J.D Dutton

Average pay for a full time factory worker in the USA is roughly $56,300. That will somewhat comfortably afford a home in the 200,000 range. There are houses in this range all over the country. In a large metro you’d be looking at condos or apartments or owning in less desirable parts of town. Here’s an example in Knoxville TN-

@DiscussOrDivide @DeclineMaxxer @MostlyMonkey Sincerely, where? I'll open Zillow and check.

There is an almost unquenchable demand for content that tells the richest generation in history that they're the real victims.

@Maddog198500 @bassplayersc1 @omgsidewalks Why? So you can starve to death?

@bassplayersc1 @omgsidewalks Jobs are another way to create slaves. We really need to destroy jobs and capitalism itself.

I DO NOT think people fully understand how much 1 billion is. If your salary was $100k with no tax, it would take you 10 years to become a millionaire, but 10,000 years to reach a billion. It is unethical for one person to be hoarding this much wealth while others cannot eat.

A falling share of total spending on food shows that food has become relatively cheaper compared to income (thanks to massive agricultural productivity gains), otherwise the percentage wouldn’t keep shrinking as incomes rise.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Americans just spend insane amounts on luxury purchases these days.

@DiscussOrDivide @phil_mcalister @chadfelixg This doesnt show that food is cheaper. This shows that food is more expensive. And every other aspect of living is even more expensive.

A few very obvious points on Mamdani's grocery stores: 1. The supply of the discounted groceries will run out on day 1, and every day there is a new shipment. This is basic econ 101. 2. This means only the people who are lucky enough or fast enough will get these discounted groceries. Expect to see the city ration these groceries in some other way. By income, or neighborhood or some lottery system. 3. Grocery margins are notoriously low as it is (like 2-3%). These stores will lose a bunch of money selling 30% below market, or they'll sell so little it will be insignificant. 4. There is absolutely zero chance that government bureaucrats can source these products from global supply chains as efficiently as Walmart, or Meier, or Whole Foods, whose survival depends on it. Their costs will be far higher (unless they use government bludgeon to force distributors to sell to them at lower prices). 5. It's actually an incredible triumph of capitalism that you can get a pound of bananas that were shipped to your neighborhood from Equador for like 60 cents, or fresh grapes from Chile in the dead of Midwestern winter for 2 bucks a pound, and Norwegian salmon to cook in Italian olive oil for $15 -20 bucks or so. Truly stop and think about that for a minute. It's a miracle. The median full time hourly wage is around $31 dollars. For ONE HOUR of work, the median working American can get all of the groceries listed below, which is about 22,000 calories. They can feed themselves for 10 days (or a family of 4 for around 2 and a half days), with an hour of labor. This is the stupidest industry for socialists to go after.

Outside of housing pretty much everything is significantly cheaper (as in takes up less of a percentage of total expenses). We’ve experienced some seriously positive lifestyle changes over the last few decades. Here’s an example for household expenditures going towards food over time.

@ArtemisConsort While it isn't true, it is remarkable how much buying power has been eroded for middle class, 1971 vs 2026: Median home: $25,200 vs $521,700 Minimum wage: $1.60 vs $7.25 Things that actually determine lifestyle have inflated far faster than wages.

*taps the sign*

@Hubb1e45 @phil_mcalister Food currently accounts for the lowest share of household spending in American history.

I don’t usually worry about how much my food costs but I’ve been feeding my family out of a 10lb bag of potatoes for days now and I’m impressed just how cheaply we can eat A tiny bit of leftover taco meat from the freezer. Shred a little cheese on there. Some butter and a dollop of sour cream and that can’t cost more than $1 for a meal. Then you can roast them up with a few pieces of bacon and whatever seasoning. Another $1 meal. Etc. I’ve kept this going for days and nothing feels like I’m repeating anything.

@mymixtapez People just really want this to be blamed on his friends so t they? Troubling times.

Famous children's educator Ms Rachel shares her opinion on the Nolan Wells case: "The investigation would have been different if Nolan were white and his friends were Black"

@cffloyd @BonifaceOption The late night talk shows constantly joke about conservatives like this. Every single night.

