(05-24-2022 10:02 AM)mrbig Wrote: (05-23-2022 06:49 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote: Next time you are driving into your airconditioned office, look ariund at all the blue collar workers driving old pick ups who are enjoying th high price of gasoline. Ask one of them what they think of Biden's War on Oil. Maybe advise them to buy an new electric vehicle to beat the cost of gas.
FWIW, I grew up in a trailer park and tell people "you can take the boy out of the trailer park, but you can't take the trailer park out of the boy." My mom was the first person in her family to go to college. I did not live in a house that I or my family owned until my wife and I bought our first house right at the end of law/med school. I don't need to be lectured about blue collar workers. Just because I'm an attorney now doesn't mean I don't know what its like to live paycheck to paycheck. And realistically, many of those blue collar folks are not drastically affected by stock market changes. Inflation is obviously a different story in terms of how it affects the common man.
Well,, golly gee, Wally, I was talking about NOW, not then. But if you want to compare poverty bona fides, I grew up in varying levels of economic want myself. I also spent time in a trailer, albeit in a rural setting. I never lived in air conditioning until I was 21. Lived in rented, rural farmhouses or in the poorer areas of border towns. My Dad was born and raised in the poorest town on the Mexican border, abandoned by his father, went to work at age 9, and bootstrapped his way out of the lowest levels of poverty without government assistance. My mom was orphaned at 11.
So what does that have to do with the problems facing blue collar workers TODAY? We were talking about Biden's economy, and his policies, not Hoover's.
And of course, we were talking about inflation re: those blue collar workers, especially their gasoline costs, not their stock portfolios. You may have confused my personal complaints as a retiree, as I have watched five years worth of supporting-myself value disappear, raising the specter of outliving my funds. I am sure many other retirees have had similar experiences and worries. I know a couple.
Glad you got your new pool, as that provided income for a lot of blue collar workers. I have done the opposite, canceling some planned travel. Guess those airline workers, hotel workers, restaurant workers, and cabbies will have to do without my contributions.
Biden hopes the high price of oil will push people to alternatives like electric cars. he is doing little to help out the people most hurt by the cost of gas and the rising food costs. In fact, the entire Democratic Party is doing little to help the people most affected.
I guess we are back to selling Hope and Change.
BTW, glad to see ya again, Big. Hope all is well with you and your family.