jbrownson0831
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Can't disagree with any of that, and folks and their perspectives/perceptions change from decade to decade it seems. When you plan for lean times you don't notice them as much, but I work in an area and with a lot of people paycheck to paycheck...to them this is really bad, some were still at home in 2008 with their parents. They get used to low prices and when something happens to make them go up, they freak out a bit.So? When I was a lot younger, I had decent jobs and had trouble making ends meet, but did. You probably did too. My parents told me about the great depression, and later getting married and being separated during WWII, one in the Navy fighting in the pacific, the other taking care of my brother by herself while at Oak Ridge working to produce the material for the bomb and I think they had trouble making ends meet also, but figured it out, as I guess it's the family way. From what I have seen, heard and read about, I don't see this societal generation suffering unusually, in any kind of historic sense. Heck, it was way worse than this in last quarter of 2008 to first quarter of 2010. Even you have to admit that, with all the factory closings, people losing homes, people losing a ton of money overnight and continuing to lose for months. I just use a different yardstick than you and them probably, and know that panic is not an option and never has been, as it clouds real evaluation. They will learn this, too, if in fact they are suffering as much as you say, though by in large part, nothing compared to historic days, even you and I have seen.
I loved it when I lived in Tennessee. No state tax, could drive down to Mississippi to buy groceries or other items with lower sales tax. Anyway, hoping Biden does not win again and will vote for whomever the Republican nominee is. I think we can do better supporting our citizens throughout the country than we are doing now.