This video is evidence that Hollywood is completely out of touch with the public and are living out some Hunger Games fantasy.
So cringe. pic.twitter.com/KYA3TAGzXu — The Stealthy Stethoscope 🩺🇺🇸 (@Stealthoscope) November 27, 2024
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Desperate New Yorkers are Living in Abandoned Cars…
NYC’s living costs are so high, average every day people are being forced to chose between living in apartments and going broke, or moving into a vehicle like an abandoned van or an RV to save money.
We have the worst ruling class in living memory, and not just in the United States.
It would be nice if people generally understood that inflation is just the government taking stealing your money by another means. Apparently some Dems are concluding from this that they were powerless to avoid a heavy defeat, so I will take this opportunity to plug my column from last month warning that progressives’ leftward shift on social …
Swing state food banks overwhelmed by rising living costs and crushing demand.
TL;DR Food banks in swing states face record demand due to rising living costs. Families struggle with high rent and grocery prices, leading to increased food assistance needs. Michigan food banks, like Feeding America West Michigan, see first-time users and increased frequency of visits. Grocery staple prices have skyrocketed: 28% for bread, 43% for ground …
Americans Are Living in Fear of ‘Crimeflation’
by Stefan Gleason Government statistics portraying robust jobs growth, shrinking inflation, and a booming economy aren’t squaring with Americans’ real-world experiences. The vast majority say their standard of living in recent years has gotten worse, not better. A similar disconnect reveals itself on the subject of crime. For months, the White House and the mainstream …
‘Horrifying’ mistake to take organs from a living person
Natasha Miller says she was getting ready to do her job preserving donated organs for transplantation when the nurses wheeled the donor into the operating room. She quickly realized something wasn’t right. Though the donor had been declared dead, he seemed to her very much alive. “He was moving around — kind of thrashing. Like, …
If you complain about cost of living crisis please take a look at Germany and Italy
Germany and Italy continue to grapple with cost-of-living crises that are affecting millions: Germany: Despite inflation slightly easing in 2024, Germans remain deeply concerned about their financial future. According to DW, the rising costs of housing, migration, and daily essentials have led to continued fears, with many feeling that their paychecks don’t stretch as far …
Trump supports ending the “double-tax” burden on Americans living overseas.
Discussions are ongoing regarding the elimination of “double-taxation” on Americans living abroad, a move that has gained notable support, particularly from Republicans Overseas. The group emphasizes former President Donald Trump’s endorsement of ending this practice, which burdens expatriates. Current tax provisions, like the Foreign Tax Credit and Foreign Earned Income Exclusion, already aim to reduce …
Germany is a strange country. Median family with 2 children is better off living from welfare than working
They wonder why their economy has gone down the toilet. They used to criticise the Greeks for being lazy, now they have created state funded laziness. — Daniel Priestley (@DanielPriestley) September 25, 2024
1200 suspected terrorists living in Canada …were denied entry into the USA over the last 4 years… U.S. lawmakers plan for possible “mass casualty” event
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data, over 1,200 individuals on the terrorist watchlist were stopped at the U.S.-Canada border from 2020 to 20241. This represents a significant increase in encounters compared to previous years. 1200 suspected terrorists living in Canada …were denied entry into the USA over the last 4 years …but …
Kamala Harris’s plan to lower the cost of living
Kamala Harris is asked about her plan to lower the cost of living… NEW: Kamala Harris is asked about her plan to lower the cost of living, says she will do that by lowering the cost of necessities. Remarkable. Question: What will you do to lower costs? Answer: Yeah. I first of all, thank you …
GDP per capita of G7 nations, adjusted for inflation and differences in cost of living between countries
Data source: Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 Note: This data is expressed in international-$ at 2011 prices. OurWorldInData.org/economic-growth | CC BY h/t ProfessorOfFinance
Senior living facilities are evicting residents with lifetime contracts!
It’s a real shame how people and corporations treat the elderly in 2024. These people have worked their entire lives and have supported and raised families and if it wasn’t for them, none of us would have anything. Yet they are being discarded once they have been sucked dry of all their money, even when …
Relocating retirees want lower costs of living and better lifestyles. Moving abroad may be the answer
As seniors aim to reduce living expenses and boost their quality of life, settling abroad could be appealing, financial experts say. More than 450,000 retirees were receiving Social Security benefits outside the U.S. as of December 2023, up from fewer than 250,000 retirees in December 2003. Retirees could save on housing and health care but …
Weingart Center Tower: Luxury living in L.A. for the homeless at 600K a unit.
Luxury living in L.A. for the homeless. The Weingart Tower in Los Angeles, California, cost approximately $165 million to build, with each unit costing around $600,000: Funding The project was funded by Proposition HHH, which voters approved in 2016 to support housing projects. The state also provided $56 million in tax credits. Amenities The tower …
Welcome to Kommula’s San Francisco. Looks like something right out of the Night of the Living Dead!
