That's not the dream. Getting that apartment, a buss pass, EBT for food, and HIP and Medicaid and bitching about how bad you have it.....now that's the dream. Walking around pissing and moaning about how difficult your life has been and assuming everyone else just had everything dropped into their laps, now that's the dream. Squandering all of the opportunities this country offers and becoming a worthless piece of ****, now that is the dream.Quit your job, spend your savings, let your house go back or sell it and blow the money...then sign up for the federal tit and get a luxurious Section 8 apartment, a bus pass, EBT for food, and HIP and Medicaid for medical. That's the new American dream.
[requisite old man voice]
Not that long ago, only rich people had TVs over 27 inches. My family's first PC cost $3,000 and it was a cheapo clone. Food hasn't increased in price a whole lot since I was working in a grocery store from '86 to '89.
Even horrific college prices- I spent $8,000 a year in the late '80s/early '90s. My #3 kid will cost (out of pocket) about 3+ times that, but 30 years have passed (The "book price" has gone up much more...but tell them you won't take loans, and watch the magic happen).
OMG! I didn't know my dad was on here! Hi Pa!Recently retired, SS, pension and a VA stipend. I need you guys to continue to work so that I might continue to live in the manor in which I've become acustom to!
Well, in the last year, it's changed. I remember chicken breast at $1.99-$2.99/lb. Milk at $1.69-2.09/gal. Hamburger at $1.49-1.99lb. Even account for the past 18 months, food has not kept pace with inflation, generally.I'm with you on the electronics and entertainment, but I want directions to the late 80's pricing grocery store.
I bought 1 lb. of bacon today for $10. I believe INGO will support my position that bacon is a necessity, not a luxury. When did the pig become an endangered species?Well, in the last year, it's changed. I remember chicken breast at $1.99-$2.99/lb. Milk at $1.69-2.09/gal. Hamburger at $1.49-1.99lb. Even account for the past 18 months, food has not kept pace with inflation, generally.
More than likely it’s the workers that produce the bacon that are endangered species…as in not enough workers.When did the pig become an endangered species?
And no mandate for all them Federal handouts...but a mandate for the man paying for them handouts.Quit your job, spend your savings, let your house go back or sell it and blow the money...then sign up for the federal tit and get a luxurious Section 8 apartment, a bus pass, EBT for food, and HIP and Medicaid for medical. That's the new American dream.
This referencing quitting your CURRENT job, and finding something more suitable. It does NOT reference going on unemployment.
People are reassessing; due to vaccine mandates, travel restrictions, forced work-from-home, inflation, and a host of other reasons. They are reassessing in DROVES.
We went thru this when my wife and I decided she would become our "Chief Domestic Officer" and be a full-time mom, housewife, and family planner. It meant she left the workforce and took on more important (to us) responsibilities.
Folks do this all the time. The difference now is the SCALE. There has been so much disruption in the last 2 years that millions are asking "what am I doing here?". If they are FORCED to work remote, why not do something they actually care about? If their expenses are going up dramatically, why not find a job that actually pays the bills? If their kids will be learning at home, how can they get an adult there with them? In other words, the lifestyle of 2 years ago is GONE, and they are all settling into a new lifestyle.
You guys are probably gonna laugh at me, but I think the great resignation is because of the great realization.
A lot and I mean a LOT of people have realized they can stay home, trade stock and crypto, gamble on sports and make more in a week than they use to make in a month or a year. I really think the lock down motivated people to learn to gamble, whether it be gambling on sports, stocks or crypto. Young folks have realized they don't need jobs. They sat at home and made more than they ever made working. I mean some of these kids are excellent at what they do! They collected unemployment and spent it getting educated in live action, now they are young, wealthy and have ZERO fear.
When you have stocks that run from $3 to $500 and $7 to $175 for no other reason than people being involved, of course they will figure it out.
I mean, these people would have never had 1. The money to do this 2. The courage to try if they were still living paycheck to paycheck.
Who wants to work, when you can sit home and make more than working a job everyday?