I didn't even know this was a thing. I guess I should've expected it, because of its reach. But wow... That's wild
Why would I be shocked or upset that people are paying into SS illegally that may never get to use it?? Win/win
That has been the going thing for years with all generations after us boomers. No one wants to take responsibility for their own situation and the boomers are easiest to throw the blame at. I worked my ass off to get where I am today which is middle-middle class. It was not easy nor given to me. The house I have today is a nice one I got a little over 10 years ago and still have 20 years to pay it off. It is not one of those 60 or 70k prices earlier referenced. 250k is more like it so, many of us boomers had to work for years to get to this point.Dude - that’s a broad brush in regard to boomers. I’m over 70 and both my wife and turned off MSN early in the Covid 2020 ‘scare’. We didn’t but it.
Plus we have a ton of friends in our age group who are very conservative - we just preach about it.
Having said that, there are older (than us) people who grew up trusting the news, even CNN and haven’t changed but a vast majority of us are not like that.
Put your broad brush down. Most of us boomers are damn tired of being blamed for everything when we’ve accomplished a lot in our careers.
Miller isn’t even human. Dude is an absolute next level something. I have a friend who works with him. His intensity and self-discipline are off the charts.They are destroying these people. Everyday. Live on air.
TRUMP OFFICIAL STEPHEN MILLER: I understand that even a temporary interruption in federal employment is a great crisis and catastrophe for you and CNN. But what the American people see is a government finally delivering accountability.
agree with a lot of what you say. Boomers were hard workers (in general). However, at the same time, it is more difficult for younger people today to buy a home than it was back then and college costs have gone up significantly (not suggesting that college is the correct path for everyone). My wife and I got lucky. Mid/late 20s were able to get in to a house in a pretty nice area of town (suburban area). House was 150k (2001). Lived there for five years and sold it for 200k. Bought a slightly larger house down the street for 290k. House today is valued north of 700k. Home prices in city/suburban areas across the country have gone through the roof.Boomers didn't live life on easy mode. Their parents loved through the depression and 2 World Wars. Many of their parents were scarred by this, and they were raised with a scarcity mentality. Some worked jobs full-time from the age of 13 to support their family after losing parents to war and and its after effects. A lot of them built their own homes.
They served in the military, then worked 2-3 jobs to pay their bills, raise a family, and save for the ffuture. They lived through high mortgage rates and gas rationing, Vietnam, and the cold war with higher prices on everyday goods than this generation has ever dreamed of.
The late 50s thru very early 70s saw a boom in US manufacturing. Our production was sold worldwide. Then the unions took over and union wages (and costs) went through the roof. Manufacturers moved south, bought cheaper parts and machines from countries without the same wage scale, and the death of our manufacturing began.
By the time 1982 came around, the Midwest was a shell of its former self. Unemployment was high and stayed there for a while as manufacturing began to shift massively overseas. The real unemployment numbers were hidden because many just stopped looking for work or took service jobs to survive. Actual wages dropped for many people, while average wages for new employment rose.
Minimum wage in 1982 went up to $2.50hr. Yep. $2.50. (Some big cities were higher, but none above $3.35.) It did that because millions of people could no longer find real wages and career employment. It also did that because an increasing number of 16-20 yr olds didn't have a hs diploma (effects of the war on education started in the late 1800s) and many of the ones who did graduate couldn't get into or afford college. They went into the military or trade schools to find work.
So, sure, a home in 1982 could be $60k as minimum wage was between $2.50-2.75hr. That same home could be $300k NOW (especially after the false scarcity created by the banks driving prices up the last 8 years). But anyone who has actually gone to work knows minimum wage for a FT job out there is $10-15 depending on the job. With a little effort, you can work as a server at a restaurant and make a LOT more per hour than that. Easily $20-25 an hour at a busy place. Staying home and pouting isn't going to get it done, but minimum wage is still 5x what it was in 1982, just like a home is 5x what it was in '82.
