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post 1686677093 07-17-2023, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted By crupiea⏩
Lets be real here.

Does anyone actually believe this nonsense?

People literally had no food or jobs. No crops would grow so we couldnt even fee the nation. people have it on easy mode nowadays even the dirt poor compared to back then.

Think about it. Do you know a single female who has to be inventive to cook a meal because she cant afford to eat out or buy microwave stuff? They have to make stuff from their garden or use old food scraps to make something tasty and nutritious? Have you ever heard of a person doing that today? Everyone did that back then.
The economy has become extremely polarized

You have people who bought houses in 2014, who Refinanced in 2020, who have a 1000 mortgage on a 2500 square foot place while making 120K household income. They're in a good to great position

And then you have new married couples trying to buy their first house who are being raked over the coals
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Originally Posted By Kraken⏩
I think the point was that the amount of taxation and inflation being created by the central government has become so tyrannical, that we have become poorer as a result without realizing it.

Each generation has their own experiences. For example, the last of those that were alive during WWII are now dead. Many of them would have had the wisdom to understand what's happening and could have helped prevent it through voting and speech.
Pretty much
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Originally Posted By katya422⏩
The federal government has BECOME the economy. If you can find GDP minus federal expenditure it's pretty sad.
This doesn’t even take into account how the only measure of a successful economy is GDP growth
The government floods our country with millions of immigrants to artificially raise GDP
While actual individual purchasing power has nose dived
Originally Posted By katya422⏩
Unaware. What's 110??
Who nose?
Plant the trees in whose shade your grandchildren will play
post 1686708143 07-17-2023, 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted By ATB161⏩
The jobs that are available pay like chit


U guys act like there's a bunch of jobs available that pay 150K a year. It's complete nonsense
Originally Posted By BigBallsMcgee⏩
because those jobs dont pay enough to be worthwhile.
I hear that same cope every time; you think you're entitled to $150k just LOL

Son I started out at $5.75/hour & now I'll retire with seven figures in savings



You give up before even trying, beta as fuk; you ALWAYS have excuses that's why you're a loser
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post 1686708243 07-17-2023, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted By blissful88⏩
I hear that same cope every time; you think you're entitled to $150k just LOL

Son I started out at $5.75/hour & now I'll retire with seven figures in savings



You give up before even trying, beta as fuk; you ALWAYS have excuses that's why you're a loser
i know people that did the same. live below your means, save, invest and possibly find a partner open to the same mindset.
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Originally Posted By eddiehaskell⏩
i know people that did the same. live below your means, save, invest and possibly find a partner open to the same mindset.
I bust my fuzzy fox tail so my kids can be home-skool'd by the wife(LOL @ letting your kids get brainwashed in Liberal public school systems) & they have all the things they need and most of the things they want


I could've inherited enough money to never have to work a day in my life but chose to work because a man without a purpose & God is entirely lost in his life(True Fukn Story)





Srs the one common denominator is they quit before even trying, LOSER mentality
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post 1686708583 07-17-2023, 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted By eddiehaskell⏩
i know people that did the same. live below your means, save, invest and possibly find a partner open to the same mindset.
nobody is arguing that it's impossible to get ahead - the point is the difficulty level now is 100x harder than ever before
post 1686709033 07-17-2023, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted By DeadlyStriker⏩
This guy fukking gets it. When I have kids some day my wife will be a stay at home mom and kids will be homeschooled.
hope you already have a house and you make 180K a year


that's about what you need nowadays to pay for a family and kids and still get ahead financially (save 40K a year)



I make 200 and I made my wife get a job as a nurse. You need 2 incomes nowadays almost no matter what
post 1686709053 07-17-2023, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted By blissful88⏩
I bust my fuzzy fox tail so my kids can be home-skool'd by the wife(LOL @ letting your kids get brainwashed in Liberal public school systems) & they have all the things they need and most of the things they want


I could've inherited enough money to never have to work a day in my life but chose to work because a man without a purpose & God is entirely lost in his life(True Fukn Story)





