The Real timschochet

Well I don’t. But again, it doesn’t matter. Even if you’re right, we have one President who has chosen a disastrous path for this country and one candidate who would not have chosen that path. By default, with every other consideration put aside, that makes the candidate who would not have chosen that path preferable to the guy who did. And this is not a new argument for me; I made it long before the election.

Jerry I sure hope you’re right. If he backs off I will happily tell you that you were. ETA: that said there is already significant damage from these decisions that will be painful and take a long time to recover from.

Yes oh really. Once again you make the error, as so many people do, of conflating Trump’s current across the board tariffs (which you also swore he would never do) with his previous, limited tariffs. They’re not in the least comparable. Maybe Kamala would have kept the previous tariffs against China in place, as Biden did. Maybe she would have gotten rid of them. She was ambivalent about it. But we know for sure she would have never imposed across the board tariffs around the world and she spoke out very clearly against Trump’s plan: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna172627

Yep. Play is supposed to be just as good. On the same trip I am also going to see “Glengary Glen Ross” starring Kieran Culkin, Bob Odendirk, and Michael McKean. What a cast!

OK let’s go back. YOU are the one who asserted that someone making $20 per hour can afford a studio apartment and a car. All I did was dispute that assertion. I didn’t make any comments or arguments about what people should earn, the marketplace, upward mobility, etc. I didn’t make any arguments at all; all I did was refute your assertion which was clearly wrong. Not sure why you persist in always bringing up my personal situation. Yes I inherited a business that I worked hard in for 30 years before inheriting it. It’s a business I helped build. Yes I’m financially comfortable, but that came at a cost of losing my mom and brother to cancer and my dad to a heart attack; trust me it wasn’t a worthwhile trade off. And that’s all I’ll say about my situation which you know nothing about.

I just helped a group of Afghan refugees by a 25 year old car. It was $5500. Basically I loaned them the money. Where do you get $5500 if you’re making $20 an hour and paying for monthly expenses? Answer: you don’t.

Nope I didn’t do any of that. I’m not a hero, in fact I’m probably a coward (never been tested so I don’t know.) But I did join the Welcome Corp last year. I did form a group of friends and family to welcome in a family of Afghan refugees to this country, and I did provide them personal and financial support and quite a lot of my time, and continue to do so. So yeah in this instance I put my money where my mouth is. And I’m not ashamed to say I’m proud of it.

You’re not working for $20 an hour. Obviously you could afford a cash sum up front. Someone making $20 an hour can’t. HTH

And none of this takes into account the effects of the tariffs which we still haven’t seen. All costs are about to rise rapidly.

That’s the average for a new car. But fine let’s reduce it down to $200 a month. $20 is still not enough. Even with no car payment at all It’s barely enough maybe. $800 a month for all food and expenses, utilities, everything? Good luck with that.

You just wrote they can afford a car.

This is a legitimate critique. It shouldn’t matter, but in our communication age of course it does. Abraham Lincoln was infamous for telling coarse jokes at the most unfortunate times- for that and many other reasons (such as his whiny voice by all accounts) he would have NO chance of being elected in the modern age. I’m looking at Corey Booker as a potential candidate next time around. Always liked him and he’s raised his status considerably.

We did try to warn you guys.

Yeah well I tried to warn them. In this case it comes down to @jerryskids and @Strike deluding themselves into thinking Trump is sane.

Well let’s examine this: 1. $20 an hr, before any withholding, is $800 a week. After withholding that come to about $2500 per month. 2. Average rent for a studio apartment in the USA is $1574. Much much higher in certain states like mine. 3. Average car payment in USA is $742. Not including insurance. That leaves less than $300 for food for the month, insurance, utilities, and everything else. My conclusion is you’re wrong.

The magnificent film “Battlefield Earth”, produced and starring John Travolta, did not win any Oscars. But in retrospect, shouldn’t it have?

Opposing Trump’s tariffs plan. I could, if I wanted, give you a long list of other items, but I will stop here because it’s enough. It’s defining. I said so at the time.

We can look back with reverence now at the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: was there ever a better team? I think not.

The Trump era has brought on so many changes and it appears one of them is a brand new definition of the word “winning”. In this new golden age we can celebrate the accomplishments of the Los Angeles Clippers and Detroit Lions: they are now championship franchises. Why not?

Nope not ghey, just patriotic. There are few greater Americans of the 20th century than Edgar R. Murrow. And since we are currently living in a new McCarthy era in which conservative forces are attempting to stifle our freedoms, no topic could be more current.

Kamala was right all along, and so were her supporters. We knew what was best for America, you guys did not. That is now apparent to everyone. Too late now though.

Except that I didn’t vote for the disaster. You did.

I have tickets to see “Good Night and Good Luck” in May. Can’t wait!

I just got tired of complaining about it. Dude calls everyone here a moron and nobody says a thing. And he’s stupider than nearly anyone else here.

Look moron, it doesn’t matter if it takes 60 years or 6 months, it ain’t gonna make any difference because it will be the same automation whether it’s here or somewhere else.