Rich Corp exec's are friends with rich insurance exec's. Gotta stick together.

Nobody says they should make no profits. Just that more of those profits should be distributed to the little guys instead of the Lion’s share staying in the C-suite

GM is meeting the existing terms. The UAW wants better ones in the next contract. They're the ones in breach by striking with the existing contract not yet expired.

They still had insurance, being paid for by the Union fund. They also can’t be denied treatment at an ER if all else fails. There weren’t going to be rampant deaths from this.

Yes, those are ideal ways to manage money. But the reality is that wage growth had been incremental compared to expenses over the last half century and a lot of people can’t save that way.

Well he was at least smart enough to know that if he told people he would help, rather than telling them they would get more of the same thing that hadn’t been working (or worse, not talking to them at all) then he might get them to bite.

Even living well within your means going from 4k a month to 1k is going to sink you. 

Sure they are, but the alternative to them was another 4 years of being in the same bad situation. The Dems didn't do anything to reach out to them, and they took a chance on an Orange dude because at least it was a chance to improve things.

Doesn't work when you already have the car note and a mortgage based on your usual income. Sure you can change some things, but the biggest bills will likely stay the same for a lot of people. 

Not to the folks desperate for help.

The mileage isn’t really a gotcha, it’s a clear point in the contract. There’s really nothing tricky about them.

2nd year: as a guy who sold cars back in the day, even I wonder why a salesman deserves a commission off me. I already go in knowing what I want, and lately with my own financing. All he doing is going on a test drive with me and asking the sales manager if the price I give is acceptable.

The Porsche is something he could buy and sell later without losing much, instead of having to lease to avoid a big depreciation hit when he gets bored in 3 years 

That would increase their power in the Senate by 4 seats!

The top 5% is all the GOP is interested in improving life for.

If you needed to sit together then you should have chosen an airline where you could guarantee that. 

Someone getting hit because of walking into the street isn’t the same as someone getting hit walking on a sidewalk or sitting outside a cafe because of a car hopping a curb into them.

The specific topic was selling weapons. You removed that from the question and asked something irrelevant.

And those athletes in the big programs bring in a lot of money directly and indirectly that benefits average Joe students. You're getting a return on that extra g.

University is for people to grow as a whole, and for athletes, sports is integral to that.