Srs the one common denominator is they quit before even trying, LOSER mentality
i agree 100% with not sending kids to public school prisons.
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Originally Posted By atb161⏩
hope you already have a house and you make 180k a year


that's about what you need nowadays to pay for a family and kids and still get ahead financially (save 40k a year)



i make 200 and i made my wife get a job as a nurse. You need 2 incomes nowadays almost no matter what
lol
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Originally Posted By ATB161⏩
nobody is arguing that it's impossible to get ahead - the point is the difficulty level now is 100x harder than ever before
maybe but totally possible especially if you start at 16-17 and have parents that taught you to avoid consumerism/materialism
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Originally Posted By eddiehaskell⏩
i agree 100% with not sending kids to public school prisons.
but what if dad is too broke to send them to private school
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Originally Posted By bicmane102⏩
but what if dad is too broke to send them to private school
wouldn't send a kid to public or private school
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Originally Posted By eddiehaskell⏩
wouldn't send a kid to public or private school
i mean this in the nicest way, but it would suck to be ur kid lol
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Originally Posted By eddiehaskell⏩
maybe but totally possible especially if you start at 16-17 and have parents that taught you to avoid consumerism/materialism
the current generation of first time house buyers and car buyers are getting raked over the coals. You have yet to address this issue


not everybody can live in bum fuk alabama. I live in Illinois and an old chitty single family house here is 380K with 8K property taxes. That's like a 3500 payment. How does a couple afford that and get ahead financially unless they're making 200K? Not everyone can make 200k. Plenty of people just don't have the talent or ability to get very high paying careers
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Originally Posted By bicmane102⏩
i mean this in the nicest way, but it would suck to be ur kid lol
dern...random miscer doesn't want to be my kid. should i feel honored?
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Originally Posted By ATB161⏩
the current generation of first time house buyers and car buyers are getting raked over the coals. You have yet to address this issue


not everybody can live in bum fuk alabama. I live in Illinois and an old chitty single family house here is 380K with 8K property taxes. That's like a 3500 payment. How does a couple afford that and get ahead financially unless they're making 200K? Not everyone can make 200k. Plenty of people just don't have the talent or ability to get very high paying careers
old misc sensationalism...you either live in NYC or bfe.
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Originally Posted By eddiehaskell⏩
old misc sensationalism...you either live in NYC or bfe.
I told u I live in Illinois


NYC is absolutely ridiculous. I'm not talking about that


If you're a young first time home buyer, you're looking at a 8-10K mortgage in NYC. You're not affording that unless you make 30K a month. Majority of country is not quite that bad but it's still pretty fcking awful. People 10 years ago were getting mortgages for 900 a month. Now u pay 2700 for a total dump
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My pay hasn't risen much since the early 2000s, but that also could be due to the Mom factor of stepping out of the career workforce to a part-time job for a few years.

Still, with inflation adjusted, my hourly rate would be much higher today and I obviously have a lot moar experience.

You post some scary items, Katya. I really don't want to go through 2008-11 again.
Originally Posted By blissful88⏩
I bust my fuzzy fox tail so my kids can be home-skool'd by the wife(LOL @ letting your kids get brainwashed in Liberal public school systems) & they have all the things they need and most of the things they want


I could've inherited enough money to never have to work a day in my life but chose to work because a man without a purpose & God is entirely lost in his life(True Fukn Story)





Srs the one common denominator is they quit before even trying, LOSER mentality
Ehhh, I have a number of stories of problems with homeschooling and why people opt in to putting their kids in a school after years of homeschool. Mine always went to a Christian private school. Thankfully now that she's in college tuition will be much cheaper.
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Originally Posted By ATB161⏩
I told u I live in Illinois


NYC is absolutely ridiculous. I'm not talking about that


If you're a young first time home buyer, you're looking at a 8-10K mortgage in NYC. You're not affording that unless you make 30K a month. Majority of country is not quite that bad but it's still pretty fcking awful. People 10 years ago were getting mortgages for 900 a month. Now u pay 2700 for a total dump
illinois...might as well be alabama.
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Originally Posted By DustinTheHuss⏩
My pay hasn't risen much since the early 2000s, but that also could be due to the Mom factor of stepping out of the career workforce to a part-time job for a few years.

