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WCGreen

(45,558 posts)
28. Same here...
Tue Feb 14, 2012, 12:36 PM
Feb 2012

But I think I am right because I am downsizing as fast as I can...

I have a three year old phone but i do have two laptops and two desk tops.

I use one, this one, for posting and writing and my music and the other one is where I do all my work.

Funny, I paid less for both of these computers put together than the desk top I bought in 2001.

Well life is bringing it all to a halt now lunatica Feb 2012 #1
I got to have it now... Historic NY Feb 2012 #2
Sorry--- trumad Feb 2012 #3
+1. nt SammyWinstonJack Feb 2012 #17
A lot of it had to do with falling wages, forced low interest rates, and the financialization mmonk Feb 2012 #4
A different description zipplewrath Feb 2012 #5
Good addition to what I was thinking... WCGreen Feb 2012 #6
Agreed. Myrina Feb 2012 #7
I, quite often, find myself shaking my head though maybe I am old school. Bonhomme Richard Feb 2012 #8
I agree (and a personal whine) laundry_queen Feb 2012 #26
Thanks for sharing. We didn't do anything for us while the kids were still at home. Bonhomme Richard Feb 2012 #30
It's a mystery to me. pamela Feb 2012 #9
I think that extends to corporations making decisions, too. MineralMan Feb 2012 #10
That is directly attributable to the decision makers taking stock options instead of WCGreen Feb 2012 #11
Those factors are certainly part of it, for sure. MineralMan Feb 2012 #12
Thanks for sharing Newest Reality Feb 2012 #13
The US workers' standard of living has been HALVED in 40 years. Romulox Feb 2012 #14
I solved my need for instant gratification by learning to garden and grow my own veggies... Javaman Feb 2012 #15
This is, at least in part, due to the force feeding of corporate propaganda to the population 24/7, MadHound Feb 2012 #16
Agreed 100% laundry_queen Feb 2012 #27
The problem in this country is capitalism TBF Feb 2012 #18
great post! and one Bluerthanblue Feb 2012 #19
Hmm. Doesn't seem true. Trillo Feb 2012 #20
Excuse me, but that isn't "labor", MadHound Feb 2012 #21
Some people falsely believe that work isn't work, partcularly when the state compulses the work. Trillo Feb 2012 #23
Getting an education does require work on your part, MadHound Feb 2012 #24
We agree that school is work. Trillo Feb 2012 #31
I disagree. grantcart Feb 2012 #22
I sat in the airport waiting to pick up my husband from his flight last fall, and TwilightGardener Feb 2012 #25
Same here... WCGreen Feb 2012 #28
I think were so far out we may never make it back raouldukelives Feb 2012 #29
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