POLITICAL THREAD
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It's also because they love government & the jobs they will get to give handouts. Never-ending graft.
I think he's made a big mistake claiming that prices are lower (Save me the gas &e gas routine.). In general they're not. Inflation much lower, but he doesn't know how to explain that as easily as saying price are lower.
You people are disgusting. He pardoned them because he went after political enemies like never seen before, tried to eliminate his competition and then said “hahaha, you can’t retaliate!!”
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Not at all. I buy into a lot of it, but far from all. Regardless, the Dims are always far worse.
Florida won an election that actually matters. Retained Republican state senate.
The inflation has been essentially flat.
Inflation has remained essentially flat since Biden's last year.
There is no chance a democrat gains any significant power in Florida anytime soon
OK, I'm done. It states that photo was taken before 5p & he didn't arrive till after 7p.
@CatinIL
As an Eastern Conference and Original SIX fan (except for that Blackhawks trash), you're dead to me now.
That’s what living in the StL metro did for me.@CatinIL
As an Eastern Conference and Original SIX fan (except for that Blackhawks trash), you're dead to me now.
This is patently false, and is a narrative that is counter to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Also, you're a pearl-clutching/whiney simpleton.
Also, StL is losing 4-2 in the third so that should make you happy.@CatinIL
As an Eastern Conference and Original SIX fan (except for that Blackhawks trash), you're dead to me now.
from 9%! NINE PERCENT lol. you freaking loser. Something that hadn't been seen since Carter's years ... yep ObamaBiden was THAT bad.
And all that excess food consumption drives the cost of food up for everybody.
He is cherry-picking, and ignoring the wage to inflation ratio, IOW "effective inflation" because it fits his narrative, which is what, you know, simpletons do.
Speaking of ignore, I found another one.
Speaking of ignore, I found another one.
Yes, absolutely. But how did those sneakers get up to $200!in the first place? Because of human greed and materialism.
Yes, poor people making bad spending decisions are to blame for shoe inflation. (this IS partly true)
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False. Housing/automobiles/etc skyrocketed due to American consumption/greed/unrelenting desire for money and power and status.
Look another close minded yes man that bends over and takes it from his party’s leaders.
I'll actually agree on automobiles, but not housing.
Housing has skyrocketed because of poor local government, and their insane and punitive zoning/tax restrictions that remove the incentive to build affordable starter homes. 10 minutes of research will bear that out. It started in the late 70s and early 80s.
Housing has skyrocketed because of poor local government, and their insane and punitive zoning/tax restrictions that remove the incentive to build affordable starter homes. 10 minutes of research will bear that out. It started in the late 70s and early 80s.
Haven’t said much about rest of world. Don’t need to. American consumption has divided us plenty. Look how angry you all are that someone calls it like it is. Can’t even handle and a different opinion. Unhealthy habits and lifestyles are detrimental to society. Not up for debate.
Millions of people consuming things that aren’t necessary drives up demand, and thus cost. It ain’t rocket science.
There is a middle ground here, and I kind of see what smh is getting at. Poor financial decisions by those that can least afford it DOES promote, for instance, car manufacturers to build more and more extravagant vehicles, to the exclusion of cheap and practical choices for folks that just want cheap transportation. Just walk through a dealership and you'll see that that is true.
If making one common joke about big expensive vehicles is obsessing…then you’re Walz-tarded.
Ford's decision to start offering/approving high risk loans to people that have absolutely no business buying a 90,000 dollar truck kind of proves that. They're going to sell 90,000 dollar trucks to poor people on 96 month 20 percent interest loans, which will come out to about 1800 dollars a month, which is absurd.
When enough people demand more affordable options, the market will correct.
When enough people demand more affordable options, the market will correct.
There are multiple factors, completely agree. However, the desire to have unnecessarily gigantic single family homes drives up the cost of all the materials used to build all houses/buildings. And labor costs, which is passed on to all consumers. It’s a vicious cycle driven by consumers, and producers/providers of said products/sevices.
It wasn't consumer desire (for the most part) that drove McMansion neighborhoods in mid-size cities like Lexington for instance. It was primarily zoning restrictions that mandated minimum home size. And the reason for that was the desire for a higher property tax base.
Couple that with Barney Frank and the government's push to provide loan approval for "more house than they can afford, because that's all there IS now" and you ended up with 2008.
In terms of inflation adjusted dollars, the price per square foot of home hasn't risen as much as most people think, it's just that the number of houses that fit within the square footage of home most people can responsibly purchase has declined. And the primary driver of that was government.
Unfortunately, the only thing that can reverse that NOW, is ugh... government. There needs to be reform, and tax incentives for builders to start building starter home neighborhoods. Basic builder grade, 3 bedroom, 900 SF homes that folks can afford. Never thought I'd say that, but it's true.
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To change the subject; I don't get redshirting the #33 HS player in the nation, Hawthorne. Go ahead and play him, because if you DO redshirt him, he's going to transfer.
Hell, Ford doesn’t even make sedans anymore. Not just because their quality isn’t there, but because they can put all their focus into producing larger (and more desired) vehicles that they can charge more for.
Well, they're going to have to change that. And the proof is the loans that I mentioned above, and the dealer lots that are ABSOLUTELY FILLED with 2 and 3 year old inventory, just rotting away...
It's ridiculous that automobile manufacturers aren't offering a sedan, a compact sedan/hatchback, a no frills 1/2 ton pickup, and a small pickup at affordable prices. They'd better START doing that, or else.
I'm not rich, but I'm retired, with a nice income, and part of the reason I was able to do that was because I bought homes and vehicles, below my means, but neither of those options really exist anymore. I'd love to have, and could REALLY use a small and practical pickup truck. They don't even exist anymore; not even in the used market.
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