White Pills in Clown World

[ATP]

Problem is the fighting is NOT helping the Dems in the least. America has been at war for over 20 years and the American people saw nothing good from it.

Agreed.But Biden handlers ,if they could not steal election again,need distraction from their fuckups,and war in which USA do not participate is such distraction.
But you are right,it is not enough to win next election for them.Do not worry,i am sure they though about it.Gates arleady told about next deadly virus,so combination of new vurus and Putin war maybe save dem asses.

P.S Never underestimate enemy - that is i always think that leftist and KGB both act according to some secret plan to get all of us enslaved,not becouse they are stupid

 

[sillygoose]

Really wish the wars had been about oil.

They were, its just that only the wealthy profited. They're vampires that suck up all wealth.

 

[bintananth]

They were, its just that only the wealthy profited. They're vampires that suck up all wealth.

Those vampires also bitch when the "fodder" (i.e.: everyone else) wants a share of the spoils.

 

[sillygoose]

Those vampires also bitch when the "fodder" (i.e.: everyone else) wants a share of the spoils.

Or you know even like a 1970 level of distribution of wealth and income:

https://www.cbpp.org/income-concentration-at-the-top-has-risen-sharply-since-the-1970s-4

 

[bintananth]

Or you know even like a 1960s distribution of wealth and income:

https://www.cbpp.org/income-concentration-at-the-top-has-risen-sharply-since-the-1970s-4

Top 1% in the US is currently about $600k/yr or higher. Top 0.1% is $1,600k/yr or higher.

Average US wage: $36k/yr and that's not enough to support a family of four anywhere in the US.

 

[Morphic Tide]

Average US wage: $36k/yr and that's not enough to support a family of four anywhere in the US.

Eh, if you've inherited the property and it's an out-of-the-way small town or straight-up rural land, this can be pulled off. But that's talking like bottom 5% cost-of-living situations.

Edit: That's also assuming a totally pure single-earner household, which has pretty much never been a thing. There's a lot a housewife can fill her time with to shave down cost of living, to say nothing of side-jobs and extended family help.

 

[bintananth]

Eh, if you've inherited the property and it's an out-of-the-way small town or straight-up rural land, this can be pulled off. But that's talking like bottom 5% cost-of-living situations.

Edit: That's also assuming a totally pure single-earner household, which has pretty much never been a thing. There's a lot a housewife can fill her time with to shave down cost of living, to say nothing of side-jobs and extended family help.

In the least expensive part of the US - rural Mississippi - a family of four needs about $41k/yr just to make ends meet.

 

[LordsFire]

In the least expensive part of the US - rural Mississippi - a family of four needs about $41k/yr just to make ends meet.

Care to share a price breakdown for that, or are you just going to make assertions?

 

[bintananth]

Care to share a price breakdown for that, or are you just going to make assertions?

Cost of Living Index by State 2022

worldpopulationreview.com

I was actually $5k low when I said $41k.

 

[TheRejectionist]

I consider this a good sign.

College enrollment is lower now than it's been at any time in the last half-century

You know college—the hugely expensive four-to-six year investment of time and resources that many students spend their entire lifetimes paying off? Yeah for some reason more people are opting out of it:

notthebee.com

Me too. I wish the same could be for Italy.

 

[bintananth]

Me too. I wish the same could be for Italy.

My daughters don't want to go where I went. They want me to pay for community college and buy them houses instead.

$60k/yr before room and board isn't worth it.

 

[Simonbob]

My daughters don't want to go where I went. They want me to pay for community college and buy them houses instead.

$60k/yr before room and board isn't worth it.

Hasn't been worth it for years.

 

[bintananth]

Hasn't been worth it for years.

It was worth it when I went there - back before Y2K - and comparable to the out-of-state tuition for a state college.

"Tuition is just a made up number meant to rob undergraduates."

 

[Simonbob]

It was worth it when I went there - back before Y2K - and comparable to the out-of-state tuition for a state college.

"Tuition is just a made up number meant to rob undergraduates."

So, more than 20 years ago?

Might just be.

 

[bintananth]

So, more than 20 years ago?

Might just be.

More than 25 years ago. I was a freshman in '96.