The End of the World: A Political Thread. A New Hope coming soon!
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How these people live with themselves, I'll never know. What happened to republicans with any morals?
Some insight from a conservative. The real kind, not the "I hate who Fox tells me to hate" type.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/09/republican-party-conservative/571747/
He just thinks this is his path to being President. Jeff Flake is never going to be President.
I know he's a flake, but call Ted Cruz by name or have the decency to use his title, Senator s***bag.
And the s*** house is claiming he said, "I know you're not thanking." They edited the official transcript.
The big problem - people don't understand the economy and see how bad it really is. The middle class keeps shrinking but people think we're doing well collectively? People don't realize that they are in too much debt and the next financial crisis will crush many of them.
Poll: Half of young Americans see a better future
So, if you were born in 1984, you have a coin flip chance to make more than your parents. That's it.
https://apnews.com/d3c7965dfe3d48f9...f-young-Americans-see-better-financial-future
Poll: Half of young Americans see a better future
So, if you were born in 1984, you have a coin flip chance to make more than your parents. That's it.
https://apnews.com/d3c7965dfe3d48f9...f-young-Americans-see-better-financial-future
Born in 85 here. Both parents are retired now but I would guess I make more than my mom did, but less than my dad. My brother is 10 years older than me and he definitely makes more, although has at least a 4-year degree. His wife is maybe 4 years younger than him and I think she actually has her master's. Not sure on student debt but they have two children and seem to be pretty well off.
Born in 76.
on the 13th lucky me
In the Recession, I wound up going to CDL School to get a job as a Truck Driver. I've been unable to get out of this occupation and feel stuck with it.
I mean it's weird, you can make 'Middle Class' money I guess, but it involves 70hr work weeks and not having a normal social life and it can wreck your health if you're not careful.
I have a local yard jockey position, but my hours are dropping and I'm thinking of going back on the road driving all freakin day. It can be boring AF. My first position with my current company I drove for 2 weeks at a time and having to sleep in the s***ty truck stops.
That is another part of the economy you see is the fvcked up people who come to truckstops looking for money.
on the 13th lucky me
In the Recession, I wound up going to CDL School to get a job as a Truck Driver. I've been unable to get out of this occupation and feel stuck with it.
I mean it's weird, you can make 'Middle Class' money I guess, but it involves 70hr work weeks and not having a normal social life and it can wreck your health if you're not careful.
I have a local yard jockey position, but my hours are dropping and I'm thinking of going back on the road driving all freakin day. It can be boring AF. My first position with my current company I drove for 2 weeks at a time and having to sleep in the s***ty truck stops.
That is another part of the economy you see is the fvcked up people who come to truckstops looking for money.
One problem beyond inflation is simple spending power. I talk to my father in law who has a high school education and did factory work his whole life (not that there's anything wrong with that but he had no special skills). He tells me how he used to buy a new car every couple of years. That's with a wife and 2 kids (his wife worked too).
The idea of buying a new car at all is like laughable to me. However is that just the cost of cars has exploded or is our purchasing power going down? The amount of gadgets we can buy is staggering, but there was nothing comparable in the past.
Obviously you need to factor inflation in, but it seems the cost of what we buy today is so much higher than it was in the past.
Most people I see are in massive debt. Sure they "look" like they are doing well, but you dig in a little bit and you don't know how they will ever afford to retire.
I look at myself and see how lucky I was. I hit the IT market in the 90s, right in the middle of the tech boom. Basically I could not go back in time and pick a better time to graduate with an IT degree. Honestly I still don't feel "well off". I allow myself electronics, but drive used cars, don't take expensive vacations, live in a very simple house (no kids so it isn't a big deal).
The idea of buying a new car at all is like laughable to me. However is that just the cost of cars has exploded or is our purchasing power going down? The amount of gadgets we can buy is staggering, but there was nothing comparable in the past.
Obviously you need to factor inflation in, but it seems the cost of what we buy today is so much higher than it was in the past.
Most people I see are in massive debt. Sure they "look" like they are doing well, but you dig in a little bit and you don't know how they will ever afford to retire.
I look at myself and see how lucky I was. I hit the IT market in the 90s, right in the middle of the tech boom. Basically I could not go back in time and pick a better time to graduate with an IT degree. Honestly I still don't feel "well off". I allow myself electronics, but drive used cars, don't take expensive vacations, live in a very simple house (no kids so it isn't a big deal).
The future of truck driving is f***ed. Within 10 years many of those jobs will be automated.
Pushing my kids towards STEM. Scary how much worse it's going to get for some.
This is long but a very good read on the alt right toxic misinformation machine on the internet
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One of these days, people will stop being surprised by the differences by investigations ordered by the majority party of a Congressional body between when they're investigating one of their own and one of the other party.
The FBI didn't interview the two people at the center of the allegations. They also didn't take calls from dozens of kavanaugh's classmates. It's going to be up to two republicans to vote no. I don't see that happening. He will be confirmed today.
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