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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:35:54 PM EDT
With hot inflation numbers to prove it, one hacked-off Gen Z American took to TikTok where he detailed a "struggle to survive" and pay for everyday items.
"Can somebody explain to me in crayon-eating terms why I make over three times the federal minimum wage and I cannot afford to live?" the user allegedly named Nic started to say. "And I do not want to hear the, 'Pull yourself up from your bootstraps, work 90 hours a week.' That's not the goal, guys," he continued ranting. "A one-bedroom apartment, $1,800. Two-bedroom apartment, $2,200. Who the f*** can afford that? It is embarrassing to come out and say that it is a struggle to survive right now. But I know so many people are struggling." The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. Meanwhile, consumer price index data released by the Labor Department on Wednesday showed inflation accelerated in March for the third straight month, keeping prices painfully high for millions of Americans and likely delaying any interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. Other parts of the report also pointed to stubborn price pressures within the economy. Core prices, which exclude the more volatile measurements of food and energy, climbed 0.4%, as they did in January and February, for an annual gain of 3.8%. Those figures are also higher than estimates. Housing and gasoline costs were the biggest drivers of inflation last month, accounting for more than half of the total monthly increase. In a more recent TikTok that was posted four days ago, Nic expanded on his initial viral video and said he previously voted in favor of the Republican Party.  why wood zoomas do this? 
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:36:42 PM EDT
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voting has consequences
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:36:55 PM EDT
[Last Edit: PeepEater]
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Hope you enjoyed the stimmy checks.
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:38:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bulump: voting has consequences Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bulump: voting has consequences Nic expanded on his initial viral video and said he previously voted in favor of the Republican Party. |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:40:04 PM EDT
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In the words of Charlie Munger
“I don’t care what you have to do," he said. "If it means walking everywhere and not eating anything that wasn’t purchased with a coupon, find a way to get your hands on $100,000." 
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:40:46 PM EDT
[Last Edit: BillofRights]
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And yet everyone spent those Stimmy checks and double unemployment bucks Gleefully.
People are completely unable to understand Cause and Effect when it’s more than 3 months apart. |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:41:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By odiedodi: Kinda hard for me to to believe that. But appearances can be deceiving. |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:41:33 PM EDT
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Three times the federal minimum wage? I see the problem
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:42:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Waldo: In the words of Charlie Munger ???? profit but hey, $20 is $20 |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:43:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bulump: voting has consequences Yup…I wonder who he voted for? |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:43:52 PM EDT
[Last Edit: jerrwhy01]
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Is this the part where GD will pounce on this guy for daring to complain, not pulling himself up by his bootstraps, or getting a better paying job? Is this also the part where GD will have a thread bitching, moaning, and pissing about inflation and how everything is so expensive but refuses to pull themselves up by their bootstraps or get a better paying job?
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:44:26 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:44:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jerrwhy01: Is this the part where GD will pounce on this guy for daring to complain, not pulling himself up by his bootstraps, or getting a better job? Is this also the part where GD will have a thread bitching, moaning, and pissing about inflation and how everything is so expensive but refuses to pull themselves up by their bootstraps or get a better job? Get both |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:45:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bulump: voting has consequences Dis. |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:45:18 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Burnsy]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Shiftyk5: Kinda hard for me to to believe that. But appearances can be deceiving. |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:45:38 PM EDT
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Government:
The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems. |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:45:40 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:45:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jerrwhy01: Is this the part where GD will pounce on this guy for daring to complain, not pulling himself up by his bootstraps, or getting a better job? Is this also the part where GD will have a thread bitching, moaning, and pissing about inflation and how everything is so expensive but refuses to pull themselves up by their bootstraps or get a better job? 
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:46:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bulump: voting has consequences |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:46:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bulump: voting has consequences And he will keep voting the same way. |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:46:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Yojimbo: Yup I wonder who he voted for?
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:46:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By odiedodi: Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By odiedodi: Originally Posted By bulump: voting has consequences Nic expanded on his initial viral video and said he previously voted in favor of the Republican Party. Whoever is sworn in as president next will surely fix this... |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:47:05 PM EDT
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just keep voting for more bailouts and see if your life gets any better.
