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Solly Mack

(93,220 posts)
6. Dinner and a movie are breaking the bank. Not rent, utilities, groceries, school loans, insurance, transportation.
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 10:09 PM
Dec 17

Not the lack of a living wage or affordable housing. Dinner and a movie.

How selfish of people! All those movies and dining out!

Snort.

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5 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

More workers to support the rich Jaydog Dec 17 #1
She's an Idiot. Cha Dec 17 #2
Jesus. It really is true: the idle rich live in mortal terror of a labor deficit. Aristus Dec 17 #3
Is that what Dobbs is about? moondust Dec 17 #8
They sure wouldn't want to lose their multimillion-dollar salaries and bonuses. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 17 #12
I read it when it came out, and I admit I haven't re-read it. But some of my most enduring memories Hekate Dec 18 #14
Righteous rants like this one of yours is what keeps me coming back to DU UniqueUserName Dec 18 #16
Thank you kindly Hekate Tuesday #18
Insame mutterings from the "good stock" Musk comes from. Who believes that the richest man ever live first in... brush Dec 17 #4
If you can't feed em', don't breed em'. Trellastic Dec 17 #5
See my post #14 above, for what's included in Dobbs if you want to be infuriated Hekate Dec 18 #15
Dinner and a movie are breaking the bank. Not rent, utilities, groceries, school loans, insurance, transportation. Solly Mack Dec 17 #6
Like the arguments that if you ate less avacado toast DBoon Dec 17 #7
No shit, right? I grew up in a single parent, 4 kids household. Not going out to eat or to the movies wasn't something Solly Mack Dec 17 #9
And don't forget the outrageous expenditures on Ilsa Dec 17 #11
Let them eat cake roscoeroscoe Dec 17 #10
If one cannot afford dinner or a movie (or . . .gasp. .both) then one sure niyad Dec 17 #13
Product of apartheid. malaise Dec 18 #17
I thought Elon was born in a stable and laid in a manger. Crunchy Frog Tuesday #19
Yeah, because 1970s South Africa was just like 2024 USA. GoCubsGo Tuesday #20
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