If The Economy Is So Great Why Can't Most People Miss One Paycheck?

[Rustic]

The economy is only doing well if you are in the top 10%. For everybody else, not so much.

Lol
The Easiest thing in the world is to spend less than what you have… So shut the fuck up

 

[Clementine]

The economy is only doing well if you are in the top 10%. For everybody else, not so much.

Well, since Fannie and Freddie resumed the same foolish practices that led to the first housing crisis, we are seeing housing prices balloon. In Dem districts, like Pelosi's San Fran, the cost of rent is $3,000 for a crappy apartment. Really blows the budget. And since the left has created so many regulations and taxes, people are paying more for everything. The increased gas taxes, Obamacare taxes, taxes on all energy, etc, everyone is paying more for basic necessities. When small businesses have to pay higher minimum wages, the cost of products increases. That makes it hard to stretch the paycheck.

It's better in some places than others. New York and California are the worst for finding affordable rent and other things.

At least unemployment is at the lowest among minorities since the government started keeping track in 1972,

Things are better than under Obama.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

It's better in some places than others. New York and California are the worst for finding affordable rent and other things.

In Dem districts, like Pelosi's San Fran, the cost of rent is $3,000 for a crappy apartment. Really blows the budget.

As a landlord, I can explain at least part of this. Millennials and Gen X's are not interested in owning homes. Unlike when we were young, and owning a home was everything, today, following generations simply don't want the responsibility of home ownership.

And from reading various things about these younger generations, they don't want to own anything. Many lease their car. Others rent everything from their furniture to television sets. They simply don't want the problems of ownership. When a problem happens, they simply want to make one phone call and have somebody else deal with it.

It began at the housing crash where millions of people lost their asses. From there, many destroyed their credit because of bankruptcy. They couldn't get a home loan even if they inherited $40,000. So I don't know if they gave up or it changed their priorities. But either way, supply and demand kicked in, and it was strongly in favor of landlords.

The last time I advertised an apartment was February three years ago. From past experience, I didn't expect much of a reply since most people move in spring. I was amazed when I went to my email the next day and found over a dozen replies---some stating they will take the apartment sight unseen. I chose a wonderful couple who were expecting a baby in a few months and they told me of their horrors of trying to find a decent apartment; they were looking for months.

Bottom line is many landlords are taking full advantage of this situation since it's happening coast to coast. They own a commodity everybody wants. When that happens, prices skyrocket.

 

[Cecilie1200]

It is obviously that a lot of right-wingers cannot work through the basic logistics of solving a problem. We live in a society, not a gaggle of selfish strangers living out in the desert popping babies. Capitalism has problems that have to be tackled at the group level, the societal level.

]
Our problem isn't that we can't work through a problem, Lice. It's that we dispute your definition of "problem", and we utterly reject your "solution" of convincing perfectly capable adults that they're helpless children who need a "societal" nanny.

So you can't perceive a problem. That says a lot about your intellect, the limits of which I have seen before.

Blah blah "You don't agree with me, so you're STUPID!"

I don't perceive the problem YOU think exists. And believe me, I'm not going to be ashamed about it because YOU don't approve.

 

[danielpalos]

why do we have any poor at all if capitalism can save us?

Do you even grasp what free market capitalism IS, Daniel? It doesn't guarantee that everyone wins. The harsh reality about capitalism is that it rewards winners and punishes losers. Capitalism will never "save" losers. It's why people like you think it's evil.

we have Government, for a reason.

You need some sort of organization in a society, Daniel or you'll have anarchy...hence "government"! You on the left however think that government should be the answer to ALL of our problems and to be quite blunt...that's a naïve premise! You want people to be truly happy with their lives? Return as much power as possible as locally as possible! You want people to be miserable? Take power away from them and give that power to a "Big Government" that rules from afar!

the right wing is worse; they allege to be for Capitalism not their socialism on a national basis with their alleged wars on crime, drugs, and terror they don't want to pay for with really really serious tax rates.

More babbled nonsense? What could possibly BE worse than an all powerful government like what they had in the USSR and in Cuba? Why would any rational person want something that awful?

lol. alleged wars on crime, drugs, and terror you don't want to pay for.

 

[danielpalos]

You miss the point. We have a "natural rate of unemployment for the bottom line of capitalists" not the People.

The People would prefer a natural rate of employment for the People.

We are all capitalists, or if you have more than half a brain you are.

Also, if there is a natural rate of unemployment, there has to be a corresponding natural rate of employment.

Why is there any homeless problem in "Right to Work" States.

Not everyone wants to work, not everyone is willing to do what it takes to better themselves, not everyone has the skills needed for the jobs that are there.

Unemployment compensation for simply being unemployed would solve that dilemma.

Why do you libs always want welfare?

Because we have a general Welfare clause. Why does the right wing always want warfare? There is no general warfare clause.

 

[Oldstyle]

Do you even grasp what free market capitalism IS, Daniel? It doesn't guarantee that everyone wins. The harsh reality about capitalism is that it rewards winners and punishes losers. Capitalism will never "save" losers. It's why people like you think it's evil.

we have Government, for a reason.

