RascalRiley Loc: Somewhere south of Detroit

The your self serving comment was cheap and general.
I have no idea what you pull for.

RascalRiley Loc: Somewhere south of Detroit

I don’t watch TV. I read.

America 1 Loc: South Miami

[quote=NotMAGA][quote=America 1][quote=Coos Bay Tom]There are millions of Americans who for several generations now who have been unable to attain the "American dream. "

2017 - 2024
My mortgage payments are up over 70%.[/quote

From someone who got an adjustable-rate mortgage with a balloon payment schedule.[/quote]

From someone that has no idea concerning my finances.

Knightlady

[quote=NotMAGA][quote=America 1][quote=Coos Bay Tom]There are millions of Americans who for several generations now who have been unable to attain the "American dream. "

2017 - 2024
My mortgage payments are up over 70%.[/quote

From someone who got an adjustable rate mortgage with a balloon payment schedule.[/quote]

Ouch

Mogon

Tom, please provide proof that Trump is an authoritarian.
Please don’t put up what CNN , MSNBC or any other BS opinion said. Provide proof that he is an authoritarian. Things that he did to earn that title.
Thanks Tom

Mogon

Tom, kids that work at a register in any business wouldn’t know the amount of change that you are due without looking at the screen that tells you the change you are due!
Kids today have been taught by stupid people that society owes them and that they don’t have to work and earn it.
That is the exact problem today, lazy worthless generations of kids. At 60 , I out work anyone under 45 as I am sure so do you!

I was told at a very young age that you have to earn everything you get, you don’t work, you don’t eat!!

Very simple, work hard, work smarter and you will be successful.

There lies the true problem in America. Trump brought that back , more blacks, women and other minorities were working under Trump.

Believe what you want….
That’s the bottom line.

JWJ Loc: Southwest Kentucky

Tom what do you consider the American dream to be? I have read many of your articles, which I respect , but do not completely agree with all.
I know that the dreams of many are in their heads and not in their efforts. I have never considered myself to be an important person. I grew up on a small farm in western Ky where we ate like kings, worked very hard daily, but spending money was sparse. In 1959, at age 16 , I obtained my fathers signature, which was illegal at the time, to join the Army. I entered as a high school dropout and departed in 1989 with a college degree . I functioned in many positions, the last being responsible for New Equipment Training for fielding for the UH-60 Helicopter and all associated systems to include the flight simulator to all US recipients. I also fielded the AH-64 flight simulator to Germany. All locations to which aircraft and supporting systems were scheduled to go, I coordinated and insured that all training requirements were met to insure that the receiving unit was adequately prepared to employ the aircraft and additional equipment in what ever scenario was necessary. The Department of Army fielding schedule dictated where, when, and how we tied the knot for a successful fielding. WE had no failures. I attained my American dream. I must admit that when I embarked upon my military career, I never dreamed that it would be so rewarding and enjoyable.

Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon

No I get it . People are selfish sometimes to the determent of others often without giving it a thought and without conscience .

Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon

You made a good life for yourself . To me the American dream is to own a home maybe some property and live comfortably not necessarily wealthy but secure not having to live hand to mouth and worrying about having a home and necessitys like too many are doing in these hard times .

Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon

Works for me . I have always worked never asking for anything I could not get on my own .

Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon

He demands absolute loyalty from all within his circle and those who disagree with him wind up wishing they had .. That is the way he controls people .. That is easy for me to see.

Knightlady

CounterRevolutionary

Do you think there is a structural flaw in our economy that hods people back from being property owners?
I do.

1) Our Federal Reserve Bank is systematically printing too much money beyond the value of our GDP that devalues the dollar, the money we make today is worthless tomorrow. Using the mortgage amortization table in reverse, (the Rule of 72) you can calculate a mere 3% overprinting of currency will reduce the purchasing power of the dollar to 50 Cents within 24 years.

2) Karl Marx's Progressive Tax, the more you make, the more the government takes, where it is impossible to save enough money to start a small business, grow, and compete with the entrenched corporations.

Has anyone here read Steve Forbes' old book: "The Flat Tax Revolution"?
Flat Tax Revolution: Using a Postcard to Abolish the IRS
by Steve Forbes | Jul 18, 2005
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Flat+Tax+Revolution+by+steve+forbes&i=stripbooks&crid=1R6JZL87QT6GM&sprefix=the+flat+tax+revolution+by+steve+forbes%2Cstripbooks%2C160&ref=nb_sb_noss

Most corporations get their money from their customers (outside of government contractors). Why not redistribute the customers to redistribute the wealth? A Flat Tax would do this. It would promote GROWTH of small businesses, which would expand the TAX BASE which would expand the TAX REVENUE. This is the old rule of "Less is More."

A low Flat Tax would be wonderful for real estate developers, especially those new 3-D Printed houses that can put up a new home every 48 hours starting at 550sq feet at $4,000 /building, now raising entire villages in Mexico and Texas. These things are poured with 'lavacrete' which will outlast the pyramids, looking like miniature Frank Lloyd Wright communities. This will revolutionize housing, but states may need to gain revenue from sales taxes instead of property taxes:

New Story + ICON : 3D Printed Homes for the Developing World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvM7jFZGAec


Just remember, Trump is a builder, his father was also a builder in NYC doing affordable housing for low income families.

Mogon

Tom, that’s your opinion, and nothing more.
Proof is in the pudding, you have no pudding!
Try again.

bylm1-Bernie

I don't quite understand the self-serving part. Maybe you could expound on that a bit.