@UpTambourine So 2 br u have parents and 1-2 kids. The "baby" can be in parents or in family roon for at least 3 years thats minimum 5 years leadtime to either do an addition or move
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Dangerbug
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Dangerbug
@Dangerbug
Emeritus Founder, Digital Commerce, Investor, Developer and Dad
New York, USA Katılım Ekim 2008
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Why cant young people start in a 1-2 bedroom house? Youre not married, you dont have kids. You also dont need a 3-4 bedroom house.
satan’s niece@87shenanigans
Genuinely though, why can’t seniors downsize. If they’re living in like a 3-4 bedroom house… why
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@Serenitee_Sam Another FAFO event. Had he simply spoken to the cop normally v being erratic nothing would have happened not even a ticket
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Most people would just put out the fire. This guy chose a different path.
A police officer arrives at a field to address an unauthorized open fire. The officer informs the individual that they are in violation of local village ordinances and must extinguish the fire and leave the property.
The individual is highly non-compliant, refusing to follow the officer's commands, claiming ownership of the land, and repeatedly citing "constitutional rights" while refusing to cooperate.
As the interaction progresses, the individual reaches into a bag. The officer, perceiving a threat that the bag may contain a weapon, draws their service firearm and orders the individual to keep their hands visible.
A tense standoff ensues where the officer repeatedly attempts to de-escalate by ordering the individual to walk toward them and move away from the fire. The individual continues to argue, claiming they are hard of hearing and refusing to comply, leading the officer to keep them at gunpoint while awaiting backup.
The video concludes with the officer maintaining distance and control of the scene until backup arrives to assist in securing the individual and the scene.
The suspect was charged with resisting/obstructing, felony battery or threats to law enforcement, and disorderly conduct. He later took a plea deal, pleading no contest to resisting/obstructing and disordely conduct. The battery or threats to law enforcement charge was dismissed. He was ordered to pay $504.50.
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@Noahpinion Defund the cops very similar result.
Bad things happen when u DEI things and have no accountability
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The crusade against standardized testing failed so hard.
Neetu Arnold@neetu_arnold
University of California STEM professors want standardized tests back due to severe math deficiencies among students: “We now observe preparation gaps so severe that instructors must reteach middle school mathematics” “The current admissions metric, based primarily on GPA & essays, can no longer reliably distinguish readiness for university-level STEM majors in an era of severe grade inflation & AI assisted application essays”
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A new report shows that 30% of Berkeley Calculus students are severely underprepared.
These students have “non-passing rates as high as 46%.”
From 2021-2023, “over 800 students (or 24% of the total population) did not pass their Calculus I classes.” Of the 500 among them who were tested for proficiency,
“-63.6% came from the proficiency tier with severe preparation deficiency (0-2);
-30.2% came from the proficiency tier of underprepared students (3-6);
-6.2% came from the proficiency tier of prepared students (7-8).”
“Obscuring these preparation gaps does not provide access; it provides a near-guaranteed introduction to failure for our most vulnerable students.”
Steve McGuire@sfmcguire79
"Current admissions practices do not provide a sufficiently reliable check on mathematical readiness for STEM majors." Over 280 University of California STEM faculty have signed an open letter calling on the Board of Regents to reinstate standardized testing in admissions:
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@LaborforSPayer This is what Obamacare promised. Government isnt good with money FYI
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Economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman did the math.
Replacing our current system with #MedicareForAll would result in a net pay raise of thousands of dollars for most workers, even after factoring in the additional taxes needed.
Details: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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@jasonc_nc FYI boomers made less money and its never been inflation adjusted so that 200k aint looking so hot any moree with no future earnings.
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Why are we continually finding more ways to subsidize the wealthiest generation in our country’s history?
38% of all federal spending is for seniors.
Of mandatory spending it is over half. And of age-assignable spending it is 62%.
For a group that is 18% of the total population with more home equity, more stock holdings, and more savings.
So the obvious answer is… exempt them from property taxes too, creating yet another reverse wealth transfer to be borne by the younger and poorer.
Jason,@jasonc_nc
Has never been a better time in American history to be an older person. Amazing reverse value capture that continually increases.
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In America, it’s unconscionable for someone to voluntarily choose to go smaller
If we designed incentives correctly, older people would WANT to downsize to housing units better suited for them, leaving bigger houses for younger families
satan’s niece@87shenanigans
Genuinely though, why can’t seniors downsize. If they’re living in like a 3-4 bedroom house… why
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Boomers hold 52% of the nations wealth they don’t need more financial help
Nancy Mace@NancyMace
Our seniors should not pay property taxes.
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@drantbradley Its bodycounts and narcissistic behaviors that changed the narrative. Its everywhere the younger generation is completely self absorbed
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Scott Galloway is incorrect. A series of studies in this book shows that affordability is not the reason. When you control for income. When children are affordable, having children is still unattractive. Kearny use data to show that young adults have lost interest in children.