Nurses (male and female) make $27-43hr in Lexington KY. Certified software techs make $22-45hr.
I was at one time between jobs fighting for a $7hr job in the mid 80s. $7hr.... My buddy worked a little retail 2nd job at the holidays 2 years ago and got about $12hr. Never btched about it, because it was easy and had really flexible hours.
The only asholes on "easy mode" are the ones who aren't even trying to work, living off of their parents without contributing to anything but their dopamine addiction. Go fkng work!
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Neighbor just paid 2 guys $500 to clear a lot of weeds, brush and debri. Took them a solid 6 hours in 32° weather. They said neither one complained or asked for anything. They just worked and got paid. $40hr before expenses.
Life is what you make of it.
Really great points, especially from 1:20 onward.
Yeah...celebrating job losses ain't a great strategy for long term growth.They are destroying these people. Everyday. Live on air.
TRUMP OFFICIAL STEPHEN MILLER: I understand that even a temporary interruption in federal employment is a great crisis and catastrophe for you and CNN. But what the American people see is a government finally delivering accountability.
Let's judge this 4 years from now. He's only been shi**ing on the Constitution for a month so far.
I paid 11% on my first home in 1982. Paid 55000 for it.This boomer bought his first house in '74 for $40K at 8.5% interest & making $15K/yr. Sold it 12 years later for $80K. At that rate, would double to $160K in '98 and double again to $320 in 2010. So how is that $40K house less expensive than one $300K today at 7% mortgage? Home interest rates went to 14% in 70's and no one bought anything. The stock market was dead for 10 years.
Trump was President for 10 days in January Sam.Yeah...celebrating job losses ain't a great strategy for long term growth.
TrumMuskonomics....
Our number one trade partner Canada just said FAFO....
The EU just said FAFO.....
China just said FAFO....
Sales down...
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US retail sales plunged along with temperatures in January
U.S. retail sales dropped sharply last month, in part because cold weather kept more Americans indoors and dented sales at car dealers and most other storesabcnews.go.com
Consumer confidence down.....
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US consumer confidence dips again to start the year, according to business group
U.S. consumer confidence dipped for the second consecutive month in January. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index retreated in January to 104.1 from 109.5 in December.apnews.com
Inflation up.....
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The latest inflation report shows that high prices are Trump's major economic challenge
Donald Trump promised as a candidate that he could easily conquer inflation, but the reality is proving tougher than he expected.apnews.com
Egg prices at an all time high.....
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US egg prices hit a record high of $4.95 and are likely to keep climbing
The latest monthly consumer price index showed that the average price of a dozen Grade A eggs in U.S. cities reached $4.95 in January.apnews.com
Gas prices rising.....
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Gas prices are soaring again under Trump
Gas prices in the West Coast are about to surge by as much as 10 to 45 cents a gallon over the next couple weeks, says one expert.www.newsweek.com
Every bit of the trade crap belongs to him. Wait till those price hikes hit.Trump was President for 10 days in January Sam.
justiceforrfk.comIt’s time for America’s Untold Stories on YouTube. 6:30 EST
Recommended it before. Lot Of great info.
For example, did you know that the autopsy on RFK (performed by famed LA ME Tommy something or other) showed that he was killed by a gunshot to the back of his head from very close range. Apparently you can look it up. Sirhan Sirhan was a patsy much like Oswald.
Now you've gone and done it... @HymanKaplan is going to get all stirred up about clowns being part of CNNMEDIC! CLOWN NEWS NETWORK
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ABC pays this thing 8 million a year to produce such drivel.
How any of this is a partisan issue is beyond me.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. pledges “NOTHING is gonna be off limits” in chronic disease investigation
“The childhood vaccine schedule, electromagnetic radiation, glyphosate, other pesticides, ultra processed foods, artificial food additives, SSRI and other psychiatric drugs, PFAs, PFOAs, microplastics.”
“Some of the possible factors we will investigate were formally taboo or insufficiently scrutinized.”
