Comments by "Joe Swanson" (@joeswanson733) on "The Cost of Living is Bananas ..... Hyper Inflation" video.

  1. spaghettios ? in this economy?
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  2. that's subjective kids today have moer than kings of yesteryear because the things today didn't exist in yesteryear. kings had the wealth and they didn't need to do anything with their needs and wants taken care of on their beck and call. the current comparison would be kings of yesteryear their wealth transferred to today would be jeff bezos, elon musk, bill gates, etc and their purchasing power
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  3. this is a interesting trivia. in 1913 $33,000 would equal $1,051,003.33 in todays money 3084.9% inflation from 1913 to now.
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  4. but i did hear that boomers put in a lot of overtime and had a hussle for extra spending money. but you're right that wwas optional in the past. now it's not an option it's pretty much you do this or you will never make it ahead.
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  5. that's not necessarily true if you look at feudal societies i would say anyone that is noble and up would have a cushy life.. anyone below.. the more difficult the lower you go. with peasants being the bearing most of hte brunt of lifes harshness.
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  6. they're desirable for a reason. price and desirability are 1:1 i can go to non desirable areas but i can see why they're undesirable to begin with
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  7. oh yeah.... and how many high paying jobs are there in relation to the general population?
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  8.  @oahts5906  basically $1 in 1913 is like $32 today.
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  9. tasting great is subjective there's something they do to restaurant food or the ingredients or something but the restaurant food taste good. but it's also not good for you at the same time. it's like taste and good for you kind of go hand in hand.
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  10. if it is than this was set in motion in 1913 with the creation of the federal reserve notes to begin with or you know what i think the creation of paper currencies began all this but this went all the way back to 7th century china... they invented paper currencies. oh man this whole you will not own anything and be happy started 1374 years ago
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  11.  @TheDragonofRevelation  yeah like it's a flywheel thats speeding up and we need dto run even faster to keep up or fall into the pits of doom
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  12. you live long enough you become the villain
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  13. oh well at the end we can't take anything with us
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  14. you been around long enough you're gonna start becoming distant. so imagine someone that's 30 today by the time they're 65 in 2059 i doubt they're gonna be with it anymore.
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  15. you're putting way too much expectations on people to self study and learn additional things when they're already busy enough just going through their daily lives. seriously a lot of the general consensus is what your parents and school teach youi should be enough to get you through life which we know now is.... woefully inadequate. who would have think you need to study so much in your free time
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  16. new york is one of the highest desired places on this planet so demand far outstripping supply
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  17. i read that the wealth disparity now has surpassed the guilded age of the 1890s/1900s
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  18. no one wants to think of themselves as the villain. you know how much of a blow to realize that in the end ... you're the baddie.
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  19. the saddest thing is ... he's a professor and Secretary of Labor from 1993 to 1997 in the cabinet of President Bill Clinton.
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  20. that's just mean. jack never claimed to be an expert on anything if anything this is all just for entertainment. rather mean siprited comment.
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  21. i read governmetns and corporations love inflation they fear deflation over anything else. hence you'll notice in entirety of american history there are only a few period of time in the 250 years of USA existence where we had deflation. it's inflation through and through
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  22. even during gold standard eras governments printed too much no gold standard. they print even more .
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  23. i think government controls is just the eventual end product of any country that reaches full maturity and power decadence.
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