I reprinted a Facebook post by a friend of my high school golf coach, saying he had to cut back on medicines, doctor appointments and other things because of the rise in prices in both groceries and gas the last three years. I was told by an esteemed professor here that this guy is outright lying. I was also told my wife informing me our grocery bill going up $4,000 annually was bogus.
So, I did what any logical person would do, and that is to further research the subject. According to the Washington Post (Feb. 2), grocery prices have gone up 25% since 2020 (20% since Jan. 2021) and the average family with kids (like mine) spends $17,212 per year (USA Today).
That 25% increase means the average family with kids spent $13,770 before inflation, a $3,442 difference. So I apologize to Chris as my wife was off by $558. Someone without kids, as is my coach's friend and wife, logically probably saw an increase of grocery prices by half that amount, $1,721. If he and his wife drive a total of 18,000 miles per year, their gasoline bill went up $1.21/gallon, and if they get 32 mpg that's $680 more annually.
I'll leave it up to you if my coach's friend who is spending $2,400 more per year on gas and groceries is lying when he says on his fixed income he has had to cut back.
You said your grocery bill went up 4 grand last year. You are wrong. There’s no chance.
If grocery prices went up 25% since 2020, then no family under, say, 35 people spent 4 grand more on groceries in 2022 than they did in 2023. Get your little calculator back out, champ,
And no person in this country over 70 - which is how old your utterly fictional character claimed to be - had to cutback on medicines and “postpone doctors appointments” due to increased costs, because those are subsidized costs for seniors. Because of socialize medicine. You were suckered.
So Mark, blame “elites” all you like. But the failure to understand this basic shit might be yours.
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…they like to start their evaluation of Biden statistical economic results the depths of the temporary COVID Shut Down….ignoring the fact that the unnecessarily prolonged Shut Down was carried out by their own party.
But when you compare Biden’s post COVID World (even allowing 3 yrs for recovery) to Trump’s preCOVID world, its not even close.
Btw, gas was $2.20/gallon when Biden “won” the election. Today it was $3.80/ gallon despite SOR releases and efforts to tamp down the price in an election yr.
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come down to near 3%...not as low as desired, but under control enough to encourage the DOW, S&P 500 and NASDAQ to post good numbers today. I realize your frustration with current circumstances, but the Trump administration certainly didn't do anything to make it better for you when they were in office, especially when they and the GOP rammed through their signature legislation in near record time in 2017...i.e. a tax break for Corporations (used for stock buy backs) and the wealthiest Americans, who didn't need a break more than you.
Stop barking up the wrong tree, the Dems are for long overdue increases in the minimum wage, as well as supporting worker rights to fair compensation...e.g. Biden admin standing with UAW workers as they gained significant increases in wages and benefits...not unlike with CEOs granted themselves (40% increases over a short period of time), without also considering those who produced the profits from their labors...btw, even non-union corps found that they could have done the same and indeed granted their employees similar benefits (so they wouldn't jump ship, or vote for union representation).
If you're looking for a party that has your interests at heart...and has demonstrated it...vote Democratic. The GOP is good at blowing Culture War smoke in your face, while it distracts you from their disregard for your economic interests.
But Simps are gonna’ Simp.
well as Putin's attack on Ukraine and the Oil/Gas disruptions stemming from it...these happened not only during JB's term, but the terms of every leader in the world. It's somewhat discouraging that such basic knowledge has to be given out multiple times on this forum...it is what it is.
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Go earn more income. You’re not the first person struggling to get by each month.
No one owes you squat. Need more income? Go earn more money.
Welcome to America.
You can make decent money in either.
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And once you're 62 like I am, no employer with decent-paying jobs wants you.
Carry on.
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As he should be.
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Then, he would label "tough love" as "racism."
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Who's gonna hire me at age 62 for a job that pays me at least $40,000? The answer is no one. I've applied dozens of times to places that pay decent. You and Chris (and now Conor) are completely out of touch with older Americans who aren't desirable to employers simply due to our age. Hence, why I have four part-time jobs.
Stop thinking “I can’t do it” and start thinking “How am I going to do it.”
Figure it out. Bet on yourself. Earn.
Out work everyone else. Out hustle everyone else.
That is the American way.
I would wager you have had a long standing career with talents and skills long developed that are in demand. I don't have any of those.
Don’t settle for a paycheck that doesn’t reflect what you add to the job.
There’s always opportunities.
No one wants you to feel shitty about your financial predicament. And life can be unfair.
It doesn’t mean you have to feel helpless or powerless. Step back. Take inventory. Outflank the obstacles (which are often in our head).
However if you're the age you are, did you not carry a decent pension/401K most of your years working?
I spent 15 years trying to be a professional golfer (got pretty good and won several mini-tour events; made final US Open qualifying twice). Then we had two kids in our mid-40s and I became the stay at home dad for six years.
Wife got fired from her airline manager job. Three failed business ventures later and our $150,000 401k was wiped out. Since then we both work and make nowhere near six figures combined, and we have two kids still in school.
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Who you kidding?
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94 is. Ty claims to be.
forum?...there is no special "Imprimatur" given to an ND grad...as evidenced by the volume of proven misinformation put forth by Baron, among others.
The Dems used to be the advocates for blue collar folk and now they have driven them into the creepy embrace of man born with a golden spoon in his mouth who wins them over by dining in Chic-fil-a.
Ironically, the university educated learn absolutely nothing regarding the real world. For most college is now how to game high grades while partying
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