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Getting difficult to afford anything.
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I mean even basic stuff.
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Have you tried being a really good football player and
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getting an NIL deal with FSU, Ohio State, or Georgia?
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Re: Have you tried being a really good football player and
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Maybe NIL is driving inflation. Bet none of the politicians have asked that question.
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Re: Have you tried being a really good football player and
Sep 14, 2023, 5:52 PM
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Consumer spending driving inflation? Inflation is driven by the decisions made agencies of FED, inadvertent or not—
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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all going according to plan
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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"The Great Reset"
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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Is this a 'WWG1WGA' reference?
I really hope not. Please tell me qanon hasn't infiltrated the fanbase.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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Sep 13, 2023, 12:56 PM
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To the down-voter -
Where you go one, you go...crazy. Have fun with that.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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Sep 13, 2023, 8:35 PM
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I don't get into the QAnon nonsense. Bunch of nuts.
"The Great Reset" theory has been around long before Q.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
Sep 14, 2023, 1:15 PM
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You know Q-Anon is just a game, right? You get points for getting someone famous to mention the conspiracy you make up.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
Sep 14, 2023, 8:33 PM
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I honestly don't know anything about it.
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When it gets really bad, the government will step up
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and give you a one time check for $700 ...
make it last.
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Buckle up
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Cause it's not getting better anytime soon
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But the shrinking middle class isn't a problem?
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Pretty soon in the US will be like it is in Colombia. Poor can't pay, rich get out of paying taxes. Without a sizable middle class to pay taxes for everyone, stuff starts to go to #### really quick.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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Sep 13, 2023, 9:54 AM
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Humbug, its all 'propaganda'...
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
Sep 14, 2023, 8:00 PM
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Economics Supply and Demand. Cut gas supply and drilling, prices go up. Transportation cost go up. Flood the economy with government spending, prices go up because of so much supply (money) in the market.
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But prices have only risen 3.7% this year so far.
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Sep 13, 2023, 10:09 AM
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since the end of last year.
The projection for the year should be only 7%.
Didn't your employer give you a 7% raise this year?
Have your savings an investment not grown 7% this year?
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Re: But prices have only risen 3.7% this year so far.
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Yep 7% on top of 15% on top of 20%. Pretty soon you’re talking about real money.
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Re: But prices have only risen 3.7% this year so far.
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Grocery costs have really become a monetary burden on most people.
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The Restaurant Industry will be the next domino to fall
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And it's already happening relatively frequently. FATZ closed all of their restaurants and O'Charley's has closed a third of their locations. If folks don't have disposable income, the fat has to get trimmed somewhere.
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I remember the Carter years and my father telling us
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that we could not go to Shoney's because it had gotten too expensive, not being allowed to purchase sodas and switching to KoolAid pitchers, turning off the A/C and opening the windows with the attic fan running instead, being told that I had to drop out of the Scholastic Book Club, that we weren't getting the school pictures this year, etc...
Seems very similar. Both parents worked at decent jobs but we had to find ways to save money.
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Re: I remember the Carter years and my father telling us
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You aren't the only one. Those were my formative years and it was the Carter presidency that made me the miser I am today! Plus my parents were kids during the depression and didn't have an objection to denying things to me or my sister.
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Re: I remember the Carter years and my father telling us
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that we could not go to Shoney's because it had gotten too expensive, not being allowed to purchase sodas and switching to KoolAid pitchers, turning off the A/C and opening the windows with the attic fan running instead, being told that I had to drop out of the Scholastic Book Club, that we weren't getting the school pictures this year, etc...
Seems very similar. Both parents worked at decent jobs but we had to find ways to save money.
Apparently, we shared the same father.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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How could this happen when the invisible hand of the free capital market solves everything 😉?
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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Sep 13, 2023, 11:18 AM
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Companies keep hitting record profits too. Amazing how that works.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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Dang record profits?
Smart business owners will raise their prices to offset their higher cost to do business.
What I never understood about the argument on raising corporate taxes. Does anyone believe the corporations are going to pay that. No, common sense would tell you the consumer will be picking up that increase.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
Sep 13, 2023, 11:44 AM
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You understand profits are different than revenue or expenses, right?
