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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/25 07:59:24
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I’d have no issue with PA raising minimum wage or Federal raising minimum wage, if it followed inflation. Raising it from $7.25 to $15 is what I am talking about. You can’t raise something so drastically without expecting the cost of everything to follow suit (inflation). In suburban PGH a 15 year old with work papers from school can get at least two jobs that I am aware of that pay $10.50+. Most kids that I know that are 16 or over are making $12+. I would imagine anyone 18 and older in this market working full time are at $15 or pretty close. That is just what the local economy demands. What works for suburban Pgh doesn’t work for small town AL or wherever. It would put small businesses out of existence in those small towns. $15 min wage in NYC, LA or SF is about the same as $7.25 in many small towns.
It is just like noted before, the talk is to somehow have those at the top pay for it. For the past 47 years of my existence, I have heard this talk, but never action. Does anyone really think raising wages won’t raise the product/service cost of what a business is selling and will actually hit the CEO and other? They raise the costs and not just to cover costs, but gives a chance to raise and make more profit too. When inflation happens, they can’t just pay themselves $2M in untaxed stock, they would need to pay themselves $2.5M in untaxed stocks.
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Re: Trump 2024
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/25 11:45:38
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If PA Senate blocked a bill to raise it to $9.50, I can’t imagine $15 is even up for debate. Why not present legislation that has a chance of passing? $7.25 adjusted for inflation is $10.31. I’d think a bit more support for that and a lot less inflationary responses to pay for it.
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Re: Trump 2024
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/26 14:48:04
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Porktown If PA Senate blocked a bill to raise it to $9.50, I can’t imagine $15 is even up for debate. Why not present legislation that has a chance of passing? $7.25 adjusted for inflation is $10.31. I’d think a bit more support for that and a lot less inflationary responses to pay for it.
Sounds reasonable.
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/26 19:55:27
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What happens to the person that was at $10-hour? Do the move up to the new minimum wage, do get a raise of the same dollar difference as the minimum wage person got, or do they get the the same percentage (based on the rate of inflation according to the above post) as the minimum wage person? In option #1, they lose ground against the minimum wage person because they brought enough value to the employer to be $2.75 higher than minimum, but now are at minimum. In option # 2, they still lose ground to the minimum wage person, albeit not as much, for their increased skills (why they were paid above minimum in the first place). If they were at $15/hour, they were slightly above 200% of minimum, but now would be at about 140% of minimum — a loss of 60 percentage points from where they were. In option #3, the question has to be asked, where does it stop? Where is the demarcation where the person earning beyond minimum wage does not get the same increased percentage, perhaps a lesser percentage, perhaps nothing — both of which reduce their monetary stature when contrasted to the minimum wage earner? Further, who gets to determine that threshold?
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/26 20:08:24
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DarDys What happens to the person that was at $10-hour? Do the move up to the new minimum wage, do get a raise of the same dollar difference as the minimum wage person got, or do they get the the same percentage (based on the rate of inflation according to the above post) as the minimum wage person?
In option #1, they lose ground against the minimum wage person because they brought enough value to the employer to be $2.75 higher than minimum, but now are at minimum.
In option # 2, they still lose ground to the minimum wage person, albeit not as much, for their increased skills (why they were paid above minimum in the first place). If they were at $15/hour, they were slightly above 200% of minimum, but now would be at about 140% of minimum — a loss of 60 percentage points from where they were.
In option #3, the question has to be asked, where does it stop? Where is the demarcation where the person earning beyond minimum wage does not get the same increased percentage, perhaps a lesser percentage, perhaps nothing — both of which reduce their monetary stature when contrasted to the minimum wage earner?
Further, who gets to determine that threshold?
On second thought 💭 I reconsider my last post and am now going back to how I feel about a minimum wage. I don’t believe there should be one.
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/26 21:39:32
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DarDys What happens to the person that was at $10-hour? Do the move up to the new minimum wage, do get a raise of the same dollar difference as the minimum wage person got, or do they get the the same percentage (based on the rate of inflation according to the above post) as the minimum wage person?
In option #1, they lose ground against the minimum wage person because they brought enough value to the employer to be $2.75 higher than minimum, but now are at minimum.
