I agree. Also I wouldn't expect a deal until the last minute - as that is the way it always is. Also they seem to be doing there best to rile up the troops. They want everyone fawning over it during the long weekend. Politics is just Hollywood for ugly people. They want their ugly faces on TV over the long weekend.
Companies need to sell products, not agendas. Everyone is equally special. No one is better because of this or that.
No not really.
My wife and I could not agree more. I truly truly truly do not care who you are but we are allowing corporations to segregate us into categories. I’m kind of glad to see this backlash with Budweiser and we’ll see how far the target thing goes. Target has reacted Quickly in removing merchandise
There were plenty of legit uses too. We were physically shutdown for 2 ½ months and unable to see patients other than emergencies. AR dried up pretty quickly but we did not fire anyone. My payroll is over $100k per month not including me or my partner. Needless to say, PPP and ERTC did not make us whole but without it we would be out of business instead of currently employing 26 and doing well and paying our taxes. My partner and I are good squirrels and we had $350k in cash we were just about to distribute but we did not and we used it to keep the business going - he and I took the personal hit so others could pay their bills.There are gobs of Pandemic money still around, it was handed out to states, schools, and buried in other places and bills.
For example you can still apply for a ERC credit - if you kept your employee - $26K per employee - in 2023 - in addition to PPP money you already got. https://trussfinancialgroup.com/erc-refund-help-1?utm_term=ertc program&utm_campaign=ERC&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=2562129534&hsa_cam=19157722054&hsa_grp=143615734225&hsa_ad=643130974713&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-1218019084682&hsa_kw=ertc program&hsa_mt=p&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gclid=Cj0KCQjwyLGjBhDKARIsAFRNgW91vnAncA9rm5hVGqiHVPpjCoDXyKOnsqUstzxrqNNRboet8o3xewIaAn9vEALw_wcB
A friend of mine who owns his own business told me he made more off the government in the last couple years than he did off anything else. He started this company 20 years ago.
State of South Carolina handed out the school districts billions of fed money. They "suggested" bonuses and raises for teachers - most South Carolina schools stayed in person through most of the pandemic. My wife was only "from home" the first 2 months in 2020 - back to in person August 2020. Of course our district did not. They used the money to hire all their friends to work at the district office -you know the part of the district that does nothing to educate anyone, just make more rules.
Farce.
More info on the amount:
COVID-19 Relief: Funding and Spending as of Jan. 31, 2023
The federal government has provided about $4.6 trillion to help the nation respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic . As part of our ongoing...www.gao.gov
Actually it is the idea of paying the bill; the money is spent.
We have a ways to go, but so far so good. The economy is, thus far, experiencing a soft landing. But it ain't over. The debt ceiling fiasco could throw a huge wrench into the mix, but it has to be solved.
And most of it is politically driven. So it all just becomes another thing that divides. If everyone actually "didn't care who you are" and let people be who they want to be, then all this divisional strife wouldn't exists.
If you're glad about the Budweiser backlash/boycott, then aren't you then agreeing with people trying to make a deal about people being who they are? Too many people worry about how other people live thier lives instead of focusing on how they live their own lives. Too many people think everyone else should believe in and live like they do. That's not freedom, that's trying to control.
To an extent, of course you are correct.
Parents need to do their job better these days ... keep kids off their phones and social media is a big start. Parents don't really know what their kids are seeing, reading and learning on their devices when out of their sight. Yes, some things need to be kept out of schools, but kids don't learn everything in school and learn way more about life when not in school.
Yes, isnt that a concept? go to school to compete for a good paying job AND keep the USA first and foremost on the world stage?