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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luckily I work for a company that treats their employees well. yearly raises, great benefits, laid back environment, plenty of vacation time, etc. Im one of the extremely lucky ones though. Ive heard horror stories from other people about how they are treated at work, which is why Im a firm believer in doing only what you are paid to do. If the company isn't going to go above and beyond for you, then don't do it for them.
On a side note, I was helping my nephew find a job the other day, and I was stunned to see that some skilled positions are still paying around $12 an hour. Blows my mind. No one can survive on that I dont care how good you are at budgeting your money.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
Sep 14, 2023, 2:06 PM
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Yup, that's very common for many jobs around here to stick with wages around $10-14. Realistically you'd have to make x2-3 that to even have a shot of living comfortably these days. I remember my first job where I was building stadiums in the southeast, doing logistics, roofing, and even stadium maintenance contracts with USCjr., I was getting paid a measly $13 an hour in 2019. That's with having to know how to properly operate heavy equipment, power tools, and knowing a good amount of math. That was just me and one other guy and our boss for the majority of my time there. So it's not like he was stretched thin in being able to pay. Regardless, I learned a lot of valubale skills from that job that I wouldn't have learned anywhere else as a starting job. But I also realized my worth as well.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
Sep 14, 2023, 2:19 PM
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same here. started in a big warehouse loading/unloading trucks, pulling orders etc. Took What Ilearned there for five years to a small company, and now Im in a small warehouse by myself with a lot less stress. Im even going back to school to finish my degree!
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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Government prints to much money!
Also you are not practicing capitalism when the gov’t is bailing out Ford and Chevrolet. God knows who else they are propping up.
For me personally I am in as bad of shape as I have ever been. Groceries and fuel are ridiculous. Just think we robbed the reserves to keep gas at $3.50 a gallon. 🤬🤬
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By saying "government bailing out Ford and Chevrolet"
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I assume you meant "Democrat controlled Congress bailing out the UAW".
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You must live in the Lowcountry. I'm in the
Sep 14, 2023, 6:49 AM
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I grew up down there and loved the early start. Now, I'm in the Midlands and primitive weapons doesn't open until tomorrow (I think). Those of us who can't stand to see a shooter and not shoot have to wait until mid-October.
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Gas comment sums it up. Robbed the reserve, gas is still
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Absurdly high, and have to replenish the reserve. Biden economics in a nutshell right there.
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Re: Gas comment sums it up. Robbed the reserve, gas is still
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It’s not Biden, it’s neo-liberalism which has been the stance of every president since Carter. Every one. In the US, we argue over the faintest shades of green, but they are all oligarchs.
The housing collapse had its roots in the Clinton administration and was nurtured under Bush, bloomed and ruined hundreds of thousands of lives under Obama, then profited on by Trump and Mnuchin. They are all culpable, and we are too as the American people because we created an election process that elects the person best suited to run an election, not a country. Shame on us for not seeing the writing on the wall when George Washington warned us off the bat. But god forbid we ever admit we are wrong, that’s the great American tragedy, being wrong.
End rant.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
Sep 14, 2023, 6:04 PM
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We haven't been a free market economy in years(name only), the notion of laissez-faire is laughable. I won't get into the liberal banking financiers–
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Capitalism requires work and minimalist Govt intervention
Sep 14, 2023, 7:43 PM
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We have work from home, and not-ready-for-prime-time ESG intervention doubling gas, transportation, food and utility prices.
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Re: Capitalism requires work and minimalist Govt intervention
Sep 14, 2023, 8:13 PM
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How does work from home contribute to any of that?
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Just keep borrowing and just keep buying and just keep
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the USD flowing into Crypto and to overseas countries
it's just the American thing to do
[ I mean there are 1-3 generations that are responsible for this, and mine is not one of them ]
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Re: Just keep borrowing and just keep buying and just keep
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What I wanna know is who are these people buying these $70,000 new pick up trucks?
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I always wonder that too.
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I see rows and rows at the lots and I see people driving them and ask myself how they can afford to pay the car payment, the taxes, the insurance and the gas on a rig like that.(Never mind the boat it is towing)
I have a 6 figure job and could not make it work out in my budget.