How can Americans not take one look at that and say “no thank you?” San Francisco is not safe for NFL football players much less a tourist from Kansas City. Startups have left, retailers are gone, and residents are moving. Single party rule killed the city. pic.twitter.com/BB4JpwHx0a — @amuse (@amuse) September 2, 2024 h/t Dan
The Cost of Living crisis was much worse than the official inflation numbers
by notayesmanseconomics This morning I noted something which raised a wry smile. It covered what are important economic topics as well as an issue I have campaigned on for more than a decade now. The Financial Times has put it like this. Britons with mortgages and renters have been hit by inflation more severely than …
Massive clampdown on free speech: Founder of Telegram arrested, face 20 years in prison… “A living warning to any platform owner who refuses to censor the truth”
Pavel Durov left Russia when the government tried to control his social media company, Telegram But in the end, it wasn’t Putin who arrested him for allowing the public to exercise free speech. It was a western country, a Biden administration ally and enthusiastic NATO member, that locked him away. Pavel Durov sits in a …
Deep inside Amazon rainforest scientists uncover keys to longer living…
An indigenous tribe in the heart of the Bolivian jungle may hold clues to longevity as scientists claim they are the healthiest humans ever studied. The Tsimane community is one of the last groups of people on the planet to live a fully subsistence lifestyle of hunting, foraging and farming. Less than 10 percent of …
If inflation is supposedly decreasing, why are we still living in the most expensive time of our lives?
Families in North Carolina spending 22% more on household goods than in 2021 Average household spending in North Carolina is $1,017 more per month today to buy the same goods and services as it was in 2021. Average household spending in North Carolina is $1,017 more per month today to buy the same goods and …
Study: Canadians Experiencing Worst Standard of Living in 40 Years
By Martin Armstrong https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Trudeau-Grest-Reset.mp4 The Fraser Institute conducted a study that found Canadians are experiencing the worst standard of living in the past 40 years. Conditions are beneath what was experienced during the 89 recession, the Great Recession, and even the early stages of the post-pandemic. What is going on in Canada? Justin Trudeau uprooted Canada’s fiscal …
Top Ten States with the Highest Cost of Living
Top Ten States with the Highest Cost of Living byu/Perfect_Alarm_2141 ineconomicCollapse
Nate Silver: “It’s just so weird living through this real-life Emperor Has No Clothes Moment.”
It's just so weird living through this real-life Emperor Has No Clothes Moment. He obviously shouldn't be president for 4 more years. Everyone knows this. It's incredibly revealing which people are willing to lie about it. https://t.co/aLTwKCxneh — Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) July 17, 2024
One third of women under 44 have no children and the trend is rising. What is causing it? Egoism, cost of living or something else?
Primarily cost, but a strong second is selfishness. People don’t want to sacrifice like they used to. It’s much easier to go on trips, go shopping, buy nice cars, buy designer bags, boozey brunch, etc etc When you have kids, that all goes unless you make serious money. — Scott Hendricks (@scottndricks) July 7, 2024
Jeff Bezos to Save Nearly $1 Billion in Capital Gains Taxes by Not Living in Washington
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has filed a notice with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to sell 25 million of the company’s shares currently worth about $5 billion. In November, the word’s second richest man announced he was leaving Seattle after nearly 30 years of living in the area to move to Miami, Fla. That …
It’s a Giant S*** Sandwich and We’re Going to Be Living On It with John Rubino
from Kerry Lutz’s Financial Survival Network Kerry and John Rubino discussed various indicators pointing towards an economic slowdown, attributing it to factors like higher interest rates and government interventions through liquidity injections. They also touched upon the upcoming election and its potential influence on the economic narrative. The speakers expressed differing views on whether the current trend in …
25% of Canadians living in poverty
According to a recent report from Food Banks Canada, approximately 25% of Canadians may be living in poverty. The report introduced a material deprivation index (MDI), which assesses 11 essential items that Canadians surveyed said they could not afford. These items include clothing and dental care. Based on this metric, the report estimates that 10 million of Canada’s 40 million people are living …
David Stockman on the Continual Rise in the Cost of Living… And Why the Fed has No Shame
via David Stockman Jay Powell did it again assuring the 1% that he has their back. Markets recovered their poise over the last 24 hours, as investors were relieved after Fed Chair Powell stuck to his recent views on the economic outlook. In his remarks yesterday, he said that recent data didn’t “materially change the …
Probably very few people remember picking cotton for a living.
My grandmother told me stories about her picking cotton in the early 1900s before she died.. She told me the more they picked, the more they got paid. I could not imagine how hard it was standing out in the hot sun all day long manually picking cotton! h/t BLOWED UP REAL GOOD