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Post subject: Re: Does anyone care about the economy?
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 2:19 pm
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$250 a week for groceries, $12 a day for lunch at work, date night at $150?
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Post subject: Re: Does anyone care about the economy?
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 3:30 pm
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Bi_3 wrote:
$250 a week for groceries, $12 a day for lunch at work, date night at $150?
I interpreted it as if it was intended to be a "$300,000 really isn't that much" chart, but looking at most of those numbers it's more accurate for it to be a "$300,000 really isn't that much if you continuously make terrible decisions with your money" chart.
Maybe it wasn't intended to be either, but it's pretty awful regardless.
$250 a week for groceries, $12 a day for lunch at work, date night at $150?
I interpreted it as if it was intended to be a "$300,000 really isn't that much" chart, but looking at most of those numbers it's more accurate for it to be a "$300,000 really isn't that much if you continuously make terrible decisions with your money" chart.
Maybe it wasn't intended to be either, but it's pretty awful regardless.
Yeah, but this person is stimulating the economy...
Post subject: Re: Does anyone care about the economy?
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 8:30 pm
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philpritchard wrote:
Bi_3 wrote:
$250 a week for groceries, $12 a day for lunch at work, date night at $150?
I interpreted it as if it was intended to be a "$300,000 really isn't that much" chart, but looking at most of those numbers it's more accurate for it to be a "$300,000 really isn't that much if you continuously make terrible decisions with your money" chart.
Maybe it wasn't intended to be either, but it's pretty awful regardless.
I think it's suppose to be "what does middle class behavior cost in the more expensive cities in North America", hence the scaled up cots of everything. There is certainly some overestimation there.
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Post subject: Re: Does anyone care about the economy?
Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 12:10 am
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California is now the 5th largest economy in the world, but the 17th most unequal in the world (below Mexico), and 2nd in the US behind New York. This won't end well.
Post subject: Re: Does anyone care about the economy?
Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 12:18 am
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Post subject: Re: Does anyone care about the economy?
Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 1:13 am
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bart wrote:
I'm surprised you think inequality is a bad thing, burt.
Its not the winners at the top I'm most worried about. It's the losers that conclude they lost because they were cheated and decide to burn down the system that brings so much prosperity, despite most living better than anyone else in history, because they were jealous.
Post subject: Re: Does anyone care about the economy?
Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 4:23 pm
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BurtReynolds wrote:
bart wrote:
I'm surprised you think inequality is a bad thing, burt.
Its not the winners at the top I'm most worried about. It's the losers that conclude they lost because they were cheated and decide to burn down the system that brings so much prosperity, despite most living better than anyone else in history, because they were jealous.
BWAHAHAHAA evil cred maintained.
I'm not worried about either of those groups. It's the people who were comfortably in the middle and then, sometimes suddenly, are excluded (i.e. Trump voters) that scare me.
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Post subject: Re: Does anyone care about the economy?
Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 3:05 pm
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BurtReynolds wrote:
bart wrote:
I'm surprised you think inequality is a bad thing, burt.
Its not the winners at the top I'm most worried about. It's the losers that conclude they lost because they were cheated and decide to burn down the system that brings so much prosperity, despite most living better than anyone else in history, because they were jealous.
BWAHAHAHAA evil cred maintained.
I would just point out that these people aren't actually losers, but rather perceive themselves as losers because others are doing better. And yeah, these are the people that worry me tremendously.
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