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Re: I always wonder that too.
Sep 13, 2023, 12:00 PM
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What amazes me is those big pickup trucks pass me on the interstate going 85+. Are they really fuel efficient at higher speeds?
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Re: I always wonder that too.
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I see rows and rows at the lots and I see people driving them and ask myself how they can afford to pay the car payment, the taxes, the insurance and the gas on a rig like that.(Never mind the boat it is towing)
I have a 6 figure job and could not make it work out in my budget.
You must be one of those crazy Americans who believe in living within or under your means. Unfortunately, that's not the American way anymore.
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Re: Same people that complain how expensive things are
Sep 14, 2023, 5:30 PM
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Why is a truck Ego? Lol. If I were worried about that, I would have purchased a MB M-series.
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Re: Same people that complain how expensive things are
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I have two trucks. I use them both for work, and my side business. One was 4 years old and had 55k miles on it when I bought it. The other 5 yrs old and 35k miles on it. They were over $44k each. I didn’t buy them for gas mileage, I bought them out of necessity. Neither one of them is what I would have bought if truck prices weren’t so high now. Please tell me how I am part of the problem
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Re: Just keep borrowing and just keep buying and just keep
Sep 14, 2023, 5:29 PM
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2023 Ford F150. I financed it for 3 years, but I also paid half in cash. I don’t use credit much so I had slipped below 815 credit score. Otherwise I would have paid cash.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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Yeah, no kidding, this inflation is really getting out of hand... But, that's just my 5 cents...
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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I feel like the quality of this post flew about 3c under (or over) the radar 🤣
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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The results of liberalism. Blame the idiots who vote for their own destruction.
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Bingo.
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Scary thing is…they’ll keep doing it.
Never ever learn.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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It’s the whole government BTW. Both Democrats & Republicans cannot control their spending. We should be holding ALL of our representatives accountable for spending.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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this is the right answer folks! Everyone is blaming each other while the powers that be in Washington sit back and laugh at us little peons while cashing their checks. Republicans and Democrats are both at fault for this.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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I recommend finding a way to make more money instead of posting on the internet. This is not going to help you improve your situation. I happen to bust my ###, be extremely good at what I do, and make a lot of $. But I don’t post much…
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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Hyperinflation is not good for anyone, regardless of how much money you make.
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It is illegal to make money.***
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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This is just deflection from the root problem. Not saying don't go "bust @**" and make as much money as possible. But that doesn't solve the actual issue.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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I mean ### you people are talking about? My grandparents lived in a tiny house with two bedrooms, one bathroom, no shower, wood-burning stove, and a window unit. One vacation a year for them, and no frills, except for a turkey at Christmas. They get along just fine, and were very happy. My parents lived in a larger, modern home, 3 cars, and had everything needed and than some including all the modern appliances etc. etc., and seem to have to work a lot harder, because they had much more stuff and expenses are much higher. and I live in a larger even more modern home. I have everything I need and all of my peers I grew up with are the same. I could not care less if costs go up a little bit, I can buy less, go out to eat less, and turn the thermostat up. What the heck is anybody crying about? because butter cost a little bit more? you can’t eat as much fried chicken as you used to? The vast majority of Americans have copious amounts of food and resources at their disposal, and cry if it goes up in cost a little bit. Cry me a river, inflation is a cyclical process, and if things are a little more expensive than you expect, buy less and get by with less. My grandparents had little money, grew their food, wasted nothing and wanted for nothing, and never whined. maybe people of 2023 need to learn to do the same thing: stop grinding the earth into a pulp for your own consumption, get by on a little less, and appreciate what you have
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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the difference is, people are STILL working their ### off everyday just like you, but now they can barely afford rent, much less groceries and utilities. People aren't crying about not being able to buy the new video game or computer. They just want to be able to survive! Just because things have been good for you doesn't mean it has been for everyone else. different people have different problems and challenges they face.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
Sep 13, 2023, 10:16 PM
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Cdixon11 I would give your post about 5 TU if I could. You nailed it.