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:47:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Yojimbo: Yup…I wonder who he voted for? Might want to read the article. |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:48:00 PM EDT
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Bought diapers, 1 gallon of milk, some bread and wipes yesterday
130 bucks 
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:49:05 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Papposilenus]
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This thread is already funny and sad
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:49:09 PM EDT
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Life generally is a struggle for most humans, it's really hard when you're a dipshit.
Does this tard also shop at trader joes and eat gourmet protein bars? |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:49:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By chase45: Bought diapers, 1 gallon of milk, some bread and wipes yesterday 130 bucks |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:49:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CaliContractor: Life generally is a struggle for most humans, it's really hard when you're a dipshit. Does this tard also shop at trader joes and eat gourmet protein bars? |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:50:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bulump: voting has consequences This. |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:50:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RIP-Yataski: Whoever is sworn in as president next will surely fix this... |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:50:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JLPettimoreIII: yes. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JLPettimoreIII: Originally Posted By jerrwhy01: Is this the part where GD will pounce on this guy for daring to complain, not pulling himself up by his bootstraps, or getting a better job? Is this also the part where GD will have a thread bitching, moaning, and pissing about inflation and how everything is so expensive but refuses to pull themselves up by their bootstraps or get a better job? And it will keep being that way until we either have a major revolt. Or more likely all the whiners find a warm, dark place to curl up and die. |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:50:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Papposilenus: This thread is already funny and sad Alonzo Harris : Put the drink down, man, the motherfuckers out of his mind. Roger : Hold on, Alonzo, hold on. Smiles and cries, smiles and cries, I hear ya. Jake Hoyt : Yeah. You gotta control your smiles and cries, because that's all you have and nobody can take that away from you. |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:50:39 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Burnsy]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jerrwhy01: Is this the part where GD will pounce on this guy for daring to complain, not pulling himself up by his bootstraps, or getting a better paying job? Is this also the part where GD will have a thread bitching, moaning, and pissing about inflation and how everything is so expensive but refuses to pull themselves up by their bootstraps or get a better paying job? |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:50:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JLPettimoreIII: it's gonna get worse before it gets worse. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JLPettimoreIII: Originally Posted By chase45: Bought diapers, 1 gallon of milk, some bread and wipes yesterday 130 bucks 
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:51:41 PM EDT
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1) Who did you vote for?
2) Because the government lies to you. |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:52:34 PM EDT
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And of course GD is doing the usual, "no one under the age of 90 ever votes conservative" shtick.
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:53:13 PM EDT
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This is a good thing. More Americans need to be "red pilled" that the government is in fact in the process of burying this country. While nobody likes a whiner, he has a point. If you're making $23/hr working 2080 hours a year (40x52), you're clearing probably right at $3k/month after the government, SS, medicare and state take their pieces, if that. If you're in an area where an apartment is $2k, which is almost anywhere, you gotta figure out how to live on $1k/month if you want to have any work/life balance, or you have to decide to work 60+ hours/week instead of 40.
The other message here is, you're gonna have to sacrifice to get out of that ~$20/hr hole and make yourself worth more, and you better pick carefully, because the degree mills out there are busy making bachelors degrees worthless. The only remaining question is, what do these kids take away from all of this. If it's "communism will save us all!" then screw 'em, they get what they get. If it's "crony capitalism and government corruption are killing us", then get on the train kid, let's go to pound town and fix the problem. |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:53:18 PM EDT
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Who is this guy? Is he a professional TikToker?
Maybe he's an underemployed engineer. Anyway, if a single bedroom pad is $1800/mo he's not making a living wage at $21/hr. Maybe he needs a roommate. |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:54:08 PM EDT
[Last Edit: deadmau5er]
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We as conservatives (mostly), need to accept an absolute fact of life.
If you keep fucking the average young adult from being able to own homes or live a modest life with basic necessities with some money to spare - you're going to ultimately end up with a massive push to marxism/socialism and shouldn't be surprised when retards like AOC end up in office. This is how every communist revolution starts. The exploitation of the middle class and robbing them of their opportunity to prosper. We need to fix this immediately. There's a reason why the criminal party keeps growing. They're masters of enslaving the middle and lower class. Capitalism is the best system we have but pseudo banana republics don't last. |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:54:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hesperus: And of course GD is doing the usual, "no one under the age of 90 ever votes conservative" shtick. |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:54:21 PM EDT
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In fairness 3 times the federal minimum wage is about 22 dollars an hour. While that is actually higher than the US median income good luck trying to live a decent life on that in most of the country.
