Americans, working for nothing.

[Anonymous 42]

All the people that abandoned the rust belt have headed to warmer climates where being homeless doesn’t cost you your life!

Now guys like C-Pig have tent cities where they sustain life on government food cards and the local Wal-Mart…

[Anonymous 11]

These f~~~ers set up at a shopping center near a bunch of overpasses. They panhandle the hell out of everyone. You used to never see this.

As long as The Hamptons set gets whatever they want then it must OK.

[MutineerParticipant 1467]

They say life isn’t a zero sum game. If you believe that you’ll believe anything.

"The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage." - Thucydides

[Anonymous 42]

Americans used to go camping for pass time on recreation land.

Now they carry their homes in a backpack!

Now men are gunned down in the streets after society destroys us! provokes us to snap!

“it appeared to be a firing squad dressed in police uniforms”

^^^^ all part of the conditioning to lower the value of life and make us all disposable!

“Firing Squad” 911 BLOW HIM AWAY!

[It’sallbsParticipant]

They had tent cities here in Manchester and teh council kept moving them on and harrassing them.

Some poor batsadd in Salford someone set his tent on fire and he died.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/homeless-protester-dragged-tent-manchester-10087167

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/30/manchester-homeless-people-face-jail-over-city-centre-tent-camps

http://www.leavemeansleave.eu

[It’sallbsParticipant]

http://www.leavemeansleave.eu

[Anonymous 42]

How cruel is is 5,000 fine and two years in prison for being broke, penniless, and homeless in Manchester GB? Who needs a government that will treat you like that when you’re down and out???

Perhaps more of the same government that created all that?

Venezuela has gone GLOBAL!

[It’sallbsParticipant]

They backed up with the bin lorry (garbage truck) and binne dlal their tenets-police and bailiffs because it doesn”t look nice for rich visitors to teh city.

It’s nothing new either they have done this s~~~ for decades used to see it in the 90s when lived in London.

Uesd to be what we called cardboard city in London

http://www.leavemeansleave.eu

[Anonymous 42]

This keeps the homeless population around here either dead or in southern climates!

Snowing like a bitch here! I knew this storm was gonna be worse than they predicted!

Hey C-Pig, you wanna come up here and clean up your f~~~ing mess!

A snowblower in high wind is no different than p~~~ing in the wind! WTF??? 3 days of sub zero arctic strong winds! Thanks allot!

[It’sallbsParticipant]

Never really got light today here f~~~ing windy again as well.

And cold no snow just fcuking cold

http://www.leavemeansleave.eu

[WPLParticipant 2390]

I recall hearing somewhere that the US is dead last in the world — not just in developed nations — for salaries keeping up with true cost-of-living increases. Regardless of the “official” (i.e., as reported by gov’t) inflation figures, it seems to me that basic food staples and nearly everything else has increased in price sharply in the last couple of years. I haven’t seen a raise (or even a bonus) in around 3 years, despite redesigning an existing product to directly save my employer $30,000 per year on assembly costs, to say nothing of the lower warranty costs associated with the improved reliability of the new design. Meanwhile, the company President commutes to work in a Porsche and I drive a 20-year-old Ford truck with nearly a quarter-million miles on the odometer.

[narwhalParticipant]

I’ll be honest, it’s hard for me to complain personally. All of my family members are better off today than we were growing up, and I don’t think any of us are working harder than my parents were. I understand that that’s not common, but I don’t see it around me much. Granted, I’m not looking for it either.

I also factor in that technical and societal advances have improved life for all ( or most all) regardless of whether or not salaries have kept up with the calculated cost of living factor. I don’t think it’s exactly fair to say that the current generation has it worse than previous generations solely on the ratio of salaries to cost of living, without considering the internet, phones, modern vehicles, entertainment options, and all the modern conveniences we have.

Again, I’m not trying to say that people aren’t suffering or that income inequality isn’t an issue. I also most certainly agree that government is a problem. Let’s just not ignore the positives, solely focused on the negatives.

Ok. Then do it.

[Anonymous 42]

narwhal wrote:

I’ll be honest, it’s hard for me to complain personally. All of my family members are better off today than we were growing up, and I don’t think any of us are working harder than my parents were. I understand that that’s not common, but I don’t see it around me much. Granted, I’m not looking for it either.

I also factor in that technical and societal advances have improved life for all ( or most all) regardless of whether or not salaries have kept up with the calculated cost of living factor. I don’t think it’s exactly fair to say that the current generation has it worse than previous generations solely on the ratio of salaries to cost of living, without considering the internet, phones, modern vehicles, entertainment options, and all the modern conveniences we have.

Again, I’m not trying to say that people aren’t suffering or that income inequality isn’t an issue. I also most certainly agree that government is a problem. Let’s just not ignore the positives, solely focused on the negatives.

It’s only a matter of time before the economic termite army gets to your place. No one is safe when all the power is in the hands of the very few! And we all can see plain as day what they do with this power imbalance, they use it to enrich themselves while sacrificing all the rest!