Maybe "expectations" are the real root of all evil, not money and toys. BTW, I live simply, wayyyyy below my means. It works for me.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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Sep 13, 2023, 10:17 PM
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Cdixon11 I would give your post about 5 TU if I could. You nailed it.
Maybe "expectations" are the real root of all evil, not money and toys. BTW, I live simply, wayyyyy below my means. It works for me.
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If everything is so good for you
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Sep 13, 2023, 11:05 PM
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Why don’t you pay that little extra a month to TigerNet so you could give some TUs?
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Re: If everything is so good for you
Sep 14, 2023, 6:33 AM
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I don’t donate to Tigernet because posting on the internet isn’t very important to me. I don’t like inflation but I’m not complaining about it- I’m doing what I can to lessen its impact by making more money and not spending all of it.
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Re: If everything is so good for you
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Sep 14, 2023, 6:39 AM
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Little things like this are exactly what he means when he says “living below his means”.
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If it was only butter that costs a little bit more
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Sep 13, 2023, 11:03 PM
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How tone deaf are you?
If you work hard and are making plenty of money, great job.
There are at least a hundred million people working just as hard (or even harder) than you (and even harder than your parents and grandparents) that are struggling.
Why do you think this administration’s approval ratings are so low?
2 years ago a 2 liter soda cost my family 69 cents. That same bottle costs me 1.29 today. Bread, eggs, chips, meat, gas, frozen dinners, trash bags, dish detergent, laundry detergent, pretty much every basic item (yes, even butter) costs more than it should.
Awful policies from big government hit everyone hard. If it’s not dc policies then what is it?
I still work hard. My body breaks down more every day. I get up before the roosters crow and get to sleep listening to an owl in the distance. Don’t tell me I don’t work as hard as possible. Don’t expect me to believe that 40 year high inflation is cyclical. We have bought less. We have gotten by with less. Does that mean we should have to?
“You can sell crazy somewhere else, I’m all stocked up here”
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Re: If it was only butter that costs a little bit more
Sep 14, 2023, 6:38 AM
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Tone deaf? My point was stop complaining and do something about it.
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Re: If it was only butter that costs a little bit more
Sep 14, 2023, 6:48 AM
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We stopped buying Coke products, 12 packs used to be 3/9.99 2-3 years ago now are about double. I drink soda water from a Sodastream, close to free. I also fast 2 days per week which is awesome for health and saves $!
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Re: If it was only butter that costs a little bit more
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Sep 14, 2023, 7:36 AM
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I know this is the wrong board but..... inflation is NOT solely the responsibility of our government. While we're placing blame let's include corporations that pocket obscene after tax profits and distribute big dollars to executives and shareholders but raise prices at will. And many don't pay federal tax anyway.
Inflation is not unique to the U.S.
We could be paying 5 bucks a liter for gas, or 8 for a half gallon of milk like other countries.
Just sayin'.
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Re: If it was only butter that costs a little bit more
Sep 14, 2023, 12:54 PM
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Agree, inflation is a worldwide problem. Most on Tigernet thinks it’s Biden (he doesn’t help for sure) but wait for MTG to attempt tanking the economy during the next debt ceiling negotiation. We need a government that can work together to reduce spending.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
Sep 14, 2023, 8:00 AM
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Cdixon. You hit on some good points. The problem is that this could of been avoided. Most of the inflation is because of Bidens policies.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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The difference is that your grandparents owned everything and paid cash for it. You finance everything and make payments. Your wife has probably always held a job while your grandma stayed home to raise your mom or your dad. Your wealth is an illusion compared to theirs because if you operated on a cash basis you would be living like your grandparents did.
We live currently in what is called the silent depression because in terms of real cash (not financing power) the average American with a job right now has less purchasing power than a person with a job during the great depression. If your grandparents were adults during the great depression there is a 95% chance that they paid cash for their home and they never in their lives financed a car or had a credit card.
We are not richer than our grandparents. What we are is better kept surfs by comparison. The banks own everything via all of our loans. We rent our homes from the state (try not paying your property tax and you'll see that you just rent it from the state and have never actually owned it). Most people have a negative net worth in spite of having these huge homes with all the conveniences and two brand-new cars in the yard. The average person turning 65 years old has less than $1500 cash on hand in their checking account.
