Just what we Needed
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Those bastards eat anything that doesn’t outrun em, and all parts too. Savages is right.
Some non-financial ramifications -
1. High school and college athletes missing out on playing what might be their last games . Families gathering and sharing these moments . Team banquets cancelled .
2. High school state band concert cancelled. Many kids and families missing out on their once in a career goal.
3. Graduations cancelled . My daughter is graduating from Schreyer with two engineering degrees .
4. Mothers Day celebrations especially for senior moms can be affected
5. We won’t be taking my mom out for her 85 th birthday this month to her favorite restaurant.
6. Missing my sons orchestra performance at UP.
7. Olympic athletes most likely missing out.
Sure there will be some shining and cathartic moments , but they won’t outweigh all the missed out ons .
1. High school and college athletes missing out on playing what might be their last games . Families gathering and sharing these moments . Team banquets cancelled .
2. High school state band concert cancelled. Many kids and families missing out on their once in a career goal.
3. Graduations cancelled . My daughter is graduating from Schreyer with two engineering degrees .
4. Mothers Day celebrations especially for senior moms can be affected
5. We won’t be taking my mom out for her 85 th birthday this month to her favorite restaurant.
6. Missing my sons orchestra performance at UP.
7. Olympic athletes most likely missing out.
Sure there will be some shining and cathartic moments , but they won’t outweigh all the missed out ons .
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Okay let me say this another way. Those that are financially okay may consider this pause as refreshing and pleasurable to unite as a family and as a result seek this going forward changing up the way they live life. For those that will be impacted financially may conclude there lifestyle is difficult to maintain and the stress of doing so is no longer wanted/needed when they can enjoy life more by making less.
There’s a nanny state and then there’s a Hobbesian everyone for himself state - let’s try to find a happy medium.
For some it might turn out to be a blessing and be an agent for positive change in their lives. For others it may give them some reason to wake up and begin to live a life with direction. For some it will be so bad they won't recover. And for others it will be another bump in their road to happiness that they can never seem to overcome, but for most it won't end up changing much in their lives once things eventually straighten themselves out.
I hope all the people who are reacting by participating in the panic buying do not forget to buy lots of condoms. They do not need to produce anymore idiots.
Dude, ( the OP) let me say this one way and one way clearly. you are a pathetic preachy dumb****.
60% of Americans can’t come up with 500 dollars in a crisis let alone a prolonged crises.
Say it anyway you want because the notion of it obviously gives you some smug pleasure. In the end you are nothing but pathetic.
60% of Americans can’t come up with 500 dollars in a crisis let alone a prolonged crises.
Say it anyway you want because the notion of it obviously gives you some smug pleasure. In the end you are nothing but pathetic.
We’re all driven to make the next buck because everything costs money. Nowadays a car costs more than a house used to. When they start giving shit away for free, I’ll stop worrying about making the next buck.
And some will worry only about themselves. Just waiting for the looting to begin.
I am guessing this thread has not gone the way the OP thought it would.
As someone who desires for all people to succeed and rise to their level of skill and effort, I want the minimum wage to be $0. Having a minimum wage and raising it to whatever some activist deems is a "living" level, only hurts the young and least skilled, as they are priced out of the market when positions decrease in the face of rising labor costs.
Minimum wage was never meant to support a family or even apply to an adult with moderate experience. Here is the hard truth. Generally, if someone has been working for more than a year, and is still earning minimum wage, it's because they are a crappy employee. If someone shows up on time, learns the job, and is reliable, they'll be more valuable than MW to their current employer or another very quickly. A person perpetually making MW is not society's issue, it's their own failings.
I see nothing good about all of this. Many people in many jobs are overworked and when places reopen they will be taxed/pushed to make up any work that was delayed, etc. It will only add stress to those folks, not to mention the stress and potential financial impacts this may cause while out of work, working from home, etc.
Does it matter? Considering a “cheap” car still costs a lot of money, my point stands.What car are you driving?
An average new car costs $36k, where can one purchase a residence for $35k?
the 9 shown is about $300k, if you can find one.
the 9 shown is about $300k, if you can find one.
of course, half of minimum wage earners are high school and college kids, something that is often overlooked.
Yes. The ones who have no sense of responsibility or work ethic. My guys are already overpaid for the work we do and if I pay anymore, I’m throwing money out the window.
I believe in God and no doubt this is an opportunity to think about the things you mention as well as our own mortality. If you look at some very old paintings of Saints, you'll often see them painted with their hands on a skull. The skull is to remind the Saint of his or her own mortality. When we realize our mortality, it changes the way we view life.
I said a new car costs what it used to cost for a house....reading comprehension is your friend.
So....you realize between this idea, the poor economy and the closing of bars, restaurants, and other places that low skilled immigrants are....this might negate the need and expense for a wall between Mexico and the US.
I'm 55 and I remember them. Early 1970's, in the Danville,PA area.56. Don’t remember $35k domiciles.
