How America’s Middle Class Dug Its Own Grave

[Moonbeam]

humanity is asleep. Nothing can be other than as it is.

 

[row]

humanity is asleep. Nothing can be other than as it is.

either asleep or like yourself they are stuck on repeated thoughts, feelings and sensations towards a specific subject, almost like an obsession or compulsion. lol 52K much?

 

[cuafpr]

the middle class dug its own gravy via lack of responsible spending, sky rocketing personal debt, thinking get rich schemes and day trading could make the the average person rich... and most of all, choosing to save a few bucks buying cheaper products over seas vs buying things made in America.

 

[ralfy]

The problem is part of a Triffin Dilemma:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triffin_dilemma

combined with peak oil.

 

[Matt1970]

You can blame politicians all you want, it's still us buying all the imported crap.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

the middle class dug its own gravy via lack of responsible spending, sky rocketing personal debt, thinking get rich schemes and day trading could make the the average person rich... and most of all, choosing to save a few bucks buying cheaper products over seas vs buying things made in America.

:thumbsup:

 

[dmcowen674]

We just need to wait for the trickle down to start happening.

Just a little bit longer.

You made me spit out my coffee

 

[Texashiker]

the middle class dug its own gravy via lack of responsible spending, sky rocketing personal debt, thinking get rich schemes and day trading could make the the average person rich... and most of all, choosing to save a few bucks buying cheaper products over seas vs buying things made in America.

When I read your post the first thing that came to mind was house flipping. A get rich quick scheme that drive up the price of family homes.

Short term thinking combined with a get rich quick mentality.

 

[Engineer]

When I read your post the first thing that came to mind was house flipping. A get rich quick scheme that drive up the price of family homes.

Short term thinking combined with a get rich quick mentality.

Damn TLC shows (Flip this house, Flip that house) really glamorized house flipping and helped drive up house prices in the US. Just another bubble...in a long line of bubbles....that popped (or is in the process of popping).

 

[IGBT]

behavior matters. They seem to have plenty of revenue for drugs / booze / tattoos / nose bolts / iCrap / cell phones.

 

[Jeff7]

Just another tax cut to the top, and it will start trickling.

With some of the most profitable companies receiving money from the government when it comes to their tax liability, I don't know how much more they can handle. I'm already barricading my doors when I get home to keep these people from kidnapping me into an easy job that pays $150k/year.

 

[Moonbeam]

behavior matters. They seem to have plenty of revenue for drugs / booze / tattoos / nose bolts / iCrap / cell phones.

Jackasses like you shit on them so they respond by behavior guaranteed to cause your CBD to make you feel sick to your stomach. You create what you find disgusting, what you fear. As beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so is ugliness. You got eyes that are full of drugs booze tattoos nose bolts ICrap and cell phones, dude. Wake the fuck up and start smelling the roses. You were made to hate yourself as a child and it's ruining your whole life. Maybe see a psychiatrist. You must surely notice how miserable you are.

 

[IGBT]

...and now a word from the resident frustrated masturbationist.

Jackasses like you shit on them so they respond by behavior guaranteed to cause your CBD to make you feel sick to your stomach. You create what you find disgusting, what you fear. As beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so is ugliness. You got eyes that are full of drugs booze tattoos nose bolts ICrap and cell phones, dude. Wake the fuck up and start smelling the roses. You were made to hate yourself as a child and it's ruining your whole life. Maybe see a psychiatrist. You must surely notice how miserable you are.

 

[squarecut1]

behavior matters. They seem to have plenty of revenue for drugs / booze / tattoos / nose bolts / iCrap / cell phones.

Fancy cars, cigarettes.

 

[OverVolt]

vote third party you morons.

 

[IronWing]

...and now a word from the resident frustrated masturbationist.

You broke character. Never break character. It's a sign of weakness.

 

[techie81]

When the government goes bankrupt and we have to get aid from other nations when it used to be the other way around maybe people will realize they have to do their due diligence before voting someone in that isn't qualified for the job.

Newsflash, the government is bankrupt.

 

[BoberFett]

Stupid thread is stupid.

The coming economic change cannot be stopped by voting for one party over the other. I suppose morons like Duh McOwne could throw his shoes in the machine, but then again he's just another shoeless idiot.

 

[sportage]

I have to compare the two in the senate race in Iowa.
Where the cow castrater Joni Ernst is up against Bruce Braley.
From TV ads, you'd think this was a popularity contest.
Ernst hopes to win on her looks and her gender.
Forget about her agenda if elected.
Ernst want to privatize social security, keep the minimum wage at $7 an hour, voucher-tise medicare, cut education funding, and cut off the legs of puppies.
Well, at least their balls.

And Bruce Braley doesn't. Plain and simple.

So why are they tied in the polls? Got me.
But this is exactly why the middle-class continually votes stupid.
Then grandma is dumb founded when her medicare is ended, and her social security check stops coming in the mail.
And I just have to say, once again they have done it to themselves.
If they are that stupid, it is not the candidates fault.