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:54:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By odiedodi: Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By odiedodi: Originally Posted By bulump: voting has consequences Nic expanded on his initial viral video and said he previously voted in favor of the Republican Party. I seriously doubt that. Every fucking koolaid drinker pretending to be a moderate SAYS they “used to vote republican.” |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:54:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jerrwhy01: Is this the part where GD will pounce on this guy for daring to complain, not pulling himself up by his bootstraps, or getting a better paying job? Is this also the part where GD will have a thread bitching, moaning, and pissing about inflation and how everything is so expensive but refuses to pull themselves up by their bootstraps or get a better paying job? Back in my day all you needed was a firm handshake and to sell your business to the Chinese |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:55:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jerrwhy01: Is this the part where GD will pounce on this guy for daring to complain, not pulling himself up by his bootstraps, or getting a better paying job? Is this also the part where GD will have a thread bitching, moaning, and pissing about inflation and how everything is so expensive but refuses to pull themselves up by their bootstraps or get a better paying job? As my dad used to say, if you're only working 40 hours a week, you aren't really working. I bet he has time in his schedule to work a second job |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:55:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Yojimbo: Yup I wonder who he voted for? |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:56:17 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By JLPettimoreIII: With hot inflation numbers to prove it, one hacked-off Gen Z American took to TikTok where he detailed a "struggle to survive" and pay for everyday items. "Can somebody explain to me in crayon-eating terms why I make over three times the federal minimum wage and I cannot afford to live?" the user allegedly named Nic started to say. "And I do not want to hear the, 'Pull yourself up from your bootstraps, work 90 hours a week.' That's not the goal, guys," he continued ranting. "A one-bedroom apartment, $1,800. Two-bedroom apartment, $2,200. Who the f*** can afford that? It is embarrassing to come out and say that it is a struggle to survive right now. But I know so many people are struggling." The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. Meanwhile, consumer price index data released by the Labor Department on Wednesday showed inflation accelerated in March for the third straight month, keeping prices painfully high for millions of Americans and likely delaying any interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. Other parts of the report also pointed to stubborn price pressures within the economy. Core prices, which exclude the more volatile measurements of food and energy, climbed 0.4%, as they did in January and February, for an annual gain of 3.8%. Those figures are also higher than estimates. Housing and gasoline costs were the biggest drivers of inflation last month, accounting for more than half of the total monthly increase. In a more recent TikTok that was posted four days ago, Nic expanded on his initial viral video and said he previously voted in favor of the Republican Party. https://archive.is/bJdbb/bd072cf79b8bb3cbce60650404d92da76a4ef77a.webp why wood zoomas do this? The really short answer to his question:  President Ronald Reagan Quote "I'm from the Government and I'm here to help." The longer answer, because things don't really change, they just remix the song a bit:  Ronald Reagan's Remarks "The Myth of the Great Society" 1965-66 Or this:  "A Time for Choosing" by Ronald Reagan |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:56:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DragoMuseveni: Exactly, Boomers voted but it's their kids, grand kids, and great grand kids that will have to deal with the consequences. Are you blaming me for voting for all of those GOP candidates that always lost their races? |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:58:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Burnsy: Its amazing that GD can't read or can tell who someone voted for by a picture of them. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Burnsy: Originally Posted By Shiftyk5: Kinda hard for me to to believe that. But appearances can be deceiving. Let's just say that I don't believe he's a conservative. |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 1:59:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RIP-Yataski: Whoever is sworn in as president next will surely fix this... Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RIP-Yataski: Originally Posted By odiedodi: Originally Posted By bulump: voting has consequences Nic expanded on his initial viral video and said he previously voted in favor of the Republican Party. Whoever is sworn in as president next will surely fix this... Also this. Uniparty to the rescue! |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 2:00:34 PM EDT
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Nic, get off your ass and gain some real job skills. You could also use a course in personal finances. Why are you paying $1800 for a one-bedroom apartment when you could save $1000 and live in a palace with a pool?
https://www.apartments.com/little-rock-ar/1-bedrooms/cheap/ |
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