Car tech is crap. The least they could do was improve connections to phones. My favorite fail? BT audio requires the volume to be double or triple the setting of FM radio. BT connection drops out? Prepare for the car tech to conveniently switch you to FM radio and blast your ear drums.

25 room mansion down the street for me just sold for $88,000. Rich buyer? I mean they were asking 150 originally.

15 rooms here. My dad built it himself for about $50,000 1980 dollars. It was his entire life savings. He spent ten years living at home working full time. I was most certainly not rich. Though maybe the line is between 15 and 18. There was no way I was middle class until about age 12.

What’s wrong with that?

Mostly agree with you but because of other restrictions many 18 year olds have barely touched a gas pedal. You need to drive a car for a few years before you drive a big rig. That being said, I have no problem giving a driver’s licence to a 10 year old.

Might not even need the clutch if it has a hydraulic shuttle. But yeah, it’s a lever not a pedal.

Stop eating. Then talk to me.

If the brake light was a solid orange while coasting I can see that as being useful. The problem with this is that it seems more severe than a brake light.

I’m confused. Based on these directions and comments, does everyone wake up at 5am except for me?

Maybe I spend too much on non-splurges. I spend about $4,000 a month. A big splurge for me is $100 - $200. I don’t splurge every month but sometimes I do splurge twice a month. Months with splurges stress me the hell out. It takes really disciplined budgeting to get back on track.

My mom works in a hospital that offers 1/2 paid sick days, but fires you if you have t0o many separate illnesses in a single year.

The beef industry isn’t Apple. They don’t have 40% profit margins they can cut in half to do the right thing. Most Americans (count me as most) are not willing to pay $10 a pound for sustainably grown ground beef. You can’t blame the corporations anymore than you can blame the consumers and regulators. chicken vs. egg

If taxation changes behavior so does price. Just look at the US market for meat. Rising prices lead to a plateau in consumption. We probably don’t have to do anything. Rising prices may well fix the problem.

There is no way. It wasn’t possible for my grandfather to eat salad in the winter. Sure they canned some fruits and vegetables, but those were treats. Meat was always in abundance. It wasn’t good meat... but it was meat.

No, I’ll take 30% + profit margins at the current “low volume”.

As a consumer I am with you. However, that means eventually apple is going to need to sell some $100 unsubsidized iPhones. As an apple shareholder (aren’t we all?) I’m not a big fan of Meh.

With the hidden tax of high speed trading and brokers getting kickbacks, at this point I view anything more than .25% as high fee.

Are we anywhere near the longest bull market run, or just the longest period w/o a correction? Corrections typically last less than six months. Larger declines, leading to bear markets tend to last long enough to create risk for medium length outlooks.

Because IRA money is also pre-tax...

Yes. I was audited when I took the first time homebuyer credit. They just wanted proof that it was my primary residence. License, mail, etc.