Americans ought not treat 1st World issues as "the sky is falling" catastrophes.

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Americans ought not treat 1st World issues as "the sky is falling" catastrophes.

Author: conorlarkin (19495 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 3:49 pm on Jul 27, 2022

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My guess is that many of the Board's Debbie Downers have not spent much time or any time in Third World nations.

The American Dream belongs to all of us. — Kamala Harris

Replies to: "Americans ought not treat 1st World issues as "the sky is falling" catastrophes."

The return of Volcker? Fed downgraded future economy and says more rate increases coming. We are - PBHangingChad - 2:06pm 7/27/22 (18) [View All]
- Told you so. Just pray for a possible mild one, not the one that is 1970s + 2008 [NT] - Eli - 2:37pm 7/27/22
- 27% GDP drop screwed?! [NT] - LanceHarbor - 2:24pm 7/27/22
  - I don’t live in the EU. Maybe you should move there. Heat you home with wood and walk to work [NT] - PBHangingChad - 2:28pm 7/27/22
    - Perhaps. But do you understand simple math? [NT] - LanceHarbor - 2:47pm 7/27/22
      - Burp [NT] - PBHangingChad - 2:55pm 7/27/22
        Or 27% of a burp. [NT] - LanceHarbor - 3:04pm 7/27/22
        Ok stalker missed a decimal point. Grow up. Your jealousy of me is obvious [NT] - PBHangingChad - 3:12pm 7/27/22
        You mistake awe for jealousy, m’lord. - LanceHarbor - 3:23pm 7/27/22
        Are you new here? People being “confident while being wrong” happens - TampaIrish - 4:07pm 7/27/22
        Exactly. See Tampa and his thoughts on soccer! Ha! - Stark Raving Dad - 4:22pm 7/27/22
        Nice. But soccer still sucks ass. I say this on my - TampaIrish - 4:31pm 7/27/22
- Do you have running water? Food? Electricity? Are bombs exploding outside? - conorlarkin - 2:23pm 7/27/22
  - So Americans should take on the Ukrainian perspective and be happy? - iairishcheeks - 3:21pm 7/27/22
    - Americans ought not treat 1st World issues as "the sky is falling" catastrophes. - conorlarkin - 3:49pm 7/27/22
      - this administration is doing all it can to make us a 3rd world. [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 5:19pm 7/27/22
      - I think it's justified to complain about reductions in standard of living. - iairishcheeks - 4:22pm 7/27/22
  - This is exactly how i was educated when I was child - proud to be poor because we - Eli - 2:54pm 7/27/22
  - Zombies with Monkey Pox man at my door. We have issues here. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 2:26pm 7/27/22