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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents were greatest generation. My dad graduated high school, was a Marine in WWII, came home and did a few semesters of college. He was a salesman, then a cost accountant. My folks bought a 3/2 ranch home, and added a pool. This is on a the salaries of my dad and my mom, who worked in a department stores sales clerk.

The also put me through college on that salary.

The 1 percenters have wrecked the economy. Not the immigrants. America is built on Immersive. It is the grifters like Trump and Musk who are bankrupting the US.

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Agree to some extent but American consumerism is also a problem. People spend on more things they don’t need than previous generations. Look how many DCUMers believe they must travel abroad at least once a year (usually) more and eat out regularly. If we lived that way, maintained more vegetable gardens at home,  and clipped coupons like they did, then everyone would be better off. Buying more crap / experiences has a big impact. [/quote]

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