Shrimpbox
Gold Member
Bullshit. The reason American families live paycheck to paycheck is because Americans have been conditioned to be a consumer economy. They are not taught how to budget, balance a checkbook, or to save in high school because they are being brainwashed. They are not taught work ethic or sacrifice or to set goals. Obama killed people who were savers so he could double our debt with o interest rate. Stop making excuses for people who choose to buy a bag of pot and a fancy cell phone instead of paying the rent, or someone who needs a McMansion, 3 cars, and ten credit cards. The progressive mantra that if you have any problems it is not your fault is coming home to roost. The left is systematically destroying the middle class through health care, minimum wage, taxes, policy, and bureaucracy. Spare me the it’s not their fault sermon.Years ago people were more interested in fuel prices then they were on the stock market.
Years ago one might suppose hay for their horse prices were of interest too. People in the good old days worked up to the time most of them died. Times Change and we need to prepare for the future, in personal matters and in politics.
Years ago people were responsible in their personal matters AND their politics. Not today.
That's ^^^ the conservative meme. The fact is some of us do plan for the future, and reap the benefits. Others don't, and many times because circumstances won't allow them to plan ahead.
CEO's, etc. don't live check to check, many - too many - American families do. As for politics, I suspect and hope that the message rang loud and clear this past November. Promises made by demagogues (and in the current case demagogues and charlatans) rarely come to fruition.