You are living an illusion.
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^^This sums it up about as well as could be said^^***
Sep 15, 2023, 10:41 AM
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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Inflation is a result of government spending and creation of money. It's not cyclical like the unchanging seasons. If it is cyclical it's because we have morans in charge that cause it, then we get rid of them, then we forget why we got rid of them and bring more like them back.
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Getting difficult?
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Sep 13, 2023, 10:29 PM
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Where ya been?
Welcome to the party, my friend.
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Four most important financial issues
Sep 13, 2023, 11:03 PM
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1) Never get married
2) Never have children
3) Modest home
4) Modest car
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And like yourself
Sep 13, 2023, 11:10 PM
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Don’t donate to TigerNet
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Re: And BTW
Sep 18, 2023, 2:18 PM
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A modest home for a family of four is a two bedroom 1 1/2 bath. Take it from a guy who is one of 9 kids and grew up in a four-bedroom 1 bath house. We were not poor, just modest.
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Re: Four most important financial issues
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Numbers 1 and 2 sound like the formula for becoming a lonely, unhappy bulldog fan.
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Gas is definitely not getting any cheaper.***
Sep 14, 2023, 6:37 AM
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Democrats gonna Democrat.
Sep 14, 2023, 7:27 AM
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Democrats WANT this...as do all globalist Republicans.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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Sep 14, 2023, 8:26 AM
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Just drink beer instead of soft drinks and cost will go down. Beer's gone down since the Bud Light fiasco. See capitalism does work.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
Sep 14, 2023, 1:47 PM
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Do not drink alcohol! Do not use tobacco! Do not gamble (especially on the lottery)!
Pray!
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
Sep 14, 2023, 2:16 PM
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I'd just like to be able to have a decent amount of land one day with a nice little house for a homestead. A truck (doesn't even have to be fancy) to pull my little boat to the river so I can go fishing once in a while. And then enough money so I can travel when I'd like to. That's really it. Just live comfortably and live life to the fullest and not have to spend every waking second of my youth working to make ends meet.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
Sep 14, 2023, 2:25 PM
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nailed it. I dont need to be rich (but it would be nice) I just want to be comfortable and not have to stress about how im going to pay all my bills.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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November 3rd 2020. Gas prices were averaging $1.81/ gallon. The lowest in recent years was $1.56, I believe early in 2020 but I could be wrong. I usually am, just ask my wife. Crude oil "sold" for less than zero dollars a barrel. (That means the Saudis were paying futures people to take their oil for you USUk fans). The Kung Flu was released to stem the tide of our prosperity. Some unscrupulous people stuff drop boxes with manufactured/harvested ballots and "We the People" elected a bumbling stumbling shell of a man (and his crime family) to get rid of the menace some would call public enemy #1.
That man, like him or not, had us on top. We had the Middle East, Russia, and China by the balls. So, those of you who voted for spineless, basement dwelling, corrupt as Shitzu Biden, are reaping what you sewed. Those like myself that have eyes wide open and saw what Trump accomplished, are along for the bumpy ride you put us on. Incidentally, I was never a fan of his before he entered politics. My Mexican wife was long before that time. Go figure. That being said, go vote in the primary and especially next November. Vote with your head and not some other part of your body. Look at what was and then what is happening. If you cannot see or refuse to see, please stay home. The rest of us will take it from here. God bless the Clemson Tigers and God bless the United States of America!!!
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
Sep 14, 2023, 5:40 PM
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There is always Bud Light.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
Sep 14, 2023, 6:31 PM
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Funny. I knew from the OP this thread was not really about inflation or economics. Sure took a long time to get to the real point though. Still wrong board. Just sayin'.
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
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Sep 14, 2023, 8:27 PM
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Let’s go Brandon 👍🏿🐅
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Re: Getting difficult to afford anything.
Sep 18, 2023, 2:50 PM
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True statement
Everything is about double what it used to be
I see my kids just trying to make ends meet and if something unexpected comes along they don't have the money to pay for it
and they have good jobs
So I help them out but I doubt they will be able to help me out in the future
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