You need some sort of organization in a society, Daniel or you'll have anarchy...hence "government"! You on the left however think that government should be the answer to ALL of our problems and to be quite blunt...that's a naïve premise! You want people to be truly happy with their lives? Return as much power as possible as locally as possible! You want people to be miserable? Take power away from them and give that power to a "Big Government" that rules from afar!

the right wing is worse; they allege to be for Capitalism not their socialism on a national basis with their alleged wars on crime, drugs, and terror they don't want to pay for with really really serious tax rates.

More babbled nonsense? What could possibly BE worse than an all powerful government like what they had in the USSR and in Cuba? Why would any rational person want something that awful?

lol. alleged wars on crime, drugs, and terror you don't want to pay for.

Hmmmm...the GOP wants to fund a wall that would help the struggle against crime, drugs and terror...yet you liberals won't allow it and haven't for decades now. So peddle that nonsense somewhere else.

Rather transparent attempt at diverting the conversation from something that you know you can't win...the "wonders" of an all powerful Big Government!

 

[danielpalos]

we have Government, for a reason.

You need some sort of organization in a society, Daniel or you'll have anarchy...hence "government"! You on the left however think that government should be the answer to ALL of our problems and to be quite blunt...that's a naïve premise! You want people to be truly happy with their lives? Return as much power as possible as locally as possible! You want people to be miserable? Take power away from them and give that power to a "Big Government" that rules from afar!

the right wing is worse; they allege to be for Capitalism not their socialism on a national basis with their alleged wars on crime, drugs, and terror they don't want to pay for with really really serious tax rates.

More babbled nonsense? What could possibly BE worse than an all powerful government like what they had in the USSR and in Cuba? Why would any rational person want something that awful?

lol. alleged wars on crime, drugs, and terror you don't want to pay for.

Hmmmm...the GOP wants to fund a wall that would help the struggle against crime, drugs and terror...yet you liberals won't allow it and haven't for decades now. So peddle that nonsense somewhere else.

Rather transparent attempt at diverting the conversation from something that you know you can't win...the "wonders" of an all powerful Big Government!

how serious can your right wing, alleged wars on crime, drugs, and terror be if you all refuse to pay really really serious tax rates for them?

 

[Oldstyle]

You need some sort of organization in a society, Daniel or you'll have anarchy...hence "government"! You on the left however think that government should be the answer to ALL of our problems and to be quite blunt...that's a naïve premise! You want people to be truly happy with their lives? Return as much power as possible as locally as possible! You want people to be miserable? Take power away from them and give that power to a "Big Government" that rules from afar!

the right wing is worse; they allege to be for Capitalism not their socialism on a national basis with their alleged wars on crime, drugs, and terror they don't want to pay for with really really serious tax rates.

More babbled nonsense? What could possibly BE worse than an all powerful government like what they had in the USSR and in Cuba? Why would any rational person want something that awful?

lol. alleged wars on crime, drugs, and terror you don't want to pay for.

Hmmmm...the GOP wants to fund a wall that would help the struggle against crime, drugs and terror...yet you liberals won't allow it and haven't for decades now. So peddle that nonsense somewhere else.

Rather transparent attempt at diverting the conversation from something that you know you can't win...the "wonders" of an all powerful Big Government!

how serious can your right wing, alleged wars on crime, drugs, and terror be if you all refuse to pay really really serious tax rates for them?

Taking more money out of the Private Sector and giving it to the Public Sector to waste would do wonders towards bringing our economy to a grinding halt, Daniel. The problem with you liberals is you never want to fix government waste...you just want to pour more water into a leaking bucket.

 

[Lysistrata]

It is obviously that a lot of right-wingers cannot work through the basic logistics of solving a problem. We live in a society, not a gaggle of selfish strangers living out in the desert popping babies. Capitalism has problems that have to be tackled at the group level, the societal level.

]
Our problem isn't that we can't work through a problem, Lice. It's that we dispute your definition of "problem", and we utterly reject your "solution" of convincing perfectly capable adults that they're helpless children who need a "societal" nanny.

So you can't perceive a problem. That says a lot about your intellect, the limits of which I have seen before.

Blah blah "You don't agree with me, so you're STUPID!"

I don't perceive the problem YOU think exists. And believe me, I'm not going to be ashamed about it because YOU don't approve.

Who cares what you think. You are just here to sexually serve some fundie guy. Go back to your bedroom. You are just a fundie chick.

 

[danielpalos]

the right wing is worse; they allege to be for Capitalism not their socialism on a national basis with their alleged wars on crime, drugs, and terror they don't want to pay for with really really serious tax rates.

More babbled nonsense? What could possibly BE worse than an all powerful government like what they had in the USSR and in Cuba? Why would any rational person want something that awful?

lol. alleged wars on crime, drugs, and terror you don't want to pay for.

Hmmmm...the GOP wants to fund a wall that would help the struggle against crime, drugs and terror...yet you liberals won't allow it and haven't for decades now. So peddle that nonsense somewhere else.

