If I hear about him “abolishing tax on tips” again I’m gonna lose my mind

  • CleverOleg [he/him]
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    14 days ago

    Tbf housing (buying or renting) has gotten a lot more expensive since 2016-2020. I’ve been in the same line of work making steady increases and houses I was looking at buying in 2018-2019 are now out of my ability to pay (even by equalizing the interest rates). I looked up my old apartment from 2016-2017 and the rent increases since then are way more than my pay increases.

    When it comes to consumer goods, I would agree that pay increases have gotten closer to inflation (but still not there), so I do think people will focus on the price increases without pay increases. But then again a lot of Trump supporters probably bought a house before 2016 so their griping is unwarranted.

    • NedIsakoff [he/him]
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      14 days ago

      Whenever my wife and I see a house for sale, we'll go on Zillow and try to guess previous selling prices. It's almost always like:

      2010 - $165k

      2019 - $200k

      Now - $400k