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re: How is inflation impacting you? Radio host gets some pretty serious answers
Posted on 3/17/22 at 9:02 am to PhiTiger1764
Posted on 3/17/22 at 9:02 am to PhiTiger1764
quote:I know several people that do lawns. Guess who the majority of their customers are? Old folks living on SS and pensions. They can't physically do the work themselves and are on a fixed income. They are having to choose between getting their grass cut, and buying food now. Horrible thing is, it's going to get worse before it gets better.
I have no doubt lawn service companies are hurting.. but that tweet was kind of dumb.
Going from charging $35-$40 up to $65 and only losing 25% of customers? That’s less work for more money..
Again I am sure they are hurting and the guy just had the numbers wrong..
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Posted on 3/17/22 at 9:05 am to Centinel
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Carter was taken advantage of because he tried to please everyone and be the nice guy that he was.
Don't go falling into that "Carter was a nice guy but just over his head" stuff. That gets echoed a lot on TD especially now that Biden has made Carter look good by comparison, but the truth is that Jimmy was not as naive and innocent as some make him out to be. Carter's M.O. was not to split up the pie, it was to make the proverbial pie 10 times bigger. And this is why he executive ordered standards in the transportation and O&G industries that were impossible to meet. Not to get too far in the weeds because this is not a Jimmy Carter thread or later on with the Embargo, but I cringe when people repeat this "Carter nice guy being misled" perspective. He knew exactly what he was doing and was not taken advantage of.
Posted on 3/17/22 at 9:07 am to member12
Trying to ruin the income of many good, hard working Americans while their pockets get bigger and bigger.
Well done Selfish Joe. Go frick yourself, bitch.
Well done Selfish Joe. Go frick yourself, bitch.
Posted on 3/17/22 at 9:08 am to Oilfieldbiology
quote:AMEN!
I truly hope that people take an honest assessment of the past 3 years, see who has been pushing for school shutdowns/remote learning, vaccine passports/requirements for entry into normal society, business closures, travel restrictions, and continued printing money to fund useless programs and remember that. Hopefully they will get more involved with local politics and actually look into who they are voting for on local and state elections.
We need a reckoning and an awakening and people need to take back control from those currently ruining things.
Case in point: I was looking at taking a cruise this Summer. Then I found out they all require vaccination for COVID. I'm just one of many that they won't get any money from. Restaurants in certain States are doing the same.
Posted on 3/17/22 at 9:09 am to fr33manator
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Then how about one against the commies that have concentration camps, unleashed Covid on the world, are killing our people with fentanyl, is the largest polluter in the world, the worst human rights violator, And the single greatest threat to humanity?
I think it’s coming eventually because they’ll side with Russia and try to take us out and make the Yuan the worlds reserve currency
Posted on 3/17/22 at 9:10 am to member12
I hear we all just need to sit back and relax with a margarita and buy a Tesla.
Posted on 3/17/22 at 9:11 am to LSUtoBOOT
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Joe is asshoe, but I wonder how many people living hand to mouth voted for him?
You know that twit fricking school teacher did for sure.
Posted on 3/17/22 at 9:11 am to cheobode
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but it was a planned trip with the in-laws in their RV.
Yikes on filling up an rv rt now.
This post was edited on 3/17/22 at 9:12 am
Posted on 3/17/22 at 9:12 am to greygoose
At the end of the day, I think our country would have been just fine if the government would have recognized the problem in front of them and just cut spending.
If you cut spending from pet projects in order to actually provide assistance to Americans, we'd be in a much better place. But instead, we increased spending.
It's called a budget... Why should Americans be expected to have one when the government doesn't even have one.
If you cut spending from pet projects in order to actually provide assistance to Americans, we'd be in a much better place. But instead, we increased spending.
It's called a budget... Why should Americans be expected to have one when the government doesn't even have one.
Posted on 3/17/22 at 9:15 am to deltaland
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Those who would implement a social credit score ain’t rewarding you for voting for Trump baw
I was mostly kidding. Plus, I already stated that I voted for a 3rd party clown.
