Did you have more money left over at the end of the month 4 years ago? Are you more secure in your home now or 4 years ago? Do you think the country is moving in the right direction now or was it better 4 years ago?
Yes? I went through some pretty life altering ordeals in the past 4 years. Some that have not fully resolved themselves. I ended employment at a job I held over 20 years. I caught Covid, spent some time in the hospital, and am now trying to put my life back together. I've since went into business for myself and so far am making more than I made in my BEST year at my previous job. I'm an optimist so while my future isn't fully certain I like to think I'm better off. We'll see how things play out.
I hope you do well
Thanks man.
I never give anons an MHO but i make an exception for you.
Thanks again. I wouldn't have went anon on this site but I've learned the hard way not to show vulnerability on this site unnecessarily. There's simply too many people that will use it against you.
It isn't because of anything thing that the government, Biden or any party has done.
I moved up in rank, enjoyed the hefty pay raise that went along with it, I do more side jobs, and have made some very wise financial investments, and my rental property is worth more now, and the rents have gone up.
Granted my cost of living has also gone up, and that is because of the Biden administration, yet my gains have outweighed my losses.
@Fireguy17 Yes, some people have made out. Especially if you have rental property or work for a municipality. They all seemed to get hefty raises. I got a measley 3% raise that was way less than how much costs have gone up.
ya, it sucks.
We used to go out to eat maybe once a week, now it is more like once a month.
The prices are just ridiculous. What we could both eat for, now it is twice as much.
I get it, their costs have gone up so much they have no choice.
At local place I was talking to the owner and he said he used to pay between 14 and 18 dollars a box for fish for his fish fry on Fridays, now it is close to 40 bucks for the same box of fish if he can even get it.
I have no idea how families can make it now.
Kids are bottomless pits.
A box of air with a few chips in it costs 8 bucks
@Fireguy17. Bidenomics, Less For More.
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u I am in a better position now because I have a good wife working with me, and I am doing more work now than I was four years ago. My improved position is not attributable to the Democrat administration, as they are definitely taking the country in the wrong direction.
I’ve found that, I think eight presidents in now, that my life usually stays pretty much the same independent of whoever occupies the White House. Trump’s tax plan cost me about $4,000 per year due to newly disqualified deductions, but nothing that’s drastically impacted my life.
um hav you noticed your grocery bill?
@strateguy632 well, firstly, I try to perceive life in such a way where I don’t judge the quality of my life by how much money is or isn’t in my pocket.
Secondly, that’s not really how economics work in a capitalist system. The President doesn’t set or strongly influence the costs of goods and services. The pandemic also throws everything out of whack, that was a highly unusual scenario. But the bottom line is that, had we not had a pandemic at all, the desired inflation rate today relative to 2020 is not much higher than experts would anticipate.
Inflation has cooled quite a bit, so we should probably asking corporations why their goods and services charges aren’t cooling with them. That’s how they do it. “Oh no, sorry, guys, we gotta jack the prices up. Inflation and all, you know?” But they never come back and say “great news! Our costs are down again, so we’re bringing back the old prices!”, do they?
And DEflation would be even worse for the economy. If prices start dropping, consumers notice and bet they’ll drop even more, and then it’s a lot of “I’ll wait til next month”, or “I’ll buy it around the holidays when it’s on sale even more.” That’s bad for businesses and their cash flow.
Economics are very complicated, we can’t just look at it so simplistically like “my gas costs too much” and “oh my god, $5 for eggs?” It’s way more complicated than that, consumer prices alone aren’t reliable indicators for the overall strength of the economy, and our politicians can’t just wave a wand and make it all perfect.
