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They say the Economy is okay. I beg to differ.

I was laid off from my job. Ive been looking for 4 months. A few interviews here and there but it gets hard to get rejection letter after rejection letter. Im going through job agencies and Indeed etc. There arent many jobs and when you apply you are against lots of other applicants applying. Im older and I think there is also job discrimination. Just feeling discouraged 😞
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MethDozer · M
@Nimbus if you think this all happened and it was caused by one man in three and a half years, I have a bridge to sell you
BlueVeins · 22-25
@Nimbus Crime in the US is nowhere near record levels lmao
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Bumbles · 51-55, M
@Nimbus

Inflation has come down from 9% in June of 2022 to 2.5% currently.

Consumers are seeing sharp declines in prices at the gas pumps, and experts say it's expected to continue for months.

Mortgage rates plunge to 2-year low.

The national unemployment rate was 4.2%, down 0.1% from the July rate of 4.3%.
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Bumbles · 51-55, M
@MethDozer Supply supply supply!
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@MethDozer That’s happening here too people can’t get rentals and homeless rates are surging particularly in coastal/tourist type places.
SW-User
@Notladylike Americans who support Trump won't see this though. They would never dare ask if there is something wrong with our economic systems? We now have people in tents in the middle of our downtowns with cities passing bylaws against that the supreme court will throw down for how it's against the rights described in our Charter of Rghts about humanity/dignity.

The court is not wrong, nor is the city. Capitalism might be meeting where it's learning, it throws away those who have worse circumstances than those rich. It's hard listening to those who own homes worth more than a million dollars, they don't want to see the sight of those homeless.

I wish they understood the irony.
Baremine · 70-79, C
@SW-User my home isn't worth a half a million dollars. I don't have a college education. I haven't been indoctrinated. I didn't like school. I didn't always get to buy the things I wanted. But I worked hard for what I have. I didn't have my hand out. All the charity programs and uncontrolled government spending have put the homeless out there.
I knew one so called home less vet that made more money than I did. His income came from panhandling. He didn't want the responsibility of life. He also DID NOT PAY TAXES.

When I was a teenager I didn't work for anyone. I worked for myself cutting pulp wood. I made more money in one day of hard work that my friends did working part time at sears and McDonald's.
Those that don't work don't eat.
Also machines put people out of work. Technology works against man not for man.
Dshhh · M
@Nimbus
Maybe check those fats
There’s quite a lot of Data different than what you
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Dshhh · M
@Baremine Sounds like you were right straight up person. I am a small businessman
But II see the giant corporations get huge tax breaks and even if negative tax rates.
Record profits for the big grocery companies and the big oil companies. Real estate purchased by giant outfits that crank up the price. Working people and intrapreneurs like us need Freedom to move around

But I also experience poverty as a child all around me growing up in coastal Texas
I happen to be in favor, of helping people get what they need. Especially because big money gets all the breaks, maybe they could cough up some for the struggling.
Consider how much money Bill Gates has spent trying to eradicate malaria that’s pretty cool.
And I have relatives who are only alive because of what they call Obamacare.
We live in a time and there’s enough education information food medicine and other needs more than ever before. I think we can afford to be generous to those who struggle. I do not like the Republican party I do not like the Democrat party I think they’re too Halves of the same wicked coin
Dshhh · M
@SW-User
I appreciate your thoughts