@Spacedogonmoon@LeadingReport Alot of millenials live in high cost of living areas. Just myself i know 6-7 that have either moved home in the last year or the last 2-3 years because of housing unaffordability.
@unusual_whales Well take Rhode Island. Median home cost is $512,000. Median income for the average person is around $51,000 a year. Show me how you could be able to afford a home that expensive and still live a meaningful life?
Statement from REGIMENT’s CEO (@Entxurage) on the “Take Care of America’s Veterans Act.”
REGIMENT supports the intent behind the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act, but we can’t support the bill for several reasons.
This bill pays for those wins by cutting future disability compensation for tinnitus and sleep apnea, conditions tied directly to combat, and years spent in various environments during Military service.
That’s not reform… It’s not fair and it doesn’t make sense. We stand with @DAVHQ & @VFWHQ on this. Benefits that we EARNED as Veterans are not a budget line item to be traded away!
We’re calling on Congress to strip the PAYGO offset from this bill and fund the Major Richard Star Act the right way, without cutting the earned benefits of the Veterans who come after us. Pass the good stuff. Fix the bad stuff. But DO NOT ask disabled Veterans to pay for it.
You are not alone. REGIMENT has your six, and we will continue to advocate for the tens of thousands of Veterans that call REGIMENT home.
Christopher “Entxurage” Earl
Regiment Foundation Inc.
Chief Executive Officer
Seeing how disconnected people are from the financial situation for most Americans is astonishing. So many well off people saying its just a discpline and saving issue, while just ignoring the fact that like 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck and like 10% live in poverty.
@Riviera_1017@LeadingReport I mean, a little more than 10% of Americans are below the poverty line and the gap between upper class and lower class grows bigger every day. So that 10% will only grow as time goes on.
@Pdelaski@LeadingReport A quick google search tells you that around 60% of Americans are force to live paycheck to paycheck and 10% of Americans are below the poverty line. Thats not an education issue. Thats a systemic issue. At some point you need to start looking at the people in charge.
@MAGAMAHACindy@LeadingReport Tell me youre out of touch with reality without outright saying it. $100 in groceries used to get me a full cart. Now it gets me 4 bags if im lucky.