President Joe Biden - Kamala Harris Administration

[hog88]

Things like gas prices and food prices touch everybody. My point, though, was that some of the primary drivers of inflation do not impact everybody. Similarly, the jobs with the greatest increase in wages were the ones paying the lowest. Accordingly, the wage increases seen for those working in retail and hospitality outstrips the increase in costs that they have seen.

Inflation touches everybody because everything you purchase gets transported at some time or another. Those transportation companies have other expenses besides fuel.

 

[AM64]

Inflation is touching everything, we have to raise rates twice this year already because of fuel costs and increases from our vendors. We are a dead expense to our clients, no way to recoup that cost but they have to have the work done. That eventually gets passed down to the consumer.

Two things that are absolutely friction to any business are taxes and fuel costs. This administration like most dem administrations just reversed the positive trend on both - it's like dems are completely economically brain dead and simply cannot understand how things work. Instead of removing obstacles dems pile them in the way - distorting labor costs by supporting unions and piling on with increased minimum wages is another of their favorite screwups.

 

[VolStrom]

Two things that are absolutely friction to any business are taxes and fuel costs. This administration like most dem administrations just reversed the positive trend on both - it's like dems are completely economically brain dead and simply cannot understand how things work. Instead of removing obstacles dems pile them in the way - distorting labor costs by supporting unions and piling on with increased minimum wages is another of their favorite screwups.

I retired from a union plant and got really good wages and benefits as a salaried employee. A few years later I hear that they can't buy an employee to come to work for them even though the average high school graduate there easily makes over $100k a year with minimum OT. I think the problem today is that our younger generation is just lazy AF and would rather hang out with mom and dad until they're 35 than work.

 

[VolnJC]

Its hard to tell which area of the Biden administration is the biggest failure

 

[VolnJC]

Taliban going door to door kidnapping girls as young as 12 to marry off to fighters
Taliban could take Afghan capital in 90 days after rapid gains- U.S. intelligence

 

[VolStrom]

Its hard to tell which area of the Biden administration is the biggest failure

LOL!

 

[hog88]

Taliban going door to door kidnapping girls as young as 12 to marry off to fighters
Taliban could take Afghan capital in 90 days after rapid gains- U.S. intelligence

Oh well.

 

[allvol123]

Yes and no. Agreed that real wages are down based on total inflation. But a large portion of the inflation bump was found in with items that not everyone was buying (used cars, vacations, airfare, etc.).

Also, you gotta look at WHERE the wages are increasing the most. Most of the wage bump has been in lower paying jobs.

Here's where wages are rising the most as employers address labor shortages

Your poor little sheltered thing. There is not a "no" here.

Your desperation does not look good on you.

 

[evillawyer]

Your poor little sheltered thing. There is not a "no" here.

Your desperation does not look good on you.

When averaged across all industries, yes, real wages are down. But no, real wages are not down in every industry. Should I break out the crayons to draw you a picture on how that works?

 

[hog88]

When averaged across all industries, yes, real wages are down. But no, real wages are not down in every industry. Should I break out the crayons to draw you a picture on how that works?

If the prices of food, gas, housing, clothes, you know the everyday essentials are up then your real wages are down unless your wages have surpassed the increased costs. It's not industry specific.

 

[allvol123]

When averaged across all industries, yes, real wages are down. But no, real wages are not down in every industry. Should I break out the crayons to draw you a picture on how that works?

They arent down as long as you dont need gas, food, and other luxuries of this type.

Hope you already have the crayons, otherwise you're paying more for them. Thanks Joe.

 

[evillawyer]

If the prices of food, gas, housing, clothes, you know the everyday essentials are up then your real wages are down unless your wages have surpassed the increased costs. It's not industry specific.

Wages in certain sectors--notably low paying sectors like retail and hospitality--have far outstripped inflation. Financial services, which are higher paid to begin with, have not outpaced inflation.

