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I don't care if anyone believes this but I post for the following economic reality:
Real wages are not keeping up with inflation.
That means when you go get your annual raise (if you work in a union you're worse off as those contracts are not generous, given how unions have been crippled in recent decades), in your white collar or blue collar job, you are LOSING money every year.
That is, your purchasing power decreases ever year.
The impact is pernicious.
It's only felt over 5 years and 10 years and 20 years. So it's not immediately seen. That's the worst part. And prices slowly but surely increase.
A half a gallon of organic milk is now $6. That's fairly insane. Eggs can run as high as $5 a dozen (and more for cageless). I used to look at eggs as the bang for your buck in a grocery store at a little over $1.40. Not anymore. Not it hits ya. Now when you check out the grocery bill can easily be $200 if you are buying for more than one. That' serious money when you have to pay a mortgage, utilities and everything else.
Then all of a sudden, you'll have a wife and family and making more money than you ever had in your life, and you'll 'feel' cash poor and for the worst of the worst, economically unstable.
I do believe smart capping can make up for that 'donut hole' in your wages that has been hollowed out..
You're more productive than ever before (that is, the output you provide on your job is greater than it ever has been) and your wages are in general, flat.
This is not debatable. And not a cry for socialism. It's a simple reality that is occurring as I type. The labor struggle is about employees and employers. Employers want to pay as little as possible. Period. Not debatable.
Now if you OWN a business, this does not apply (but still impacts business owners because capital and overhead are are more expensive compared to a weaker dollar).
So I absolutely LOVE siphoning off this MASSIVE pile of offshore and now recently, domestic cash from the books to funnel to the general populace.
And I don't really give a shi* who you are or what you think.
I just want to supplement the decreasing dollar for the masses and I take great pleasure in using the books, who sit on a Mt. Everest pile of money, to do it.
Why this brings me pleasure? Can't explain that. It's similar to explaining why I like horseradish. Who can explain such a thing?
So rest assured, when I post, I'm looking for a winner with this one and all the others. Period. Or else it's pointless. All this other bullsh* about 'seeking attention' from anonymous goombahs who fancy themselves as an extra in the Sopranos is laughable.
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