I came upon this quote from V. Lenin recently which is I believe is a snapshot of the ideology western governments have adopted which in itself is a play on the quip: "If you can't beat them, join them". Comrade Lenin: "The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation". In today's context, replace 'bourgeoisie' with 'middle class' and you have the playbook of today's political masters.
Another GREAT name added to the posters here at BPR. I nominate this individual to join the expanding ranks currently anchored by Clem Devine and Orion Dworkin...
Hey LM. You were spot on, but you forgot regulation. Look at the regulations being put on this country under the Biden ministration. They have been doing the regulation thing for many many many years. Disgusting these pigs want it all for themselves.
A large part of costs for the average middle class American consumer is planned obsolescence of large ticket items. Some of this is wrapped up in global climate change laws. Instead of a 30 year HVAC system costing $5K, we have a 10-15 year HVAC system costing $14-18K. How can any family budget $15K every 10-15 years, plus other expenses? We just replaced our (35sq of shingles) roof after 22 years of life. I was hoping for $12-15K on a 35-50 year roof, but to get it with a quality install and guarantee cost $21K. Inflation is taking a real toll, and I expect people are pushing the lifetime of equipment to the max and beyond from now on. Washers, dryers, and dish washers come to mind as well.
Mr. Hurst is RIGHT. A few years spent puttering around with small engine/basic mechanical repair, a spark of Electrical, a puddle of Plumbing, a breath of HVAC and a cord of Carpentry might well set you up rather lucratively as an self-made All Around Handyman. I have one come to my house for all of the above at least three times a year, and he's not exactly cheap...
I had a home warranty company for many years, saved me many thousands😊… my home being built now will not demand a home warranty for a couple of years, around 3, as all the new shit coming from China only last about that…and not too many things are built in our third world shithole anymore 😕
Yup. I have often joked that if we go to a hot war with China we only need to survive the first 100 days or so. After that their tanks will seize up, their guns likely jam and their planes begin falling from the sky because, wait for it - all that stuff was made in China! :)
On another note (and thank you brother Steve) - based on your recommendation I have been a hobo on the c3.AI train for the last 8 months or so. It gets skinny and I jump on. I get fat, then jump off. It gets skinny again, I jump on again. I get fat again, I temporarily jump off. I'm currently on my third trip and rapidly gaining weight!
Agree brother Starboard! Next time it goes down below 20$, take all your extra weight and jump in hard! It’s nice taking %25 every couple of weeks, but don’t want to miss it when it hits $100 🙏
Hey Dow. I just replaced a dryer. The old one I had for 28 years. The new one I guess four or five maybe six. Planned obsolescence. The middle class is being destroyed by taxation, regulation, and inflation. Just as Lenin said.
Maybe I missed it, but Bill used to have a warning system regarding the outlook, flags or levels, etc. Where does he believe we are right now, or have we finally reached the high point?
You're right, they used like 10 different factors and at one point touted that it had a really good track record at predicting calamities in the economy and markets. I want to say they called it the "Doom Index"?
Yes Bill,..."Consumer debt passes $17 trillion for the first time despite slide in mortgage demand"...Slide in mortgage demand for Americans, as Chinese and Indians are buying homes for bags of "Dollars" at an unprecedented rate...just another blow to our poor middle class, delivered by those with no class, no God, no country, no shit...
Actually, the destruction of the middle class is intentional. The anti-christ (or, replacement Christ, see https://biblehub.com/greek/473.htm) power of Revelation, the same power that in Daniel 'thought to change times and laws,' finds it far easier to manipulate the masses in a feudal type society, as existed in the middle ages.
One does not have to be a supporter of Marxism to realize a simple truth that relates to Newtonian physics. When someone pushes in one direction the other pushes in the opposite with the same force.
Russian revolution was perhaps the conclusion of many years of the working class being pushed to a point where survival became questionable.
America became frantic and enraged because of the idea of communism. It was not because it feared competition but because it provided the working class with an example on how to deal with oppression. If they knew the American constitution they would have remember oppression being mentioned in that phenomenal document. American democracy was put to test during McCarthy’s era. The elite started spewing their poison and the brainwashing became rampant. People started hating communism and Russia without a clue why. This goes on today and regardless of the end of the Soviet Union it continuous on and on.
Our demented president is one of the victims of the brainwashing process since he was born well after the revolution in Russia in 1917.
