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re: I'm sick of people saying the middle class is worse off than 4 decades ago.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 9:25 am to Vander
Posted on 3/14/17 at 9:25 am to Vander
quote:OK
It's not cherry picking numbers, long distance phone calling was not a requirement in 1970
quote:OK. Irrelevant to my point.
Yes we called long distance back during land lines and it was expensive, but it was absolutely not a requirement to live
quote:I didn't assert they were equal. In fact, THAT is my point. You gain a GREAT DEAL MORE from this "necessary expense" today than you did in 1970.
These two things are not at all equal despite your assertion otherwise.
You'll notice that like I have been doing in this thread from the start, I'm not saying there aren't new expenses or that it isn't expensive.
I'm saying that all you whining fricks would shite star shaped Frisbees if I forced you to trade your level of comfort in life TODAY for the level you pine for from 1970
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Posted on 3/14/17 at 9:33 am to ShortyRob
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I'm saying that all you whining fricks would shite star shaped Frisbees if I forced you to trade your level of comfort in life TODAY for the level you pine for from 1970
You are implying that if we went back to 1970 that we wouldnt know how to cope. Well that's simply not true. Your job more than likely isn't one of a global scale like most fortune 500's are now. Systems then were made for then.
Assuming that you have no idea about 2017 Technology, you would make things work as intended in 1970.
There is no correlation between a person working in 1970 and a person working in 2017. They are mutually exclusive to the point that most jobs do not operate like that anymore. The only thing they have in common is that still commute in some way to it.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 9:34 am to ShortyRob
quote:
I didn't assert they were equal. In fact, THAT is my point. You gain a GREAT DEAL MORE from this "necessary expense" today than you did in 1970.
You'll notice that like I have been doing in this thread from the start, I'm not saying there aren't new expenses or that it isn't expensive.
I'm saying that all you whining fricks would shite star shaped Frisbees if I forced you to trade your level of comfort in life TODAY for the level you pine for from 1970
I fully admit I would not want to live in 1970 because I enjoy my life now. However, I also admit that there is a cost that comes with that. Is it one I am willing to pay for? Yes, but I can also afford it because my household income is high enough that I can. However, many others are basically fricked. These people are going to fall further and further behind.
I don't agree with welfare at all, but you're living in a dream world if you can't see that the modern world is more expensive to live in on a relative basis than previously.
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