Are you better off than you were 4 years ago?

[Smyrna]

Every year, I improve financially and that’s by design. What I’ve enjoyed over the last several years is how many others with in, are also prospering at an excellent rate. That’s what truly makes me feel “better off”.

[gooddad409]

@SixFoot

Same, except for the start of Bush’s first term. I was definitely worse off in 2000 than I was in 1999. It likely wasn’t Clinton’s fault either.

Clinton was still in office in 2000. I remember the market bombing in march of that year. I took a hit on stocks for a good long while.

[wiley8425]

I’m in school right now and I’ll be 45 in October. There are a few older folks in class with me.

[Smyrna]

@wiley8425

I’m in school right now and I’ll be 45 in October. There are a few older folks in class with me.

Very nice my friend. I wish you well and keep on keepin on. It sounds like you’re on a good path.

[adroit]

@FlameHeart

I was a freshman in college during the spring of 2016, when I first joined this site. Now, my education has been delayed at least two years due to surgeries and trauma (medical and otherwise).

Now, I’m supposed to be out of college, and in my first year of graduate school, but I’m still a Junior. I’ll be a Junior again this upcoming Fall, when I take my Intro to Research course. It is only then will I progress academically. (I’m just embarrassed that I’m still in college I guess. Don’t mind me).

No reason to be embarrassed. Keep going at it and be proud.

[PurpnGold]

@FlameHeart

I was a freshman in college during the spring of 2016, when I first joined this site. Now, my education has been delayed at least two years due to surgeries and trauma (medical and otherwise).

Now, I’m supposed to be out of college, and in my first year of graduate school, but I’m still a Junior. I’ll be a Junior again this upcoming Fall, when I take my Intro to Research course. It is only then will I progress academically. (I’m just embarrassed that I’m still in college I guess. Don’t mind me).

Don’t be embarrassed. Life happens. I was in undergrad for 10 years or so. People kept paying me without a degree so I kept delaying. So at least you have a valid reason. Keep pounding!

[Roxiebelle]

@Optrader

Of the 86,400 seconds in a day, is there even one of them in which you aren’t consumed with hatred for Donald Trump?

NO apparently not! I wish we had a vaccine for TDS, don’t you?

[Roxiebelle]

What part of pandemic aside did you not get?

[H_Arendt]

@Roxiebelle

What part of pandemic aside did you not get?

That should be obvious… I was questioning your notion of pandemic aside. Perhaps you are fortunate enough to live in a part of the country that has been less affected. As someone who lives in a hot zone, and who has lost both friends and family, it seems callous to announce “pandemic aside.”

[PurpnGold]

@Roxiebelle

NO apparently not! I wish we had a vaccine for TDS, don’t you?

So do I

[SixFoot]

I meant at the time of the election. 20 years ago, I was just a high school dropout working as an overnight janitor at Wal-Mart.

A whole new cosmos has been created since then. Like two completely different realities that I can’t pinpoint exactly when they parted paths.

[Konssurvative1]

My sister went back to law school at 42. It was a huge leap of faith…but she did it. She now practices law in three states. Keep learning. Don’t quit.

[WuWei]

@SixFoot

I meant at the time of the election. 20 years ago, I was just a high school dropout working as an overnight janitor at Wal-Mart.

A whole new cosmos has been created since then. Like two completely different realities that I can’t pinpoint exactly when they parted paths.

You went to war.

[SixFoot]

In more ways than one…

[Ben_Natuf]

not only am i better off than i was 4 years ago, i’m better off than i was 4 days ago

good enough for a trump vote from me!

[Optrader]

I’m much better off. For starters, Obama’s not president anymore!!

[mobulis]

@WuWei

@Guvnah

Societal and parental expectations don’t define who you are.

They do if you’re a lib.

Nope.

[mobulis]

@WuWei

@H_Arendt

@WuWei

@H_Arendt

If we forgot that 50,000 Americans are dead in a pandemic than we are controlling worse than any advanced nation, 20% unemployment and climbing and the economy in a shambles, then we are all better off.

@H_Arendt

Donald Trump

And there we have it.

Why don’t you disagree with what I said rather than creating a quote out of whole cloth?

It’s your cloth. And two quotes. And TDS.

Your the one with trump defense syndrome.

[H_Arendt]

@mobulis

@WuWei

@H_Arendt

@WuWei

@H_Arendt

If we forgot that 50,000 Americans are dead in a pandemic than we are controlling worse than any advanced nation, 20% unemployment and climbing and the economy in a shambles, then we are all better off.

@H_Arendt

Donald Trump

And there we have it.

Why don’t you disagree with what I said rather than creating a quote out of whole cloth?

It’s your cloth. And two quotes. And TDS.

Your the one with trump defense syndrome.

In my view, all this banter about “Trump Derangement Syndrome” and “Trump Defense Syndrome” is a lazy excuse for refusing to engage in political discussion.

[gooddad409]

@Optrader

I’m much better off. For starters, Obama’s not president anymore!!

Amen to that!