In option # 2, they still lose ground to the minimum wage person, albeit not as much, for their increased skills (why they were paid above minimum in the first place). If they were at $15/hour, they were slightly above 200% of minimum, but now would be at about 140% of minimum — a loss of 60 percentage points from where they were.
In option #3, the question has to be asked, where does it stop? Where is the demarcation where the person earning beyond minimum wage does not get the same increased percentage, perhaps a lesser percentage, perhaps nothing — both of which reduce their monetary stature when contrasted to the minimum wage earner?
Further, who gets to determine that threshold?
Option 4: With your increased skills (that you mention get them 2.75$ higher than minimum) you go get a new job. Bros are we seriously acting like a 7.25$ minimum wage is fine in PA?
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/26 22:11:23
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You must be from an urban or semi urban area. Rural or semi rural, where those types of wages are paid, the option of “get a new job” without relocating is often outside of the realm of possibility — there are only so many jobs around.
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/26 23:25:25
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DarDys You must be from an urban or semi urban area. Rural or semi rural, where those types of wages are paid, the option of “get a new job” without relocating is often outside of the realm of possibility — there are only so many jobs around.
What makes this debate rather odd to me, as you note, rural/semi rural areas are where minimum wages are mostly paid and where the majority of support for keeping the wage is. In urban and suburban areas, it is unheard of that anyone is paying minimum wage. But is where the majority of support to raise it is… A raise to $15 minimum wage wouldn’t likely do much to Philadelphia area economy, most are already making that, even entry level kids. Pittsburgh isn’t far off, although would have a lot of first time working kids, making what many full time workers are making. So not really fair to those full time workers, but don’t think it would do all that much of a shock to the local economy to adjust to it. Definitely a little inflation to make up for the labor cost increases that as noted, would eventually make their way through the higher wages. It would flip most rural and semi rural areas upside down. You know, where 99% of our food comes from. Where much of our building products and energy comes from. A farm worker 15 years in might just be hitting $15/hr. Just like Dadys said, that guy is going to want more than the HS kid doing whatever entry level job. Guess what happens to the cost of food, building materials and energy if those workers that are currently making $15, demand $30? Then in about 5 years, $15 will buy what $7.25 buys. The only thing that doesn’t inflate at that rate is your savings. Don’t get me wrong, there are complete scumbags that would be just fine with slavery (not talking race) or paying $1 per hour. So, having a minimum wage to me, isn’t a bad thing. Raising after 13 years also not a bad thing. Having it follow inflation, fine. If AI starts to get out of control, I could definitely start to think a minimum livable wage wouldn’t be a bad thing, but would have to be full time work only. Which then of course has companies hiring a bunch of 30 hour part timers to avoid…
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/26 23:55:05
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Too bad we can't get all the politicians to wear logos on their clothes so we know who is sponsoring them.
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/27 01:53:18
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DarDys You must be from an urban or semi urban area. Rural or semi rural, where those types of wages are paid, the option of “get a new job” without relocating is often outside of the realm of possibility — there are only so many jobs around.
It's like a script flip freaky friday scenario. You bleeding heart liberal, complaining about unfair job markets ( I'm just joshin) But let me be sure I understand here correctly - some of you folks feel that if the minimum wage is increased, it would be unfair to existing, experienced workers? So much so that you're against raising it? Pork seems to say no to 15/hour, unsure about you Dardys. Federal Poverty Level for 2023 as defined by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for a single individual household is $14,580. 7.25$ an hour, at 40 hours per week, 50 weeks a year is 14,500$. (I'm sure a job paying min wage would for sure give 2 weeks off to someone ) So we keep people in poverty because it's not fair to those who just have their noses above poverty level anyways? C'mon. The Pa Gov website reports on who actually earns minimum wage, and the demographics of such and a ton of other info. I would encourage some of you to give these a look. It looks like, from a sheer numbers perspective, overwhelmingly the minimum wage earners are in the food prep and service industry in PA . Like 50% of all minimum wage and below earners. These reports are filled with information, still looking into em. https://www.workstats.dli...rts/Pages/default.aspx
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/27 09:20:56
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I’ll agree with Pork on what happens to slightly above minimum wage earners when minimum wage increases set, some would argue artificially, the market floor. But I’ll disagree with his time line, not in it’s entirety, but somewhat.
