@EmJHarris2 @realTonyEsq @philbak1 [Yes the Cold War was scary but at least your government tried to avoid nuclear war. Please do not bring up school drills to the active shooter generation when our government values guns more than children.]
@EmJHarris2 @realTonyEsq @philbak1 $3.62 in December 1979 had the purchasing power of $15.02 today. Or, roughly double the current minimum wage. https://t.co/0sMJhN7LPB
Looks like your effective tax rate was about 11%. Someone making minimum wage today (so, half of what you made) is taxed at 12%.
@EmJHarris2 @realTonyEsq @philbak1 And just, since we're all here already...
Your $68k 1984 house is equivalent to today's $206k house. Which is...less than half the price of today's median home price. https://t.co/7TgdOsptGT
Not that your life was easy, but current economic conditions ARE more difficult, yes.
@Pack_Bothers@NPRinskeep Babe I live in a basement apartment and still pay $450/month for health insurance plus 10% of my salary into Boomer feds' pensions and social security I'll never get back
4.4 million US citizen children under 18 live with at least 1 unauthorized parent, according to Congressional Research Service. https://t.co/LAOtEBY3mw
This is a plan for the military round-up & deportation of several million US citizens. 6% of all *US citizen* children.
Fascinating that there is no signage at the D2/D6 @wmata stop at 21st & P NW indicating that buses are not stopping there. Nor is there any indication on the NextBus tracker. So a G2 driver had to pull over and tell us "it's around the corner" after waiting 35 min for no bus
@LindseyGrahamSC If only we had some kind of...i don't even know, control? I guess? Over gun ownership? Idk just spitballing, I dont have a PhD in this or anything