“Whatever belief or suspicion I have expressed in the past, I’m willing to subject them all to the scrutiny of unbiased science.”“That is gonna be our template: unbiased science.”“That’s something that will make us all proud of this agency and of our role in restoring American health.”
“Let’s use protocols that we all agree on in advance and not alter the outcomes of the studies when they’re halfway through and that look inconvenient.”
“Let’s all depoliticize these issues and reestablish a common ground or action and renew the search for existential truth with no political impediments and no preconceptions.”
That's actually a pretty sad commentary. Those games were designed to become addicting and they have captured a shit ton of kids who are now grown ass adults who can barely subsist but will stay up all hours playing COD or Fortnight or whatever the current trend is.There is a full on war happening in the gaming sphere right now. It has been dubbed Gamergate 2.
Gamergate was thought to be a one off and a victory for the non woke, but now there is a gamergate 2 taking place. Those of you who think you don't need to give a shit about something so stupid should rethink. Video games are played by most people in the world right now. It is the ultimate battleground in the fight for the mind of all ages.
TPTB have invested tons and tons of money into inserting their woke messaging into gaming to the point that games are nearly unplayable now. We are talking hundred of millions per game. COD Cold War cost 700M to make in 2020. They made well over 1-1.5B in returns.
The good news is that there is some serious pushback from gamers to the point that some studios are starting to fail even with the massive outside investments. The bad news is that there is so much money that these companies refuse to turn it down.
Wait…,. I thought liberals have been telling us that defying the courts is a bad thing that only DiCtAtOrS do…..Biden's $500 billion student loan forgiveness plan is blocked for good as of today.. This was Biden's final plan to work around the original Supreme Court decision that blocked his initial forgiveness plan.
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Circuit court puts final nail in the coffin for Biden's $500M student loan forgiveness plan
A federal appeals court in Missouri has issued a final ruling against President Biden's SAVE student loan forgiveness effort.www.foxnews.com
Sambo, most of Canada's oil is landlocked with only pipelines into the US to take it to market. Even if we put a 10% tariff on the oil, it wouldn't make it economically worthwhile for Canada to build new pipelines and ship it overseas to China. Their best option by far is to sell to us.Yeah...celebrating job losses ain't a great strategy for long term growth.
TrumMuskonomics....
Our number one trade partner Canada just said FAFO....
The EU just said FAFO.....
China just said FAFO....
Sales down...
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US retail sales plunged along with temperatures in January
U.S. retail sales dropped sharply last month, in part because cold weather kept more Americans indoors and dented sales at car dealers and most other storesabcnews.go.com
Consumer confidence down.....
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US consumer confidence dips again to start the year, according to business group
U.S. consumer confidence dipped for the second consecutive month in January. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index retreated in January to 104.1 from 109.5 in December.apnews.com
Inflation up.....
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The latest inflation report shows that high prices are Trump's major economic challenge
Donald Trump promised as a candidate that he could easily conquer inflation, but the reality is proving tougher than he expected.apnews.com
Egg prices at an all time high.....
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US egg prices hit a record high of $4.95 and are likely to keep climbing
The latest monthly consumer price index showed that the average price of a dozen Grade A eggs in U.S. cities reached $4.95 in January.apnews.com
Gas prices rising.....
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Gas prices are soaring again under Trump
Gas prices in the West Coast are about to surge by as much as 10 to 45 cents a gallon over the next couple weeks, says one expert.www.newsweek.com
Man I hope they get him. He is the most disgusting "up and comer" I can think of. His "extreme MAGA Republicans" BS makes me want to punch the TV. My most hated of the younger Liberal congressmen.Scum like this has been STEALING.......STEALING from the American taxpayer, you and me.
Free speech is about what government allows you to say, not your employer. Good grief, man.Walk up to your boss at McDonald's on your frycook shift and talk to your boss like you do to me.... Then get back to me about free speech Corky.