Here's the chart:

Here's where wages are rising the most as employers address labor shortages

 

[AM64]

Taliban going door to door kidnapping girls as young as 12 to marry off to fighters
Taliban could take Afghan capital in 90 days after rapid gains- U.S. intelligence

Yes, but we were foolish to think we could fix it. Communities (whether groups of similar thinking people or countries) have to have the desire from within to fix their own problems. That's always been the problem with our quest for social engineering by government or with affirmative action - they are top down power moves and not change from the bottom up by people who recognize the need. You can lead a horse to water ... We are just the last in a very long line of outside powers to retreat in failure after having tried to fix Afghanistan.

 

[Grand Vol]

'I Wish Fauci Cared more about the Southern Border': South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem Rides into Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and takes aim at doom-and-gloom doctor for slamming the 700,000-strong event

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem rode into the 81st Sturgis Motorcycle Rally on Monday as part of the Sturgis Buffalo Chip Legends Ride amid reports the annual event is busier than ever.

'I was not surprised to see Dr. Fauci pick on Sturgis,' said Governor Noem. 'He picked on it last year, this rally as well, and honestly, I wish he cared more about the Southern Border and what we have going on there with a lot of COVID virus cases coming across the border that are not being isolated and taken care of.'

Noem has operated a hands-off policy during the pandemic stressing she prefers people make decisions for themselves. Fauci was blasted for failing to mention crowds gathering at the Lollapalooza Music Festival in Chicago, or at ex-president Barack Obama's 60th birthday party in Martha's Vineyard.

'I don't believe that governors have the authority to tell people that they have to shut down their businesses and they have to shelter in place and to pass mandates on,' said Noem to KOTA. 'That should be used for personal responsibility and I've told the folks in South Dakota all the time that I will give them all the information that I have to protect their health.'

Governor Kristi Noem of South Dakota arrives at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip campground after riding in the Legends Ride

Some 700,000 people have been celebrating their enthusiasm for motorcycles at the 10-day event that kicked off Friday in the western South Dakota city with rallygoers packed shoulder-to-shoulder at bars despite a rise in COVID-19 cases in the state.

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem rides into Sturgis Motorcycle Rally as 700,000 attend | Daily Mail Online

I wonder which one will get more traction in 2024? DeSantis with his beer or Noem on her bike?

 

[NorthDallas40]

I wonder which one will get more traction in 2024? DeSantis with his beer or Noem on her bike?

Why not both on the ticket? Let them Duke it out for the headliner but both of them would work. And Rick Scott will want a say also

 

[evillawyer]

I wonder which one will get more traction in 2024? DeSantis with his beer or Noem on her bike?

Wonder if she'll do the obligatory boob flash?

 

[AM64]

Wonder if she'll do the obligatory boob flash?

You can bet it would be better quality than anything in the Biden administration the Biden administration could bring to bare.

 

[NorthDallas40]

Wonder if she'll do the obligatory boob flash?

At least she has an attractive set of boobs instead of over compensating into a complete boob like the current dumbass in the WH

 

[evillawyer]

You can bet it would be better quality than anything in the Biden administration.

Betcha DeSantis' are bigger

 

[UT_VOLS13]

Betcha DeSantis' are bigger

Boob envy.

 

[Grand Vol]

Wonder if she'll do the obligatory boob flash?

You hoping for a quick thrill?

 

[Orangeburst]

I wonder which one will get more traction in 2024? DeSantis with his beer or Noem on her bike?

700K? Had no idea it was that big

 

[BreatheUT]

Yes and no. Agreed that real wages are down based on total inflation. But a large portion of the inflation bump was found in with items that not everyone was buying (used cars, vacations, airfare, etc.).

Also, you gotta look at WHERE the wages are increasing the most. Most of the wage bump has been in lower paying jobs.

Here's where wages are rising the most as employers address labor shortages

 

[Wireless1]

87k new IRS agents
And could not even find Trump guilty

Cop defectors?

 

[Wireless1]

When averaged across all industries, yes, real wages are down. But no, real wages are not down in every industry. Should I break out the crayons to draw you a picture on how that works?

Most of us don't consider politicians an industry