@SenWarren Are you also proposing that they get higher benefits commensurate with their higher payments?
Or are you going to admit that Social Security isn't a retirement program at all?
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PowerHedge Global
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Pittsburgh, PA Katılım Mart 2015
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Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos shouldn't be paying the same amount in Social Security tax as someone making $175,000 a year.
Billionaires are not paying their fair share.
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@BikersonLive @skumWgmi That would put the monthly payment for both cars, combined, at about $500.
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@BikersonLive @skumWgmi That's still seriously pricy for 2 cars.
Why not buy a used car for $25k to $30k and do $10k down?
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The average American couple's monthly obligations:
- Mortgage: $2,400.
- Cars: $1,100
- Insurance: $620
- Subscriptions: $340
- Minimum payments: $480
Total: $4,940
- Before food.
- Before utilities.
- Before anything breaks.
They're not living paycheck to paycheck
They're living obligation to obligation.
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@UziCryptoo Ok.
Then governments are banned from raising property taxes. Ever. And I don't mean the percentages... I mean that it cannot ever increase the nominal dollars that the landlords have to pay.
Furthermore, the landlord's employees can not get a raise. Ever.
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The Pentagon is spending $1 billion per day on the Iran war. That the United States does not have.
In other words, precious metals continue to get more attractive relative to the currency of a bankrupt nation.
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@shaguncrypto Wrong.
Average life expectancy for someone who actually makes it to 65 years old is 84.5 years.
The 77 years figure includes all the people who die young.
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Most people retire at 65.
Most people live to be 77.
45 years of 9-5 life.
Few years of freedom?
We must change this mindset.
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@shaguncrypto That's seriously low for a 64-year-old. I can see why he's saving aggressively.
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My uncle has $520,000 in his 401k.
- Keeps the AC at 78 in summer.
- Drives 20 minutes to save $3 on gas.
- Still uses a phone from 2016.
Says he’s being careful.
I asked him once… What are you saving it for?
He paused.
…For later.
He’s 64. 🙄
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@StealthQE4 I honestly can't see any way to de-escalate this.
Trump screwed up horribly, and there's no coming back from it that won't make him look like an absolute moron.
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Serious question:
How do you deescalate this now if you’re Trump?
We’re on the brink of getting to a point where there’s no turning back.
Maybe we are there now.
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@shaguncrypto Cover rent where?
Where I live, rent is about $12,000 per year. It doesn't take 2,800 hours to earn that.
BTW, 2,800 hours is more than 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year. NOBODY ANYWHERE pays that much for rent.
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Boomers needed 650 hours to cover a year’s rent
Millennials needed 1,800 hours
Gen Z now needs 2,800 hours
But yeah… just skip coffee and you’ll be fine 😶
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@saylor You're bragging about the fact that you borrowed a ton of money just to have unrealized losses?
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Strategy has acquired 4,871 BTC for ~$329.9 million at ~$67,718 per bitcoin. As of 4/5/2026, we hold 766,970 $BTC acquired for ~$58.02 billion at ~$75,644 per bitcoin. $MSTR $STRC strategy.com/press/strategy…
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@David_Charts2 @SenWarren @grok What is the combined net worth of every billionaire in the United States?
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Jeff Bezos has $222 billion.
If he paid my wealth tax this year, we could fund insulin in America for everyone who needs it plus free school lunch for every kid in Texas—and have plenty of money left over.
And Bezos would still have $215 billion dollars to spare.
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@SenWarren So we could do all that with $7 billion?
Remind me again how much we gave to Ukraine in 2023.
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@_JACKASS_98 @skumWgmi 99% of these posts complaining about costs are just blue state problems.
Here, $95k would be MORE than enough to buy a house, two cars, take care of two kids, and let one of the parents stay home!
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My friend in the US works as a data scientist
Makes $95k a year
Lives in a studio apartment
Own a car he can't afford not to own
Pays $400/month for health insurance with a $6,000 deductible
Pays $2,000/month per kid for childcare
Gets 10 days of PTO if his boss is feeling generous
Does anyone have it worse than americans?
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@skumWgmi How about someone in Ethiopia who has no insurance, lives in a decrepit shack, and can't afford food at all?
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@Rajatsoni The house itself should go down, yes. The land should actually appreciate, but nearly all of the purchase price is the house.
Of course, house prices are actually down since 2000 when measured in gold.
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Good
Real estate shouldn't be used as a store of value
The price of a condo SHOULD go down over time because of wear and tear, and you're delusional if you think otherwise
Jon Brooks@jonbrooks
WOW. Another condo deal bought for $167,200 in 2006... current ARV is $146,200 in 2026. 20 years, lost $20k. Good lord. And the crash hasn't even happened yet.
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@ModernDayInves Physical is NOT 20% more than the ETFs.
The highest premiums are in platinum, and if you're paying more than 3% above spot then you need a new dealer.
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I will never understand precious metals investors.
You can buy gold for the spot price via an ETF or you can pay 20% more for physical which is 1000% harder to sell.
Let’s work on our intelligence, folks.
Modern Day Investing@ModernDayInves
1 gram of gold is around $150. But on $HOOD you can buy one for $190!!! Are people really this dumb? How is this sold out?
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@StealthQE4 I'm honestly thinking that this whole thing is an attempt to try to force the world to stay on the dollar standard.
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Morally I have a severe problem with this.
I don’t think we are the “good guys” anymore.
We’ve gone full rogue.
The events I’m watching are things that I never thought I’d see us ever do to anyone.
It’s really disturbing
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@Tekeee If that internet isn't a 1Tbps dedicated fiber optic line, then you're getting seriously ripped off.
That power bill is insane too. I've never paid more than $150 in a single month, and that was midsummer with the AC running non-stop!
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