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MalabarJag · 01-24-2018, 12:02 PM

(01-24-2018, 11:22 AM)HURRICANE!!! Wrote:
(01-24-2018, 10:39 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: The only people with your perceived net worth who liked Obama live in California and act in movies.

Yep, because nobody in the best educated cities in the US (Boston, NY, DC, Philly, Baltimore, Pittsburgh) like Obama. Oh wait, those people probably didn't accumulate a high net worth during the Obama era so let's disregard them. It's just me and Tom Cruise that took advantage of a booming housing and stock market from 2010-2016.

Took advantage of the low prices after the stock market and housing collapse, a collapse fueled by a Dem controlled House and Senate. So yeah, give Obama credit for being the president during the time things got slowly back to normal after losing 50% of their value. That's the ticket.

If your 401K and real estate grew by $750K, it must have started out high to begin with. How much did the real estate you owned in 2006 gain since 2006? The house I live in was worth 60% more in 2006 than it is now (I did well to buy it at the market bottom in 2011, and it doubled in value since then).

In any case we're talking about salary and benefits in this thread. Salaries were stagnant for the full eight Obama years (for those who were lucky enough to have jobs), and nobody got bonuses other than Obama's cronies during those eight years.

(01-24-2018, 07:37 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:
(01-23-2018, 06:27 PM)HURRICANE!!! Wrote: We just increased the federal deficit by $1.7 trillion dollars but who cares, I got $1,000 baby .....

Actually, I didn't get a bonus, so in effect, these bonuses are coming out of my pocket. And that's true of anyone who hasn't gotten a bonus. The government borrowed money in your name to finance a tax cut, part of which goes directly into other people's pockets in the form of bonuses.

But most people are just too dumb to see this.

You probably got a tax cut as part of this bill, and the ultimate salary benefits will be down the road as competition for workers heats up. To look at less money taken by force from other people as "coming out of my pocket" is despicable.

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