cma

Florida native...FSU Alum and Buccaneers Fan

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

This article was written by a 26 yr old college student by the name of Alyssa Ahlgren, who's in grad school for her MBA. What a GREAT perspecitve..👍🏽

My Generation Is Blind to the Prosperity Around Us!
I'm sitting in a small coffee shop near Nokomis (Florida) trying to think of what to write about. I scroll through my newsfeed on my phone looking at the latest headlines of presidential candidates calling for policies to "fix" the so-called injustices of capitalism. I put my phone down and continue to look around.

I see people talking freely, working on their MacBook's, ordering food they get in an instant, seeing cars go by outside, and it dawned on me. We live in the most privileged time in the most prosperous nation and we've become completely blind to it.

Vehicles, food, technology, freedom to associate with whom we choose.These things are so ingrained in our American way of life we don't give them a second thought.

We are so well off here in the United States that our poverty line begins 31 times above the global average. Thirty One Times!!!

Virtually no one in the United States is considered poor by global standards. Yet, in a time where we can order a product off Amazon with one click and have it at our doorstep the next day, we are unappreciative, unsatisfied, and ungrateful. ??

Our unappreciation is evident as the popularity of socialist policies among my generation continues to grow. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently said to Newsweek talking about the millennial generation, "An entire generation, which is now becoming one of the largest electorates in America, came of age and never saw American prosperity."

Never saw American prosperity! Let that sink in.

When I first read that statement, I thought to myself, that was quite literally the most entitled and factually illiterate thing I've ever heard in my 26 years on this earth. Many young people agree with her, which is entirely misguided.

My generation is being indoctrinated by a mainstream narrative to actually believe we have never seen prosperity. I know this first hand, I went to college, let's just say I didn't have the popular opinion, but I digress.

Why then, with all of the overwhelming evidence around us, evidence that I can even see sitting at a coffee shop, do we not view this as prosperity? We have people who are dying to get into our country.

People around the world destitute and truly impoverished. Yet, we have a young generation convinced they've never seen prosperity, and as a result, we elect some politicians who are dead set on taking steps towards abolishing capitalism.

Why? The answer is this,?? my generation has only seen prosperity. We have no contrast. We didn't live in the great depression, or live through two world wars, the Korean War, The Vietnam War or we didn't see the rise and fall of socialism and communism.

We don't know what it's like to live without the internet, without cars, without smartphones. We don't have a lack of prosperity problem. We have an entitlement problem, an ungratefulness problem, and it's spreading like a plague."

[cma @cmanoles]

@ThisDayFSU @ESSmithPA @FSUFootball @BobPerrone1 @GarnetandGreatA @Pdub80 @r81dugans @ChrisWeinke16 @LO_Seminoles @fifthquarterfsu @SeminoleMoments @SugarBowlNola That was my senior year at FSU and I was lucky enough to be there with my best friend and my parents. Crazy to think that we only lost 4 times while I was in college!

[FSU Soccer @FSUSoccer]

Yup.

[cma @cmanoles]

GO NOLES!

[FSU Soccer @FSUSoccer]

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!

🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

Florida State wins its 5th NCAA title with a 1-0 win over #1 Stanford!!!!

[cma @cmanoles]

@fifthquarterfsu Amazing news!

[Ira Schoffel @IraSchoffel]

FSU fans ... check out this great update on Ethan Pritchard! ⬇️

[Florida Office of Insurance Regulation @FLOIR_comm]

This is false. Perhaps the State of Illinois should first focus on the basic fact that State Farm Florida is its own company and no subsidization from the company in question is taking place.

We agree that Florida is a more desirable location to live in and many Illinoisans are relocating here, which has been further demonstrated through several carriers, including State Farm, filing rate reductions here in Florida.

Florida is happy to give Illinois some pointers on how to build an affordable and sustainable insurance market.

For Illinoisans looking to relocate to Florida, 14 additional insurance companies have entered our market since 2023 and our state’s building code is one of the nation’s best. 🐊🍊

[James Tibbs @JamesTibbsIII]

If you don’t like how loud a stadium is then be good enough to host your own regional 🤷‍♂️

[Emily Duda Buckley @EmilyDuda7]

I’m a conservative business owner and single mother of two beautiful children. I was raised by a family of farmers who instilled in me the values of hard work and sacrifice, and now I’m ready to take my experience to the Florida House.

[James Madison Institute @JmsMadisonInst]

Florida's litigation reforms are working.

This year, 10 insurers kept premiums stable while 8 even lowered rates.

Undoing these reforms would take us in the opposite direction.

https://t.co/gxVvQmjsD7

@Paul_Renner

[Steve Stone @SteveStone4Real]

Soothing sounds are what we need 🎻

I am amazed at the resiliency of our @FloridaState students. This community is second to none 🫶🏼

#FSUStrong

[cma @cmanoles]

@Rick714Canes I am so sorry for your loss.

[cma @cmanoles]

@AndreaGainey Amen, sister!

[cma @cmanoles]

@TJ_Pittinger Small world, TJ..Max works at my firm as does his dad…

[Florida Politics @Fla_Pol]

.@EmilyDuda7 becomes third Republican in HD 38 race to replace David Smith

Reporting by @JanelleIrwinFL

https://t.co/TNPqoGbeO3

#FlaPol

[Rick Scott @SenRickScott]

Every day, I hear from Americans who are sick and tired of changing their clocks back and forth.

It’s time to pass my Sunshine Protection Act and lock the clock!

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

We spring forward by an hour early tomorrow morning. Would you rather be on the time tomorrow permanently or this time presently without changing?

[cma @cmanoles]

@BeerlyFootball This is a joke, right? This can’t be a real question. 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[cma @cmanoles]

@Georgehn1 @charliekirk11 Yes he’s in a very red district.

[Dani the Georgia Girl @NewYearsDani]

@Jaboowins @NFLonFOX we're begging you, please go get some crab legs. 😂🥰