Boomers didn’t “work harder.” They were literally paid in gold, while college and houses cost pennies. In 1964 — when the first Boomers turned 18 — the federal minimum wage was worth $146/hr in 2025 dollars when measured in gold. - A full year of college took ~180 hours of

Other products come and go. There is substitution, there is shrinkflation. Only one product can be tracked reliably over time to measure inflation at the grocery store. The consistency of Campbell's Tomato Soup as a product over the 128 years it has been available for consumers

There are around 80 thousand Somalians in Minnesota. If they contribute 67 million dollars in state and local taxes, that means they each pay on average about 800 bucks or so. To put that in perspective, the average Minnesotan pays anywhere from 8 to 10 THOUSAND in state and

5. Make Student Loan Debt Dischargeable $1.8 trillion in student debt holds back young people from saving for homes. Every $1,000 owed cuts homeownership odds by 1.8% for those in their 20s. Over half of non-owners blame loans for delaying buys. Allowing discharge in bankruptcy

4. Reform Zoning Laws And Permitting Old rules block building on 75% of city land zoned for residential use, limiting new homes and jacking up costs. Loosening them lets in more apartments and townhomes. California's reforms added 100,000 units, cutting rents 2-4% in those areas.

3. Increase Property Taxes On Non-Primary Residences About 6.5 million second homes and vacation spots sit empty, locking up housing in popular areas. Higher taxes on them encourage owners to sell or rent out, adding supply. Places like Vancouver saw vacancies drop 20% after a

2. Deport 20M Illegals And Revoke All H1Bs For Anyone Earning Less Than 250k Rapid immigration spikes demand for homes without enough new builds, driving up costs in cities. Estimates put unauthorized immigrants at upwards of 20 million, forming millions of new households, mostly

1. Ban Corporate Ownership Of Family Homes Big companies buy up houses to rent out, shrinking options for regular buyers and pushing prices higher. Institutional investors own about 0.5% of the nation's 86 million single-family homes, or roughly 430,000 properties, and they

The housing crunch is hitting hard: median home prices reached $415,200 in October 2025 (up about 50% since 2019), while wages barely budged. Rents jumped around 31% in the same time. My take on fixes blew up in replies—real ideas that cut demand, boost supply, and help buyers.

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1950: Ancel Keys looks at data from 22 countries 1953: Ancel Keys publishes "Seven Countries Study" Wait, sorry, let me correct that: 1950: Ancel Keys looks at data from 22 countries showing no correlation between saturated fat and heart disease 1953: Ancel Keys cherry-picks

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Crypto crash is worse than divorce, you lose 50% your money and your wife is still around.

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⚡️Social Security is a generational wealth transfer machine, and the transfer overwhelmingly flows upward. 1. Social Security was never designed to support a nation of long-lived retirees. When it was built: •life expectancy was 61 •benefits started at 65 •almost nobody

Just take one data point from my own life: I’m part of the CALPERS retirement system. I get 2.5% of my highest paid year of service for every year I put in. The earliest I can retire is 57. If I had started in 2010, while I was still in college, I would get 3% a year with a

Earning $100,000 in 2025 is the equivalent of making $53k in the year 2000. BLS data show that the median college grade was making $46k per year nominally, which is almost $90k in today's money The kids have it right. We should all be paid more.

⚡️The kid with $150 shoes and a $1,200 phone is proof of substitution. Not prosperity. In a system where: •real assets are out of reach •homes are unattainable •wages have stagnated for 20 years •debt is the new oxygen •ownership is collapsing people don’t buy durable

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