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Just Curious...how many people feel their lives are better now than four years ago?

babymama

Posted 6:02 pm, 09/25/2024

Oh yeah much better off. Things probably cost more but making lot more money.

BigSal

Posted 8:46 am, 09/25/2024

Yall really riding that struggle bus til the final stop eh?

Wrecky Studhouse

Posted 8:08 pm, 09/24/2024

@BigSalSucka, you are a nobody. Don't worry, Trump wins in November and we can't wait until we witness your meltdown.

BigSal

Posted 6:35 pm, 09/24/2024

Because its my right to vote, you against that?

Furthermore, there is more than just the white house to vote for.

Foxnose

Posted 6:32 pm, 09/24/2024

Since who is in the White House means nothing to you, why don't you just stay at the house and not vote this year.?

BigSal

Posted 6:25 pm, 09/24/2024

Antithesis, them people will whine about anything and as soon as their savior is elected again, magically everything will be better before inauguration day. They did the same thing during 2016 election.

They put their entire self worth into who is in the white house. Pretty sad, but they been conditioned to do such.

antithesis

Posted 5:35 pm, 09/24/2024

Then why are Democrats and Republicans alike complaining about grocery and gas prices?

The Democrats recognize that hyper inflation was a global problem after COVID. Republicans seem to have forgotten about COVID and ignore the rest of the world, falsely blaming it all on Biden.

Anti suggests that wages increased more than enough to offset inflation. I don't know about you guys but my wages haven't increased by 30 to 40%, if any of yours went up enough to cover the inflation then good for you.

Inflation from 2020 to now would be 21.6%, not 30 to 40%...


Wages might not have increased in your industry, but that's not the case nationally...


I suspect that what you're seeing is a local issue, which would be a reflection on local leadership...

thatdoorguy

Posted 5:30 pm, 09/24/2024

Anti suggests that wages increased more than enough to offset inflation. I don't know about you guys but my wages haven't increased by 30 to 40%, if any of yours went up enough to cover the inflation then good for you. Most jobs haven't gone up more than 5% a year on average to account for inflation and many people don't even get that because the job market is terrible right now and employers know it.

Foxnose

Posted 5:28 pm, 09/24/2024

Then why are Democrats and Republicans alike complaining about grocery and gas prices? Looks like just you Independents have prospered. Please tell us how you did it Anti.

sparkling water

Posted 4:46 pm, 09/24/2024

The Haitians are much better off. Our pets are generally heftier and more nutritious than what they had before.

antithesis

Posted 4:44 pm, 09/24/2024

the 33% yellow dog dimocrats are going to lie about it...


Orrr... they remember actual facts. Like COVID. And hundreds of thousands of deaths.

And maybe they recognize that wages have outpaced inflation, so while products are more expensive they still have more money at the end of the month.

phoenix158

Posted 4:17 pm, 09/24/2024

Fact Check: Rasmussen is most frequently accused of bias because their results are thought to lean toward Republican candidates.

DB Cooper

Posted 3:15 pm, 09/24/2024

A new Rasmussen poll finds only 38% of PA voters say they are better off now. And like the gowilkes smurfs, the 33% yellow dog dimocrats are going to lie about it. So that only leaves about 5% that are really saying they're better off.

the dog's butler

Posted 9:44 pm, 09/23/2024

Let's not forget the toilet paper shortage of four years ago.
Remember not being able to dine out back then.
We worried about our own health.
We saw love ones die four years ago.
It's not a fair comparison.
Rather ask if your life will be better off in four years from now.

backontrack

Posted 9:30 pm, 09/23/2024

We cannot afford four more years of this, quoth Walz

DB Cooper

Posted 9:13 pm, 09/23/2024

So smallbrain's got $800 now.

Big whoopi!

smalltownman

Posted 8:46 pm, 09/23/2024

Thanks to the Biden stock market my 401k gained a 48.5% increase since he took office!

LET'S GO BRANDON!

antithesis

Posted 7:49 pm, 09/23/2024

What I find interesting is that this is strictly partisan... only Trump-supporters say that they are not better off. But they refuse to say how much their income has changed in those last 4 years.

And I'm sure that none of them will acknowledge how many people they knew died from COVID in 2020. But I'm pretty confident that most of those people's families would feel like things were better before 2020.

1goddess

Posted 7:31 pm, 09/23/2024

try doing research on those corporate profit margines

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