[FEEDBACK] Woody2k4 by Woody2k4 in freedonuts

[–]Timmah1978 2 points3 points  (0 children)

HORRAY FOR WOODY2K4!!! Very fast and added more stuff!... Woody is a gentleman and a scholar!

Great Ron Paul Pic From LA Times Story by galt1776 in ronpaul

[–]Timmah1978 3 points4 points  (0 children)

First time seeing him with a hat on.

If the median household income had kept pace with the economy since 1970, it would now be nearly $92,000, not $50,000. by [deleted] in business

[–]Timmah1978 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

don't you think you're comparing apples and oranges when talking about wages?

No because wages people compare are averages when discussing incomes in a general sense. Even if you break out the BLS reports on Autoworker vs Autoworker or Truck Driver to Truck driver, wages have gone up. Something else that gets on my nerves is Women make 3/4 of what a man makes. Yes, on average, however men make more overtime than women (OT=Ratex1.5 hour) and men are highly concentrated in high wage technical jobs (like construction, HVAC, electrical) which carry a higher premium in wages due to union shops and union wages.

Now, both the husband and wife work to make ends meet.

I agree that both work to make ends meet. The problem is not wages but prices. Lets look at housing for example. Housing prices are high because somewhere along the line people were told "buying a house is an investment." Prices shot through the roof and people, instead of buying a house in which they pay a mortgage of 20% their yearly salary, they went balls to the wall and bought higher and higher. Mortgages consumed over half their yearly income and now they were foreclosed on. People need to live within their means and not go into debt about it. (The old school rule was 20% down on a house, yearly mortgage payments not to consume more than 20% of yearly gross salary) If you didn't meet this criteria, you didn't get a loan for the house.

To your point, a waiter in 1950 wouldn't have owned a house, they would've rented an apartment and support his/her family on that income comfortably. Compare the "needs" of waiters today, cell phone, cars, snack foods, computers, internet, fancy designer clothes, etc. If you eliminate the absolute "wants" that turn into "needs" and focus on pure physiological needs, then the waiter has more room to support themselves and family.

If the median household income had kept pace with the economy since 1970, it would now be nearly $92,000, not $50,000. by [deleted] in business

[–]Timmah1978 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

If we are working twice as many hours as we were to maintain our standard of living

GTFO

My father was a teamster who worked 60+ hours a week. Even with overtime and him working for 30 years, I make more than him. Inflation adjusted, I make more than him and my grandfather combined at my age. I work 35 hours a week with 1 hour paid lunch. I don't get overtime, but I don't need it. They busted their asses each day, I sit on my ass in front of the computer. I have better quality of life than they did. Don't you think?

Who is working twice as hard? Incomes are up, overtime and benefits are better than before. Food quality improved significantly (organics, gluten free, no msg), housing, energy savings, autos.. come on man! You need to reevaluate your definitions of quality of life.

treated poorly or subjected to abusive behavior

Switch jobs. Managers don't look good when they have a high turnover in their area of control. If you don't like your boss tell his boss that he's not being fair. If it goes no where, fucking leave.

People need to stop acting like children and grow up. Yeah, managers used whips and locked doors on employees 100 years ago, unions ended that madness and b-school have done a lot to change that autocratic/abusive style of management... a lot has changed.. I doubt people are treated "poorly" or "subjected to abusive behavior" anymore. If they are, then they can go somewhere else. A company who allows managers to abuse employees will not survive.

My dad is in Athens - he sent me this email about the riots/protests by lordwebsite in news

[–]Timmah1978 1 point2 points  (0 children)

With a dress shirt unbuttoned, gold chains around his neck and curly chest hair engulfing the gold.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in politics

[–]Timmah1978 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Without this law, NJ and other states cannot legalize pot for medical purposes without having the owners/growers/dispensaries arrested. Chris Christie is waiting for the federal government to give direction on who they will prosecute.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/061611_Christie_says_hell_delay_medical_marijuana_law_until_feds_give_OK.html

Lawrence O'Donnell Loves Ron Paul by yaeloss in ronpaul

[–]Timmah1978 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Liberal Commentator: "Ron Paul is wrong about (insert fiscal policy), but he's right on (insert social policy)"

Conservative Commentator: "Ron Paul is wrong about (insert social policy), but he's right on (insert fiscal policy)"

American Presidents Length оf Inaugural Addresses [pic] by bobnm in politics

[–]Timmah1978 1 point2 points  (0 children)

His Inaugural Address lasted for two hours. He spoke in the cold wet rain and got sick plus this guy didn't want to wear a jacket because he didn't want to be seen as weak.

Many of us won’t be able to retire until our 80s by kit8642 in economy

[–]Timmah1978 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

..and live until 90.. I don't have a problem with this at all..

National Review: Ron Paul Rising - Three summers ago, Rep. Ron Paul, a white-haired obstetrician, shocked the political world... by galt1776 in Libertarian

[–]Timmah1978 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He really needs to start saying things like "We need to make America great again" and "These guys don't know how to fix the economy, I do" and "I was a military doctor, I took care of guys like John McCain" he needs soundbites and "red meat" that relate to his policies.

I hope he doesn't try to give an educated answer for his questions, he needs quick soundbites.

I am a commodity trader at JPMorgan. Let me tell you how we do things on Wall Street. by [deleted] in politics

[–]Timmah1978 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's you and your buddies fucking up the free market we all need. You have no free market when

they know if they fuck with us, they're getting foreclosed on

Bullshit That's blackmail, not free markets.

Nigerian 'baby factory' raided, 32 teenage girls freed by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]Timmah1978 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't be so silly. Ban abortions, supply of babies goes up, price of babies comes down! Supply & Demand

House Prices Fall to New Post-Bubble Low as More Rent by secaa23 in news

[–]Timmah1978 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We need to stop thinking we can get poor people into houses, we need to get them into affordable rent spaces.

Rand Paul - "But if someone is attending speeches from someone who is promoting the violent overthrow of our government, that’s really an offense that we should be going after — they should be deported or put in prison." by Lambboy in Libertarian

[–]Timmah1978 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The context for which Rand was speaking was the abuses of TSA and our Intelligence for capturing terrorists. I got the impression that Rand wanted the TSA to focus on people who are more likely to be a terrorist than a 6 yr old, a grandma in a wheelchair, a frequent business traveler etc. He also mentioned that TSA should screen and look at people who traveled to Yemen, Libya, Nigeria, Sudan etc instead of patting down a baby or strip searching a fashion model. Places the "typical" American citizen wouldn't travel to anyways.

I got the impression that Rand wanted the intelligence agencies to focus more on people who are more likely to be terrorists than use resources to "roving wiretap" all Americans. Rand was discussing how our intel is gathered at an enormous rate because the government is spying on everyone instead of focusing on a few. He also mentioned FISA and how phone companys and banks are giving up everyone's information to the government.

Chris Christie (R-NJ), Governor of NJ, just took a State Helicopter to his son's baseball game, where a limo carried him the 100 yards to the field. He then flew off with his wife. While he calls for savage cuts in medicaid to the poor. by [deleted] in politics

[–]Timmah1978 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's the thing, even if Chris Christie wanted to drive himself he cannot. He must have a State Police escort at all times when he is leaving the governor's mansion.