big vacations, go out of the country, eat out frequently, etc.
To be clear, I do think there is some truth to the affordability issues as some things like housing prices have outpaced overall inflation, but it’s also true that there has been a lot of lifestyle inflation. Lifestyle inflation isn’t inherently bad, it means people are richer, but people don't seem to appreciate this.
Things are undeniably harder than when interest rates were sub-5% in the 2010s, but that was a historical oddity with nonstop QE. When my parents bought their first house, their mortgage interest rate was over 10%!
Individual situations obviously vary, but I doubt many people would want to switch places with an average middle class person in 1970 if they knew the reality of it.
Shaggy
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There is another record that's also been set. That's credit card debt to the tune of 1.2T. Yeah people may be going on vacations but they are having to go in debt to do it.
Absolutely. Timing also plays alot into this and that benefit is luck of the draw. For instance, when we bought our place 12 years ago, prices we no doubt lower than today, but we also bought much within our means looking ahead "just incase" and we also bought on the idea of this would be our forever home. I think our interest rate was around 4%.
Then in the middle of the covid craziness, we took some of the money the government was throwing around, refinanced at 2.7% and cut 5 years off our mortgage. This decision would save $26k after closing costs and making the van we needed to buy a year later effectively free.
But, you are right, we don't appreciate it and I put my ownself to blame in there as well. I don't think we as consumers realize that we could crash things like peak month vacation rentals by just saying, "I'm not paying that."
And we call that? Drumroll anyone?
Stupid.
But it's clearly those evil CEO's making you whip out that card and charge you those obscene interest rates to fly to Hawaii for $4 to $5k instead of taking that $500 week long camping trip! Big government! Save me!
Shaggy
Member
Right so to the main point is work your ass off be a slave to the system and never go ok trips and make the man millions. Choose a different protein, buy your kid less Xmas gifts so and so forth.
It's this out of touch boomer mentality that just cost the gop huge losses
No, the main point is be intelligent, know how supply and demand work, know how to budget for the future and not spend frivolously.
We just bought an RV and plan on going on vacation a heck of a lot more next year. But I'll go on vacation ten times for what most Americans spend on one.
And yes, you don't have buy that $700 PS5(made by greedy corporations with money-men CEOs) on credit and instead make them something much more valuable instead.
And boomer mentality? Please I'm certainly not a boomer, but doing whatever this is called, works. As far as GOP losses, that doesn't concern me. What does concern me is when those goofy kids still don't get what they want and come after people such as yourself.
Shaggy
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So should everyone have the vacation interest that you do?
If it comes down to being able to safely afford that car payment or put that money away for a down-payment on that house they will live in vs those four days, absolutely. Any vacation was a non-existent thing unless you were the top 1% for a good chunk of American history.
Probably best they cut the $100 plus monthly cell phone bill that they were suckered into by the offering of that "free" new, shiny iphone as well.
Are you a CEO.
Unless you’re talking about founders, CEOs don’t give a crap about employees or anyone but shareholders and the board. Typically, founders have a little bit more altruistic approach to the business because it’s tied to their legacy.
Please don’t worry about the CEOs, they have lobbyists in Washington advocating for them every day. We need people advocating for regular people.
Downeastnc
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Wow Trump has lost his mind....
For sure! I did not luck out as I bought a house this year with these interesting rates, so I got it from both ends!
Oh well!Avalanche
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No doubt not addressing this issue cost them bigly, not the fringe social issues.
For sure! I did not luck out as I bought a house this year with these interesting rates, so I got it from both ends!
Yeah that stinks. I think a under-considered point after Covid as far as southern US house prices are concerned, is how many from California sold their houses when they were getting top dollar and moved. I've talked to several(very nice people) who told me straight up they sold their place in California or North Atlanta for a million or two and bought a very nice lake house for 700k with cash. You know that has really bit our butts in the last six years.
Honestly, can't blame e'm though.
Not gonna lie, lot of good discussion on here the last time I logged in. Ya'll been busy..
Hmmmm. I dunno on that one, admittedly. But you know I can't rule out the Trump factor in that demo cause Gen X age wise may have been right where a lot of the enthusiasm for him came from. I may more look into it, or I may not we'll see. I will say I suspect a lot of these younger politicians that just got elected are Gen X for what that's worth..
Anyway I'm pubicly dropping the Gen X bit for now. (plus I'm a "Xenial" according to some sources, so I'll leave it to the "real" Gen Xers to defend the generation among this Boomer Vs Millenial stuff sucking up all the oxygen
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Honestly, what I was really crowing about was I got the impression of dismissing an entire demographic (in this case, nationwide adults born between 1965 and 1980) based on where they may lean politically and raw numbers compared to other demographics. Whether that is age, gender, religion, race, geographic location, sexual orientation, education level, or race, I strongly believe we need to be very careful not to do that. Because every single one of us check some boxes left and some right. (some more than others)
Hmmmm. I dunno on that one, admittedly. But you know I can't rule out the Trump factor in that demo cause Gen X age wise may have been right where a lot of the enthusiasm for him came from. I may more look into it, or I may not we'll see. I will say I suspect a lot of these younger politicians that just got elected are Gen X for what that's worth..
Anyway I'm pubicly dropping the Gen X bit for now. (plus I'm a "Xenial" according to some sources, so I'll leave it to the "real" Gen Xers to defend the generation among this Boomer Vs Millenial stuff sucking up all the oxygen
)Honestly, what I was really crowing about was I got the impression of dismissing an entire demographic (in this case, nationwide adults born between 1965 and 1980) based on where they may lean politically and raw numbers compared to other demographics. Whether that is age, gender, religion, race, geographic location, sexual orientation, education level, or race, I strongly believe we need to be very careful not to do that. Because every single one of us check some boxes left and some right. (some more than others)
Aww rats, I forgot household annual income. That's a big one.Not gonna lie, lot of good discussion on here the last time I logged in. Ya'll been busy..
