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Strutting All Over PeopleTell that to my college educated millionaire brother or his two kids who will graduate from MSU and whose starting pay is $85K.
And I'm not doing so bad either. The average is $50K and I make over $30K more a year than that so I am the example of how a college degree is worth $1 million dollars. $30K x 30 years is how much? $900K? That's the million I'm going to retire with.
The Epitaph of the American Economy: "TO GET A GOOD JOB, GET A GOOD EDUCATION"On the high end I will be making $70K a year sitting on my ass.
And yea, you're a boomer right? You guys are in charge now and told us (gen x and younger) that we can't have it as good as you had it.
Yes, you worked when America was great. What years did you work between?
Are you saying you worked for one company for 30 years? Today young people at most last 5 years at one company. No stability, eat up what you saved when you're unemployed looking for another job, or like me start all over again from the ground because you are in sales and it's going to take you 2 years to get established.
I've been with my company now for 10 years. I've never worked for one place this long. Finally my 401K is starting to build.
Thank god I made a fortune during the Clinton years. That 401K I rolled over back in the 2000's is just as big as my 401K now.
I was low balling. I just assumed $2000 a month from ss and I make more than $80K. I was just saying that the average person makes $50K and I am the typical college educated person who makes $1 million dollars more than them in my 30 years of work. That's all I was saying.
Do you have a college degree? If you don't, remember, you don't pay uneducated people a good wage anymore. You sent all those jobs to Mexico and China.
There's so much wrong with what you said it's hard to disect it all.
I only made over $80K twice. At this job x 10 years and 3 years in the late 90's. The Bush years were very hard on me. Because I'm in Michigan and Manufacturing. We're back baby!
P.S. I'm single with no kids. So based on what I make and my bills, I'm upper middle class. I max out my 401K and still save an additional $20K a year every year in the stock market.
Congrats boomer. I bet you have a pension too. Something else you tell us we can't have but you got. Dick.
Huh? I think just the other day I told you I made one sale for $200K and my companies profit on the sale was $95K. That's about as much as I make in a year. One sale justifies what they pay me.Strutting All Over People
You brag about how much money you make slavishly bootlicking the plutocratic parasites. You say nothing about whether you're worth what you make and make no attempt to prove that you do.
In Gorky Park, the main character's ex-wife bragged about how great she had it being a Communist Party member. She had the same attitude about the public that you Yuppy bootlickers have. It's all about mini-me.
You got to keep a good job too not just get it. Getting it is just the first step. Showing them you are worth it is step 2.The Epitaph of the American Economy: "TO GET A GOOD JOB, GET A GOOD EDUCATION"
Notice that the slogan doesn't say, "To Do a Good Job."
Do not try equating what you have gone through with somebody black. Those generations of hard working visionary whites excluded all who were not white.Feminist scholar and anti-racism educator Peggy McIntosh famously described white privilege as an “invisible weightless knapsack of special provisions, maps, passports, codebooks, visas, clothes, tools and blank checks.”
"In other words, white people typically move through life unaware of all the head starts, resources and access the color of their skin affords them. They don’t recognize these unearned advantages until they’re pointed out — and even then, some white people will try to deny the existence of their privilege."
I wish someone had told me this sooner. I wouldn't have had to struggle so hard in life.Those "unearned advantages" were provide by previous generations of hard-working, visionary white folks.
Do not be white whining about race based advantages.Like any benefit you've received from affirmative action? How about race-based covid shots and business assistance. Strange white people don't receive those. Quit whining and get off of your lazy ass and make your life better. You have the power--you'll never help yourself as long as you sit on an internet message board and whine.
What we are seeing is now that poor whites are being paid just as much as poor blacks, uneducated whites are freaking out. They’ve lost that white privilege. And we see a spike today in drug ods, alcohol, suicide, fentynol , heroine, murder coming from one demographic. Uneducated whites. And not just the men. The women too.Do not try equating what you have gone through with somebody black. Those generations of hard working visionary whites excluded all who were not white.
That kinda blows the 'white privilege' thing out of the water, doesn't it? Also, very few poor blacks were jumping out of windows in 1929. Most of the nation was poor as a church mouse during the Great Depression.What we are seeing is now that poor whites are being paid just as much as poor blacks, uneducated whites are freaking out. They’ve lost that white privilege. And we see a spike today in drug ods, alcohol, suicide, fentynol , heroine, murder coming from one demographic. Uneducated whites. And not just the men. The women too.
There is still a lot of white privilege out there just less now that good paying union jobs went overseas or when affirmative action leveled the playing field.That kinda blows the 'white privilege' thing out of the water, doesn't it? Also, very few poor blacks were jumping out of windows in 1929. Most of the nation was poor as a church mouse during the Great Depression.
