GM trucks outsell Ford first quarter !

Hondavalk wrote:


????? You have 1000's of hard working working people through no fault of there own now out of work. As an older person through my lifetime I have accumulated a decent nest egg to survive on but when i was young with a family we basically lived from pay check to pay check. I'm sure there gonna run out and buy frivolous things like food, medicine, and gas.

Just curious, how will you spend the check(s) you are getting?

Hondavalk wrote:

gbopp wrote:

Lynnmor wrote:

The stimulus package will be a double edge sword, giving away money to even those that don't need it or deserve it won't teach responsibility.

Excellent point. It will help some people. It will give others more money to hoard things they don't need.
What ever happens, I think the world as we know it has changed forever.

????? You have 1000's of hard working working people through no fault of there own now out of work. As an older person through my lifetime I have accumulated a decent nest egg to survive on but when i was young with a family we basically lived from pay check to pay check. I'm sure there gonna run out and buy frivolous things like food, medicine, and gas.

I was a Carpenter, I NEVER purchased anything unless I had $$$ in the bank to pay for it. Exception a home loan. I survived every layoff whether it was 1-2-4 weeks or the two times it was 6 months. Served me well!!! NEVER went hungry or didn't pay our debts.

Same time many friends had way more TOYS and their combined pay was not as much as mine, YEP they lost everything more than once.

My way of life allowed me to draw a great retirement at 55 and now drawing SS at 62. I am not hurt by this at all financially. Fact is I am spending much less now with all the restrictions.

I have ZERO sympathy for many of those that live week to week.

"The stimulus package will be a double edge sword, giving away money to even those that don't need it or deserve it won't teach responsibility."


100% agree!!!

IMHO, we won't be out of the c19 issue,brestrictio s etc for 12-18 months.
Even this of us, myself included with essential jobs have had to change how we work, operate etc. To protect ourselves, and customer/clients from getting virus from each other. Those in non-essential jobs, we need them back to work asap, but in ways that protect them and others around them. Until we get more ppe, that's not going to happen.
We won't recover per say for a long time.
The those of us over 55, some hospital s are already instigating it out of ventilators, you don't get one, those under get first priority. T
This is not going to be fun for many months.

Marty

gbopp wrote:

Lynnmor wrote:

The stimulus package will be a double edge sword, giving away money to even those that don't need it or deserve it won't teach responsibility.

Excellent point. It will help some people. It will give others more money to hoard things they don't need.
What ever happens, I think the world as we know it has changed forever.

Or maybe those of us that have money will spend a little more on things like RV accessories or other goods that small businesses sell. Bringing the economy back as a "stimulus package" is intended to do.

gbopp wrote:

Lynnmor wrote:

The stimulus package will be a double edge sword, giving away money to even those that don't need it or deserve it won't teach responsibility.

Excellent point. It will help some people. It will give others more money to hoard things they don't need.
What ever happens, I think the world as we know it has changed forever.

????? You have 1000's of hard working working people through no fault of there own now out of work. As an older person through my lifetime I have accumulated a decent nest egg to survive on but when i was young with a family we basically lived from pay check to pay check. I'm sure there gonna run out and buy frivolous things like food, medicine, and gas.

Lynnmor wrote:

The stimulus package will be a double edge sword, giving away money to even those that don't need it or deserve it won't teach responsibility.

Excellent point. It will help some people. It will give others more money to hoard things they don't need.
What ever happens, I think the world as we know it has changed forever.

Lynnmor wrote:

jdc1 wrote:

gbopp wrote:
It will be interesting to see what happens when the Zombie Apocalypse is over.

Will people run out and buy new trucks/cars or, realize there are things more important than a new vehicle, like thousands of rolls of toilet paper?

I was just having that conversation with the wife. Will this make younger people appreciate what they have and quit spending willy-nilly? Will this experiance weed out all the uneeded things everyone has been wasting money on? Will the "on the edge" businesses make it? Will helping your kids with schoolwork become the norm again?

The stimulus package will be a double edge sword, giving away money to even those that don't need it or deserve it won't teach responsibility.

True, look how many couldn't even survive a month without a handout. Absolutely no reserve fund for hard times. I doubt they will learn anything, I hope I'm wrong.

jdc1 wrote:

gbopp wrote:
It will be interesting to see what happens when the Zombie Apocalypse is over.

Will people run out and buy new trucks/cars or, realize there are things more important than a new vehicle, like thousands of rolls of toilet paper?

I was just having that conversation with the wife. Will this make younger people appreciate what they have and quit spending willy-nilly? Will this experiance weed out all the uneeded things everyone has been wasting money on? Will the "on the edge" businesses make it? Will helping your kids with schoolwork become the norm again?

The stimulus package will be a double edge sword, giving away money to even those that don't need it or deserve it won't teach responsibility.

gbopp wrote:
It will be interesting to see what happens when the Zombie Apocalypse is over.

Will people run out and buy new trucks/cars or, realize there are things more important than a new vehicle, like thousands of rolls of toilet paper?

I was just having that conversation with the wife. Will this make younger people appreciate what they have and quit spending willy-nilly? Will this experiance weed out all the uneeded things everyone has been wasting money on? Will the "on the edge" businesses make it? Will helping your kids with schoolwork become the norm again?