Camus@newstart_2024
Scott Galloway said the quiet part out loud. 40 years ago, 60% of 30-year-olds had at least one kid. Today? Just 27%. It’s not “anti-kid” vibes or climate anxiety. Young people simply can’t afford to start families. When young men fall behind economically, the entire mating market breaks — and men without the structure of a relationship and family often spiral hardest. This one hit me. It feels like we’re quietly pricing an entire generation out of one of life’s most meaningful experiences. A society that makes building loving, secure families this difficult is storing up massive problems for the future. Do you think we’re doing enough to make family formation realistic again?
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@pschofie79 Special needs children can really benefit from AI creating age/ability appropriate content in seconds for nearly any topic
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I’ve heard faculty suggest that AI can be a good study buddy for minority/first gen students who don’t feel like they fit in, and I think we’re losing out on a big advantage of college if such students forego making the effort to find a study buddy because Claude is *right there*
Jesse@J3553V
@pschofie79 May also prevent you from having the classmates you wanted: in terms of conversing with someone who is engaged, comparing notes, etc.
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@JoshPhillipsPhD I owned a lawncare business at 11 YO Id ride my bike and they needed to have a lawnmower or tools or a neighbor that would let me borrow them. By the second year I had several employees. Did it through to graduation.
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It’s perfectly fine for a teenager to have a job at 14
Taylor Lorenz@TaylorLorenz
These states have children working in factories and want to talk about "kids online safety." NONE of this is about keeping kids "safe" online or off
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For 40 years, people have been complaining that NJ has the highest car insurance rates and the highest property taxes
And every year, nothing changes.
Shlomo Schorr@OneJerseySchorr
Some New Jersey motorists, already shouldering car insurance costs that are among the highest in the nation, saw their rates rise as much as 32.5% in the past two years — far faster than inflation and nearly five times the rate that triggers regulatory review. Via Dana DiFilippo newjerseymonitor.com/2026/05/26/nj-…
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Dealing with a falling population will require the elderly accepting a lower quality of life than they expected. This will be difficult to do because a falling population will also make them the electoral majority.
Nancy Mace@NancyMace
Our seniors should not pay property taxes.
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This is the job of the Democrats in 2027 if they take power. Be so obnoxious and relentless on Trump corruption investigations that there’s no way for these people to have not heard about it. Many will decide they don’t care but some can be driven to disillusionment.
Glenn Greenwald@ggreenwald
There was only one thing that surprised me about the Jubilee with MAGA die-hards. It wasn't that some people scream and refuse to stop talking. It wasn't that these were mostly young people cheering and finding purpose in wars but never fighting in them. It wasn't that their politics is more of a cult of personality. All expected and found in all factions. It was that, despite being political junkies, they had no idea about Trump's enormous corruption scandals because the corporate and independent media they consume doesn't mention it. They had no idea it existed:
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44% of US homeowners are older than 60
She is effectively asking you to put 100% of the local county services tax burden on 56% of the people—people who are also still in the workforce paying income taxes, mortgages, and daycare tuition
This is horrible policy
Nancy Mace@NancyMace
Our seniors should not pay property taxes.
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@lisachristinect Thats a leftist agenda. They are pushing everything like gender fluidity, lack of accountability (abortions in this one), violence is the answer, Do not listen to oppossing views, etc
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They are all getting abortions. After Trump “left it to the states”, abortions are higher than ever. Over 1 MILLION abortions per year in the US now.
P a u l ◉@SkylineReport
Fox News guest: “The problem is teens and young adults from ages 15 to 19… we’re telling people that are young not to have babies.” Yes. Because they’re children. A society where teenagers can’t afford rent, healthcare, college, or groceries is not suffering from a “too few teen pregnancies” crisis. If your economic model depends on 15-year-olds reproducing to stay afloat, maybe the problem isn’t the birth rate. Maybe the system itself is fundamentally broken.
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@educator4ever36 Excusong bad behavior is why they go to prison and here you are excusing bad behavior
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Our young men (mostly Black and Brown) are not going from school to prison because they are bored in school. That’s just where they are most days. Let’s not be afraid to say what’s causing so many to become incarcerated.
Michael Strong@flowidealism
People talk about the school-to-prison pipeline. I talk about the public school-to-prison pipeline. A lot of young men are bored silly, and end up getting in trouble. If we did not force them into this one-size-fits-all school, millions of lives would be better off.
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Really, they should probably pay more in property taxes.
Efficiently distributing housing is a far more important goal than ensuring Boomers can hang on to large houses that growing families need simply for sentimental reasons.
Nancy Mace@NancyMace
Our seniors should not pay property taxes.
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There are college students putting "Proficient in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint" on their resumes lmao
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@runaway_vol The post is ragebait. 34k didnt happen unless guy is an idiot
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Prices for everything you need will now double every 1-3 years, and it will never change. There is nothing you can do about it.
JLP@AFMBlog
My neighbor is replacing their HVAC system today. Their house is slightly bigger than ours. Total cost for everything: $34,000!!!!! What in the hell? He said they have tripled in cost since COVID. What a crock of crap.
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