The biggest problem is overpopulation. We just don't need this many people in the work force. Wherever workers are scarce wages go up.There is still a lot of white privilege out there just less now that good paying union jobs went overseas or when affirmative action leveled the playing field.
Walmart ain’t paying whites much more than they do blacks I bet. More but not much. And who gets promoted? Still for what a couple bucks more? And whites can’t handle it. Economic despair among uneducated whites is up.
Trump doesn’t help riling them up and blaming the wrong people. He’s a con
I agree. And so we need to gradually wind down not a crash. Automation is coming. So middle class and rich people are having fewer kids. Even poor Americans are wising up. Republicans solution is to ban abortion. I love it that we’re having fewer kids. But to fund the government and keep the economy going, corporate America needs workers. So why not import them? I’m not anti immigration at all. Until we are firing on all cylinders then slow down the number we take in.The biggest problem is overpopulation. We just don't need this many people in the work force. Wherever workers are scarce wages go up.
I have no problem with foreign workers, as long as they are temporary, skilled, don't bring their families along, and remissions to their home countries are limited.I agree. And so we need to gradually wind down not a crash. Automation is coming. So middle class and rich people are having fewer kids. Even poor Americans are wising up. Republicans solution is to ban abortion. I love it that we’re having fewer kids. But to fund the government and keep the economy going, corporate America needs workers. So why not import them? I’m not anti immigration at all. Until we are firing on all cylinders then slow down the number we take in.
So you are against legal immigrants tooI have no problem with foreign workers, as long as they are temporary, skilled, don't bring their families along, and remissions to their home countries are limited.
Walmart pays pretty good for entry level workers. If a few get together and share rent, they can easily save up for college or trade school. That's my "Plan A" for kids just out of high school who don't want to live at home anymore (or whose parents kick them out). "Plan A" would work for any who follow it as rent is a big expense. The military has benefits to help get a leg up on future education costs as well. No need to go deeply into debt.Walmart ain’t paying whites much more than they do blacks I bet. More but not much. And who gets promoted? Still for what a couple bucks more? And whites can’t handle it. Economic despair among uneducated whites is up.
That’s what I would say to the black community if I were a black conservative. You are not stuck in generational poverty. Your neighborhood migh be but you aren’t stuck there.Walmart pays pretty good for entry level workers. If a few get together and share rent, they can easily save up for college or trade school. That's my "Plan A" for kids just out of high school who don't want to live at home anymore (or whose parents kick them out). "Plan A" would work for any who follow it as rent is a big expense. The military has benefits to help get a leg up on future education costs as well. No need to go deeply into debt.
The only drawback is actually a positive. Most kids want to enter college along with their class, right out of high school. The problem is that most are hardly mature enough for the rigor that awaits them. By working and saving for a few years they can enter college with more purpose and maturity thus enhancing their chances of successfully completing their degrees.
Too many black boys need to prove their manhood by getting some girl pregnant. "I ain't shootin' blanks, man."That’s what I would say to the black community if I were a black conservative. You are not stuck in generational poverty. Your neighborhood migh be but you aren’t stuck there.
If you have a kid you tie yourself down. Get out first.
Low income whit guys as well.Too many black boys need to prove their manhood by getting some girl pregnant. "I ain't shootin' blanks, man."
Well not all Democrats agree with such statements. I know many Whites who struggled. Many who are homeless, bankrupt, live out of trailer parks, some who are mentally retarded or slow and really struggle in life.Feminist scholar and anti-racism educator Peggy McIntosh famously described white privilege as an “invisible weightless knapsack of special provisions, maps, passports, codebooks, visas, clothes, tools and blank checks.”
"In other words, white people typically move through life unaware of all the head starts, resources and access the color of their skin affords them. They don’t recognize these unearned advantages until they’re pointed out — and even then, some white people will try to deny the existence of their privilege."
I wish someone had told me this sooner. I wouldn't have had to struggle so hard in life.
Peggy, as many reviewers noted, is ---what's the polite word? cluelessFeminist scholar and anti-racism educator Peggy McIntosh famously described white privilege as an “invisible weightless knapsack of special provisions, maps, passports, codebooks, visas, clothes, tools and blank checks.”
"In other words, white people typically move through life unaware of all the head starts, resources and access the color of their skin affords them. They don’t recognize these unearned advantages until they’re pointed out — and even then, some white people will try to deny the existence of their privilege."
I wish someone had told me this sooner. I wouldn't have had to struggle so hard in life.
