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@TheNetDaily I’ll take $900,000 each day. It’ll give me something to look forward too and I’d be able to manage donating meaningfully

No cheating with the calculator 😭 which one are you choosing???

@charise_lee The Heritage Foundation’s Project Esther outlines this.

What do y’all think is happening here? I believe he’s getting together his loyal army‼️

@AlwaysFrostyIce @gotrice2024 @CherokeeOwl Way to move the goal post. Parents play a bigger role in their children’s lives than a teacher does. Choosing to not help your children’s lives with school work or helping them learn to read is a choice.

@itsjacobsnyder @gotrice2024 @CherokeeOwl the teachers in schools.

Why am I not even surprised by this, I’m afraid if more and teachers have this epiphany then we won’t have any left to teach our kids. This woman used to be a teacher with a master’s degree. I can’t imagine devoting that much time and money to a profession only to find out I could make more just working a normal job. I think more and more that higher education is possibly turning into a scam. Growing up I was always told to focus on school, get an education and I will soar. Not too long after that I found out that wasn’t the case. I don’t even use my degree at all, I got it because I was told by my parents I had to. I worked two jobs while in school so I could graduate without debt, only to put it on the wall and forget about it. I later on went the family business route anyways as I always planned on doing. I feel I was pressured and sold a pipe dream that a degree would be the answer to anything financial for me, that it would unlock possibilities. For me, it closed many doors, many employers saw me as being overqualified. The turning point for me was when I used to go to a hotel with co-workers after work and I got to know my server. Turned out he had a degree in a similar field to mine and he was waiting on tables and in massive student debt because of it. I can tell the college dream turned into a nightmare for him. To spend thousands and not be able to use it to recoup my money would make me feel like the biggest fool around. I felt like if anyone came by to sell me magic beans, I would have a beanstalk in my yard. While not using my degree worked for me, there are so many more others that can’t say the same.

@oxwiko Katara pissed me off the way she ran out there. Like what was she going to do

@emkenobi Same with Elon. He bought Twitter to ‘protect freedom of speech’ then proceeded to ban anyone who criticized him.

The president who protects free speech btw

@end3of6days9 Also turn off your Bluetooth and WiFi when going into the stores because that’s also how they track you through stores. They can get so much information from you by just using your phone’s Bluetooth.

This woman shares her experience with Walmart’s digital price tags and how they appear to be using something called dynamic pricing. Dynamic pricing is when companies adjust prices in real time based on demand or other factors. She found a pair of shoes marked down to just $3 on clearance. When she scanned the tag in the shoe aisle, it showed $3. But by the time she reached the register, the same shoes scanned for nearly $19. When she went back with a manager to check, the price seemed to change depending on where she was standing in the store. It’s raising some questions about how transparent this kind of pricing really is — especially for people trying to stick to a budget. Have you ever had a price change on you while shopping, either in-store or online?

@lauren_w67 So I’m guessing it wasn’t intercourse. Probably a blowjob. And she collected his sperm to impregnate herself. That’s crazy.

This show was too progressive tbh

@gotrice2024 @FreyjaTarte The opposite occurred at the schools in my district. Letting small children at the age of 6 up to have smart phones and unlimited access to YouTube and TikTok has drastically reduced their attention spans. That’s important if you’re trying to teach them something new.

@FreyjaTarte I think ai is going to drastically reduce the need for teachers. A screen with a webcam and some sensors will ultimately replace years of expensive schooling to be qualified to teach.

@AlwaysFrostyIce @gotrice2024 @CherokeeOwl Teachers can only do so much. They can’t follow the children home and read with their students. It’s up to parents to actually take time from their phones to continue to teach their kids. If they don’t think that’s their responsibility, they shouldn’t have had kids.

@gotrice2024 @CherokeeOwl They work 8 months a year and kids can’t read

@gotrice2024 Yes, but without teachers we just have dumbass people.

@micah_erfan Get them fossils out!!!

This would change everything.

@SenWarren This is exactly what’s going to happen with Electronic Arts.

How private equity gutted local malls: Joann Fabrics, Red Lobster, Claire's, and more.

