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FireWentOut

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I believe if they gave everyone in the US a million dollars within a year over half would be broke crying for more.
Only thing I might add is that half of those broke bastards would also be dead. There is actually a name for what happens when large sums of money gets dumped into the laps of people who have never had money. It's called sudden wealth syndrome. It basically burns their lives to the ground.
 

FireWentOut

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Hmmm. Last time I remember a country turning their commercial vessels into warships we got a surprise December attack.

This is a bad thing. China could sail a fleet of these bastards right up to our shore and we would never know until it was to late. Worse case is if they were carrying something nuclear.


 

Fanon

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A) That in no way would excuse your false comparison.
B) You offer zero data on your better off or not claim.

Dismissed.
What are you talking about? The same median home is 45% more expensive when compared to median income than it was in 1985. You claimed the median home is better than it was in 1985. So you’re claiming the median American home is 45% better to justify that price jump. Or ?

not what he said DA. reading ... comprehension. the house in 85 is not comparable to the house now. not even close. that was his point.
That's exactly what he's saying. And what you're saying too. What about it do you not understand?
 
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FireWentOut

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This whole story is just nuts. The fact they even tried to make a mass shooting out this and then tried to indite this guy show how far Kentucky has slipped. The administration of NKU needs to be fully investigated as well as the DA.

 

Fanon

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Again making claims w/o evidence.
I don’t have to link the statistics with every post I make. You are free to cite statistics that refute my point if you find something that contradicts it (that's what I do, link data if I see something is wrong), but just calling 'Source!' on posts without any evidence of your own to countermand them is lame. But here are a few since you asked half nicely.

Gross Domestic Product by Industry for 1987–2000
GDP share by industry U.S. 2024| Statista
United States - Value Added by Industry: Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, and Leasing as a Percentage of GDP - 2025 Data 2026 Forecast 2005 Historical
 
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notFromhere

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The only place income is "passive" is when it comes to taxes. If you aren't managing your money and moving it where it needs to be moved, that's passive, and you're losing money. You don't leave it where it isn't earning.

If you earned it initially, it isnt passive income for you. It may be foundational, but income is by definition not passive. Generating income is an act, and as such never passive.
 

Fanon

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dion, answer this question ... do you have a checking account? savings account? 401K (your alias does btw)? a phone?

also, lay out your economic plan, soup to nuts, full detail. how would it work? all of it. lay it all out. you think you are a great communicator ... lay it out there big boy. tell us how Amerika should work.
Most people have phones. Figure out where you're going and get there.

Actual meritocracy. Level the playing field for all to succeed, or not, from. A floor for those who fail and a ceiling for those who succeed so we all prosper. Value contribution instead of capital.
 
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Fanon

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At the end of the day you have to advocate and fight for yourself. You can’t waste your energy on boogeymen like Elon musk, who if I’m not mistaken ironically enough is from South Africa which is much poorer than the US. If you work in coal testing you might be working for a large company that offers a 401k which is great. Investing has never been easier or more accessible than it is now, you can download the robinhood app and put money in the s&p 500 right this minute. The average saving rate of an American in this country is 4.7% which is very low. You can’t rely on the government trying to fix it and you can’t waste your energy arguing with old retired guys on the internet who are bored and have nothing else to do. My family and I are immigrants, my father immigrated here when he was 51 without a penny to his name and has done amazing for himself and is ow in his 80s. Whether you’re in Harlan county or Harlem you’re still in the richest country in the world with immeasurable opportunities, but you have to be proactive and fight for them and yourself, and no one is going to help you. Good luck!
I understand your survivorship bias feelgood fluff. But it's completely irrelevant on the macro scale. Individual stories like yours are the definition of anecdotal. Anything works on an individual micro scale. Only analysis of macro trends and statistics are going to give you any real insight into how society at large functions. And any objective analysis shows things have gotten worse for the average American over the discussed timeframe. I'm interested in how to reverse those trends and fix our country, aka politics, not selfishly projecting my personal circumstances onto everyone else as you're doing. Just saying, 'I made it, so can you!' doesn't address any of the systemic issues that got us to where we are, it ignores them.
 

