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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe US cannot afford eggs, healthcare, medicare, social security, education.
But we can afford to buy Canada, Panama, and Greenland.
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Diamond_Dog
(35,178 posts)Its not for us mere mortals to understand!
Irish_Dem
(59,741 posts)COL Mustard
(6,991 posts)I know thats true just ask my wife!!!
orleans
(35,272 posts)To the Editor:
As a mathematician, I was interested when, in the debate, George W. Bush described Al Gore's economic figures as ''fuzzy math'' (front page, Oct. 4). But I was chagrined when Mr. Bush left it at that. Although he repeated the phrase several times, he never discussed specific problems with Mr. Gore's reasoning or his figures, nor did he offer any alternatives. I gradually came to understand that by ''fuzzy math'' Mr. Bush meant, ''Math is confusing and fuzzy, so ignore it.''
This is dismaying to see in a man who says he will be a leader of educational reform. We can at least be thankful that if elected, Mr. Bush intends to assemble panels of experts that will presumably know how to work out numbers when economic crises arise.
WILLIAM THURSTON
Davis, Calif., Oct. 5, 2000
The writer is a professor of mathematics at the University of California at Davis.
https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/06/opinion/l-bush-vs-gore-debate-aftermath-fuzzy-math-520543.html
womanofthehills
(9,336 posts)They also cant afford an apartment unless multiple people share rent. My grandson has to share an apartment with 4 other guys. Couples I know have to rent out rooms in their houses to be able to make their mortgage.
I went to art school & college for $1000 or less a yr. My grandkids could never go to the same artschool - as its now $60,000 a year without housing.
Luckily- my honey & I actually built my house - because there is no way I could live and make a house payment. Food prices are off the wall - my weight actually went from 160 to 140 because Im buying less food because the prices are outrageous. Ill probably be 130 by next month - thats a good thing I guess - forced intermittent fasting.
dchill
(40,773 posts)Trump will fix it.
Norbert
(6,616 posts)AdamGG
(1,525 posts)to finance his purchase of the Plaza hotel, the Eastern shuttle and his 2nd casino and that all worked out well.
If it wasn't for reality tv bullshit and fraud, he'd have been broke decades ago.
yaesu
(8,360 posts)Irish_Dem
(59,741 posts)2naSalit
(93,505 posts)Felicita
(44 posts)The stadiums have been full! And college playoff football games where the cheapest tickets are usually $200.
No $ left for eggs...
COL Mustard
(6,991 posts)He was just trying to protect you from yourself.
Irish_Dem
(59,741 posts)LakeVermilion
(1,219 posts)buy $400 crap flags to decorate their trucks and homes.
PeaceWave
(1,060 posts)MLAA
(18,677 posts)RainCaster
(11,657 posts)Because they already paid so much for that wall.
ananda
(30,942 posts)none of us will be able to afford anything.
JCMach1
(28,148 posts)Hoosier_Progressiv
(43 posts)IronLionZion
(47,129 posts)just like Mexico paid for the wall
Sogo
(5,843 posts)But, noooo, we can't afford universal healthcare, social security, medicare, or medicaid.
Aussie105
(6,477 posts)If that is news to anyone, please leave that rock you have been living under for years!
Irish_Dem
(59,741 posts)That has to cost a pretty penny.
HereForTheParty
(298 posts)Particularly Panama.
Traildogbob
(10,199 posts)Trade partners are gonna pay for it. We are gonna rake in trillions on tariffs THEY will pay us.
Never underestimate Donnys business genius.
Just look at the cash he has raked in since 2016.
And never working a day. Just golfing and hosting Jamborees.
kerouac2
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