Glad it benefitted you👍 I was heavily dependent on travel mileage, and I think that’s what my tax lady said was no longer deductible, or was heavily capped. Just didn’t break my way🤷♂️ But if $4k is making or breaking me, I have earning power/spending problems, not tax problems, haha
prices climbed crazy fast rate.
even cnn admitted their beloved had "wrong" economy policy. when it is bad instead of news cnn said "things are not terrible" as if that is news. frauds pretending to be a news company.
inflation was a huge rate.
i don't earn more now and even if i did more i pay more rent now and money doesn't hav power to buy stuff, need 20% more for cinema ticket!
inflation rate was faster than during trump who knows and knew business and did unpopular tarriff on import which was correct and real benefit.
I am not I could go out of business after 44 years. Economy has hurt. Some of my customers lost their jobs. Rent raises have caused some to go to Apartments instead of renting a house. High gas prices continue. Parts and trimmers continue to go up. Any increases in pay is lost to raising prices. Taxes are up. Insurance is going up. Gold at record highs. That only happens when people get nervous.
Liberals for Harris are saying things are good because they hate Trump. They would lose jobs, and house to keep Trump out of White House.
exactly my point! in my reply to @gorydetails here.
u I think so, mostly because we are guaranteed protections for lgbt with democrats in charge. I'm fearful that if Trump gets re-elected that they are gonna reverse the ruling on gay marriage which will definitely affect me.
Listen, I like some of the republican talking points but I have to side with democrats on this particular topic
Literally in project 2025 which will be enacted if he becomes president it talks about getting rid of gay marriage as well as other lgbt protections. Trump has already enacted policies against lgbt in his first term which thankfully were rolled back.
We aren't looking for extra rights. We just want the same rights and that means being able to marry. For trans people it means them getting their meds and being able to modify their body to match their specified gender just like I could go out and get a breast augmentation and nobody would bat an eye.
I could go on but there's really no equality when it comes to trump. He's only about himself.
Trump has nothing to do with Project 2025. Everyone keeps saying this. However Project 2025 wants to repeal Biden's policies of giving extra benefits to LGBT families. Things like encouraging single motherhood and offering welfare to single mothers. It recognizes that at the nuclear family is important in success.
What extra benefits do we supposedly have compared to heterosexual/gender conforming people?
If you are a single mother you get welfare. The more kids you have the more money you get. This is true for a lot of groups but it includes the LGABTQ community. I know that you are not a welfare scammer but it is out there. The only people not eligible are families with a father and a mother.
That's not lgbt exclusive. There are tons of heterosexual parents who get welfare. So I ask again, what rights to lgbt have that heterosexual people don't?
Yeah, but it also talks about ending equal protection laws against lgbt people, ending transgender care with Medicaid and Medicare, and rolling back the Supreme court decision about gay marriage.
That's horrible for the lgbt community.
to @Ez-Bri-Z_v2
trump included and promoted gay guy to cabinet. he included gay, not like the democrat fear monger lies.
Ooh, ONE homosexual person. Let's give him a medal.
No. Prices for food, goods, and fuel have skyrocketed. The price of lumber is insane.
Many stores have closed and people are forced to do their transactions on-line, pay for shipping, wait for delivery, and go through the hassle of returning items through the mail. Most on-line vendors have shit customer service and you are forced to deal with AI.
Some really good restaurants closed forever, due to the bogus covid mandates.
The price of eating at a restaurant has become ridiculous.
Even the price of quality food at a grocery store is outrageous.
July 28 2020: 1,489 deaths from Covid in the USA, that day. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/#coronavirus-deaths-log
July 2020: Unemployment: 10.2% https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATE
The whole world has experienced inflation, and most of the money went into the pockets of big business.
The country hasn't (yet) gone to "In four years you don't have to vote again, we'll have it fixed so good you're not gonna have to vote" (Trump) or "I want Christians to have power. And with that power, I want it to be wielded righteously.
What does that mean? It means crushing our enemies and rewarding our friends." (Joel Webbon, Trump supporter).