Fanon

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"Rich" is a label. It is not defined in the manner you are attempting to. But to enlighten you.....a "rich" person can live in a 3/2 home making $50K a year. I have also seen dead broke people making 7 figures. Are they rich?

We all have opportunities. How you take advantage of them is up to you. Your path may be one of a journalist making a modest income because that is what you want to do, but they are happy, faithful to God, and have an enriching lifestyle. Another may be a neurologist making bank and they are also happy, servants to God, and a loving family. Both examples describe rich.

You swung and missed.....again.
Now who's the 'cultural Marxist' redefining words for their own pleasure? :ROFLMAO:
 

Johnnie Africa

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I understand your survivorship bias feelgood fluff. But it's completely irrelevant on the macro scale. Individual stories like yours are the definition of anecdotal. Anything works on an individual micro scale. Only analysis of macro trends and statistics are going to give you any real insight into how society at large functions. And any objective analysis shows things have gotten worse for the average American over the discussed timeframe. I'm interested in how to reverse those trends and fix our country, aka politics, not selfishly projecting my personal circumstances onto everyone else as you're doing. Just saying, 'I made it, so can you!' doesn't address any of the systemic issues that got us to where we are, it ignores them.

Good luck to you. I hope you’re able to one day change the world for the better. In the meantime, as a person to a person, take advantage of all there is in this country to grow and become better. It’s hard to change the world without taking care of yourself first.
 

Fanon

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"Atheists have no cause, therefore no reason to kill people because god said it was cool."

Let me fix it for you...

"Atheists have no cause, therefore no reason, but kill people because they have no god besides themselves."

Atheists are atheists so they don't have to be accountable to anyone. They've not reasoned to their conclusions that there is no God. They've simply made the best choice to keep excusing their behavior and avoid responsibility. The reason the 3rd reich, the French revolutionists, and the Bolshevik-Kruschev communists (and many others besides) killed without a second thought and for as long as they could is that they answered (in their minds) to no one.

The constitution of the founders is opposed to such thought.
False. We are accountable to each other. As long as man has existed there have been real-life, real-world consequences for killing your brother. Not some supposed eternal ones after you die. Real, concrete, physical consequences. From your immediate surroundings, both human and otherwise.
 
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Fanon

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You can admit it...your entire focus revolves around envy.

Get a job and dont quit it until you find a better one, dont bage children outside of wedlock, graduate something...high school. You wont be poor, youll jist be jealous you dont have toys...thats all this is
It's about efficient distribution of resources. The more you concentrate into fewer hands, the less they can do with it. The more it's democratized, the more can be done. It's the exact same principle as education. Common sense.
 

Fanon

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Probably, but this system where 60% of Americans cannot afford a 500 surprise bill sucks too. Gotta figure out that fine line where people feel incentivized to work and also not survive from paycheck to paycheck.
That's the framework of UBI. Consolidate and update all of these outdated, inefficient, patchwork, relic support systems into one cost of living allotment. Combine Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, SS, and the rest. Universal healthcare, education, and basic income. Everyone has a basic place to live, food to eat, life to live. A base to succeed or fail from. Everything you want you go contribute and earn. On your merit. It's really the meritocracy wet dream all these capitalists say they want. (Which is how you know they're lying about their true intentions, but that's a topic for another post.)
 
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UKbrassowTipIn93

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What are you talking about? The same median home is 45% more expensive when compared to median income than it was in 1985. You claimed the median home is better than it was in 1985. So you’re claiming the median American home is 45% better to justify that price jump. Or ?


That's exactly what he's saying. And what you're saying too. What about it do you not understand?
And median income is down bc you wanted the borders flooded. Tons of ppl worked for less, bringing it down...now companies can say see we're paying you what's median. Not hard stuff
 

Fanon

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The only place income is "passive" is when it comes to taxes. If you aren't managing your money and moving it where it needs to be moved, that's passive, and you're losing money. You don't leave it where it isn't earning.

If you earned it initially, it isnt passive income for you. It may be foundational, but income is by definition not passive. Generating income is an act, and as such never passive.
False.
 

