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ParticipantIt is all very easy to write about it BG.
Living it is another issue entirely.
If you think that people who post here including yourself are representative of lower income folks and those struggling to make it through life everyday you are sadly mistaken.
You hit a wall at some point BG. You run out of options and as the cost of living keeps going up you are screwed no matter how many packs of oatmeal you buy.
You talk about blueberries? Clementines? Most people who are struggling are well past the point of affording that stuff. When you have to buy ramen and potatoes you are starting to bottom out.
Obviously you are not getting it either. Many people are coping right now… and not winning the war. It is a slow spiral downward. As inflation continues to tick up there will be more and more and more people slipping into poverty and more people will become screwed. There hard to live lives will be much harder. There kids will suffer more. There will be a larger burden on facilities of welfare.
You may want to call this coping. People on this site will “cope”. Many people will be much worse off then just coping. It is not just about finding deals at the market and stretching the dollar. It is about a P.O.S quality of life, not a “coping” quality of life.
ParticipantIt is all very easy to write about it BG.
Living it is another issue entirely.
If you think that people who post here including yourself are representative of lower income folks and those struggling to make it through life everyday you are sadly mistaken.
You hit a wall at some point BG. You run out of options and as the cost of living keeps going up you are screwed no matter how many packs of oatmeal you buy.
You talk about blueberries? Clementines? Most people who are struggling are well past the point of affording that stuff. When you have to buy ramen and potatoes you are starting to bottom out.
Obviously you are not getting it either. Many people are coping right now… and not winning the war. It is a slow spiral downward. As inflation continues to tick up there will be more and more and more people slipping into poverty and more people will become screwed. There hard to live lives will be much harder. There kids will suffer more. There will be a larger burden on facilities of welfare.
You may want to call this coping. People on this site will “cope”. Many people will be much worse off then just coping. It is not just about finding deals at the market and stretching the dollar. It is about a P.O.S quality of life, not a “coping” quality of life.
ParticipantIt is all very easy to write about it BG.
Living it is another issue entirely.
If you think that people who post here including yourself are representative of lower income folks and those struggling to make it through life everyday you are sadly mistaken.
You hit a wall at some point BG. You run out of options and as the cost of living keeps going up you are screwed no matter how many packs of oatmeal you buy.
You talk about blueberries? Clementines? Most people who are struggling are well past the point of affording that stuff. When you have to buy ramen and potatoes you are starting to bottom out.
Obviously you are not getting it either. Many people are coping right now… and not winning the war. It is a slow spiral downward. As inflation continues to tick up there will be more and more and more people slipping into poverty and more people will become screwed. There hard to live lives will be much harder. There kids will suffer more. There will be a larger burden on facilities of welfare.
You may want to call this coping. People on this site will “cope”. Many people will be much worse off then just coping. It is not just about finding deals at the market and stretching the dollar. It is about a P.O.S quality of life, not a “coping” quality of life.
ParticipantBG I understand all that and these resources are lifesavers for those in need. However when you see anyone, ANYONE make statements like,
“In America we have a problem of obesity not starvation so we should do something about it.”
or
“Eat the whole fruit and drink water”
in the same context as saying we can cope with inflation and we are seeing rising prices of food, water, energy, sewage… pretty much everything… it just makes my head spin.
Oh these people don’t buy fruit because they don’t like it? Really? I mean REALLY? Perhaps it is maybe because they cannot afford it. Have some damn kids and then you can give advice about parenting.
Honestly it just blows my mind. Talk about not having a frigging clue.
Perhaps some people should google hunger in America and think before they post their little one line quips.
ParticipantBG I understand all that and these resources are lifesavers for those in need. However when you see anyone, ANYONE make statements like,
“In America we have a problem of obesity not starvation so we should do something about it.”
or
“Eat the whole fruit and drink water”
in the same context as saying we can cope with inflation and we are seeing rising prices of food, water, energy, sewage… pretty much everything… it just makes my head spin.
Oh these people don’t buy fruit because they don’t like it? Really? I mean REALLY? Perhaps it is maybe because they cannot afford it. Have some damn kids and then you can give advice about parenting.
Honestly it just blows my mind. Talk about not having a frigging clue.
