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[Grant @themightymayer3]

@MKopack @mikenelson586 Correct. Absent the ramifications the protest doesn’t carry the same weight. Saying “I’m willing to throw it all away due to my principles” is the protest. Otherwise you’re just shouting your opinions.

[Grant @themightymayer3]

@mikenelson586 Counterpoint, the presence of the uniform and the nature of its illegality under UCMJ further demonstrates this man’s conviction and amplifies the very notion of the protest itself.

There’s a long history of this type of demonstration within the ranks

[Grant @themightymayer3]

@synthetican1mal Simone do you think people who live in trailers are incapable of being Catholic? Honestly confused at this post

[Grant @themightymayer3]

@shagbark_hick Really hope the land purchase works in your favor. Are you planning to build?

[Grant @themightymayer3]

@shagbark_hick Going through this too, it’s easy to become fixated on the mundane duties of fatherhood. Need to remind myself that spontaneity is my decision

[Grant @themightymayer3]

@baruch_marzel Totally agree, you wouldn’t mind if we stopped sending all the money then. Right?

[Grant @themightymayer3]

@Ryan_Weller @CamNicometo @RandyEischer @literaryeric @ljmontello I mean, it’s just embarrassing at this point 😂

[Grant @themightymayer3]

@CamNicometo @Ryan_Weller @RandyEischer @literaryeric @ljmontello Cam you’ve demonstrated zero capacity to grasp elementary concepts related to statistics, what else are we to assume

[Grant @themightymayer3]

@DreadSpiller @shagbark_hick @Margare34105613 Same

[Grant @themightymayer3]

@blkpwrbottom3 It’s from the census bureau. You also have the internet so you could also just fact check it yourself.

[Grant @themightymayer3]

@blkpwrbottom3 In fact the mode on a histogram model would show the largest number of earners are in the 30-40k per year mark so likely much more accurate than the average. I just used the average to elucidate my point without getting into the weeds

[Grant @themightymayer3]

@blkpwrbottom3 Yeah I mean that’s the number they’ll tell you. I agree, it’s skewed upwards by high earners but technically that’s what you get when you say the word “average”. Perhaps what would be more accurate (and likely what you’re after) is median or a histogram model

[Grant @themightymayer3]

@literaryeric @CamNicometo @ljmontello The chart also shows an increase of approximately 20% per hour since 1965. The dollar has lost more than 85% of its value in that same time frame. If I’m wrong show me, I’m just a guy with a thinking brain and access to the internet. I’m open to being wrong but I don’t think I am

[Grant @themightymayer3]

@Ryan_Weller @RandyEischer @literaryeric @CamNicometo @ljmontello Clearly😅

[Grant @themightymayer3]

@literaryeric @CamNicometo @ljmontello I’m sure you also know CPI won’t include the massive increase in asset valuation either which obviously plays a factor for those in middle and lower class

[Grant @themightymayer3]

@literaryeric @CamNicometo @ljmontello Middle class pal. Your chart there includes high wage earners which skews the data

[Grant @themightymayer3]

@RandyEischer @literaryeric @CamNicometo @ljmontello Randy, you’re misunderstanding. I’m not saying inflation was 0% before 71. I’m saying that the rate of wage growth has been outpaced by the rate of inflation since then. Over 50-60 years of that and you get what we have today, a dollar that has less purchasing power.

[Grant @themightymayer3]

@literaryeric @CamNicometo @ljmontello It really boils down to inflation outpacing wage growth since 71. That’s really the root of this issue, coming of gold was such a tragic mistake

[Grant @themightymayer3]

@literaryeric @CamNicometo @ljmontello Fair enough. That being said the overall purchasing power of the dollar has collapsed markedly since then. Meaning you would need about $10.50 today to get what $1 would buy you in 1965. The home buyer is squeezed by other factors besides just the home

[Grant @themightymayer3]

@JulianKlymochko Sure. But you’re forgetting the equity into an appreciating asset.