@BonifaceOption We're not insulted by the comparison just that the comparison is meant as an insult. The right doesn't understand the nuance of humor. And they don't understand why punching down is the lowest form of comedy. An extension of them wanting to hurt those that are already hurting.

It’s the perfect joke. They can’t articulate why it is offensive without admitting their beliefs are fake. What is she supposed to say? “How dare you compare me to a man pretending to be a woman?”

@vanillaopinions It’s people who have a basic understanding of economics behavior.

honestly caring about high taxes is broke behavior

@AgainZae @DeclineMaxxer @MostlyMonkey Yes they can.

@DeclineMaxxer @MostlyMonkey Yeah people in similar positions can't afford 700sqft shotgun houses anymore

@OngoGablog8 @DrHalPHD @EndWokeness And people have the right to make fun of them for this.

@DiscussOrDivide @DrHalPHD @EndWokeness It’s called the right to protest.

This is who's calling you an extremist on the internet

@SoyWalterDamian @Illusory_Ace United States: ~50–51% of adults aged 25–64 have college-level education; Spain: ~41–42%.

@DiscussOrDivide @Illusory_Ace And who needs and who doesn't is decided by their wallets, except for a few who obtain a free pass. Alright, as I already said, I'm not here to criticize.

"It's nOt fReE, it’s pAiD fOr by oUr tAxEs" You will never understand what it is like to see a child from a poor family become a lawyer/doctor.

@rirokpik Because they were killed by other black people..

"Get over racism." Four Black Haitian women were found beheaded after being deported by ICE. Why aren't we hearing about it? Because they aren't white.

@bdquinn Why do we want to add Puerto Rico? We legitimately can’t afford it.

Becoming a state means you're in. We had a whole war about this.

@slurptopia @YaseenSeekTruth @mattvanswol Easy block.

@DiscussOrDivide @YaseenSeekTruth @mattvanswol But they’re funded and committed by “Christian” countries. Slave owner beating killing and mutilating people were also “Christian”. The KKK is full of Christian’s. Save it.

Say what you want about Christianity... But one thing I've noticed is that zero Christians are out there running around screaming "Jesus is Lord" and then violently st*bbing, sh00ting, and m*rdering people. It seems to only be the“Allahu Akbar” people who are doing this.

@DrHalPHD @EndWokeness Just leave people alone.. nobody is bothering you until you do things like this out in public.

@EndWokeness I know multiple people who were there and can promise you the majority are beautiful souls fighting for equality in a world that dismisses anyone not “normal”. We will no longer be quiet. The sexist bigot MAGA days are over. Everyone in every body type and gender is equal!🟰

@lilbabygandhi @RealAlbanianPat Yet 98% of Islamists vote for the farthest left party in Germany..

@RealAlbanianPat Islamism is spiritually conservative yes

"Polling USA", the same person who runs "Polling Canada" commented "Conservatism is a disease of the mind" in response to the terrorist attack in Berlin

@BobbyOnlyOne @Tablesalt13 Your government has to be completely broke if they are doing this to you. WTF..

@Tablesalt13 I asked grok about the out-of-province markups and it’s leaning towards 90-140% being the average instead of the 70-147% often quoted range. Your 70% post might be too kind. Examples: Nova Scotia: Wine = 140% markup Spirits = 160% Ontario spirits = 139% Etc.

Holy crap hahaha LEGEND😂😂 CBC invited a Canadian winery owner on to trash Trump and he comes back with "Trump's 50% tariffs are still less than EVERY OTHER province in CANADA puts on us" Provinces in Canada have mandatory markups (tariffs) of up to 70%

@YaseenSeekTruth @mattvanswol These aren’t wars for Christianity…. They have nothing to do with Christianity at all.

Never seen people this brainwashed, I swear. Just watched a group of soldiers chanting “Christ is King” right before attacking Iran. Offensive war. Not defensive. I checked the numbers: Americans have killed roughly 4–4.5 million civilians in the last 75 years. You call that Christian love?

@LegakwaSelemogo @NickKao13 @EndWokeness Why don’t men also need to cover their body in Islam?

@NickKao13 @EndWokeness she dresses well and covers her body so that she will not be objectified by men something that western women are not capable of. so i refuse to be biased becoz she is muslim🤷‍♂️

She just won the "British Citizen Award For Empowering Young Women"