Rather transparent attempt at diverting the conversation from something that you know you can't win...the "wonders" of an all powerful Big Government!

how serious can your right wing, alleged wars on crime, drugs, and terror be if you all refuse to pay really really serious tax rates for them?

Taking more money out of the Private Sector and giving it to the Public Sector to waste would do wonders towards bringing our economy to a grinding halt, Daniel. The problem with you liberals is you never want to fix government waste...you just want to pour more water into a leaking bucket.

where is there any enumeration for wars on crime, drugs, or terror?

the right wing Only complains, when the Poor may benefit.

 

[danielpalos]

It is obviously that a lot of right-wingers cannot work through the basic logistics of solving a problem. We live in a society, not a gaggle of selfish strangers living out in the desert popping babies. Capitalism has problems that have to be tackled at the group level, the societal level.

]
Our problem isn't that we can't work through a problem, Lice. It's that we dispute your definition of "problem", and we utterly reject your "solution" of convincing perfectly capable adults that they're helpless children who need a "societal" nanny.

So you can't perceive a problem. That says a lot about your intellect, the limits of which I have seen before.

Blah blah "You don't agree with me, so you're STUPID!"

I don't perceive the problem YOU think exists. And believe me, I'm not going to be ashamed about it because YOU don't approve.

Who cares what you think. You are just here to sexually serve some fundie guy. Go back to your bedroom. You are just a fundie chick.

lol. i don't take right wing women seriously.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

The economy is only doing well if you are in the top 10%. For everybody else, not so much.

No matter how well the economy goes, there are still people who live beyond their means.

 

[airplanemechanic]

Living beyond their means. I'm 39 and currently have 3 years of saving and 3 years of investments. That doesn't include selling any of my assets either. I could make it to 45 easily without being broke.

 

[Cecilie1200]

It is obviously that a lot of right-wingers cannot work through the basic logistics of solving a problem. We live in a society, not a gaggle of selfish strangers living out in the desert popping babies. Capitalism has problems that have to be tackled at the group level, the societal level.

]
Our problem isn't that we can't work through a problem, Lice. It's that we dispute your definition of "problem", and we utterly reject your "solution" of convincing perfectly capable adults that they're helpless children who need a "societal" nanny.

So you can't perceive a problem. That says a lot about your intellect, the limits of which I have seen before.

Blah blah "You don't agree with me, so you're STUPID!"

I don't perceive the problem YOU think exists. And believe me, I'm not going to be ashamed about it because YOU don't approve.

Who cares what you think. You are just here to sexually serve some fundie guy. Go back to your bedroom. You are just a fundie chick.

Obviously YOU do, or you wouldn't spend so much time desperately trying to get me to acknowledge your "moral authority" to judge and shame me. It really grates on you that you can't just screech, "Bigot! Hater! How DARE you!" and have me immediately leap to defending myself to you, doesn't it?

I am just everything you've spent your life rejecting, and it kills you that I'm not miserable and bitter the way you are.

 

[danielpalos]

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[sealybobo]

If The Economy Is So Great Why Can't Most People Miss One Paycheck?

I guess you could ask 100 economist that question and get at least 150 answers. I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole.

No coincidence that the people who are one paycheck away from bankruptcy don’t vote.

Or some of them vote republican. They hurt themselves financially over wedge issues like racism, guns, god

Most people who can’t go a month also can’t afford healthcare. Socialized medicine for everyone would be good for 52% of Americans.

Too bad they don’t know to show up and vote democratic every two years even if the nominee is hillary and even midterms.

Stupid Americans.

 

[sealybobo]

The economy is only doing well if you are in the top 10%. For everybody else, not so much.

If The Economy Is So Great Why Can't Most People Miss One Paycheck?

A. Because wages still suck
B. Because the newer generations spend too much money on stuff they don't need.

Case in point: We previously lived in a house that was built in 1955. The closets were small, not a lot of storage space. That was OK. We didn't need much storage space because we don't shop and acquire.
The house across the street sold to a young couple around 30-ish years or so, it's a big house, around 3500 square feet.
They not only filled the house up with crap but then had to add a STORAGE shed in the back to hold more crap they didn't need.
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A. Because wages still suck

8 years of Obama with over $9 trillion added to the debt and wages still suck?

The unwise voted for Obama

And voted against their savior Ross Perot years ago

But the poor people who are one paycheck away from bankruptcy at least get free Obamacare. They should vote democratic.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

If The Economy Is So Great Why Can't Most People Miss One Paycheck?

I guess you could ask 100 economist that question and get at least 150 answers. I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole.

No coincidence that the people who are one paycheck away from bankruptcy don’t vote.

Or some of them vote republican. They hurt themselves financially over wedge issues like racism, guns, god

Most people who can’t go a month also can’t afford healthcare. Socialized medicine for everyone would be good for 52% of Americans.

Too bad they don’t know to show up and vote democratic every two years even if the nominee is hillary and even midterms.

Stupid Americans.

You typed a lot of words that are nothing but opinion.

 

[Mr Natural]

But the poor people who are one paycheck away from bankruptcy at least get free Obamacare. They should vote democratic.

But come the day when they make the big time, they don’t want to be saddled with all those outrageous democrat taxes and regulations