There's always a certain amount of "This costs what?" amongst my age group (70.) But we have two generations who never experienced what a fair and equitable economy looks like. I really feel for my millennial kids. My late husband liked Pendleton wool shirts because they lasted forever, but last time we tried to buy one, he went ballisti…
There's always a certain amount of "This costs what?" amongst my age group (70.) But we have two generations who never experienced what a fair and equitable economy looks like. I really feel for my millennial kids. My late husband liked Pendleton wool shirts because they lasted forever, but last time we tried to buy one, he went ballistic at the price. My grandparents house had a $60 per month mortgage - about $700 now. Nobody can get a home for that kind of money any more. I remember my mother being in awe when a lawyer friend paid $40K for a home. "OMG! It's a mansion! You should see it." As a fraction of the man's income, it was about 15%.
Are you saying America can't afford what I experienced in my youth? Could it be that corporate billionaires who have bought up all these homes you're talking about and resold them at outrageous prices are absolved? How did we allow Walmart to displace small business owners? Pendleton can't compete with Walmart or Amazon. Our laws regarding monopolies have been ignored. Since FDR's policies went into effect, corporatists have been trying to revitalize the Robber Barron era. They have eliminated competition, bribed judges and congress to achieve their ends. Citizen's United has put these people in power. Elon Musk took full advantage the gov't gave him to build businesses that can now dictate economic and political policy to gov't. The Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation didn't just arrive overnight. They have been organizing and mobilizing for decades. People have been asleep at the switch. We are in the present fix, because of our own making.
There's always a certain amount of "This costs what?" amongst my age group (70.) But we have two generations who never experienced what a fair and equitable economy looks like. I really feel for my millennial kids. My late husband liked Pendleton wool shirts because they lasted forever, but last time we tried to buy one, he went ballistic at the price. My grandparents house had a $60 per month mortgage - about $700 now. Nobody can get a home for that kind of money any more. I remember my mother being in awe when a lawyer friend paid $40K for a home. "OMG! It's a mansion! You should see it." As a fraction of the man's income, it was about 15%.
Are you saying America can't afford what I experienced in my youth? Could it be that corporate billionaires who have bought up all these homes you're talking about and resold them at outrageous prices are absolved? How did we allow Walmart to displace small business owners? Pendleton can't compete with Walmart or Amazon. Our laws regarding monopolies have been ignored. Since FDR's policies went into effect, corporatists have been trying to revitalize the Robber Barron era. They have eliminated competition, bribed judges and congress to achieve their ends. Citizen's United has put these people in power. Elon Musk took full advantage the gov't gave him to build businesses that can now dictate economic and political policy to gov't. The Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation didn't just arrive overnight. They have been organizing and mobilizing for decades. People have been asleep at the switch. We are in the present fix, because of our own making.