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It would be better to rent a cheap house and put the rest in the CD. Home appreciation was not substantial enough to compensate for a guaranteed annual return of 12%. The composite S&P index over the course of history is right around 8% (Obviously lower now with this virus)

There is a direct correlation. CD rates are less then 1% right now. You could save so much money in the 80s in comparison to now with a FIXED return of 12%, that is INSANE!

I wouldn't trade my childhood for the ones the kids have now. I went outside and played tag, hide and seek, built forts, board games, biked, skateboard, football, hockey, etc... My childhood was extremely special to me. Now kids just play fortnite all day. Sometimes less is more. As an avid hiker, I'd prefer to travel the world and hike mountains for free then have a Lambo.

They are opening up a drive thru testing facility in cheektowaga this week! https://www.wkbw.com/news/coronavirus/drive-thru-covid-19-testing-site-setup-in-cheektowaga

I'm really blown away at the stock market right now. Record unemployment/Furloughs, massive debt on corporate balance sheets, 25 trillion national debt, oil wars, and basically an entire economy that has shut down for 3-4 weeks already with no signs of reopening anytime soon. Why are the markets rising?

New York new cases from 6,240 yesterday to 6,553 today. Deaths also up from 671 to 778. Looks like were still going up to me.

That would make a lot of sense.

This country has a real hard time changing deeply embedded ideologies and customs. Revolutions and innovation take away control of the powerful. What leader wants that?

I read yesterday that the soonest timeframe for a vaccine is Winter/Spring 2021. With no herd immunity what other alternative do we have? Keep the country closed for a year? It would be martial law by this autumn.

Statisticians need to do a cost/benefit analysis. The cost of letting the country stayed closed for a few more months is just too severe. There is always a point where the pros outweigh the cons. I think we are nearing that point.

That's incorrect. So the rich having the money doesn't increase inflation, but if you spread it out it increases inflation. So basically it's impossible to get the middle class back to what it was in past times?

Thank you for proving my point wolf. Luke must be living in a nice little cushy bubble. Us lowly folk are struggling.

lol... I've seen a regional manager come in and clean house for no reason and I was a victim of that cleaning. I've also seen an employee fired for swearing a few times. I guess every individual situation is different and many times there is collateral damage.

Workers rights have also plummeted throughout the last few decades. Unions dominated the marketplace where workers had some negotiation ability and someone standing up for their working rights. Now you can be fired for anything, and trust me I've seen people fired with no warnings for the most trivial things I've ever seen. You know in most countries in Europe you cannot fire someone without probable cause? We have A LOT of catching up to do. People on here make fun of Germany yet they destroyed us in this COVID outbreak. https://www.businessinsider.com/what-getting-fired-looks-like-in-different-countries-2019-7#in-the-uk-employers-can-only-fire-workers-if-there-is-a-good-reason-to-do-so-and-they-tend-to-fire-older-employees-first-1

The stats don't lie. The income disparity in this country is growing by the year. Trickle down economics is a fallacy. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/08/07/for-most-us-workers-real-wages-have-barely-budged-for-decades/ https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/2019/11/26/u-s-household-incomes-a-50-year-perspective The 1% exponential growth https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-expansion-contrasts/rich-get-richer-everyone-else-not-so-much-in-record-u-s-expansion-idUSKCN1TX0HE

You missed it earlier. It was one of the best press conferences ever. If you are that concerned about your media image where you have to sabotage a covid presser to show people via video all the praises from various politicians, something is wrong there. However, I actually agree with him on most of his decisions. You don't shut down the country with zero cases and zero deaths. You don't know how it's going to play out. This reporter is asking why didn't you act sooner to lower the number of American deaths and then follows it by 10s of millions are unemployed...What kind of question is that?

Anyone watching this? He just showed Fauci on Jan 27th on video. The smirk on his face, I feel like I'm watching a reality TV show.

I have a direct job in the facilitation of the PPP loans. It's a complete and utter disaster.

Trump just called him Sleepy Joe Biden. LOL I cannot wait for these debates. Trump is going to have a field day with him.

Dr. Fauci just did clean up about his statements yesterday.

Up to 60 MPH in Hamburg 65 at Fredonia RIP my fence https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&product=PNS&issuedby=BUF

The rich want us to go back to work quick to make them the big bucks! @Luke_Mages What do you think about this article? Trickle down economics just doesn't do it for me. https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/ Proof of my point earlier today, "Back in the 60s-90s people that worked at Ford, GM, big airlines, etc... had pensions, great benefits, great retirement. Workers rights are slowly being taken away for corporate profits and executive compensation."

I am a registered independent as well. The 2 party system is inherently flawed but it's all we've got. We need to get rid of the 2 party system, super pacs, and the electoral college. Only then will you have a true democracy in which every vote is 100% equal across the entire country.

Did he say May 1st?