Does anybody feel the standard of living is dropping? (wages, illegal, drugs)
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This group of idiots at the White House want everyone poor so they can own us and put us all on government welfare. Things will only get worse. They don't care to improve anything they've failed at.
They will double down on making us poor because they only have 2 and a half more years to destroy our country and the American citizens. Can you imagine how bad it will be before we can vote them all out? It's so sad that we're in this situation.
Last edited by diddlydudette; 04-09-2022 at 06:42 PM..
Are you telling us that you don't care about lumber prices?
Or
Are you telling us you just don't care and you are so rich, that you just don't care?
I worked fifty years so I could afford to retire comfortably, and I did. I recommend it highly. You don't have to be rich to afford to build a house, BTW.
I see dramatic increases in food prices, gas prices, electricity and gas prices. Our dollars definitely do not go as far as they used to. Inflation is taking it’s toll.
I worked fifty years so I could afford to retire comfortably, and I did. I recommend it highly. You don't have to be rich to afford to build a house, BTW.
And you don't have to be rich to sound like a jerk, either, evidently.
I dunno depends how you measure “rich”. Even rickshaw drivers in India wear khaki pants and own a cellphone.
If your measure of “rich poor” is that they’ve got a cellphone, internet access, a vehicle and tv then much if not most of the third world meets this criteria too.
The more the value of the dollar erodes... the more your standard of living will drop..
In due time... id say in this decade... more and more countries will stop using dollars...
More and more countries will stop sending their goods here for a weak dollar....
and more and more debt will be racked up...
The US is irresponsible at being the world reserve currency and quite frankly ...We do not deserve the status any more...
The good ol days of printing fiat and sending it for commodities are over.. We are broke
Be careful in that you don't confuse US inflation with the global relative value of the USD. Many things can affect US inflation and global value. They can be related, but they are not the same. The value of the USD has not changed much in 30 years.
The is no one up to the task of taking over the role of the USD in the world at this time. A generation ago many of us thought China might move, and they have barely. They may not want that job in the first place.
I worked fifty years so I could afford to retire comfortably, and I did. I recommend it highly. You don't have to be rich to afford to build a house, BTW.
It takes time and patience. IMO today's inflation is a temporary blip. Significant, but temporary. IMO we will not revisit the '70's where significant inflation was long lasting.
For the first time in decades, I feel my standard of living is slipping fast. My money doesn’t go as far as before, and everything is more expensive. For example, avocado at Costco used to be 5.99-6.99 for 6, and I buy them almost weekly. Now it’s 8.49, a price I have never seen.
Thank you so much, Democrats!
I don’t feel like my standard of living is dropping at all. I make more money than ever, have the biggest retirement fund in my life (which is a pretty low bar, lol), an “emergency” savings account, no debt but a mortgage and student loans, am able to buy things I couldn’t afford in the past, and will have my student loans gone in about a year. All things considered, I’m living my best life.
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