Go, Economy!

So, the dollar really shit the bed today...

My money is worth less overseas (something that impacts me in a major way). Energy prices are higher than I have ever paid. I'm paying more in taxes, I'm paying more for a quart of milk.

I'm a middle class American citizen, and my spending power has suffered greatly in the Obama economy. Anybody notice a similar trend in their personal finances?

Good. I can sell more shit on ebay at higher prices to assholes in Germany.

Andrew: I don't blame this on the "Obama economy" since the economy was taking a shit before he took office, but yeah. I started a new job almost 3 years ago that made significantly more money than my last. My finances were already pretty lean due to having a shitty job, and I kept it that way so that soon I didn't even know when payday was since I had a pretty significant amount of reserve cash in the bank.

Go to a few months ago, I make approximately 4% more than I did when I was first hired, and I live worse than I did at my previous retail job making next to nothing. I live in the same house, paying the same rent, but everything is so much more expensive now that I was barely breaking even on income/expenses. Fast forward to today, with the baby, and I'm a little in the red every month now.

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Originally Posted by Fe 26

Hmmm, that explains why many conservative states have been trying to get rid of eminent domain.

I should have known something was up when stereotypical republicans were acting like they were against big business buying people's land up from under people.

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ITT: Buttplant doesn't understand what eminent domain is.

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Originally Posted by Bojack

Dirty old government trying to bypass banking bullshit.

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It's not the feds doing it. Local government is the right level for a lot of solutions. You don't even understand what you're arguing against.

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Originally Posted by Andrew

So, the dollar really shit the bed today...

My money is worth less overseas (something that impacts me in a major way). Energy prices are higher than I have ever paid. I'm paying more in taxes, I'm paying more for a quart of milk.

I'm a middle class American citizen, and my spending power has suffered greatly in the Obama economy. Anybody notice a similar trend in their personal finances?

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I was with you until you said "Obama economy". Kill yourself

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Originally Posted by Andrew

So, the dollar really shit the bed today...

My money is worth less overseas (something that impacts me in a major way). Energy prices are higher than I have ever paid. I'm paying more in taxes, I'm paying more for a quart of milk.

I'm a middle class American citizen, and my spending power has suffered greatly in the Obama economy. Anybody notice a similar trend in their personal finances?

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Our taxes are at like a 30 year low. Coroporate taxes are at a 40 year low. I think we can write off trickle down economics as a failure already.

OH WAIT I FORGOT OBUMMER IS A SOCIALIST CUT TAXES MOAR

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

Our taxes are at like a 30 year low. Coroporate taxes are at a 40 year low. I think we can write off trickle down economics as a failure already.

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Or understand that the economy is a multivariate environment, but introducing reality makes things hard.

I have never seen you introduce reality into this or any other political thread.

I don't doubt that at all. To see it, you have to recognize it.