NSFW Anon Archived "Can't we assume that if the Democrats knew how to fix the public schools, they would have fixed them by now? " -Laura Ingrahm (QRV)
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NSFW Anon Archived "Can't we assume that if the Democrats knew how to fix the public schools, they would have fixed them by now? " -Laura Ingrahm (QRV)
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[–] 19979534? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Most people want two incomes, not need them. People are wanting too much nowadays. I lived on a single minimum wage income for three years back when it was only $2.00. I rented an old house for $50 a month and rode a bicycle everywhere. I didn't try to have a big house, car, gadgets, etc. immediately after I moved out of my parents' house. But I did have a plan to gradually move up in the world. First, I got a better job. Then I bought a mobile home. The next step was to buy property to put the home on. And then I was going to build a small house on that property and sell the mobile home. I found another path, but that was my original plan. And it can work for most people, if they are willing to delay the gratification that comes from owning lots of stuff.
[–] 19991579? ago
"back when" is the important part in your message!
the federal reserve has reduced the value of the dollar by 95% or more in the past 106 years.
as "inflation" (i.e., their runaway printing machines) reduces the value of what's in your wallet, you will need to find ways to make up for it -- a double income is one such way.
automation is another, hence my career; yet, it should have been unnecessary...
[–] 19992609? ago
I'm not talking about 100 years ago. You can still find reasonable ways to rent housing. If it's too expensive where you live, and the jobs aren't there, then you move. That's what people in the past did. How do you think all those people wound up in Detroit?
People are still wasting money at Starbucks and on buying expensive cars and gadgets they don't need. They're also buying more house than they need.
If you can't find a job, make one. Find something you like to do and are good at, and make a job out of it. There are a lot of jobs you can make for yourself that cannot be automated in the foreseeable future.