Studies, far too many to cite in an internet discussion forum (this isn’t a scholarly paper), show that once the wage floor moves in an upward direction, either artificially through legislation or organically through market forces, those closest to the floor now demand and/or require a rise in wages so as to not lose ground.
From a first-hand perspective, early on in my work life, I was a Branch Manager for a ManPower temp franchise. While we had a lot of workers at or near minimum wage, many were not. In fact many were in the $7/hour range when minimum was $4.35 (almost exactly the same numbers, percentage-wise, as the $7.25 vs. $15 being discussed today).
Those making $7 had higher skills — fork truck, assembly machine operation, clerical (computers were taking a foothold), etc. than those making less. Often these higher skilled works were hired by the company who placed the order, but if the company didn’t have a long term need and ended their assignment without hiring (a temp job was a good way for employee and employer to “test drive” each other without a commitment), because of their increased skills, we could quickly find them another assignment.
Then, minimum wage changed from $4.35 to $5.15 (I hope I’m getting the cents correct). Of course, the minimum wage people were thrilled. But the higher earners and the employers were not.
It took 6 months (that’s why I disagree with Pork’s timeline a bit) before the $7/hour workers changed their “willing to accept” pay parameters to a minimum of $8.50 from $7 in order to remain at the same percentage increase. Those above $7 followed suit in their minimum acceptable wage, also by percentage, hence my original question with the three options.
Employers were obviously not happy with the mandated increase. What they did was to do more with less. If they normally would have asked for 5 workers, they now ordered 4 (it was easy to see this trend because of seasonal personnel orders that had very good records). The employers had a total aggregate cost in mind before needing to raise prices, sometimes significantly if the cost of goods sold was heavily weighted toward labor costs, and they achieved that by reducing headcount in order to keep the labor cost component stable. In other words, workers got more work to do for their short lived wage gain (the market and inflation ate it up quickly).
I believe history will repeat itself if minimum wage is adjusted outside of market forces.
Another first-hand example is one of my former students who’s parents own 16 McDonalds. Obviously, they are well off financially, but that doesn’t mean they are benevolent. In my HR Management class, we discuss pay plans — how to set them, the ramifications of market forces, unemployment factors, etc. and since they had a prime example of wage forces at work (to be clear, none of their stores were at minimum wage, even in below areas with a cost of living index below 100, but rather we’re in the $9 to $11 range for the lowest lever workers, location dependent), they often chimed in.
For context, they stated that while there were some high performing stores in their portfolio, there were also some break even locations and even a few which consistently posted losses. The business rationale for keeping the break even and losing stores open was economy of scale — the more stores one has, the greater the discount on supplies, particularly those supplied via McDonald’s. In other words, the losers were somewhat helpful in getting lower costs for the stores which performed.
However, they war gamed the scenario where minimum wage was raised to $15 and the result was that the extra discount did not cover the diminishing returns of the losing stores and, obviously, made the break even stores losers. The course of action would be to close all of the losing stores, close some of the break even stores, and go to more automation in other break even stores first, then spread that technology to the higher performing stores which were now making less money due to not only higher wages, but the loss of reduced material costs.
Of course, the losing and break even stores were in lower socioeconomic areas, so two things would happen — less available jobs for starter/low skill/no skill workers and the beginning of a food desert (think Detroit after the riots, which had never recovered) requiring people in that area to travel to get a Big Mac — which doesn’t sound bad until one realizes that other types of businesses will follow suit and either close or reduce their workforce in order to keep costs in check.
Where does this happen — inner city and rural — and in the food industry as was mentioned.
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/27 10:16:27
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Excellent post Dardy’s. My timeline was a guess at best, by no means university research level. But everything you noted is exactly how I see it as well.
Hopefully others out there will read this without drawing a conclusion that you or I are “one of them” trying to keep people down. There will always be tiered payment system for skills, ambition and other marketable qualities. And any time there is an intervention, the market will balance it out.
