Why Old Carville Thinks the Dems Lost

[mcmurtry66]

I think our family income 20-30 years ago when we were raising the kids would be very close to $100,000 today. It took work. We took up going to the women's basketball games because it was free. We became great at finding free entertainment.

Every time you thought you were getting ahead, the car would break down, or refrigerator, or someone needed braces. The rainy day fund was always a light mist fund.

I am convinced that the greatest thing we could do for people is to make childcare more affordable. Though in one way it may not have an impact. If a family could get a child into a "C" daycare for $1000/month, I suspect they just upgraded to a "B" daycare Fir the same $1000.

But at that figure, I had friends making much less who also somehow made it. The median is about $75000 or so today, so a whole lot are pulling it off.

my minion. one kid is $1,900 a month for preschool/daycare whatever. so when they want a word over incident reports. try me

 

[BradStevens]

You should listen. He’s an angry old Dem. Blames “Defund Police” and “hate men” too. The View question was represented as a “border policy” moment.

Note how Stewart citing 4 cherry-picked Dem commercials on the border is cited as “proof” that Dems did not run on “woke” issues.

Dems didn’t, in fact, run in woke issues. Neither did Biden in 2020.

People like @mcmurty66 saw right through it this time.

 

[mcmurtry66]

Dems didn’t, in fact, run in woke issues. Neither did Biden in 2020.

People like @mcmurty66 saw right through it this time.

X-ray vision

 

[JamieDimonsBalls]

True. Of course daycare years don't last forever.


That already happens no... With combo of the exemptions plus child tax credit?

Sadly, I've been in it for nearly 10 years at this point.

So it's what - $7K per year per kid in dependent exemptions plus tax credit?

 

[hoosboot]

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Parent loans are out there, we are finishing up the youngest's loans. There was a good tax break on them back when we were paying for 3.

I know they are out there. I'm saying make them the only thing that is out there so that an 18-year old doesn't get saddled with $100K before they really learn what money means.