Posts Made By: Greg Shaffer

Originally Posted by James Lacey

Also, in that same thread, you and Greg were seriously calling into question the safety and efficacy of the mRNA vaccines. The passing of time has clearly shown you to be completely wrong about your claims. Maybe you should worry about your arrogance a little more and a little less about others.

Originally Posted by John Risti

Actually, being able to edit the ad at this point is not an option when marked Sold.
However, thnx anyway.
John

Originally Posted by James Brown

Agreed 110%.  It is impressive how easy the medical/government/pharmaceutical industries make the vaccination and boosting process.  We set up an appointment for Friday evening, after work hours.  Took only a few minutes to set it up. Less time than it takes to read and reply to one of Richard's longer rants!  Then we showed up at the grocery store pharmacy and got the jab.  The needle is so fine you really hardly even feel it.  Then we shopped for 15 minutes, just in case we had a bad reaction.  (Extremely rare).  Also, we each got a 20% off coupon for groceries, up to $200.  With inflation, it is pretty easy to hit the $200 mark at the grocery store!  So basically we were paid $80 total, just to get two boosters.  Could not have been easier.

Jim

Originally Posted by James Lacey

Right, it doesn't address the core issue of why higher education costs so much, but some of the student loan debt we see today is due to predatory lending practices, and I don't have a problem erasing that debt. Pell grants were and still are targeted explicitly by some for-profit schools. I paid my way, but I freely admit it would be impossible to do it the way I did it today. My children would not have been able to go to school and come out debt free without significant help from mom and dad. Their children will require just as much support, if not more. It's why we have 529 plans for all the grandkids.

Originally Posted by James Lacey

And what is my general perspective? I paid my way through college and my children's education, and I'm saving for my grandchildren's educations. I'm hardly looking for handouts.

90% of the debt relief goes to people making less than $75,000 annually. What is more of a slap to middle-class Americans and the working class? Is it providing significant student debt relief to these middle-class people or tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations worth billions?

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

So, you were okay with Trump's unfunded tax cuts for the top of the food chain, but now when it's the middle class getting some of the action it's a bad thing?

I warned my kids about student loans and my son listened and didn't go into as much debt as he could have.