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 Teddy Eagle  20 Jul 24 5.22pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
You think so? Most Americans I have had anything to do with aren’t short of money. Not by most people’s standards anyway. They just consume a lot without thinking about tomorrow. Surely having integrity includes living within your means and being prepared for emergencies? As opposed to those frivolous spendthrifts who fritter their minimum wage on pointless luxuries. The ones you meet aren't living in housing projects or trailer parks are they? According to the US census 37.9 m people live below the poverty line - how many of them do you meet?
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Wisbech Eagle  Truro Cornwall 20 Jul 24 5.42pm |
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Originally posted by Teddy Eagle
As opposed to those frivolous spendthrifts who fritter their minimum wage on pointless luxuries. The ones you meet aren't living in housing projects or trailer parks are they? According to the US census 37.9 m people live below the poverty line - how many of them do you meet? That’s true, I don’t meet any of them. I meet those from the other 305 m! It’s a much lower % than we have here and they tend to be somewhat invisible too, although I have witnessed some who regularly use food banks whilst still watching mega big TVs and using very expensive phones. It’s also a question of where that line is drawn.
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| Teddy Eagle 20 Jul 24 9.06pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
That’s true, I don’t meet any of them. I meet those from the other 305 m! It’s a much lower % than we have here and they tend to be somewhat invisible too, although I have witnessed some who regularly use food banks whilst still watching mega big TVs and using very expensive phones. It’s also a question of where that line is drawn. But many of those 305m are living from payday to payday too.
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 20 Jul 24 10.12pm |
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Originally posted by Teddy Eagle
But many of those 305m are living from payday to payday too. That’s the problem isn’t it? Do they really need to live from payday to payday or are they just over consuming and not preparing for the rainy days? Many seem to and then complain whenever there is an economic downturn, blaming everybody else but themselves.
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| Teddy Eagle 20 Jul 24 10.23pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
That’s the problem isn’t it? Do they really need to live from payday to payday or are they just over consuming and not preparing for the rainy days? Many seem to and then complain whenever there is an economic downturn, blaming everybody else but themselves. A very Victorian attitude to blame poverty on some sort of moral defect.
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 20 Jul 24 11.21pm |
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Originally posted by Teddy Eagle
A very Victorian attitude to blame poverty on some sort of moral defect. I have nothing but sympathy and the desire to see them helped for those genuinely struggling, of which there are many. I am not addressing them. I am addressing those who deliberately spend up to the limits on things they don’t really need and then complain when things turn down. People who buy expensive cars on credit just to show off, or designer shoes or handbags for the labels. People who max their credit cards just because they can.
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Forest Hillbilly  in a hidey-hole 21 Jul 24 7.32am |
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How much longer is Biden going to cling on for ? He is wrecking the Democrats chances completely.
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 21 Jul 24 8.19am |
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Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly
How much longer is Biden going to cling on for ? He is wrecking the Democrats chances completely. You would like to think it is all part of a master plan, but it feels more Baldrick than master! Trump by contrast has had the kind of lucky streak that if Palace have it next season we will do a Leicester. His performance during his last 4 years, especially in his behaviour when he lost in 2020, and all the indictments/convictions are now being obscured or overlooked. Trump has just told another of his big lies, claiming that the last few weeks are a triumph for democracy when in fact Trump is the walking evidence of someone who refuses to acknowledge democracy. Edited by Wisbech Eagle (21 Jul 2024 8.21am)
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 21 Jul 24 8.37am |
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Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly
How much longer is Biden going to cling on for ? He is wrecking the Democrats chances completely. All we are watching for is daily gaffs. Getting Covid was a marvellous way of hiding him away for a few days. Maybe it will be so bad, he has to step aside. Meanwhile, in Trumpsville, ear bandages are all the rage at a piece. It does appear that it is only a matter of time before the curtain comes down on his Presidency and that 'The Donald' will face another opponent in the election. I am not a supporter of Joe Biden but I wish him well.
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| Badger11 Beckenham 21 Jul 24 9.06am |
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Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly
How much longer is Biden going to cling on for ? He is wrecking the Democrats chances completely. Ironic after Trump lost the election Biden accused him of trying to cling onto to power. Apparently his main supporter for staying is Dr Jill so maybe physician heal thyself?
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| Stirlingsays 21 Jul 24 12.40pm |
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If Biden was serious in anyway about the words of unity he speaks then he would have fired the head of the secret service straight away. But that would have been the intelligent move and unfortunately his administration has a track record for the exact opposite.
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| eaglesdare 21 Jul 24 2.29pm |
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"What the hell did I do for democracy? Last week I took a bullet for democracy." - Trump.
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