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Uncoach

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About 8 Months versus 8 YEARS !

Strawberries: Local food/parking lot market had them available most of the summer !
His pickers ? His kids and their friends. Paid them a fair wage and they were happy !
Berries were tasty and fairly priced !
We were happy !
Need to win the mid-terms. If the dirty Dems get one of the chambers, their shenanigans will hamper many things.
 
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rillaman

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It’s interesting you mention the student loans. That was the first thing I thought of when reading the X post. Everybody didn’t have a goal of going to college until the government got involved. That caused rising rates and the enlargement of campuses and need for more money for the machine.

Guaranteed student loans and guaranteed “insurance” for all enriched the govt, universities, and insurance companies. They helped the elite and the uninsurable, while hurting the middle class immensely.

Similar to guaranteed housing for migrants. When the govt decided to give endless $, landlords knew they could raise rates on everyone. Again, the middle class suffered tremendously.
 

Uncoach

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Guaranteed student loans and guaranteed “insurance” for all enriched the govt, universities, and insurance companies. They helped the elite and the uninsurable, while hurting the middle class immensely.

Similar to guaranteed housing for migrants. When the govt decided to give endless $, landlords knew they could raise rates on everyone. Again, the middle class suffered tremendously.
And of course add in the export of American manufacturing jobs and the Walmartization of America and the middle class didn’t have a chance to keep up. Trades are going through the roof now. So many jobs are AI proof for some time. The university system needs some significant changes…not out of spite, but what they are currently doing in many departments is to a large degree irrelevant to the future.
 

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AzIllini

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The Denver mayor has been an outspoken liberal and critic of Trump and anti-ICE. Financial woes are getting worse and the mayor/city council poured gasoline on the fire by buying a building in 2024 and now the major tenant is not paying. Are there any good Dem mayors in America?


 

BigWill

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Ridiculous. Sorry. We want to operate and keep everything how it was. GTFO. Seriously.


The Armed Services are Top Heavy with too many Generals and Admirals !

The scariest man I ever saw or met was Brig General Lew Walt, USMC , when he first got his first star ! His Son was at Manlius to get his Math SAT up for Army or Navy ! His chest was full of Ribbons and Awards ! TWO NAVY CROSSES in WW2. Eventually the only 4 Star in USMC not to be the Commandant ! (But he was ROTC from A & M.)

Anyway, I was reading a history on the USMC in the Pacific ! There's his name ! "Silent Lou", because he could go thru the jungle making no noise ! He had his men disassemble a 105 MM howitzer to get up a hill, reassemble and shoot the enemy !
 

BigWill

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I think Jeff’s hero ate 17M protesters.


Ptitzie should "know" inflation !
Nowhere close to 7 mil. Lucky if they got 1 million. The crowds were thin and the reality is most were paid. Show up for 2 hours and disperse almost all at once. This is not organic in any way.
There are investigator journalists that follow these gatherings and photo shop the crowds of face shots !

Then they find the faces getting paid to frequent other gatherings !
 

Uncoach

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Interesting. Data looks quite similar to Presidential race in 2024. Republican voters need to turn up big time still.