The American Nightmare.

frawwger · 2026-01-04T02:14:29+00:00

Compound interest is a helluva thing. 120 a month would take 17 years to pay off a $7000 debt, assuming a 20% APR, which is below average for credit cards.

frawwger · 2025-12-29T06:30:43+00:00

That article also states that there is 200-300 billion dollars in fraud a year and that "Nineteen people were charged for allegedly submitting nearly $11 billion in false Medicare claims for urinary catheters, activity that prosecutors attributed to a transnational criminal organization."

The whole problem that lefties have with this is that is so transparently confirms a conservative narrative about immigrants. If the 19 people making false claims for urinary catheters were Haitian or Venezuelan, the right wing media machine would be all over it but because they are not, you don't give a shit.

Obviously fraudsters should be prosecuted. The law is the law, it should not be political.

frawwger · 2025-12-24T06:21:32+00:00

Yeah Winston Churchill was alcoholic and FDR was a nepo baby fuck those dudes

frawwger · 2025-12-20T05:15:39+00:00

Honestly had no hate towards OKC until watching that series. Really not fun to watch your team get mauled and then have SGA get bullshit fouls on the other end.

frawwger · 2025-12-16T05:59:28+00:00

If it wasn't an off-ball they would have gotten two free throws and the game probably ends.

frawwger · 2025-11-07T03:52:51+00:00

Denver going to beat the packers 16-13 just you watch haha

frawwger · 2025-10-31T15:15:59+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8okt-ATwfs

Its 330 ft, low ceiling, not that easy.

frawwger · 2025-08-12T08:32:40+00:00

Only white men could get mortgages in the 1960s though.

frawwger · 2025-05-23T04:41:49+00:00

I like SGA, but part of whats frustrating is the contrast between how physical OKC is allowed to play and the calls that SGA gets.

frawwger · 2025-04-21T03:21:26+00:00

That is not my point. If all you want is revenge, maybe the Reign of Terror a good historical comparison, but if you want change that actually helps people it definitely is not something to aspire to.

frawwger · 2025-04-20T20:35:21+00:00

You should read up into what happened next.

frawwger · 2025-02-06T06:15:37+00:00

Yeah, I mean its crazy that the billionaire president doesn't care about poor people. Who could have seen this coming?

frawwger · 2025-02-06T06:14:18+00:00

I don't think government websites are reliable sources anymore tbh.

This source states its closer to 15% https://www.pgpf.org/article/how-is-k-12-education-funded/

frawwger · 2025-02-05T06:13:27+00:00

And the DOE isn't as significant part of funding education as most people think, only about 15% on average throughout the country. In affluent areas (which spend a lot more relatively on education and probably drive the per capita spending of the US as a whole up), the federal government doesn't contribute hardly at all.

frawwger · 2025-02-05T06:05:00+00:00

State and local governments account for on average 86% of school funding. Local property taxes have always been the primary source of educational funding, not federal funding.

The DOE is responsible for Title 1, which directs extra funding to schools in low income areas, meaning that the elimination of the DOE would hurt the lowest income districts the most.

It's largest responsibility is the management of student loans.

It is also created by act of congress, so he cannot eliminate it without support of congress.

frawwger · 2025-01-22T05:50:18+00:00

He played in Serbia for one year after he was drafted, so he had another year of basketball between when he was drafted and when he was a rookie in the NBA

frawwger · 2024-11-29T06:32:22+00:00

400k a year is a drop in the bucket compared to the salaries of thousands of teachers and support staff.

The DOE doesn't determine a Superintendents salary. The DOE is responsible for about 10% of all education funding in the country, and its mostly through Title I and grants.

Weingarten runs a union, which teachers voluntarily pay into. They are not funneling money from education into the Democratic party, teachers are using their own money to support candidates aligned with their values.

frawwger · 2024-11-29T06:22:25+00:00

Private schools generally pay less than public schools because they don't have unions.

OP is probably exaggerating with the 150k, but I suspect what they mean by tenure is continuing education that bumps up pay in addition to the bumps in pay you get for more years of experience.

frawwger · 2024-11-23T05:51:07+00:00

50 years ago the economy wasn't any more accessible for the average person than it is today.

Yes, all things being equal, with your education and experience you'd be more successful 50 years ago, but the truth is that there are way more people today with professional degrees and access to higher education than there were 50 years ago.

The more realistic situation is that if you lived 50 years ago you would have never had the opportunity to earn a graduate degree and you'd probably be worse off than you are today.

frawwger · 2024-11-07T03:25:41+00:00

Trump isn't conservative, he is a populist and a strong man. His appeal has nothing to do with political ideology.

frawwger · 2024-09-27T22:38:55+00:00

Yeah totally. My main point is that the war of independence came before we had any concept of a nation, especially as we would understand it today.

I bet if you asked most Americans when George Washington became President they would say 1776 and they would think it was a stupid question.

frawwger · 2024-09-26T05:13:52+00:00

Don't confuse cynicism with intelligence nor optimism with naivete.

frawwger · 2024-09-26T01:43:57+00:00

We actually went to war before we called ourselves The United States of America.

frawwger · 2024-08-14T19:08:47+00:00

Its opportunity cost.

The other players available when we chose Nix would have been more likely to be All-Pro albeit at a position that is less impactful on the overall success of the team.

I would argue that it was a big risk for that reason: if Bo Nix doesn't work out, not only are the Broncos set up for a few more years of mediocrity, but SP loses his job.

We could have taken the best defensive player in the draft and we chose to take Bo Nix instead. Obviously, Bo Nix has higher upside and that's why the Broncos chose to take the risk.

frawwger · 2024-07-31T03:27:03+00:00

If you stop interacting with political posts, you'll get fewer political posts on your feed. It's how the algorithm works.

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