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/27 10:18:32
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How is it that the government can have the power, (or the right), to determine the price of work in any given business environment? America is supposed to be a free market society. That being said, I am not a proponent of a minimum wage. I'll agree with Dardys and Pork somewhat. If you increase the minimum wage for low or lesser skilled workers, including new hires, you have effectively cut the pay of all long time or more skilled workers by the same amount regardless of hourly pay. There have most likely been more than a few businesses that were priced out of business by the cost of labor. Businesses that can afford wage increases but don't, make themselves a target for the unions. Those that can't afford labor increases because they have not yet hit upon the product or service that could become their cash cow, and still become the target of the labor unions, either go out of business or move their business to a right to work state. Social security was just increased last year to slightly less than the 9.1% peak inflation. It was either 8.1 or 8.5%, which, if applied to the minimum wage, workers would get about an $0.88 cent raise, but at the same time, all workers should get the same percentage. Even as inflation soared last year, average wage increases, (excluding minimum wage), only increased 5.5%, so everybody is still money behind. It is a conundrum wrapped in an enigma to complete the mystery. BTW, in my area, MickeyD's is payin' $12 to $13 an hour, flexible schedule, full or PT, and that's why 2 bacon, egg, & cheese biscuits and a large roast coffee costs $10. Still don't have enough workers. In the drive thru, you now pay at the service window instead of the order payment window due to lack of employees. Didja know that before the pandemic, out in the Dakota's during the oil and gas boom, MickeyD's was payin' $20 an hour. Why? Market forces. Too many high paying jobs in the area and they needed to pay that wage to attract workers to survive. Just my $0.02.
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Re: Trump 2024
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Re: Trump 2024
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/27 11:55:37
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EMitch Even as inflation soared last year, average wage increases, (excluding minimum wage), only increased 5.5%, so everybody is still money behind. It is a conundrum wrapped in an enigma to complete the mystery.
This is where I was trying to go with my timeline. When will everything actually balance out after you inflate the system? Compounded inflation over the past 2 years is over 15%. Yet, average wages going off of EMitch's numbers of 5.5% (assuming accurate) and likely for many 2% the year prior if any with the pandemic, have many down about 7%-10% in terms of actual purchasing power. Will companies keep giving out these 5.5% raises until finally back? Some will, some employees will likely be stuck at that lower purchasing power and basically demoted financially for the same job requirement. Most companies give pretty close to cost of living raises (after they feel you are worth the pay range of that position, so might have a few nicer raises to start until there). After that you get cost of living raises until being promoted. So, that 7%-8% is basically a promotion down or 3-4 "you are doing a good job" raises above standard cost of living raises. For many, they are being paid (in purchasing power), equivalent to their starting salary or 5-10-15 years back than they worked their way into. Anyone that has a 401K, college savings or other stashed away, likely did not see their reserves equal this 15% either. Depending on where you are on the risk level is, much of this is down 15%-50% from pre-inflation levels. So, not only are some being paid, purchasing power wise, what they made 5-10-15 years ago, they took a 15%-50% cut in their wealth... Faith in the system and knowing things will eventually balance out as noted, is what is keeping sanity in many. But how long will that take? I am probably being optimistic to guess 5 years. This is going off of the inflation of the past two years alone.
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/27 12:08:37
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EMitch BTW, in my area, MickeyD's is payin' $12 to $13 an hour, flexible schedule, full or PT, and that's why 2 bacon, egg, & cheese biscuits and a large roast coffee costs $10. Still don't have enough workers. In the drive thru, you now pay at the service window instead of the order payment window due to lack of employees.
To quote (I believe "D-Nymph") from about 10 years ago. "Your first mistake was to go to McDonalds for anything more than a bathroom emergency". Ha, ha. Nothing at all to do with the substance of this topic. I think about that every time I am on a road trip with my kids and they are asking to stop at Mickey D's. Now I am just amazed that it costs me $50 for a family of 4... If this $15 minimum across the entire country were to happen, then $100 for the same. As long as they keep Sam's Club rotisserie chicken the same price, I'll be okay! If I can avoid dropping $300 on other stuff while there!
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/27 12:11:57
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Expanding the earned income tax credit helped so many people that needed the money. https://clintonwhitehouse...nts/eightyears-03.html When companies give out a 6 percent raise to employees the person making $10 a hour gets 60 cents and the employee getting $100 a hour gets a $6 per hour raise. Maybe this is a big part of the problem?
