Re: Here's who's buying panic rooms and bullet-proof doors amid crime fears in NYC - and it's not who you'd think

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On 16 May 2024, "max headroom" <maximusheadroom@xxxxxxx> posted some
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> In news:v23s4a$1b7a6$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Bob F <bobnospam@xxxxxxxxx>
> typed:
>
>> On 5/15/2024 7:50 AM, Scout wrote:
>>> "Richard" <remailer@domain.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:20240515.070054.aaa3b050@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...
>>>> In <v209qn$aj4h$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Frank wrote:
>>>>> On 5/14/2024 2:12 PM, ðŸËoŽ Mighty Wannabe âÅ" wrote:
>>>>>> Frank wrote on 5/14/2024 12:11 PM:
>>>>>>> On 5/14/2024 9:18 AM, ðŸËoŽ Mighty Wannabe âÅ" wrote:
>>>>>>>> Scout wrote on 5/14/2024 7:28 AM:
>>>>>>>>> "ðŸËoŽ Mighty Wannabe âÅ"" <@.> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:iNp0O.3481$ifn.1768@fx05.ams1...
>>>>>>>>>> Frank wrote on 5/13/2024 10:28 AM:
>
>>>>>>>>>>> Then your favorite DA will reduce felonies to misdemeanors
>>>>>>>>>>> except in the case of Trump where a small misdemeanor is
>>>>>>>>>>> tried as a felony.
>
>>>>>>>>>> In most countries in the world, inciting an insurrection to
>>>>>>>>>> usurp power is a high crime punishable by hanging.
>
>>>>>>>>> Well in most countries in the world you would actually need to
>>>>>>>>> engage in an insurrection to be charged much less convicted of
>>>>>>>>> it.
>
>>>>>>>> The fat weasel is too cunning to personally engage in an
>>>>>>>> insurrection riot. I was watching all the news channels on
>>>>>>>> internet on and around Jan 6. I have watched his speech on
>>>>>>>> GAB.com and at the White House. I am sure the fat weasel would
>>>>>>>> be guilty of summoning and inciting the insurrection mob to
>>>>>>>> riot at the Capitol to usurp power by force, by any
>>>>>>>> international standard.
>
>>>>>>> TDS has no borders.Ã, Tell us what you like about your
>>>>>>> leader.Ã, I bet you love him.
>
>>>>>>> BTW Trump looks leaner these days.
>
>>>>>> Our leader has become a spineless weasel blindly following Uncle
>>>>>> Sam's marching orders. His father should be rolling in his grave.
>>>>>> I might stop voting Liberal in future elections.
>
>>>>> So now you know that we have the same type leader in Biden. Most
>>>>> know it but many are blinded by TDS.
>
>>>> Biden is not a leader though. He's a stooge being pushed along by
>>>> Obama retreads.
>
>>> Let's put it this way... in all of Joe's political history about the
>>> only thing he can point to as his achievements was getting elected
>>> to office.
>
>>> He has been, is and will be nothing but an empty suit that follows
>>> the mandates of the DNC.. not the American people.
>
>> Other than overseeing the survival of thousands from covid, restoring
>> USA economic growth after tRump crashed the economy, raising income
>> for hundreds of thousands of American workers, rebuilding /America's
>> infrastructure, setting the lowest unemployment rates in 50 years,
>> actively bring manufacturing back, .........
>
> The Spin: Americans Are Getting Poorer While Prices Keep Going Up
>
> Americans' real weekly earnings dropped sharply in April and still
> remain well below their level when President Joe Biden first took
> office, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
>
> Real average weekly earnings fell to $1,191.93 in April, declining by
> 0.4% in the month and 4.8% compared to the start of Biden's term in
> January 2021, according to data calculated by the Daily Caller News
> Foundation from the BLS. Prices have risen over 19% since Biden first
> took office and 3.4% in the last year, degrading the value of
> Americans' wages.
>
> The decline in earnings is also due in part to a decrease in the
> average number of weekly hours worked, which fell from 34.9 in January
> 2021 to 34.2 in April, according to the BLS.
>
> Real wages have been degraded due to persistently high inflation under
> Biden, which was measured in April at 3.4% year-over-year after
> peaking at 9% in June 2022.
>
> The average number of hours worked per week has declined because
> employers are resorting to cutting hours and shifting to part-time
> jobs to offset the increase in costs and slack in business conditions.
