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

["max headroom" <maximusheadroom@xxxxxxx>]

In news:v266rh$1qq8c$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Bob F <bobnospam@xxxxxxxxx> typed:

> On 5/16/2024 4:06 PM, redds wrote:
>> On 16 May 2024, "max headroom" <maximusheadroom@xxxxxxx> posted some
>> news:v25qnb$1oj9t$2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>>> 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-going-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.

> And what has the GOP and tRump ever done for them?

Well, let's see. Inflation was at 1.9% when Biden took over. Unemployment among
Blacks and Hispanics was at historic lows. There were HELP WANTED signs
everywhere you looked. Savings accounts were flush. At the end of 2019, Trump
was cruising to re-election.