Still, with inflation adjusted, my hourly rate would be much higher today and I obviously have a lot moar experience.

You post some scary items, Katya. I really don't want to go through 2008-11 again.



Ehhh, I have a number of stories of problems with homeschooling and why people opt in to putting their kids in a school after years of homeschool. Mine always went to a Christian private school. Thankfully now that she's in college tuition will be much cheaper.
do we need to mention that you can also find slew of stories from people that sent their kids to schools?
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Originally Posted By eddiehaskell⏩
do we need to mention that you can also find slew of stories from people that sent their kids to schools?
They don’t develop their social skills when they’re homeschooled. Plus once they get to high school or college they go wild after living a sheltered life.
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Originally Posted By DustinTheHuss⏩
They don’t develop their social skills when they’re homeschooled. Plus once they get to high school or college they go wild after living a sheltered life.
old wives tale to scare people into the benefits of public school indoctrination. plenty of ways to give a child socialization outside of public schools.
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Originally Posted By eddiehaskell⏩
old wives tale to scare people into the benefits of public school indoctrination. plenty of ways to give a child socialization outside of public schools.
LOL my 2 teens are probably the most well-adjusted individuals I've ever seen in my life; involved in sports, musical instruments etc etc, they socialize in person with friends every single day(neither has ever had a cellphone)

They act 10 years older than they are




Ignore the single mothers blaming everything but themselves for their wild godless children
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Originally Posted By blissful88⏩
LOL my 2 teens are probably the most well-adjusted individuals I've ever seen in my life; involved in sports, musical instruments etc etc, they socialize in person with friends every single day(neither has ever had a cellphone)

They act 10 years older than they are




Ignore the single mothers blaming everything but themselves for their wild godless children
No cell phone too. Dang brother you doing it right! Homeschool and no cellphone are what I'd tell anyone with children (along with church life of course). If most of these people ain't telling you you're doing something wrong...well, you're doing something wrong.
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Originally Posted By eddiehaskell⏩
old wives tale to scare people into the benefits of public school indoctrination. plenty of ways to give a child socialization outside of public schools.
I’m just saying from my personal experience, but I believe in private Christian schools. Public schools are too woke in my area.

In schools kids learn how to work together in groups. They also don’t go crazy when they are exposed to partying.

You can’t lock your kids in a closet to hide them from the big, bad world.
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Originally Posted By DustinTheHuss⏩
I’m just saying from my personal experience, but I believe in private Christian schools. Public schools are too woke in my area.
i doubt too many people know enough home school kids personally to make any evaluation.

don't lock them away...they'll turn into party animals with any freedom...they need schools...lol
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Originally Posted By eddiehaskell⏩
i doubt too many people know enough home school kids personally to make any evaluation.

don't lock them away...they'll turn into party animals with any freedom...they need schools...lol
Pretty much everyone I know either home schools or sends their kids to a private school.

Good luck supporting a wife who home schools as well. Then you’re paying a lot of alimony if she divorces you.
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Originally Posted By DustinTheHuss⏩
I’m just saying from my personal experience, but I believe in private Christian schools. Public schools are too woke in my area.

In schools kids learn how to work together in groups. They also don’t go crazy when they are exposed to partying.

You can’t lock your kids in a closet to hide them from the big, bad world.
Home schooled children have access to group learning activities with other home schooled children. They also play sports in local leagues, YMCAs, etc.

Many home school families are active in their churches too, so they go to VBS, Wed evening studies, youth activities, etc.

Home schooling in Texas is very common. I've met literally dozens of them. That said, there are exceptions just like anything else. There are a couple that are just bad. They believe in home schooling, but they don't put in a lot of effort. However, many of them are high achievers in sports and education.
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