Posted on 3/17/22 at 9:16 am to Tomatocantender
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Not to get too far in the weeds because this is not a Jimmy Carter thread or later on with the Embargo, but I cringe when people repeat this "Carter nice guy being misled" perspective. He knew exactly what he was doing and was not taken advantage of.
One of my political science professors was a close friend of Carter and his family. Him and Carter grew up together in Plains.
I'll take his assessment of Carter's failings, which were many my professor admitted, over some political hit piece.
Posted on 3/17/22 at 9:17 am to sec13rowBBseat28
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Elections most certainly have consequences.
I hope the dumb asses that voted for him are feeling pain. They deserve it. Hopefully their feelings have healed from the mean tweets of one of the greatest presidents we've had.
Posted on 3/17/22 at 9:19 am to The Eric
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If you cut spending from pet projects in order to actually provide assistance to Americans, we'd be in a much better place. But instead, we increased spending.
Ultimately this is the taxpayers fault. Those who don't vote for it are powerless because taxpayers are using future dollars to bribe voters, and it works.
It's ridiculous that the US and state and local govts spend billions of dollars a year on wasteful spending that benefits virtually no one but themselves.
Posted on 3/17/22 at 9:20 am to JoeHackett
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Not if your costs have gone up. If he was making $20 per lawn and is still making $20 per lawn, losing 25% of your business isn't more money for less work.
Your posts points out the bottom line of why we are so screwed up! Most people do not understand basic economics! "Profit Margin" is lost on a vast number of people. All they see is the price, and assume whoever is charging it, is making a killing. These are people who vote on "feels", and lack the ability to use logic and reason. Mean tweets are more important than a booming economy and peace. They gobble up anything someone says that reaffirms what they already think. It's still hard for me to get past how some actually thought Biden would have done a better job than Trump, considering Trump broke economic records while in office. That's like having Tom Brady as your QB for 10 years in his prime, and expecting the guy who replaces him to break his records.Posted on 3/17/22 at 9:21 am to dgnx6
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Yikes on filling up an rv rt now.
Yep. When we first planned the trip, I told him I would help out with fuel, he said not to worry. It was covered. Well...now it's a different story. He wants to split which would be cutting into our budget significantly.
Posted on 3/17/22 at 9:22 am to PhiTiger1764
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If anything, costs are lower in this scenario (fewer yards, less travel to get to the yards).
Only variable costs are lower. And if his yards are all in one neighborhood then travel costs aren’t reduced. You only reduce the costs that go into each yard. Your fixed costs such as equipment notes, insurance, etc become a larger portion of the revenue for each yard with fewer yards.
There isn’t enough information to assume anything. It’s also possible he made a bad business decision raising prices too high thinking he could get away with it.
Posted on 3/17/22 at 9:25 am to greygoose
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They are having to choose between getting their grass cut, and buying food now. Horrible thing is, it's going to get worse before it gets better.
And then the Karen HOAs will put a lien on their home when they don’t get it cut often enough and can’t pay the fines so the house gets sold and they end up living with family or in a nursing home. Which will contribute to the coming housing crash as people try to sell to pay off debts and downsize and there will be a housing glut
Posted on 3/17/22 at 9:27 am to member12
I work maintenance at a condominium. The HOA has started paying for my gas each week for my commute. Still good people in this world that look out for a young working guy.
Posted on 3/17/22 at 9:30 am to dgnx6
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Yikes on filling up an rv rt now.
My 420 hp speed boat with a 60 gallon tank won’t be taken out much this year unless people chip in on gas
Posted on 3/17/22 at 9:32 am to kywildcatfanone
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Ultimately this is the taxpayers fault. Those who don't vote for it are powerless because taxpayers are using future dollars to bribe voters, and it works.
It's ridiculous that the US and state and local govts spend billions of dollars a year on wasteful spending that benefits virtually no one but themselves.
I don't even put it on the tax payer. No matter who we put in those positions, the screw it up for us and make it good for them... There is no difference in the parties. They are 1 party that only looks to increase their own net worth.
I've said it for a while, but the only way to fix any of this is to have these politicians tarred and feathered, put in stocks, and caned in the streets.
The old fashioned Duel should also make a comeback...
The government doesn't fear the American people like they should
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