Fanon

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Good luck to you. I hope you’re able to one day change the world for the better. In the meantime, as a person to a person, take advantage of all there is in this country to grow and become better. It’s hard to change the world without taking care of yourself first.
Thank you, I hope the best for you and yours just as I do for every American. And every human. And all living things intelligent enough to understand the difference, feel pain. Which is exactly why all of us should be here, caring about politics, right? Investing our time and energy into learning about the world so we can help fix its problems. No matter your ideology, the physical truth is we are all alone on this floating rock together in space. We are the captains of this starship, and as such it is our duty to do so in the most informed, competent, intentional way possible.
 
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Fanon

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And median income is down bc you wanted the borders flooded. Tons of ppl worked for less, bringing it down...now companies can say see we're paying you what's median. Not hard stuff
I want legalized work. I don't support any business paying less than the same competitive wage of every American. As I've always maintained, I support immigration reform. I just disagree with the nativists here on how to accomplish that reform. But the ultimate goal is still no one getting paid illegally less under the table and distorting labor prices.

And, again, who benefits from paying those lower wages? Not workers. Those at the very top. Just like always. You and I and everyone in this thread have much more in common with people willing to work under the table for less just to survive than we do the billionaires exploiting us all.
 
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Lost In FL

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Most people have phones. Figure out where you're going and get there.
Oh i'm there ...
Actual meritocracy. Level the playing field for all to succeed, or not, from. A floor for those who fail and a ceiling for those who succeed so we all prosper. Value contribution instead of capital.
so you only have platitudes ... no REAL plans. you're such a f***ing intellectual coward. put your ideas out there ... details ... HOW will it work? cmon smart guy ... great intellectual ... HOW will you put in a floor? will there be income limits? HOW do you change "contribution" instead of "capital". You make me laugh.
Here's Dion's "plan" ... "i want all people to do what i approve ..."
And nothing is yours either.
wait, most people have phones... do they ... gulp ... own phones? or do they own nothing? you're such a tard, you might actually be sam. you're a worthless sack of excrement and a lying, evil hypocrite. you say people own nothing, but you actually ... you know ... own something. LMAO. you're so stupid dion. you really are.
 

Lost In FL

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I understand your survivorship bias feelgood fluff. But it's completely irrelevant on the macro scale. Individual stories like yours are the definition of anecdotal. Anything works on an individual micro scale. Only analysis of macro trends and statistics are going to give you any real insight into how society at large functions. And any objective analysis shows things have gotten worse for the average American over the discussed timeframe. I'm interested in how to reverse those trends and fix our country, aka politics, not selfishly projecting my personal circumstances onto everyone else as you're doing. Just saying, 'I made it, so can you!' doesn't address any of the systemic issues that got us to where we are, it ignores them.
hey moron ... you are a micro ... not a macro ... so quit bitching and zip your pants up in the front and quit expecting your religion, big government, to do your bidding.
 

Lost In FL

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Never. Democrats are terrible, but Republicans are far, far worse. Democrats are just spineless and feckless. Republicans are actually evil.
Yeah, one side is literally trying to kill babies and mutilate the ones they missed. they try to establish throught control offices at the federal level and are also actively destroying this country ... pubs may be corrupt, but dems put the demon in demoncrat.
 

Marley2

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I’m focused on how our society operates. The rich just happen to be the problem. Wealth has concentrated at the top and the rest of us have been left out in the lurch. When our country was at its strongest we had an over 90% tax rate for the richest.

Actually, when our country was at its 'strongest' was before we ever had an income tax and pre federal reserve creation in 1913. Learn something, commie boy. Quot spouting tag lines that sound good.
Empty rhetoric, full of sound and thunder, no substance at all.

Just a liberal leftist sheep bleating about how rough you have it, and it's all Elon's fault.
 

Marley2

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Wow. Now why is that a feel-good newsworthy story? Because it’s so rare. Not the norm. We expect the owner class to just take.

Can you comprehend that without the evil owners, none if those employees have a job, correct?

How many people work for Elon amd what is the value added to the economy of his companies?

I don't think it matters if he owns 500 billion worth of tesla stock.

You do comprehend if he sells it all, it destroys the company and bankrupts hundreds of thousands of actual workers and investors?