Yeah... my father inlaw used to be a tradesman. Carpentry, welding, metal fab, and some other work. Had a family, wanted to travel less, so he went back to school. He’s an ER nurse now. Doesn’t give a crap about what people think.

I used to work in a library as the only male employee.

I would argue that the investment class ruined public corporations, but the end result is the same.

You are absolutely 100% correct, and I completely agree with you. It is something the United States needs to consider about the future of its population growth. The source of the economy isn’t the only thing we need to consider for the future. I understand that people don’t want to live in big cities, and that’s a…

That and people aren’t interested in moving. They want the jobs to come to them. I work in manufacturing and there is a shortage of welders in my area right now. The labor rates that outside contractors are charging have skyrocketed in the last year because they are offering top dollar to keep and attract new talent.

I would disagree. I’d say a lot of Americans are willing to work in the skilled trades.

I’m with you, but I think many people severely underestimate the difficulty of “just go start a [X] business.” Even if you have an incredibly successful small business such that you can pay yourself a salary of $90k (and this is very, very unusual), you have no/expensive health coverage, no retirement, no time off,…

You know how fucking hard it is to find a good plumber? Hell, I still haven’t found an electrician that I would feel comfortable recommending to people.

I so want to delve into my rant about the monetization of the stock market by influential mega-investors and the “responsibility to the shareholders [to make profit at all costs]” followed by the race to the bottom of cost and quality and the need to engineer obsolescence to perpetuate the myth of the Capitalist…

Question: would Americans be willing to work like Mexicans? Would Americans want the kind of work Mexicans do? Would Americans want the kind of work sweatshops do?

I had a little wimpy hybrid a few years ago, and snow tires made such a huge difference on that. I have AWD now, and the ability to actually turn off traction control. It’s been enough so far, but for people who get stuck, I definitely recommend snow tires.

Bashing implies it was unwarranted and inaccurate. Was it?

Yeah, that’s one area Honda dropped the ball when they changed the body style for 2012. I have a 2011 CR-V and the sight lines are great, especially out of the back when compared to the new ones and similar vehicles.

I know what you mean. My wife, who is looking to replace her old CR-V, went to test drive the Nissan Rogue. When the sales guy asked me if I wanted to test drive, I politely said “no” and both him and my wife looked surprised. But in my head I was thinking “I just don’t f***ing care”. Now that there’s a new CR-V…

We test drove that one as well before settling for a Sorento. Subaru is sticking to their tried and true equation. All wheel drive all the time, plenty of windows to see out of and reliability. Most of the people that buy Subaru’s don’t care about the interior feel, or the drive (STI excluded). They want utility and…

When it comes to outward visibility, the Forester clobbers everything else in the segment. It makes the thing look like an upright box of glass compared to the rest of the small SUV’s out there, but it’s tremendous for the driving experience. Add the panoramic moonroof and you feel like you’re driving a fishbowl with…

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+5 bees for a quarter.

Money fell out of the sky from his daddy’s inheritance. Forbes once calculated that if Trump had invested his inheritance in index funds in the stock market in the ‘80s and sat on his hands he would be worth approximately $20 billion today in wealth.

All of these emails really reinforce my belief that there were three types of Trump voters. 1) The “fuck you” vote, which encompasses the anti-PC sentiments, the “blow up the system” sentiments, and the “he’s not a politician” sentiments. Basically, people who felt, for various reasons, that the system either wasn’t…