@Serenitee_Sam Making insider trading by politicians and those connected to politicians needs to be the death penalty. All this shit would stop

The idea that career politicians are completely disconnected from the financial struggles of average Americans is a valid critique, but the standard talking point of simply raising the minimum wage fundamentally misses the mark. Forcing a higher minimum wage doesn’t solve the underlying economic crisis; it merely triggers an immediate inflation spiral where the cost of daily goods and services jumps to absorb the new labor costs, ultimately leaving working-class citizens in a worse position than where they started. ​The "minimum wage" debate is completely missing the point. Everyone is fighting over raising wages by a few bucks, but that’s like putting a band-aid on a broken leg. The real crisis isn’t just what people are getting paid—it’s the fact that the buying power of the U.S. dollar has been utterly destroyed, while the cost of basic goods and housing has gone into orbit. ​Let’s look at the actual math using the ultimate benchmark of financial stability: buying a home. ​In 1970, the federal minimum wage was $1.45 an hour, and the median home price was around $23,400. A single minimum-wage worker brought in about $3,016 a year, meaning an average house cost roughly 7.7x their annual salary. It wasn’t effortless, but with a dual income or some careful budgeting, owning a home on basic wages was mathematically possible. ​Today, standard inflation calculators will tell you that $1.45 in 1970 equals about $11.64. But look at the actual cost of assets. The median home price has exploded to roughly $420,000. ​If you want to walk into a bank today, factor in current interest rates, property taxes, homeowners insurance, and strict debt-to-income limits, you don't need $11 an hour to qualify. You don't even need $25 an hour. When factoring in standard modern debts like student loans or car payments alongside the inflated cost of everyday necessities, a single earner needs closer to $70 to $80 AN HOUR ($145k–$165k/year) just to secure the exact same purchasing power and financial security a basic worker had 56 years ago. ​This structural gap hits on a massive point that raw home-price-to-income ratios completely miss: we don't buy sticker prices, we buy monthly payments. Comparing raw prices assumes you are paying in cash, but modern buyers are forced to absorb the real-world cost of borrowing and qualifying. ​Treating the symptom (the wage) without fixing the disease (the collapse of our currency's purchasing power and the artificial inflation of assets) is a losing game. If we just hike wages without fixing the underlying economy, the cost of goods just keeps chasing the new printing press. We don't just need higher numbers on our paychecks; we need a dollar that actually means something again.

@GOP__Ls Republicans when no one’s looking

@HQNewsNow He’s trying to turn the White House into a fortress

New reporting reveals that Trump has plans to replace the grass on the South Lawn of the White House with a concrete helipad. The helipad is the newest addition to Trump's demolition of historical White House features like the Rose Garden, the East Wing, and the Lincoln Bedroom.

@xKozaa @NRGisFaded @adamemedia1 @FinancialPhys And it got even worse when Republicans passed the Big Beautiful Bill and decided to have an unlimited debt ceiling

@NRGisFaded @adamemedia1 @FinancialPhys Dollar lost its value when Biden printed all that money out. Not the sole reason but definitely a big one.

“WE NEED TO LET THEM DO INSIDER TRADING TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES” That was the actual argument just made in defense of politicians trading stocks. Members of Congress make $174,000 a year. The median American income is roughly $63,000. (3x less) Meanwhile the federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour… also unchanged since 2009. And you’re seriously being told politicians need access to insider trading to survive. The system is designed to lead earth to neo-feudalism. And it’s becoming more brazen by the year. Asset ownership consolidates upward. Living standards decline downward. The middle class gets squeezed from both ends and disappears while the elite class accumulates more wealth, more influence, and more protection. Leaving behind a permanent underclass. And a permanent political-financial aristocracy at the top…

@andrewdobrow @FluentInFinance The first step would be to ban all private equity. They are single reason why everything has increased the way it has. Unfortunately, people are unable to buy affordable homes because of the aggressive buying spree of PE companies.

@FluentInFinance I'd love to hear everyone's ideas on how to fix this...

"Consumers are literally running out of money" -Kraft Heinz CEO Nobody needed budgeting apps, roommates, and side hustles 20 years ago. One job. One income. It was enough. None of this is sustainable.