In my entire life as an adult I rarely encountered someone who was not inflicted with the enormous hate for Russia without knowing any reason and without any knowledge about that foreign land. Many could not point to Russia on the map or knew the first thing about that country. Brainwashing does wonders. Hitlers managed to do the same to his people and they followed him like a herd of sheep.
America the self proclaimed police of the world is pushing the button of war. We must remain vigilant and informed about the the elected government by the people for the people.
I figured you were a commie. Thanks for clarifying. And hey, just because communism/socialism didn't work in Russia, China, Cuba, North Korea, Venezuela, and elsewhere, doesn't mean it won't work here. Proletariat workers unite!
It not only didn't work, it killed countless millions in those failed attempts at "implementing it". Mr. Jarsen's post is disappointing on many levels, but I can't say I'm surprised. There's been something "not quite right" about many of his musings. He definitely is not PG V.
The cost of living will increase, if the debt ceiling is not raised. The middle class will suffer and pay more, if the debt ceiling is not raised. If the country defaults, the middle class will get ass wiped. 😂 A debt ceiling increase will benefit the middle class more than any other group. To oppose such move is irrational.
If the debt ceiling is not raised, millions of hard working jobs will be lost, the poverty level will increase, wages will decrease, many businesses will go bankrupt and the end result will be chaos and a threat to national security. It’s a no brainier, Let Her Rip!!!
Do you want that to happen? The average person, probably does not.
Hahaha! Sweet meat pies, the debt ceiling will be raised as we create a Golden bridge of opportunity in the 21st century. Oh yeah boy! Trump Trump Trump! Wooo! 🤩
"The Fed: it’s not private, it’s not financially sound, it’s not a bank. It’s just another government technocracy that’s ripping us off." Well that's spelling it out! Thanks Fishin
I came upon this quote from V. Lenin recently which is I believe is a snapshot of the ideology western governments have adopted which in itself is a play on the quip: "If you can't beat them, join them". Comrade Lenin: "The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation". In today's context, replace 'bourgeoisie' with 'middle class' and you have the playbook of today's political masters.
Lothar Mischke
Hi Mr. Mischke -
Another GREAT name added to the posters here at BPR. I nominate this individual to join the expanding ranks currently anchored by Clem Devine and Orion Dworkin...
Hey LM. You were spot on, but you forgot regulation. Look at the regulations being put on this country under the Biden ministration. They have been doing the regulation thing for many many many years. Disgusting these pigs want it all for themselves.
A large part of costs for the average middle class American consumer is planned obsolescence of large ticket items. Some of this is wrapped up in global climate change laws. Instead of a 30 year HVAC system costing $5K, we have a 10-15 year HVAC system costing $14-18K. How can any family budget $15K every 10-15 years, plus other expenses? We just replaced our (35sq of shingles) roof after 22 years of life. I was hoping for $12-15K on a 35-50 year roof, but to get it with a quality install and guarantee cost $21K. Inflation is taking a real toll, and I expect people are pushing the lifetime of equipment to the max and beyond from now on. Washers, dryers, and dish washers come to mind as well.
Attention anyone under 20 years of age -
Mr. Hurst is RIGHT. A few years spent puttering around with small engine/basic mechanical repair, a spark of Electrical, a puddle of Plumbing, a breath of HVAC and a cord of Carpentry might well set you up rather lucratively as an self-made All Around Handyman. I have one come to my house for all of the above at least three times a year, and he's not exactly cheap...
I had a home warranty company for many years, saved me many thousands😊… my home being built now will not demand a home warranty for a couple of years, around 3, as all the new shit coming from China only last about that…and not too many things are built in our third world shithole anymore 😕
Hahahahaha
So true !
Yup. I have often joked that if we go to a hot war with China we only need to survive the first 100 days or so. After that their tanks will seize up, their guns likely jam and their planes begin falling from the sky because, wait for it - all that stuff was made in China! :)
On another note (and thank you brother Steve) - based on your recommendation I have been a hobo on the c3.AI train for the last 8 months or so. It gets skinny and I jump on. I get fat, then jump off. It gets skinny again, I jump on again. I get fat again, I temporarily jump off. I'm currently on my third trip and rapidly gaining weight!
It's a beautiful thing...
Agree brother Starboard! Next time it goes down below 20$, take all your extra weight and jump in hard! It’s nice taking %25 every couple of weeks, but don’t want to miss it when it hits $100 🙏
I don't get it.
