Current Events > Adjusted for inflation, people in 1973 were making $873/week

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wackyteen
08/27/22 10:37:49 PM
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https://twitter.com/GunnelsWarren/status/1563616981793640448

Average Weekly Wages
1973: $873
2022: $813

Median Home
1973: $30,200
2022: $433,100

Monthly Rent
1973: $108
2022: $2,002

Tuition and Fees at University of California
1973: $150
2022: $13,104

Boomer: But why can't the slackers pay for college & pay off their loans like we did?

https://mobile.twitter.com/GunnelsWarren/status/1563620028250996737

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Haha, we're all fucked, aren't we?

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Master_Bass
08/27/22 10:41:44 PM
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Yup, back in the day a part time job was enough to pay for college. That's why I have no problem forgiving college debt even though I won't see a dime of that cash.

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hockeybub89
08/27/22 10:42:34 PM
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God bless America

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Bad_Mojo
08/27/22 10:43:24 PM
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And why is that?

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DarthAragorn
08/27/22 10:44:08 PM
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America is da best

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DarthAragorn
08/27/22 10:44:38 PM
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Bad_Mojo posted...
And why is that?
Some fuckstain named Ronald Reagan.

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PoundGarden
08/27/22 10:46:00 PM
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Cool. Still not seeing why that means I'm stuck paying off some deadbeat assholes student loans but ok

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hockeybub89
08/27/22 10:48:03 PM
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PoundGarden posted...
Cool. Still not seeing why that means I'm stuck paying off some assholes student loans but ok
How fucking mad are you that taxes exist? I mean, you don't even drive on that road and you'd send your kids to private school. How is it fair that you're funding someone else's life?

What is the point of existing if we don't live to help each other and improve the future? We'd all still be living like cavemen if we were truly as selfish as conservatives want us to be. You know, since it's unfair to do something now that people missed out on in the past.

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Bad_Mojo
08/27/22 10:48:18 PM
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DarthAragorn posted...
Some fuckstain named Ronald Reagan.

I didn't hear that in the Killer Mike song

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PoundGarden
08/27/22 10:49:01 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
How fucking mad are you that taxes exist? I mean, you don't even drive on that road and you'd send your kids to private school. How is it fair that you're funding someone else's life?

Not at all. I use roads and would like the option to use emergency services as well. I will never use student loans.

What a stupid attempt at a gotcha.

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wackyteen
08/27/22 10:50:35 PM
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PoundGarden posted...
Cool. Still not seeing why that means I'm stuck paying off some deadbeat assholes student loans but ok
A deadbeat who can only afford to make and had consistently made minimums on a loan with a 8% interest rate so the $15K loan he took out to better himself now costs $60K despite him doing everything he could?

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Prismsblade
08/27/22 10:50:52 PM
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Things were alot different back then so idk why people keep bringing up this statistics like it's a 1-1.

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PoundGarden
08/27/22 10:52:12 PM
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wackyteen posted...
A deadbeat who can only afford to make and had consistently made minimums on a loan with a 8% interest rate so the $15K loan he took out to better himself now costs $60K despite him doing everything he could?

Yup. The terms are very clearly spelled out. Pay your loans.
Regardless, why are those of us that never had student debt now paying it off? Doesn't seem fair.

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MarcoRubio
08/27/22 10:52:25 PM
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PoundGarden posted...
Not at all. I use roads and would like the option to use emergency services as well. I will never use student loans.

What a stupid attempt at a gotcha.

Oh don't worry, we're all aware you don't have a higher education

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hockeybub89
08/27/22 10:52:58 PM
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PoundGarden posted...
Not at all. I use roads and would like the option to use emergency services as well. I will never use student loans.

What a stupid attempt at a gotcha.
Well a society where you only pay taxes on things you choose to use would collapse into chaos in about 30 minutes?

How fucking mad are you that the government has forgiven billions of dollars for corporations and your favorite polticians?

We should forgive all the loans and then abolish private education.

I literally paid off my loan two weeks before this happened and all I can say is "Only $10,000 and only once?"

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PoundGarden
08/27/22 10:53:58 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
Well a society where you only pay taxes on things you choose to use would collapse into chaos in about 30 minutes?

How fucking mad are you that the government has forgiven billions of dollars for corporations and your favorite polticians?

We should forgive all the loans and then abolish private education.

Cool. I ask again: Why am I paying off someone else's loan?

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wackyteen
08/27/22 10:54:05 PM
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PoundGarden posted...
Yup. The terms are very clearly spelled out. Pay your loans.
Regardless, why are those of us that never had student debt now paying it off? Doesn't seem fair.
Why are those of you who have never been to war and are wholly opposed to war paying taxes that go to fund a war machine?