Perhaps some people should google hunger in America and think before they post their little one line quips.
ParticipantBG I understand all that and these resources are lifesavers for those in need. However when you see anyone, ANYONE make statements like,
“In America we have a problem of obesity not starvation so we should do something about it.”
or
“Eat the whole fruit and drink water”
in the same context as saying we can cope with inflation and we are seeing rising prices of food, water, energy, sewage… pretty much everything… it just makes my head spin.
Oh these people don’t buy fruit because they don’t like it? Really? I mean REALLY? Perhaps it is maybe because they cannot afford it. Have some damn kids and then you can give advice about parenting.
Honestly it just blows my mind. Talk about not having a frigging clue.
Perhaps some people should google hunger in America and think before they post their little one line quips.
ParticipantBG I understand all that and these resources are lifesavers for those in need. However when you see anyone, ANYONE make statements like,
“In America we have a problem of obesity not starvation so we should do something about it.”
or
“Eat the whole fruit and drink water”
in the same context as saying we can cope with inflation and we are seeing rising prices of food, water, energy, sewage… pretty much everything… it just makes my head spin.
Oh these people don’t buy fruit because they don’t like it? Really? I mean REALLY? Perhaps it is maybe because they cannot afford it. Have some damn kids and then you can give advice about parenting.
Honestly it just blows my mind. Talk about not having a frigging clue.
Perhaps some people should google hunger in America and think before they post their little one line quips.
ParticipantBG I understand all that and these resources are lifesavers for those in need. However when you see anyone, ANYONE make statements like,
“In America we have a problem of obesity not starvation so we should do something about it.”
or
“Eat the whole fruit and drink water”
in the same context as saying we can cope with inflation and we are seeing rising prices of food, water, energy, sewage… pretty much everything… it just makes my head spin.
Oh these people don’t buy fruit because they don’t like it? Really? I mean REALLY? Perhaps it is maybe because they cannot afford it. Have some damn kids and then you can give advice about parenting.
Honestly it just blows my mind. Talk about not having a frigging clue.
Perhaps some people should google hunger in America and think before they post their little one line quips.
ParticipantIf the proposal is indeed as cvrentguy described it, I do not believe that any hammering will occur.
ParticipantIf the proposal is indeed as cvrentguy described it, I do not believe that any hammering will occur.
ParticipantIf the proposal is indeed as cvrentguy described it, I do not believe that any hammering will occur.
ParticipantIf the proposal is indeed as cvrentguy described it, I do not believe that any hammering will occur.
ParticipantIf the proposal is indeed as cvrentguy described it, I do not believe that any hammering will occur.
ParticipantOnce again your answers display an elitist attitude that you know what is best for others and that they can “cope”. Furthermore your examples of how to “cope” display just how out of touch you are with families, senior citizens, and other people who basically live paycheck to paycheck.
You have this sense that everyone can live like you and get by and “cope” just like you do. You are a single (probably white) male who likes to think that people can just wade through what will be the hardest times they will have faced with solutions like eating oatmeal and yogurt.
Furthermore you “agree” with someone who makes a stupid comment about eating poor even though that poster just recently bought a home. What does that poster know about “eating poor”?
I know several military families who are just barely getting by. My wife does volunteer work with other families who are on the brink. Honestly your statements are so damn arrogant it is really astounding.
You make it sound like these high prices will only be temporary and the govt will fix everything in a few months. Don’t worry about it… build denser housing. Really? That is your answer? Have you ever been to govt housing projects Brian? Your snappy one liner will be, “Well the govt can make more efficient housing that will be cheap!” Really Brian? When? When pigs freeking fly.
What is your solution for seniors on fixed income?
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Yes our country has severe, very very severe problems. We are fat, we are lazy. This may or may not change. May argument is not that change will not come, because brother it may not. I would be far more willing to bet that many people will indeed NOT BE ABLE TO COPE. They will have a substantially reduced quality of life. They dont get to travel to Vietnam or own a place in Philly like lucky Brian does. They struggle through life as a single mom at Vons with 2 kids, or a 72 year old man living on SS. They are a military family needing help from charity or their church to make ends meet.
You could use some reality lessons Brian. Your arrogance is shocking.
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