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October 16, 2013 at 8:46 PM #20806October 16, 2013 at 10:31 PM #766973
ucodegen
ParticipantI know that this is inevitable, though I try to get some people to pay attention and learn. Part of it is due to current society not wanting to be responsible and accountable for their behavior – nod to the motorcyclists going after a Range Rover.. amongst others. Since it is inevitable, the real thing is to figure out how to be safe and profit from it.
October 16, 2013 at 10:33 PM #766975paramount
ParticipantThe system of dependence will not fail in 10 lifetimes.
October 16, 2013 at 10:35 PM #766976scaredyclassic
Participanti was dependent on bank of america for my 1098s.
but no more.
when they cut off my online access, im going to go riot in my yard.
October 17, 2013 at 7:17 AM #766982spdrun
ParticipantYou’re still c@rping about this? Did you finish your taxes, or waste all your time till the deadline b1tching about BoA online? 😀
October 17, 2013 at 7:56 AM #766986
svelteParticipant[quote=ucodegen] the real thing is to figure out how to be safe and profit from it.[/quote]
here’s how: provoke and encourage fear in populous, run for office as a Republican, and watch the donations pour in.
October 17, 2013 at 8:08 AM #766987ParticipantHow about buying “RGR” and “SWHC” stock on dips?
October 17, 2013 at 8:09 AM #766988no_such_reality
ParticipantI think it looks very different than you think. The recent Walmart mistake in Louisiana paints a different picture.
Not, the same outage occurred in numerous locations, but this only happened where someone said honor the cards anyway.
In other locations there were no issues.
October 17, 2013 at 8:57 AM #766996SD Realtor
ParticipantMaybe nsr, however I tend to fall into agreement with the author.
I hope for my kids sake I am wrong but I don’t see the direction of the country changing. I think we have way to much inertia in the “you will be taken care of” direction. We have 10’s of millions who need it, and we have dug ourselves into a hole where we cannot stop providing for them. The party that provides the most will always be elected now.
I see no way out, perhaps others do.
October 17, 2013 at 9:48 AM #767000ParticipantThe world fundamentally needs to change. Automation is, and will continue, to largely make 90% of the population irrelevant from a labor standpoint.
The vast majority of the population, not only don’t have the education, they don’t have the family dynamic, they don’t have nutrition, they don’t have the raw life enrichment experiences necessary to develop the raw mental horsepower needed to be part of the creative class.
The question is how will we get over the hump before we rip ourselves apart.
October 17, 2013 at 10:15 AM #767001ParticipantNSR I cannot argue with that point. It makes sense.
However I am discussing the entitlement mentality.
Okay for example, I have several midwest rentals. Alot of them are in working class neighborhoods. One of my tenants is chronically late on rent. All the time. However she always ends up getting it to me. She is in her 50’s with two good for nothing kids and two grandkids. She has no education. She gets some child support. She makes ends meet by getting housekeeping, babysitting and eldercare jobs. She uses care.com. She has no certifications. She works hard and is able bodied. She could collect welfare and SNAP and all that but she says as long as she is able to work she would feel very bad about taking support.
I think more and more, hers is a mentality that is vanishing amoung lower end working class. It is easier to throw in the towel.
Look at the SNAP program. In 2000 it was $17B and now it is $78B. Over 47 million on it. Stats show that the once on it, most stay on it. Then there is another $40 millions spent on advertising and outreach. There are recruiters and events actively recruiting more people for it…
I am in favor of the assistance.. it is yet another entitlement to an ever growing safety net. However all of the recruiting and quotas… it just serves the purposes of promoting dependency rather then weaning people off of it.
October 17, 2013 at 12:59 PM #767005ParticipantThere’s an old quote I learned from Civilization IV.
[quote]The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy[/quote]
Oddly apropos…
Potentially a quote from Oscar Wilde, potentially much older quote.
October 17, 2013 at 1:15 PM #767006CDMA ENG
Participant[quote=no_such_reality]The world fundamentally needs to change. Automation is, and will continue, to largely make 90% of the population irrelevant from a labor standpoint.
The vast majority of the population, not only don’t have the education, they don’t have the family dynamic, they don’t have nutrition, they don’t have the raw life enrichment experiences necessary to develop the raw mental horsepower needed to be part of the creative class.
The question is how will we get over the hump before we rip ourselves apart.[/quote]
+1
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October 17, 2013 at 1:20 PM #767007ParticipantVery well put!
October 17, 2013 at 3:38 PM #767008flyer
ParticipantAgree with these viewpoints.
The sad thing is that, IMO, even those in future generations with the family background, education, etc., etc., will still struggle to live the lives of their dreams, so don’t be deluded into thinking these trends will only affect “the masses.”
We’re already seeing evidence of this in increasing numbers with some of our kids friends, all of whom were raised in RSF. So far, our kids, who are in their late 20’s, are doing well after college, but I would say, rough estimate, over 50% of their friends are not. By well, I mean the ability to achieve your dreams/goals in life.
What’s really unbelievable, is when you ask their parents what the kids are planning to do after college, many of them just try to avoid the subject–since they probably have no idea. Sad.
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