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/27 12:59:38
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I am also no proponent of the earned income credit. The government bases the rate off the US median income, (which I think I read recently is $54K per year). I only know two people who make that or more. If a family of 4 makes less than, say, $40K, it gives tax filers a return because the gov. thinks a family of 4 couldn't possibly survive on such meager earnings. Somehow I made my mortgage payment, bought two new vehicles 2 years apart, and supported a family of six, one of which attended Penn State for a year before he opted out, and I was averaging $28K per year. Apparently the wife and I did not know how to access the system, because some of these returns are quite large, on taxes that were never paid. It's another name for public assistance.
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/27 13:07:11
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Yes, and when those families of 5 earning less than $40,000 a year get back $7,000 a year with not putting a penny into federal income tax it is called assistance. Trump got back 5 million last year. What did he receive this year?
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/27 13:12:15
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Mitch, Was this $28K in 1970??? Does your wife make $200K??? The average cost of living for a family of 4 right now is somewhere around $80K. You are like a financial magician!
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/27 13:13:16
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crappiefisher Yes, and when those families of 5 earning less than $40,000 a year get back $7,000 a year with not putting a penny into federal income tax it is called assistance. Trump got back 5 million last year. What did he receive this year?
5 year all inclusive stay at FCI Coleman???
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/27 13:26:29
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state ryder On their 2020 income tax returns, Trump and his wife Melania paid no federal income taxes and claimed a refund of $5.47 million, according to the report by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation.
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/27 20:46:00
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Porktown Mitch, Was this $28K in 1970??? Does your wife make $200K??? The average cost of living for a family of 4 right now is somewhere around $80K. You are like a financial magician!
Porktown, c'mon man! Nope! Married a widow with two pups in '75 at the age of 24. I was an over-the-road long haul trucker. The wife did not work. In '77, Junior came along, and in '79, the youngest. Both of us came up hard with no big earners in the family, so we understood the art of being frugal and lived under the mantra "if you can't pay cash for it, you don't need it". Came off the road in '87 and became a flat rate automotive technician. My very best year at that was 2017, for about $41K. We've learned to live on nothing all our lives. House has long been paid for, but we're struggling to keep the school board from taking it with the tax increases. It's much harder now on $2800 per month on SS, and the spring county taxes are $2k, and the fall per capita is $2300, so two months of yearly total income goes to taxes. Got an '02 Jeep Grand Cherokee, an '06 Ram 1500 4WD, and an '08 Dodge Grand Caravan, which I just put back on the road after sitting for 5 years, 'cause the truck's coming off the road. So you can see we don't live lavishly. We've learned to get by with nothin', so we don't need nothin'. (But I'll admit I really am tired of eating pasta 12 different ways, but that's what stretches the farthest for the cheapest).
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/27 22:26:57
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I hear you on "if can't pay cash for it don't need it" I live off the minimum on SS. Always had crap paying jobs when moved up near Lake Arthur in 1985 (Nobodies fault but mine) Would make way more money Deejaying weekends doing weeding's, parties and clubs than working at the mill or other jobs. Lucky our 3 houses have reasonable taxes and payed cash for them. Could go out tomorrow and buy 7 new vehicles cash but I am fine driving jalopies and eating road kill. How you manage money is the most important, not keeping up with the Jones. Seemed I was always lending out money to my friends that made 3 times as much as me and their places were crap. Don't gamble, hang out at the bar, no fast food, no gym membership and so on. What a boring life hunting and fishing I tell ya. Could rent a couple houses out but don't want to be a landlord.
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/27 22:45:55
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Was up camp for 10 days, got back on Monday. Watched this branch come down during a storm. Most people would say have to pay to clean it up. I look at it as free heat
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/28 01:36:06
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Seeing these numbers you guys are talking about, and having a pretty good idea of how ya vote. Real dome scratcher. It's a shame what the societal and culture wars have done to people.
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Re: Trump 2024
2023/07/28 08:14:39
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DeadGator401 Seeing these numbers you guys are talking about, and having a pretty good idea of how ya vote. Real dome scratcher. It's a shame what the societal and culture wars have done to people.
You are the type that thinks the Government is here to solve all of your problems
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