> Gross domestic product measured just 1.6% in the first quarter of
> 2024, representing a major slowdown in the growth of the U.S. economy.
>
>   Average hourly earnings rose again in Apr but fell in real terms as
>   inflation outpaced wage growth; here you can see how wages have
>   rocketed higher since Jan '21, but fallen significantly after
>   adjusting for inflation - you got a raise, but it buys you less:
>   pic.twitter.com/XtyTxvsFhm
>
>   - E.J. Antoni, Ph.D. (@RealEJAntoni) May 15, 2024
>
> Biden has repeatedly claimed that he has brought inflation down,
> falsely telling CNN and Yahoo Finance that the inflation rate was 9%
> when he took office when it was really around 1.4%. Immediately
> following that claim, Biden falsely asserted that "the pay for the
> jobs are outpacing the inflation rate that they're
>  paying."
>
> The president also touted on Wednesday that "inflation has fallen more
> than 60%" from its peak. While the inflation rate has decelerated
> around 62% from its peak, inflation has not fallen, and the rate
> continues to fail to come close to the Federal Reserve's target range
> of 2%.
>
> The number of people employed in part-time positions because of poor
> business conditions or they could only find part-time work increased
> by 161,000 in April compared to the previous month, according to the
> BLS. Around 1 million more people held part-time jobs in April
> compared to the previous year, while the number of people employed in
> full-time jobs declined by 557,000 in that same time frame.
>
> In accordance with rising costs and shrinking wages, the cumulative
> amount that Americans are holding in savings has declined in recent
> months, totaling just $671 billion in March, compared to over $1
> trillion the year before. Credit card delinquencies greater than 90
> days have also risen substantially in the past several quarters as
> Americans look for ways to finance through the increase in costs and
> the loss of income.
>
> Persistent inflation and low growth have worried some economists that
> the economy is entering a period of stagflation, which wreaked havoc
> on the wages and purchasing power of consumers in the 1970's and
> 1980's.
>
> Biden has also repeatedly claimed that inflation is being fueled by
> "corporate greed" through companies marking up prices to squeeze
> consumers. The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco disproved this
> claim by pointing out that corporate markups tracked closely with
> other economic recoveries following the COVID-19 pandemic.
>
> Persistent inflation poses a major issue for Biden's 2024 presidential
> reelection campaign, with 80% of voters surveyed by the Financial
> Times and the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business saying
> inflation was one of their top three financial stressors. Around 49%
> of those surveyed believed that Biden's policies have hurt the
> economy.
>
> The White House did not immediately respond to a request to comment
> from the DCNF.
>
> https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/15/americans-getting-poorer-prices-goin
> g-up/

"49% of Americans Can?t Afford a $1,000 Emergency, With Many Relying on
Credit Cards for Unexpected Expenses"

"The absence of an emergency fund is sending people into debt. Among
those who?ve had a $1,000-plus financial emergency in the past six
months, the costly culprits were car repairs (43%), home repairs (30%)
and medical bills (30%). Within this same group, 55% were forced into
debt to cover the expenses, with 84% having to scrounge for $1,000 or
more. In addition, over a quarter (27%) of Americans are still in debt
because of a past financial emergency."

"Those with savings are no stranger to tapping into them. 59% report
using their savings to cover everyday expenses, with parents of children
younger than 18 (71%) and millennials (65%) among those leading the way.
When asked how much money they?d need to save for a financial emergency
to avoid additional stress, 40% would feel comfortable having a modest
amount ? below $2,500 ? set aside. 21% say they?d need at least $10,000
saved to feel secure."

They are getting exactly what they voted for.  A senile old man whose
first inclination is to lie, second to steal, third to unabashedly take
credit for the first two.  The black prostitute ride-along is a bonus
for the Obama crowd.