Time to share all that wealth with the working people like coonman (who has two jobs) by implementing basic income for everyone.

Time to share all that wealth with the working people like coonman (who has two jobs) by implementing basic income for everyone.

No stimulus check? Good. People need to get back to work. If they are already working and still need a stimulus check, get a second job or a better job.

And people need to plan for periods of time where they don't have a paycheck--save money and don't buy crap they don't need.

I am working, u don't get $300. As waitress or $500 a weekend around here unless u went school for job an know how do something. An lucky, or work in office at higher up job, all I can ssy if against a stimlous. U got have a billon $$ come out ur ears with money to burn, I done talk about it, an that the truth

Time to share all that wealth with the working people like coonman (who has two jobs) by implementing basic income for everyone.

there's a pole for lease at the club if ya can dance Dave.wife won't let me come out of retirement.

I did not agree with the first stimulus, and I certainly don't agree with another one.

However, I don't see anyway that the Govt cannot give a second if not third stimulus. The Federal Government, Governors, and mayors shut down our economy. Many people lost jobs and those jobs don't seem to be coming back anytime soon. Its not just our country either; much of the world is facing similar economic problems. Saw on the news today that mortgage payment delinquencies are at a 10 year high. Many folks are not able to pay their rent b/c the federal and local governments told them to stay home and they would pay them.

I think the FED has gotten itself into a bad pickle this time and the folks in control of printing money know what kind of monster they have created. We think the rioting is bad now, I think it will get much worse if they don't give another stimulus.

I know one thing. In 1995 my first job I had taxes taken out I was making minimum wage at $4.25. Land prices were about $800-1000 dollar an acre for prime river bottom land, and I could fill my truck up for twelve bucks and a can of copenhagen cost around 3 dollars. You could buy a 4 piece chicken tender meal with a large drink and large fries for $3.99 at the local fried chicken place.

Now, minimum wage has only gone up to $7.25 over the past 25 years. However, land prices are now averaging $5k/acre. It costs over twice as much to fill up that same pickup. I think snuff is close to $8 dollars now and the same chicken tender meal is $9 bucks.

Things don't seem to be adding up to me, but my understanding of the FED and the economics behind it are limited. I know that an honest day's work does not seem to go near as far today as it did 25 years ago, and a lot of small business around here are struggling to keep their head's above water. Yet, billionaires like Amazon, Google, Netflix, etc are making record profits.

Seems to me like we need a lot more millionaires than billionaires or perhaps better.....a lot more $500-750K annual salary folks than continuing to make billionaires even wealthier. Trickle down economics does not seem to be working too good around here.......at least not for the little man.

I heard on news that chance another one is slim an get less chance, that ought keep some weathy ppl on this site happy that are against it as dont need it

“The whole gospel of Karl Marx can be summed up in a single sentence,” argued economics journalist Henry Hazlitt long ago:

“Hate the man who is better off than you are.”

"Never under any circumstances admit that his success may be due to his own efforts, to the productive contribution he has made to the whole community. Always attribute his success to the exploitation, the cheating, the more or less open robbery of others. Never under any circumstances admit that your own failure may be owing to your own weakness, or that the failure of anyone else may be due to his own defects, to his laziness, incompetence, improvidence or simple stupidity. "

“The whole gospel of Karl Marx can be summed up in a single sentence,” argued economics journalist Henry Hazlitt long ago:

“Hate the man who is better off than you are.”

"Never under any circumstances admit that his success may be due to his own efforts, to the productive contribution he has made to the whole community. Always attribute his success to the exploitation, the cheating, the more or less open robbery of others. Never under any circumstances admit that your own failure may be owing to your own weakness, or that the failure of anyone else may be due to his own defects, to his laziness, incompetence, improvidence or simple stupidity. "

Time to share all that wealth with the working people like coonman (who has two jobs) by implementing basic income for everyone.

“The whole gospel of Karl Marx can be summed up in a single sentence,” argued economics journalist Henry Hazlitt long ago:

“Hate the man who is better off than you are.”

"Never under any circumstances admit that his success may be due to his own efforts, to the productive contribution he has made to the whole community. Always attribute his success to the exploitation, the cheating, the more or less open robbery of others. Never under any circumstances admit that your own failure may be owing to your own weakness, or that the failure of anyone else may be due to his own defects, to his laziness, incompetence, improvidence or simple stupidity. "

Good post fishnhunts.

While I do agree with you on most parts, I don't think the majority of people are better off financially. Most live from paycheck to paycheck and would not be able to survive for 3 days if the power went out.

There are a lot of workers out of work that don't have the skill set that is needed to be hired by tech jobs; especially now that many jobs including fast-food restaurants are becoming more automated.

I don't think the working man (like coonman 220) are better off today than they were 25 years ago. I am successful and busier now than I have ever been. I have worked through all this mess and have plenty of work lined out ahead of me. However, I have a degree and multiple skill sets. I would not want to be a laborer in today's job market. The dollar of today is just not worth as much as it was 25 years ago; and the working man that is making wages on day labor is not invested in the stock market and has no idea of stocks and bonds. The whole system and value of the dollar is rigged for the upper class in my opinion.

Mind you, I am probably the most conservative person you will ever meet, but I try to live by the Golden Rule and it seems that our current monetary system benefits some and screws the eyeballs out of others.

Amen White! I knew we were in trouble when politicians and academics started demonizing profits and regular Joes joined the chorus. There is no such thing as a windfall profit when capitalism is at work. It really isn't a difficult concept to grasp. Unfortunately, envy spawns blindness.

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