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CADE_FOSTER
08/27/22 10:55:30 PM
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America number one for rich people only
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hockeybub89
08/27/22 10:56:05 PM
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Prismsblade posted...
Things were alot different back then so idk why people keep bringing up this statistics like it's a 1-1.
Why can't they be that way again? Because we refuse to defeat corporations?

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wackyteen
08/27/22 10:56:32 PM
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Because that's what the government asks of you.

If you don't want the government to spend 'your' money on things you don't like, then vote and campaign for people who won't do those things.

Quit being a fucking deadbeat and do everything within your power to ensure they win and those like them win.

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__aCEr__
08/27/22 10:59:03 PM
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Wait until he finds out he pays for old people and poor people to go to the doctor.

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Agonized_rufous
08/27/22 10:59:35 PM
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Y'all mad at paying loans while colleges and universities laugh with rotten teeth because the government opened the door to the candy store for them

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Bad_Mojo
08/27/22 11:00:22 PM
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wackyteen posted...
Because that's what the government asks of you.

If you don't want the government to spend 'your' money on things you don't like, then vote and campaign for people who won't do those things.

Quit being a fucking deadbeat and do everything within your power to ensure they win and those like them win.

So say the person that made this topic to complain about things

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MedeaLysistrata
08/27/22 11:00:46 PM
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PoundGarden posted...
Cool. I ask again: Why am I paying off someone else's loan?
Because you're not rich or poor enough to avoid tax I imagine.

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PoundGarden
08/27/22 11:03:05 PM
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wackyteen posted...
Why are those of you who have never been to war and are wholly opposed to war paying taxes that go to fund a war machine?

Mostly because I'll go to jail for tax evasion if I don't. Don't really have a say in that now do I?

What a dumb gotcha lmao

wackyteen posted...
Because that's what the government asks of you.

If you don't want the government to spend 'your' money on things you don't like, then vote and campaign for people who won't do those things.

Quit being a fucking deadbeat and do everything within your power to ensure they win and those like them win.

I'm no deadbeat I'm paying my loan so....

Agonized_rufous posted...
Y'all mad at paying loans while colleges and universities laugh with rotten teeth because the government opened the door to the candy store for them

Finally someone who gets it. If yall think this won't raise tuition and fuck even more people going forward then WOW

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hockeybub89
08/27/22 11:04:47 PM
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PoundGarden posted...
Cool. I ask again: Why am I paying off someone else's loan?
Because it's the right thing to do.

Did you turn your stimulus back in because you hate government handouts so much? Or is it ok when you get one?

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hockeybub89
08/27/22 11:06:41 PM
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PoundGarden posted...
Finally someone who gets it. If yall think this won't raise tuition and fuck even more people going forward then WOW
Like I said, we need to forgive all loans while also completely burning American university system to the ground

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wackyteen
08/27/22 11:07:13 PM
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PoundGarden posted...
Mostly because I'll go to jail for tax evasion if I don't. Don't really have a say in that now do I?
So you understand why "you have to pay for deadbeats who can't pay their loans"

PoundGarden posted...
I'm no deadbeat I'm paying my loan so....
If you're unhappy with the government and don't like the direction it's going then why are you on CE and not out there campaigning for and canvassing for someone who does represent your views of "paying for someone deadbeats loan" is so offneisve to your worldview?

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PoundGarden
08/27/22 11:14:46 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
Because it's the right thing to do.

Paying off someone else's debt is the right thing to do? The fuck? Cool so you can just send me the $47k I have left on mine then. It's the right thing to do lol

hockeybub89 posted...
Did you turn your stimulus back in because you hate government handouts so much? Or is it ok when you get one?

No why would I? Everyone got and benefitted from the stimulus. Not everyone got or benefitted from student loans. Duh. You're really bad at this.

wackyteen posted...
So you understand why "you have to pay for deadbeats who can't pay their loans"

The two are not even remotely comparable lmao

wackyteen posted...
If you're unhappy with the government and don't like the direction it's going then why are you on CE and not out there campaigning for and canvassing for someone who does represent your views of "paying for someone deadbeats loan" is so offneisve to your worldview?

You're assuming I don't, and it's adorable you think protesting and campaigning does anything. Bless your heart

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Payzmaykr
08/28/22 12:49:40 AM
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This should be showed non-stop on every news segment until something drastic is done to fix it. They need to stop talking about everything else until people can get by. The fact that the citizens of this country are being financially assaulted by landlords, hospital billing staff, utility companies, grocery stores, etc.

