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Does 100$ get you anything these days?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by LosPollosHermanos, Oct 14, 2024.

  1. droxford

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    Hey - if you're black, you can get some free money from Kamala.


    https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/14/harris-forgivable-loans-legal-mar1juana-trump-black-voters.html

    Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled an “Opportunity Agenda” proposal for Black men Monday, which includes plans to provide 1 million forgivable loans to Black entrepreneurs and new pathways to help Black Americans succeed in the legalized mar1juana industry.

    “This agenda is a further realization of Vice President Harris’ Opportunity Economy,” said former Rep. Cedric Richmond, a Harris campaign co-chair, in a statement. “An economy where people don’t just get by, but get ahead. Where Black men are equipped with the tools to thrive: to buy a home, provide for our families, start a business and build wealth.”
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    The plan outlined Monday would provide 1 million fully forgivable loans of up to $20,000 to Black entrepreneurs and others to start a business.
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    The agenda also includes training and mentorship programs to help Black men get jobs in high-demand industries, and greater investments in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program to recruit and retain Black male teachers.
     
  2. ima_drummer2k

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    If you don't know how to handle your own personal finances, that's not going to change no matter who the President is.
     
  3. Nook

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    Inflation is real - and it has hit us hard, in part because we haven't really had bad inflation in 40+ years.

    Having said that - I don't know how much of it is real Biden's fault - COVID is the largest reason. Couple that with the fact that inflation in the USA has been better than just about anyone else in the world at the same period... and I suspect that it has mostly been a worldwide issue.

    I predicted all of this back in the 2020 election, that the next 4-8 years were going to be really bad - because of the pandemic and the changing work environments. It will also be very interesting to see how we handle the massive baby boomer generation dying out.
     
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  4. Nook

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    I spend probably $700 a week on groceries for 4 of us total. It is likely more some weeks. It doesn't help that my wife has decided that she has to supply all her friends with groceries sometimes as well. It is good that you can exert that level of discipline - with my wife and son, it is off the rails sometimes - but so be it.
     
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  5. Kemahkeith

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    200.00 for me and my wife weekly.
    But she is Irish and only eats beef for the most part. boneless Strip and tenderloin. Mrs. Thing don't do meat on the bone. And she hates lamb go figure.
    Paper products are the killer.

    Now if we want to discuss the price of booze for two borderline alcoholics. Thats a different thread.
    And that weekly price is NOT INCLUDED in the above.
     
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  6. ima_drummer2k

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    Wow, I thought we were bad! Ours is about $300 a week for a family of 4.

    My wife likes to buy a month's worth of groceries....every week. I always tell her...if we run out of anything, we can always...oh, I don't know...go get some more?? The stores let you do that. I'll even do it myself. I work from home.

    I remember when I was single I would spend about $50/week on groceries. I would literally buy exactly 1 week's worth of groceries every week. Imagine that!
     
  7. leroy

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    $700? I spend about $150-$200 per week for 3-4. Lower in the weeks my son is with his mother. Not sure what you're buying but that seems like a lot.
     
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  8. Nook

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    It is a lot.

    Some of it is that I live in Chicago.

    A lot of it is what my wife and son want/get and that my wife has people over to our house a lot.

    She also purchases a lot of expensive food.

    I have discussed it with her before, but I decided to let it go because it is really important to her to be able to buy what she buys food-wise.
     
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  9. JuanValdez

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    I'll take whatever worthless Benjamins you've got off your hands.
     
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  10. No Worries

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    Can a guy still get laid for a single benjamin?

    Asking for a friend.
     
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  11. ROCKSS

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    Good for you man!! I have an Aldi`s in front of my subdivision and I don't know if it's my store are all of them but every time I go in there they have one friggin cashier who is sitting on their ass ringing up people and no one comes to help when there are like 8 people in line........hell, I can't tell if that is the only person working or not.
     
  12. mtbrays

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    This is why having Medicare cover in-home care costs would be massive for Gen X and millennials. The latter, especially, has been unable to partake in crucial "American dream" benchmarks like buying a home. Now our parents are getting older and nobody has the money to pay for their own daily lives and their parents' old age.
     
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  13. juicystream

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    The one in my city has 5 self checkouts and 1 regular. That poor employee has to run the self-checkouts in addition to their register. The plus side is they rarely have issues unlike some other stores, but I won't get alcohol if busy at all out of pity for that employee (Their champagne is less than $5). The one in the city next door has 4 registers, but generally only one manned like you are describing (no self checkout). It is no fun if you didn't have a quarter for the cart and are holding all of your stuff (I try to avoid using carts to further limit impulse buying). The items in the store are hit and miss on how good they are, but their generic version of Velveeta shells and cheese as well as the take and bake pizza are amazing. The generic of the regular mac & cheese though was terrible. You can go back if you don't like their brand and get your money back and a replacement, but I've never done it.
     
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  14. Nook

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    Yes - in places like Chicago, NYC and other places - there are a number of attractive Venezuelan women that will bend over and take one for the team for $100. I know from SWAT officers in downtown that sex workers are angry that attractive Venezuelan refugees have driven down the price of encounters by 100% in the last 6 months.
     
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  15. Nook

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    Yes - and this is also why I tell those that think it is funny when Trump flaunts getting away with doing things as President..... because it is very possible that this country could elect a left-wing populist based on all the burdens on Millennials and Gen Z, the increasing age of Boomers, the cost of housing, the many pro-business practices and rulings over the last 10 years.... I could easily see the division between the haves and the have nots reach a point where someone that is aggressive towards those with money.... and it wouldn't be pretty.
     
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  16. JHarden713

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    We're at $400 a week
     
  17. Rocket River

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    Use to be able to buy a politician

    Rocket River
     
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  18. rocketsjudoka

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    I certainly think COVID played a very large role in inflation particularly the disruptions to supply chains. The amount I money pumped in by the government contributed. Will note that Trump also pumped a lot of money in during COViD.

    Even with all of that inflation actually hasn’t been that bad compared to historical periods. We had a spike in 2022 bit it has come down and is under 3% now.
     
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    More reason why immigration is a good thing! :D;)
     
  20. LosPollosHermanos

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    I didn’t know CF rolled deep.

    Glad the rockets brotherhood is holding strong. Maybe one day we’ll get our other brother out of Minnesota
     

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