Falling dollar.. Good or bad?

[eddo]

LOL, I feel your pain. It does seem that laziness and deceitfulness in this country pays, while the rest of us suckers who always worked get the shaft.

only if you equate success and happiness with money.

I have worked my whole adult life. I have friends whose parents were loaded and got everything handed to them. I value my job, my possessions, my home, my life- because I have worked for it and have earned it.

I could easily go out tomorrow and get a higher paying job. But would the hours be flexible enough so I can continue my extra-curricular activities? Probably not.

as wez likes to say: Worry about yourself first. Make yourself happy. If the job you are doing doesn't do that, then find another job.

My job is secure, my bills are paid each month on time, I have money in savings. Recession? Nah, I'm good.

(however, this .75 drop in the home equity line of credit interest will come in handy!)

 

[wez]

(however, this .75 drop in the home equity line of credit interest will come in handy!)

As much as I like to ***** about being assraped by inflation my whole life, I'd still rather receive .75% less in interest than pay .75% less in interest. Actually, for the most part, I've been getting 9% per year in interest for a long time. It's inflation that screws me, and everytime they lower rates and print more money, the sorer my *** gets...

 

[atlantic]

only if you equate success and happiness with money.
I have worked my whole adult life. I have friends whose parents were loaded and got everything handed to them. I value my job, my possessions, my home, my life- because I have worked for it and have earned it.

I could easily go out tomorrow and get a higher paying job. But would the hours be flexible enough so I can continue my extra-curricular activities? Probably not.

as wez likes to say: Worry about yourself first. Make yourself happy. If the job you are doing doesn't do that, then find another job.

My job is secure, my bills are paid each month on time, I have money in savings. Recession? Nah, I'm good.

(however, this .75 drop in the home equity line of credit interest will come in handy!)

Good points Eddo, I agree with you as well. Happiness is a state of mind, not a bank account. Too bad more people didn't feel this way.

 

[eddo]

As much as I like to ***** about being assraped by inflation my whole life, I'd still rather receive .75% less in interest than pay .75% less in interest. Actually, for the most part, I've been getting 9% per year in interest for a long time. It's inflation that screws me, and everytime they lower rates and print more money, the sorer my *** gets...

Then blame voters for continually increasing the minimum wage.

bastards...

 

[RegisteredAndEducated]

Then blame voters for continually increasing the minimum wage.
bastards...

I say drop the minimum wage all together. Let companies pay workers what they deserve.

 

[wez]

I say drop the minimum wage all together. Let companies pay workers what they deserve.

They tried that.. people lived like animals.. no safety standards.. no security standards.. just a body to be used and abused..

 

[snafu]

I say drop the minimum wage all together. Let companies pay workers what they deserve.

The problem with that is the tax payers would still have to foot the bill with more welfare.

 

[RegisteredAndEducated]

The problem with that is the tax payers would still have to foot the bill with more welfare.

stop that too. Turn off the welfare. The companies that dont want to pay people what they deserve will close because nobody will want to work there. They will be replaced by more one-off, mom and pop style places. More small businesses. The people that try to take advantage of the government can go and starve to death. I'm sick of bottom feeders that live solely off of the government and dont do anything to better it or themselves.

 

[snafu]

Poverty breeds crime. So this falls into the other thread "war against drugs". Stop putting people in jail for drug offenses and have stiffer penalties for burglaries and violent crimes.

Its just a vicious circle.

 

[RegisteredAndEducated]

Poverty breeds crime. So this falls into the other thread "war against drugs". Stop putting people in jail for drug offenses and have stiffer penalties for burglaries and violent crimes.Its just a vicious circle.

I'm all for letting people rot their brains and starve to death if they want to.

 

[ImWithStupid]

stop that too. Turn off the welfare. The companies that dont want to pay people what they deserve will close because nobody will want to work there. They will be replaced by more one-off, mom and pop style places. More small businesses. The people that try to take advantage of the government can go and starve to death. I'm sick of bottom feeders that live solely off of the government and dont do anything to better it or themselves.

I feel there is a need for welfare. I always say that anyone of us can end up with nothing with one bad decision. The problem is it shouldn't be a bottomless teet of the taxpayers money. If you can't show that you are making progress or genuinely attempting to better yourself to get off welfare, prove that you are not using drugs, and won't be having any more children until you are off welfare (I'd even prefer the government pay for the birth control than another birth and support another child), then you lose it.

 

[RegisteredAndEducated]

I feel there is a need for welfare. I always say that anyone of us can end up with nothing with one bad decision. The problem is it shouldn't be a bottomless teet of the taxpayers money. If you can't show that you are making progress or genuinely attempting to better yourself to get off welfare, prove that you are not using drugs, and won't be having any more children until you are off welfare (I'd even prefer the government pay for the birth control than another birth and support another child), then you lose it.

I kind of agree... sort of. I don't really like welfare.... The main reason for that is because of the abuse. I live and have lived in several towns where the majority of people were on welfare. I see how they go to the store and get bags and bags of chips with their welfare money. Or they trade their card to johnny hustler down the road so his family can get fat while theirs starves... but they got to get high.

I do see some good behind welfare however for honest people. It's just proving which ones are honest, without being a communist, that is the difficult part.

 

[hugo]

The only thing we have to fear is fear it'self - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified, terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."

---- FDR - First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933

 

[atlantic]

I feel there is a need for welfare. I always say that anyone of us can end up with nothing with one bad decision. The problem is it shouldn't be a bottomless teet of the taxpayers money. If you can't show that you are making progress or genuinely attempting to better yourself to get off welfare, prove that you are not using drugs, and won't be having any more children until you are off welfare (I'd even prefer the government pay for the birth control than another birth and support another child), then you lose it.

Excellent suggestions, I've always felt that welfare recipients should be drug tested. Birth control should be free.

 

[ImWithStupid]

Birth control should be free.

Not just free, required unless you can commit to abstinance. If you get pregnant again, you're off and if you can't support the children, they should go into the system.

The welfare money should also be issued on a debit card type of payment, where it limits the items that can be purchased. No tobacco, alcohol, gambling (lotterys and such).

 

[RegisteredAndEducated]

Not just free, required unless you can commit to abstinance. If you get pregnant again, you're off and if you can't support the children, they should go into the system.
The welfare money should also be issued on a debit card type of payment, where it limits the items that can be purchased. No tobacco, alcohol, gambling (lotterys and such).

This kind of stuff I can agree with. They'll still figure ways to screw the system (trading the card for drugs)... but it would help.

 

[eddo]

They tried that.. people lived like animals.. no safety standards.. no security standards.. just a body to be used and abused..

don't like it? Better yourself and get a better job.

 

[ImWithStupid]

This kind of stuff I can agree with. They'll still figure ways to screw the system (trading the card for drugs)... but it would help.

The money would have to directly into the account and if you loose it (trade it) you have a waiting period to have it replaced. So you may not get your next deposit for a while so you best be holding onto the card.

 

[wez]

Seems odd with our country 10 trillion dollars in debt..

You could get your tax rebate by May - Tax Tactics - MSNBC.com

 

[hugo]

Seems odd with our country 10 trillion dollars in debt..

You could get your tax rebate by May - Tax Tactics - MSNBC.com

The 10 trillion pales in comparison to financing government healthcare benefits as the baby boomers age.