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View Poll Results: Are you better off now than you were 2 years ago?
Better off. 52 25.37%
Worse off. 125 60.98%
About the same. 28 13.66%
Voters: 205. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 10-31-2022, 02:07 PM
 
Location: West coast
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I voted yes.
This was completely due to me and not the current administration that seems to constantly drop the ball.
I think that the current times would even be better if we were not in this recession.
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Old 10-31-2022, 02:18 PM
 
Location: Way up high
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Yes
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Old 10-31-2022, 04:08 PM
 
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Better off, yes.

How are you better off?


Please elaborate
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Old 10-31-2022, 04:11 PM
 
Location: Florida
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It's getting real bad now. I have two vehicles and a tractor that are off line right now because the parts needed to fix it are being held up over in either China or Hong Kong. If I can't get these parts soon, I might need to talk to a machinist or some private company to build my chips for me.
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Old 10-31-2022, 04:13 PM
 
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It's getting real bad now. I have two vehicles and a tractor that are off line right now because the parts needed to fix it are being held up over in either China or Hong Kong. If I can't get these parts soon, I might need to talk to a machinist or some private company to build my chips for me.
Ouch! Do you work in ag?
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Old 10-31-2022, 04:14 PM
 
Location: My house
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Why are you calling him Brandon? I don't get it! How do you explain the same inflation and problems in the rest of the world?
because we can tap our own land for fossil fuels but we don’t. europeans are stuck in the same anti-growth, pro china policies.
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Old 10-31-2022, 04:15 PM
 
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$5 a gallon the day he took office. No joking folks.

BullKaKa!!!!!!!!!!!!



https://www.cleveland.com/business/2...ince-2014.html


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It was $2.48 a gallon at the beginning of 2020, $1.94 in 2019, $2.47 in 2018 and $2.31 in 2017.Jan 4, 2022
According to the Energy Information Administration, which releases fuel prices each Monday, the average price for regular gasoline clocked in at $2.90 a gallon on Monday.
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Old 10-31-2022, 04:22 PM
 
Location: Florida
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Ouch! Do you work in ag?
I own a horse farm in Indiantown, Florida, and it's kind of a hobby. I work as a mechanical engineer in Palm Beach County. I can buy a newer vehicle, but the tractor is kind of hard to come by right now and I use it for everything.
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Old 10-31-2022, 04:30 PM
 
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One thing for sure, food & fuel was much cheaper before Brandon was installed.
Another thing for sure is Shell made 9.45 billion profit this quarter and is doing a 4 billion stock buy back. My hometown company Exxon made 18.7 in profits this quarter, up 6% from the 2nd. But their 2nd was up 177% from the covid slow down. They, too are singing happy days are here, again
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Old 10-31-2022, 04:35 PM
 
Location: A Nation Possessed
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Worse off. But it's not all about me.

The real question is whether the nation is worse off on the whole. And I think there can be no doubt that it certainly IS worse off.

(and I'm not talking about the covid thing. It's way bigger than that.)

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because we can tap our own land for fossil fuels but we don’t. europeans are stuck in the same anti-growth, pro china policies.
Absolutely right. This could all go away very quickly if we were not being hogtied by the elites, and if we had some reasonable people in positions of power. But we don't. At least, very few, and they have little power. The inmates are running the asylum. Obviously, it's going to go downhill.
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