Hey Dow. I just replaced a dryer. The old one I had for 28 years. The new one I guess four or five maybe six. Planned obsolescence. The middle class is being destroyed by taxation, regulation, and inflation. Just as Lenin said.
Maybe I missed it, but Bill used to have a warning system regarding the outlook, flags or levels, etc. Where does he believe we are right now, or have we finally reached the high point?
You're right, they used like 10 different factors and at one point touted that it had a really good track record at predicting calamities in the economy and markets. I want to say they called it the "Doom Index"?
I think that was it, the "Doom Index". Thanks.
There's a new Index as well called Fear/Greed Index. Borrowed from Bill? Probably and rightfully so.
Thanks for that. I am going to add that to my watch list.
Yes Bill,..."Consumer debt passes $17 trillion for the first time despite slide in mortgage demand"...Slide in mortgage demand for Americans, as Chinese and Indians are buying homes for bags of "Dollars" at an unprecedented rate...just another blow to our poor middle class, delivered by those with no class, no God, no country, no shit...
Hi Bill -
"𝙉𝙤, 𝙣𝙤…𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨-𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩-𝙗𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮, 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙗𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙎𝘼."
Ummmm...
Actually, the destruction of the middle class is intentional. The anti-christ (or, replacement Christ, see https://biblehub.com/greek/473.htm) power of Revelation, the same power that in Daniel 'thought to change times and laws,' finds it far easier to manipulate the masses in a feudal type society, as existed in the middle ages.
One does not have to be a supporter of Marxism to realize a simple truth that relates to Newtonian physics. When someone pushes in one direction the other pushes in the opposite with the same force.
Russian revolution was perhaps the conclusion of many years of the working class being pushed to a point where survival became questionable.
America became frantic and enraged because of the idea of communism. It was not because it feared competition but because it provided the working class with an example on how to deal with oppression. If they knew the American constitution they would have remember oppression being mentioned in that phenomenal document. American democracy was put to test during McCarthy’s era. The elite started spewing their poison and the brainwashing became rampant. People started hating communism and Russia without a clue why. This goes on today and regardless of the end of the Soviet Union it continuous on and on.
Our demented president is one of the victims of the brainwashing process since he was born well after the revolution in Russia in 1917.
In my entire life as an adult I rarely encountered someone who was not inflicted with the enormous hate for Russia without knowing any reason and without any knowledge about that foreign land. Many could not point to Russia on the map or knew the first thing about that country. Brainwashing does wonders. Hitlers managed to do the same to his people and they followed him like a herd of sheep.
America the self proclaimed police of the world is pushing the button of war. We must remain vigilant and informed about the the elected government by the people for the people.
I figured you were a commie. Thanks for clarifying. And hey, just because communism/socialism didn't work in Russia, China, Cuba, North Korea, Venezuela, and elsewhere, doesn't mean it won't work here. Proletariat workers unite!
It not only didn't work, it killed countless millions in those failed attempts at "implementing it". Mr. Jarsen's post is disappointing on many levels, but I can't say I'm surprised. There's been something "not quite right" about many of his musings. He definitely is not PG V.
Hey DJ. You are correct, sir he is most definitely not PG.
Alex. 😂😂😂😂
Bill, you might be correct regarding our system being stacked against the middle class, but I
think you are remiss in not listing ALL THE GREAT "things", the ruling elite of communism, and
socialism have given (done to) the PROLETARIAT. Keep up the good work.
RALPH W.
The cost of living will increase, if the debt ceiling is not raised. The middle class will suffer and pay more, if the debt ceiling is not raised. If the country defaults, the middle class will get ass wiped. 😂 A debt ceiling increase will benefit the middle class more than any other group. To oppose such move is irrational.
If the debt ceiling is not raised, millions of hard working jobs will be lost, the poverty level will increase, wages will decrease, many businesses will go bankrupt and the end result will be chaos and a threat to national security. It’s a no brainier, Let Her Rip!!!
Do you want that to happen? The average person, probably does not.
Hahaha! Sweet meat pies, the debt ceiling will be raised as we create a Golden bridge of opportunity in the 21st century. Oh yeah boy! Trump Trump Trump! Wooo! 🤩
But this time we expect a different outcome.
"The Fed: it’s not private, it’s not financially sound, it’s not a bank. It’s just another government technocracy that’s ripping us off." Well that's spelling it out! Thanks Fishin