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Honolulu ($81.37)
New York-Newark-Jersey City ($81.83)
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara ($81.97)
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk ($82.31)
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward ($82.44)
That's what $100 is worth in those MSA's.
I know how hard it is for some of you to understand that $1 is not always $1 everywhere on the planet or even in neighboring states. In fact, COL and PPP can vary between counties and cities within the same state where they're right next to each other.
Somehow, people from low wage, low cost areas think it's a benefit that folks making the average wage in San Francisco could buy a house in their fancy sections while their average wage would land them in a basement San Francisco micro apartment with two roommates.
Underlying problem: Both parties wanna increase spending on something. Democrats wanna increase spending on social programs and saving the poor, the whales, the dolphins, the polar bears, the ticks, the leeches, the mosquitos everything else under the sun. The Republicans wanna triple our spending on defense.
So which of these has any chance in hell of actually balancing a budget? None of the above.
Exactly. Cut spending at least somewhat on the military (the US spends more than the next 10 nations combined...I'm pretty sure there's room to streamline that a bit).
And I'd also evaluate why on earth the US spends so much on public schooling per pupil. Many other countries with a stronger education system spend far less per pupil. There's bloat somewhere.
And then healthcare costs...a pair of non-sterile rubber gloves is billed out as $50. Outside the hospital, you could pick that up at Walgreens for fifty cents. What. On. Earth. Is going on with that??
Then, get the illegals out. They're costing taxpayers a lot of money.
And then, evaluate who really is so harmful to society that they need to be incarcerated at massive taxpayer expense. Someone caught with a dime bag too many should not be behind bars.
After that, we really shouldn't need to increase taxes anymore.
I'm not an economist, but it's common sense. Cut excessive spending first. Then evaluate taxes.
Exactly. Cut spending at least somewhat on the military (the US spends more than the next 10 nations combined...I'm pretty sure there's room to streamline that a bit).
And I'd also evaluate why on earth the US spends so much on public schooling per pupil. Many other countries with a stronger education system spend far less per pupil. There's bloat somewhere.
And then healthcare costs...a pair of non-sterile rubber gloves is billed out as $50. Outside the hospital, you could pick that up at Walgreens for fifty cents. What. On. Earth. Is going on with that??
Then, get the illegals out. They're costing taxpayers a lot of money.
And then, evaluate who really is so harmful to society that they need to be incarcerated at massive taxpayer expense. Someone caught with a dime bag too many should not be behind bars.
After that, we really shouldn't need to increase taxes anymore.
I'm not an economist, but it's common sense. Cut excessive spending first. Then evaluate taxes.
Most of the things you mentioned are caused by the large influx of legal and illegal immigrants. Most countries with high test scores and low health care costs keep those they determin undesirable out of the country as they led to increased costs and lower performance.
For military spending you should look at it as a percentage of GDP, if you do that US spending is more in line with other countries. That is not to say that we don't have waste or areas to trim
It's been a growth of government and entitlements issue, not a people keeping more of their own money issue.
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