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The Necessary Unclenching Of The American Corporate Asshole
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The Necessary Unclenching Of The American Corporate Asshole

If we want future consumers and tax-payers, we need to start thinking a lot differently.

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Ted Bauer
Mar 16, 2024
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I just stumbled across this on YouTube:

That guy seems to be in property management, and he’s giving you lessons from his current 10,000 tenants across multiple properties. A lot, and I mean a lot, of that video is pretty bad and talks about 2008 vs. 2024 with obvious examples (and some incorrect examples), but he does eventually get into paying rent, paying rent on-time, the need for apps to help you pay rent, and how these tenants can’t really do it without multiple jobs at this point, due to inflation and everything else. Now, obviously, this guy doesn’t want to admit he’s probably jacked his rents every year since 2019 by about 6–10% per year, because people don’t like to say they are part of the problem. But yes, this dude is likely part of the problem. We can ignore that for now, because we all know it.

Get 30% off for 1 year

Alright, so what we’re saying here is that everyone feels broke and stressed and $300,000 is the new $100,000. Got it. I think we knew that.

The $233,000 Problem: The Exhaustion Of Everyone Feeling Broke AF

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September 28, 2023
The $233,000 Problem: The Exhaustion Of Everyone Feeling Broke AF

I don’t love CNN, and a lot of Bankrate studies are small sample size and tedious to get clickbait headlines, but I’ll bite on this particular day! Here’s one with 2,500 U.S. adults. Here’s the main section you need to understand: More than 2,500 US adults said they would need to earn, on average, $233,000 a year to feel financially secure and $483,000 an…

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