It’s called TREASON in any other BOOK!

[It’sallbsParticipant]

WPL wrote:

I recall hearing somewhere that the US is dead last in the world — not just in developed nations — for salaries keeping up with true cost-of-living increases. Regardless of the “official” (i.e., as reported by gov’t) inflation figures, it seems to me that basic food staples and nearly everything else has increased in price sharply in the last couple of years. I haven’t seen a raise (or even a bonus) in around 3 years, despite redesigning an existing product to directly save my employer $30,000 per year on assembly costs, to say nothing of the lower warranty costs associated with the improved reliability of the new design. Meanwhile, the company President commutes to work in a Porsche and I drive a 20-year-old Ford truck with nearly a quarter-million miles on the odometer.

narwhal wrote:

I’ll be honest, it’s hard for me to complain personally. All of my family members are better off today than we were growing up, and I don’t think any of us are working harder than my parents were. I understand that that’s not common, but I don’t see it around me much. Granted, I’m not looking for it either.

I also factor in that technical and societal advances have improved life for all ( or most all) regardless of whether or not salaries have kept up with the calculated cost of living factor. I don’t think it’s exactly fair to say that the current generation has it worse than previous generations solely on the ratio of salaries to cost of living, without considering the internet, phones, modern vehicles, entertainment options, and all the modern conveniences we have.

Again, I’m not trying to say that people aren’t suffering or that income inequality isn’t an issue. I also most certainly agree that government is a problem. Let’s just not ignore the positives, solely focused on the negatives.

The baby boomers had it easy trust in teh 1960s & 70s in MAnchester you could walk out of ajob in a mill or factory in teh morning and start your new job elsewhere in teh afternoon

http://www.leavemeansleave.eu

[RomulusParticipant 4667]

Eat the rich.

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

[Anonymous 42]

Romulus wrote:

Eat the rich.

Bad diet! IT’S ALL FAT!

[BoBParticipant 823]

I’ve got a degree in Economics from a University that taught from the Austrian School. Everybody can see the reality. Prices go up in the real world and pay rises in some tiny way.

Socialism and entitlement are the major problems, IMHO. Regulation, in any form, is a tax. The amount of money that is spent along the entire chain is taxed over and over and over. Hell, you can’t even die and leave your successful business to the kidz, or whomever.

What do we get in return for all this tax? If it were simple administration and the government providing to the people which they the people can’t provide as individuals, that would be fine. In my area, every fire station is a massive work of art. The police cars are much nicer than mine. But, I can’t even pay my f~~~ing water bill online. If they did that, there would be a couple of clerks out of work.

In a good and capitalistic economy, these clerks would find other work where they could contribute to the economy. Now it ain’t just the money, it is the excellent benefits and retirement that go with the government jobs.

Anyway, that is a bit of a tangent. The truth is that less government spending means more commercial/consumer spending. If I get a tax cut, it is likely that people won’t save more… they’ll consume more. Even if you could save, where to do it? I know that there is a lot of interest here in Crypto. It should be part of your diversification.

The absolute best bet is to OWN everything and have no debt. Have cash and tangibles on hand. Have a year’s worth of salary stashed in a liquid way. Help your fellow brother with some scratch or food if he needs it.

Back to the topic. Government is awful, however, the greed that is intrinsic in Wall Street is simply… Sin. With a big “S”. Of course, if you don’t believe in Sin, then you’re only acting in self-interest. Maybe that is a different topic.

[Anonymous 14]

FIAT money printed ad nauseam to wage never ending war not in our interest is the root cause of this. The dollar gets weaker every day you print more and more of them diluting its value. Wages not keeping up with inflation means everyone except those at the top gaming the system will eternally get pushed to the bottom.

“While Donald Trump touts his success in securing financial stability, America’s reckless debt and military spending will eventually cause the system to crash and burn like the final days of the Soviet Union”

– Ron Paul

https://www.rt.com/usa/414931-ron-paul-america-meltdown/

[Anonymous 3]

BoB wrote:

The absolute best bet is to OWN everything and have no debt. Have cash and tangibles on hand. Have a year’s worth of salary stashed in a liquid way.

I agree, the best advice.

BoB wrote:

If I get a tax cut, it is likely that people won’t save more… they’ll consume more.

And, add to that, savings are saved in order to spend it later on a bigger goal, or when it is necessary to use the emergency funds. No one spares money just to put it under his head in his coffin. Any savings may get spent sometime in the future. Or given to the children who may spend it or give it to their children and so on. Let’s face it, no cash has ever left this planet… So savings are just money spent later.

[KevinStylesParticipant 2580]

Ya, we’ve lost 100 years of innovation because the established money people , the half dozen some people who control almost everything in this country would loose their excessive income and the balance of power would change dramatically not only across the US but globally. Inventions that could change society completely are seized , destroyed and never talked about again. We should be so much farther evolved by now.

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