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Personal Finance Topics / Macroeconomic Trends and Risks
No. of Recommendations: 12
Today, Pedo Don had a grandma deliver his McDonald's Door Dash order to the White House for a staged photo op -- grandma was from Arkansas, one helluva drive -- but what in the hell was he celebrating? A grandmother forced to do a gig job with no job security because she can’t afford to retire and has to pay for her husband's cancer treatment isn't much of a flex, is it?
PEDO DON: “I think you voted for me?”
DOOR DASH GRANDMA: “Uhhh… maybe.”
PEDO DON: “Do you think men should play in women's sports?”
DOORDASH DRIVER: “I really don't have an opinion on that. I'm here about no tax on tips.”
Umm, Pedo Don cut healthcare for Door Dash grandma’s husband’s cancer treatments in order to pay for “No Tax on Tips.”
Me, I’d like to live in a country where a grandma doesn’t have to work as a Door Dash driver to pay for her husband’s cancer treatment, but I'm not a republican.
No. of Recommendations: 8
A grandmother forced to do a gig job with no job security because she can’t afford to retire and has to pay for her husband's cancer treatment isn't much of a flex, is it?
Touting a Granny doing gig work would be along the same lines as when #43 was praising some 90-something farmer, who, supposedly, still got up at dawn and worked his farm every day. The message is "you don't need a retirement income, because you can work into your 80s or 90s (so I can cut SS to nothing, and give the money to my cronies instead)"
Steve
No. of Recommendations: 14
A grandmother forced to do a gig job with no job security because she can’t afford to retire and has to pay for her husband's cancer treatment isn't much of a flex, is it?
Trump was just touting his no tax on tips BS. Of course many tipped workers won't benefit because their earnings are too low.
And the provision expires in 2028.
Yet the estate tax cuts that benefit the rich? Those were made permanent!
Funny how that works.
No. of Recommendations: 4
Yet the estate tax cuts that benefit the rich? Those were made permanent!One part of a serious problem...that we are creating an aristocratic class in America. With permanent wealth passed down through generations.
A really good book about how this has come about by a person who knows tax code inside and out:
The Second Estate
How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracyhttps://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/...
No. of Recommendations: 4
The message is "you don't need a retirement income, because you can..." instead)"
I seem to recall one of #43's guys suggest that a person could "make money selling stuff on Ebay"...
Granny can sell off her husbands stuff to finance his medical needs. What's he need stuff for if he's sick? Liquidate the bastard ;-(
No. of Recommendations: 4
I seem to recall one of #43's guys suggest that a person could "make money selling stuff on Ebay"...
That was Dick Cheney, during the 2004 campaign.
from the net sifter:
Yes, during the 2004 presidential campaign, then-Vice President Dick Cheney suggested that federal unemployment statistics were inaccurate because they failed to account for people making money by selling items on eBay.
Context of the Statement
The Argument: Cheney argued that the economy was evolving and that traditional employment metrics missed the rise of the informal economy and home-based entrepreneurship.
The Quote: While speaking to an audience in Ohio in September 2004, Cheney said: “Four hundred thousand people make some money trading on eBay. That's a source that didn't even exist 10 years ago”.
The Implication: The implication was that many people considered "unemployed" by the Bureau of Labor Statistics were actually engaged in economic activity like eBay trading, and therefore, the unemployment rate did not fully reflect the true state of employment.
Reception
The comments were viewed by critics as dismissive of the struggles of those who lost professional jobs.
Some commentators, such as Kieran Healy and others, pointed out that while some people did make a full-time living on eBay, characterizing the 400,000 users as "employed" ignored the fact that many were selling personal items as a hobby or casual income, rather than running a full-time business.
The statement was part of a larger debate over whether the "household survey" (which showed higher job growth) or the "payroll survey" (which showed lower job growth) was a more accurate measure of the labor market in 2004
So, apparently, people selling their blood aren't "unemployed" either?
Steve
