Americans are the richest they have ever been

[NORTY FLATZ]

Originally Posted by Larry Caldwell

About the only nice thing about getting old is that you have had decades to collect personal wealth. Our population is ageing.

It would be odd if the old farts hadn't paid off their mortgages and padded their savings.

There's a sunny side to livin' in a van, down by the river!

[ddeemo]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

You apparently didn't read the rest of that article.

Or any others.

I couldn't read more than the first bit because the rest was in a paywall. Need to quote if going to use that type of source because not everyone can read it.

Again an average is an average. Your articles are not really about averages, they about a segment of the population. An economy could be divided into multiple segments. You are trying to deflect - the original article was correct, you just don't like it. A segment doing poorly does not imply the entire economy is also.

Didn't know I owed any articles to post - who would know - guess I will just use yours.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/01/near...-pandemic.html

There are many articles about so many not having savings let alone emergency savings to wipe out so IDK, did they wiped out $100? I guess you didn't look at the actual data - 14% lost jobs, same percent as tapped out. Only 17% tapped into savings so with 14% having been tapped out - means probably not much there. Doesn't sound like the average person is hurting from that data.

https://time.com/5833008/us-unemployment-coronavirus/

That article is more about income inequality and unemployment than health care. Also if out of work, they can get Medicaid. Kind of funny - wasn't Obama care supposed to fix the medical bills for low income people?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/city-re...cal-care-debt/

Sounds like those that live in the big Democratic cities that have been shutdown are having issues - that didn't impact their finances? This was only 4 cities, all Democratic and according to the survey, the majority polled lost jobs - the reported job loss percent by city - New York—50%, Los Angeles—61%, Chicago—51%, Houston—57% about the same as those struggling. The issue seemed to be mainly struggling to pay credit cards. The survey is suspect because unemployment rate is 8.4% and the other survey said 14% lost jobs not over 50% - over 50% polled struggling but mainly polled those who lost jobs - WTF. I guess there are consequences of keeping things shut down.

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by ddeemo

I couldn't read more than the first bit because the rest was in a paywall. Need to quote if going to use that type of source because not everyone can read it.

Sorry; that's against the TOS.

[ddeemo]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

Sorry; that's against the TOS.

No it is not - you can post a small portion of an article that is relevant as long as attribute it - that is allowed under the TOS and US Copyright laws. From the TOS - "Posting a snippet from the article and then the link is the appropriate way to post." From Section 107 of the US Copyright Act https://copyright.gov/fair-use/more-...s%20fair%20use.

Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that may qualify as fair use.

I never suggested posting the entire article.

A better way is to not use an article behind a pay wall, if that is the only source that is defending your point of view you do not have a strong argument. In this case you only listed the article - and the only part visible did not make your point.