I'm about in the same position because my kids moved out. If they were still living home I'd be in worse position because I'd be spending more on food and electricity. I'm saving money on electricity, insurance and cable but I'm spending more on food since it's more expensive now than it was 4 years ago
I personally am, but I went to law school through the pandemic. I've basically depleted all of my savings and my previous career has died. But overall, I'm definitely in a better position now than I was 4 years ago.
@ProbablyClueless You are the man. You were smart enough to take advantage of bad situation. I lost my job and collected unemployment for 18 months. I was one of those people that you read about that made out better on unemployment. It was like the government paid me to fix up my house.
Oof! I'm glad the government came through for you, but I'm sorry to hear that unemployment paid you better than work.
Have you been able to stay ahead, or have you started taking on debt again? Apparently people paid off their debt during the pandemic but then stacked all their debt back up in the years since.
No. SS increases are only about one-third of my actual COL increases. Was commenting to a guy in line in food store. The lady ahead of us had a $400 tab. I told him that would be food for about 2 months for my wife and myself. He commented that he doesn't even know how the kids nowadays can even consider having a house- buying or renting. I know we're not the only one. But we own our house with no mortgage remaining, own our cars clear, only charge what we can pay off each month (read that as zero interest for our CC's), etc. And at the end of the year, we DO come out on the positive side of the ledger, more than we can say for our state or country!
Hell, yes! Four years ago, I had 3 1/2 years left of school, now I only have six months!
Yes, indeed it is! People choose to focus only on the negative for some reason, without stopping to just look at the positive aspects of their lives. I cannot understand why people do that?
@CrazyGirl2 I was just about to retire in 2020 because I lost my job because of Covid. I ended up finding a new job because I saw how crazy prices were getting. I just retired a month ago. I figured if Trump gets elected he will fix the inflation problem and it Harris gets elected we are all screwed anyway so I might as well retire sooner rather than later.
I wish you all the good fortune you deserve. I’m confident, that either way, we will be okay as a nation. Well, either that or we won't, and then none of this will matter. As someone wiser than I once said "Enjoy today, it's the only day that we are guaranteed anyway. Tomorrow will never come, for as today wanes, and tomorrow appears, it suddenly becomes today again!” — Unknown.
The country is going to pot and the president makes no difference.
Yes and yes.
where is it going?
i don’t really get into politics… because of that my life is so much better.
I go by some simple life policy of my own and it works well so I will continue to do what I do.
that's not a straight yes or no post. that was 4 questions disguised as a propaganda poll
huh the poll has two options!
in contrast to pro democrat polls. four anti trump options!
democrats are so low down. some users here...
@strateguy632 i wanna say life was better with trump but my life was in a tailspin. anything would be better than 4 years ago. but trump turned my life around. he put $1500 in my pocket and i'm looking okay now. biden didn't do a goddamn thing for me. that's not true. he did clear my student loans.
anyway, i look forward to what that man can do for taxpayers when the greedy politicians and deep state don't have full control?
Fuck no. The clown quit, and was replaced by a new clown.
Fuck you. It would behoove you to not talk down to people.
When the government spends money it does not have, it makes rich people richer and everyone else poorer.
Now that I am retired, my daily expenses are much less than before. That sort of offsets the increase in the overall cost of living. In reality, nit much has changed in the last 4 years for me.
NO!! And, anybody who says they are is a lying dog-faced pony soldier!! Whatever that means!
As an Australian, and in Australia we had our election in 2022, ever since Labor (left wing) won who I effectively voted for, my life is better now than 4 years ago, yes 😈😋
@exitseven crikey 👀 😲 😳 that photo of Donald's face while holding that sign, yikes 😳 either a real tan or a fake tan, yet crikey what a shocking look facially 🤨🤨
Only swamp dwelling insiders are.
Trump has never done anything that benefited me and he has been a complete embarrassment internationally.
Work and life wise, yeah. But not due to any politician.
i guess you dont pay rent monthly for home?
@strateguy632 No, I have a mortgage
m yes... but it was the pandemia back then
I’m much worse off under Biden.
Fuck no
Nope
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