shotskimakesmysat

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The 3-4% raise is designed to maintain status quo. Promotions are designed to increase your quality of life. If you're in the same labor classification year after year then that's on you.

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My opinion on the 3-4% yearly raise is to combat inflation. So as you progress, you are not make less via less spending power for the same work.

my children eat the school lunch. Its pretty cheap per meal! So we did not have that extra cost of a fancy lunch box. But the message was more that everything costs too damn much!

Not only do you have to pay taxes for your children to go to school, you are also volunteering to help the school do their job. So factor your hourly wage to acquire the goods to complete the product into that tax calculation too!

You are correct, I did not explain my socialism thoughts and just went to conclusions. Bad way to thinking and trying to convey a message.

Higher costs for common goods while steady wages will eventually cut out the middle classes (from upper middle to lower middle). Your lower middle class will be hit first with not being able to afford some luxuries like eating out and that voting block will start the snowball of a new way of living.

So eventually without attainable goal of creating a better life, you have people that are capable of doing more, but don't. Eventually the people that worked hard will be part of the EBT crowd.

Hopefully I am wrong, but its just my 2 cents. I wont see it happen in my generation, but I am hopeful that the values of working hard to have nicer things that I am trying to instill into my children wont be a waste

Correct, $10 more on school supplies doesn't move the needle. But the 20-25% increase is not just limited to school supplies. When applied to full budget, it has a significant impact on our purchasing power.

If you want to know how much life is increasing while you are getting left behind on "4%" raises. You are now making less money. Slowly the upper crust are making everyone below equal and crushing the American dream. Europe 2.0.

School supply prices have increased significantly for the 2026–2027 school year, driven by rising manufacturing costs, higher energy and diesel transport expenses, and new import tariffs. Overall K-12 spending is projected to hit $43.3 billion, with individual families facing average price spikes of 10% to 27% on core classroom items and packed lunches.

Biggest Price Increases

Notebooks and index cards: Up 20% to 23%.
Scissors: Up about 14%.
Glue sticks and dry-erase markers: Up 8%.
Pencils, crayons, and binders: Up 5% to 7%.
Packed Lunch Cost Jumps
Lunch boxes: Up roughly 27% compared to last year.
Blueberries (12 oz): Up 48%.
Sandwich bread: Up 22%.
Apple juice: Up 20%.

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Bro math.... early 40s is the beginning of millennials.

Covid Shut down might of been one of the best times of my adult life. basically went back to being a student at LSU but without the classes! the major decision of the day was what to drink!

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B) Have 10 caries in an NFL Game to gain 5 yards for $10 million

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Why be mediocre in life. Pick the goal that is harder.

Also, its 537k or 5.37 million after Agent and Uncle Sam takes their cut. 500k is not small but when you talk about having celebrity status and need privacy, it goes quickly.

Its right after prime days, they need to make you feel like you missed out. it will be back to normal price in a month