For example, they sell pita chips at Walmart for like $6. They used to be $5, but instead of increasing the price to $6, Kroger decided that a fair price would be $8.50. If one massive grocery monopoly can turn a profit at $6, then how does another grocery monopoly justify up charging it by an extra $2.50? This might not seem like much, but it adds up when this happens to every item on your list and the prices really, really add up. I tried to buy some grapes the other day and they wanted $12.

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Pepys_Monster
08/28/22 12:50:50 AM
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wackyteen posted...
Haha, we're all f***ed, aren't we?
No, because we live in the age of crypto.

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Smackems
08/28/22 12:57:02 AM
#32:


PoundGarden posted...
Cool. Still not seeing why that means I'm stuck paying off some deadbeat assholes student loans but ok
Thanks for paying mine! I appreciate it

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Vicious_Dios
08/28/22 1:00:56 AM
#33:


PoundGarden posted...
Not at all. I use roads and would like the option to use emergency services as well. I will never use student loans.

What a stupid attempt at a gotcha.

He doesn't think his responses through before posting them.

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sutree
08/28/22 1:36:02 AM
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So they adjusted for inflation for wages but none of the other stats.

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Smashingpmkns
08/28/22 1:38:39 AM
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The cool thing about student loan forgiveness is that it's gonna happen and some of you can die mad about it.

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HovaRex
08/28/22 1:43:57 AM
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That's not good lol. That's like 40k a year.

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emblem-man
08/28/22 1:44:36 AM
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wackyteen posted...
https://twitter.com/GunnelsWarren/status/1563616981793640448

https://mobile.twitter.com/GunnelsWarren/status/1563620028250996737

^sources

Haha, we're all fucked, aren't we?

Why do they adjust income for inflation but not any of the other items

Below seems a better comparison. Still bad but a much better comparison

https://twitter.com/CharliePatrick/status/1563634703344603137?t=4NrSUFXyYDmTWGBeDetIvw&s=19

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NeonOctopus
08/28/22 1:45:16 AM
#38:


Yeah, my parents got a house for less than 100k in the 80s (though interest was like 14% or such >_>), and now I'm trying to buy a house for myself and even with a fuckton of money saved up, it's still stupidly expensive

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Umbreon
08/28/22 1:48:26 AM
#39:


We've been fucked for a very long time.

It's why we laugh when retirement gets brought up... and then we cry inside.


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EyeWontBeFooled
08/28/22 4:02:21 AM
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HovaRex posted...
That's not good lol. That's like 40k a year.
That was more than enough to get by in 1973.

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MC_BatCommander
08/28/22 4:12:10 AM
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HovaRex posted...
That's not good lol. That's like 40k a year.

If rent was only 108 bucks per month that's plenty good

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Onimusha
08/28/22 4:13:11 AM
#43:


pff, I make more than that!

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Turtlebread
08/28/22 4:31:06 AM
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You pay your taxes anyway, and youll hardly reap the benefits of doing so.

Seems to me the only people who have a problem with student loan forgiveness just fucking hate other people.

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MI4_REAL
08/28/22 4:37:21 AM
#45:


This country is only for the rich.

Anyway, Check the meme topic for more info.

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Mibahlzitch
08/28/22 4:39:03 AM
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It's amazing how many blue collar dumbasses who think they're Republicans because they're looking out for number one are actually conditioned to ignore kickbacks for the rich and complain any time regular people get anything.

Just keep the people on the bottom of the ladder pulling each other off it with calculated smear campaigns while they sit at the top.

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Kloe_Rinz
08/28/22 4:42:37 AM
#47:


PoundGarden posted...
Cool. I ask again: Why am I paying off someone else's loan?
how does taxes work

go back to crying about pitbulls, you arent capable of discussing a real issue
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MI4_REAL
08/28/22 4:44:42 AM
#48:


Taxes are supposed to be used to fund local amenities like roads for nothing out of pocket.
But, of course, you know.

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MarcyWarcy
08/28/22 5:03:46 AM
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Why are people having a serious political discussion itt with pitbull_assassin_420
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Aridi
08/28/22 7:20:05 AM
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PoundGarden posted...
Cool. Still not seeing why that means I'm stuck paying off some deadbeat assholes student loans but ok
Good news out of DC and immediately the fear-mongering brigade shows their face.

You're "stuck" paying off someone's loan?! You jumped into that suit of victimhood armor with record-breaking speed! Clearly you've been practicing.

You're not paying off shit for anyone. Wipe away the tears & fears and try thinking about someone other than yourself.

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