Hmmmm. I dunno on that one, admittedly. But you know I can't rule out the Trump factor in that demo cause Gen X age wise may have been right where a lot of the enthusiasm for him came from. I may more look into it, or I may not we'll see. I will say I suspect a lot of these younger politicians that just got elected are Gen X for what that's worth..
Anyway I'm pubicly dropping the Gen X bit for now. (plus I'm a "Xenial" according to some sources, so I'll leave it to the "real" Gen Xers to defend the generation among this Boomer Vs Millenial stuff sucking up all the oxygen
Honestly, what I was really crowing about was I got the impression of dismissing an entire demographic (in this case, nationwide adults born between 1965 and 1980) based on where they may lean politically and raw numbers compared to other demographics. Whether that is age, gender, religion, race, geographic location, sexual orientation, education level, or race, I strongly believe we need to be very careful not to do that. Because every single one of us check some boxes left and some right. (some more than others)
Avalanche
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I’m def Generation X. Born in 1974 grew up on Atari, 2nd edition of British Invasion music (Duran Duran, Culture Club)Not gonna lie, lot of good discussion on here the last time I logged in. Ya'll been busy..
Hmmmm. I dunno on that one, admittedly. But you know I can't rule out the Trump factor in that demo cause Gen X age wise may have been right where a lot of the enthusiasm for him came from. I may more look into it, or I may not we'll see. I will say I suspect a lot of these younger politicians that just got elected are Gen X for what that's worth..
Anyway I'm pubicly dropping the Gen X bit for now. (plus I'm a "Xenial" according to some sources, so I'll leave it to the "real" Gen Xers to defend the generation among this Boomer Vs Millenial stuff sucking up all the oxygen
Honestly, what I was really crowing about was I got the impression of dismissing an entire demographic (in this case, nationwide adults born between 1965 and 1980) based on where they may lean politically and raw numbers compared to other demographics. Whether that is age, gender, religion, race, geographic location, sexual orientation, education level, or race, I strongly believe we need to be very careful not to do that. Because every single one of us check some boxes left and some right. (some more than others)
Back to war and our ally
That "New Wave" music. My older brother was born in 73 so I know a little bit..
First vid game I ever played was Frogger on his old Atari. I might have been 4? Very different time man.
I was born in 1964 at the end of the baby boomer generation. I remember Hippies were all over the place when I was really young then Disco had its run. I was happy when New Wave and Punk started replacing Disco. My favorite hangout during my Junior and Senior years of high school was the nearest video arcade. My first car was a 1976 Monte Carlo and I loved picking up my friends and some of the girls we met and seeing how many people we could put in it. I think the record was nine.
Watch Capitol Controls glenn beck. We dont own didly. None of it. Will make you sick/ so I warned in advance.
My record was only 8 but it was a 91 Ford Tempo in high school. Your story sounds more fun. (so does your car)
Yeah, there was plenty of that that went on in the RDU area, for sure, especially in 2021-2022. Definitely didn't help prices around here, but oh well. I know someone who works for a San Francisco-based startup, for example, and of course the house they bought was far more than what I could afford.
At least when / if interest rates go down, I'll have a chance to refinance, although I'm not confident that'll happen anytime soon (and may never, who knows...7% rates really aren't abnormal historically - I actually got in a little lower than that since I bought a few months ago, though). What we bought is within our budget, but it painful knowing I could've bought this for 40% cheaper with 3% interest rates in 2020 and had half the monthly payment. But I didn't know I would stick around here back then and my salary was less, and there's no way to predict the future accurately, so it is what it is.
Shaggy
Member
My guess is trumps dementia got the better of.him today. Some aide mentioned Dana White as a spokesperson but meant this Dana white. So we ended up with another "4 seasons" debacle. Incompetence at its finest.
Dana W. White > U.S. Department of War > Biography | U.S. Department of War https://share.google/lSllc17RZVb23zpXA
Dana W. White > U.S. Department of War > Biography | U.S. Department of War https://share.google/lSllc17RZVb23zpXA
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First the 2 Dan Sullivans in the Alaska senate race. Now the 2 Dana Whites!
ForsythSnow
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It's about land disputes/resources and the figure isn't event accurate.
And yes it has been covered.
Donald Trump says Christians are being persecuted in Nigeria - is he right?
Donald Trump says thousands of Christians are being killed in Nigeria - where has he got the numbers from?
www.bbc.com
boobear
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My mom got 4 kids and a tuba in what became my 62 VW Bug.
I'm frightened of the places he gets "news" from. Total lunacy.It's about land disputes/resources and the figure isn't event accurate.
And yes it has been covered.
Donald Trump says Christians are being persecuted in Nigeria - is he right?
Donald Trump says thousands of Christians are being killed in Nigeria - where has he got the numbers from?
As opposed to a single BBC article written by three Nigerians themselves that "can't verify" the data? This goes along with "covered" which means "just" this article unless you count an opinion piece in Al Jazeera also by a Nigerian.
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Still true according to 2026 exit polls from the Florida Gubernatorial race, too.
My gas is under 5$ and we are now a blue state! Keep up the good work! I don’t keep up with this crap, but I thought I heard crude prices tanked after midterm, which is probably right!! The 3 month lag time will be fun!
A gnat farts over Saudi Arabia and oil and gas prices jump 50% overnight
Winninghhggggggg
A gnat farts over Saudi Arabia and oil and gas prices jump 50% overnight
Winninghhggggggg