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Who spent 2.1 trillion?
All the multinational corporate who exploited PPP loans and then fired all their staff. You know... the important people. /s
There are also the legitimate use cases that went to corporations, exactly as Trump intended. The eligible businesses were required to have fewer than 500 employees…per location.
LISTEN I REALLY LIKE AVOCADO TOAST OK??
I think the idea is that "the people" did, 500 or 1000 at a time.
This was always what the big businesses wanted - to recover all the cash they didn’t get during 2020. Then blame the inflation on democrats.
to recover all the cash they didn’t get during 2020
COVID facilitated the greatest transfer of wealth from the masses to the few in history.
Corporations: thank you for your money 🙏
Also corporations: people are just irresponsible with money and all welfare programs should be cut and in turn corporate taxes should be lowered.
The saddest thing is how this generation praises people for spending money while scoffs at those who save it.
It really is backwards.
What the hell are you talking about about? Who is out there "scoffing" at those who save?
Sometimes I wonder how awesome the Internet would be if people didn't constantly spout some made up bullshit as fact.
People do tend to follow the "parked money is lost money" mentality, but that's more about saving vs investing.
Lol, what? Are you just upset because I'm calling out reality?
Who is out there “scoffing” at those who save?
"What are you, poor?" You've never heard anything along these lines when criticizing the price of something?
Either you need more life experience, or you're talking out of your bum.
I think you are one of those proud consumers I'm talking about, which is why you pretend my critique doesn't make any sense.
I think you hang out with losers that derive their sense of self-worth from their personal (or mommy and daddy's) spending power. Maybe instead of extrapolating big picture conclusions from your anecdotal evidence, you should expand your horizons, get out there, and experience more life.
Also, saying "this generation" on the internet is a bit like saying "look over there" without pointing in a direction.. We can infer that you're talking about one of the younger three generations, but without context, your whole argument is muddied and pointless. It's pedantic, I know, but if you're gonna dole out criticisms on a whole generation universally, it's only fair you get some in return.
I think you hang out with losers that derive their sense of self-worth from their personal (or mommy and daddy’s) spending power.
You mean, most Americans? Especially those who live in major cities? Color me surprised.
Which one is "this generation"? All the advice I've heard for years is "stop buying the new iPhone and the avocado toast and the Starbucks, use your 401k".
Sorry what? People SAVED during the pandemic! Who are these people?
Mostly high earners / high spenders who suddenly had nowhere to spend all their money.
Also some extremely low earners who got elevated unemployment for a while.
And PPP grifters.
We did. My wife and I both worked 6-7 days for over a year, only got one week off during the lockdown. Plus stimulus. We hadn't had $2k to our name in a decade and then we had $20k. Thought maybe we could finally afford to go to the dentist. Ended up with $50k in home repair bills though. Still haven't been to the dentist.
Go to the dentist. It's cheaper than not going. It's only twice a year.
Skip a luxury or two. Do some GrubHub or Uber for a few days if you need to. The dentist is more important than most doctor appointments, unless you have a chronic condition.
Dude when you haven't gone in 20 years that bill is like $15k. Each. No luxuries to skip, we both already work 60 hrs.
At least get a cleaning for a few hundred bucks, opt for x-rays, then discuss what your options are for restorative work. Finding abscesses and getting screened for oral cancer is important to your overall health.
A man can dream
If you're wealthy and all your money is in assets, investments, residential real estate, etc and not income then your wealth significantly increased while everyone else's decreased.
I paid off 20k in debt over the pandemic. Extreme frugality and budgeting with no change in income.
Getting my wife to stop buying stuff was a critical piece.
I learned a LOT about how to save money during the pandemic.
Staying at home is pretty cheap
There's a bubble.
lol. When I read "American", my brain made me see someone holding a gun into his wallet, because I could only see a small preview picture of the link...
Nothing is more American than money and murder machines.
We're holding them to our heads instead. In increasing numbers.
Also, you know what helps drive that? If you guessed easily-available guns, you would be correct!
Housing market collapse?
People spending all their savings is a consumer confidence indicator. Almost never a recession indicator
But if they’ve spent all their savings they might not have money for things like a mortgage going forward
Unemployment is still very low, there's likely not enough people in that kind of situation to have a significant impact on the housing market.
I thought for sure the housing market would implode after the moratorium for evictions during COVID expired.
I was wrong. Corporations just own too much real estate for something like that to make a dent.
Yeah it’s nuts. And nobody talking about laws to prevent stuff like this.
Yeah let the great deflation begin.
Absolutely not going to happen
weird - I havent been spending any more - or less - than usual.
That's impressive given how much the price of lots of things has gone up.
How did you become immune to inflation exactly?
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