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Thanks Anna! I was logged in but it just wasn’t working for some reason.
If Jay & Ryanne have thinned out a few haters by bringing up politics that may be an improvement. It seems that most folks, whether left or right leaning, have been quite civil. Yay for us!
J&R regarding your slow sales this year, I think many of us are dealing with that and I don’t think it’s due to you listing your death piles.
(CNSNews.com) – 1,154,000 fewer Americans are working today than six years ago, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In January 2008, 146,378,000 Americans 16 and over were employed, and now in January 2014, 145,224,000 are employed, a difference of 1,154,000.We are living in a depression. People can’t spend like they used to. Many more are living on cobbled together part time jobs if they are working. Employers can’t afford to hire due to all the employer’s benefit costs, including obamacare. Sorry to bring it up, but that’s a fact. That’s one reason why I’m feeling optimistic. Employers taxes are no longer going to be the highest in the world. Even the stock market has gone crazy with high expectations.
I am unsure how to reply to posts by others–is that possible to do right under their comment?
But wanted to sympathize with Paulo with his kids leaving. Going back to college I assume. It’s hard. Still missing my grandkids after son’s family was here all summer. And I woke up at 4:00 am thinking of my son who died 2 1/2 years ago. My husband just purchased airline tickets so we can go visit son and grandkids in Hong Kong. Even with getting one ticket “free” with flier miles plus a discount on the other one we are spending about $5K for business class seats. But when you are in your 60s you really don’t want to fly coach for a 14 hr flight.
Paulo I hope you will tell us about your other businesses!
Have had sluggish sales for a long time compared to last year, so was very happy to have a good Black Friday with 13 sales for a total of around $900.00. Highest price was $250 for a small 2.5′ x 4′ rug. I bought it and 2 larger matching rugs at the end of a estate sale I stumbled upon this summer for a total of $400. Karistan rugs. Hopefully the big ones will sell soon. Am avoiding buying and concentrating on just listing what I have.
Jay, you are right about that. But one of the problems with the ACA is that it was done by being forced through by ONE party, with ZERO votes from the other half, and by the “nuclear option”, and by politicians who had “to vote for it to find out what’s in it.” If I can speak for Conservatives, We are ready to put everyone’s feet to the fire, especially all of the Republicans we have sent to fix these problems in the past. We are beyond furious; we are ready to abandon the Rep Party and really go rogue if they don’t step up. The problem is that politicians on both sides of the aisle sell out after getting to Washington. Gov’t bureaucrats, lobbyists, lawyers, and the media are all in bed together–seriously corrupt and on the take. That’s why we went all out for Trump. I have been praying for years for a strong outsider to blow up Washington, and I haven’t been alone. I have had extensive experience in the insurance business as a case manager for both Cigna and Fireman’s Fund Worker’s Comp. so I have a perspective from both sides. I don’t hate the insurance or the medical industry. I do realize that outrgeous demands from gov’t and consumers have made for outrageous prices. NO ONE wants to see citizens/patients without affordable healthcare. That is an absolute necessity for everyone. But the we all need to scale back our expectations unless we want to pay for it. My point was that we now expect insurance to cover so many small things that not everyone needs, from Viagra to birth control pills. It costs much more to go through middle men. They all get a piece of the action. That’s why we want smaller gov’t involvement, plus everyone else involved as a result of that. My husband and I pay for our own dental care out of pocket. That motivates us to take better care of our own teeth. The one time we tried dental insurance we felt like we were treated like cattle and got extremely poor treatment. So not worth it. You don’t need annual tooth xrays, and can say no thanks at check ups to that. There are many ways to economize. But for those who want it there needs to be coverage for dental/medical, and at the level you are willing to pay for. Just like car/homeowners insurance you should be able to choose your specific coverage and deductible. I really sympathize with you all who are fearful of losing your insurance. That will NOT happen. No gaps. It will only get better and better. Just give it a chance and be a little patient. This is a new beginning for a lot of things all at once. One encouraging thing I’ve seen already is that Trump’s cabinet/staff/appointees have to sign a commitment to not be lobbyists for 5 years after leaving office; and forever regarding lobbying for foreign governments. Maybe they can make THAT a law. Plus term limits, finally.
Before HMO’s came into existence people had basically catastrophic coverage, and that’s all. You didn’t go to the doctor for a cold or the flu because you had to pay out of pocket. You used home remedies and developed a basic understanding of preventive healthcare. I remember many episodes of treating my children with a high fever with cool-down baths and Home remedies. You didn’t go get annual checkups with dozens of tests just because it was “free”. You only went to the doctor if you were actually SICK. You didn’t have to get expensive tests done to cover your doctor’s rear end from ridiculous multimillion dollar liability coverage or reams of government regulations or from having to have a huge staff of office workers to take care of all the HIPA and insurance and gov’t forms and making phone calls to various insurance companies to get authorization for every little thing. These are the things that have made insurance so expensive. The doctors and hospitals often have to completely stop accepting patients from a certain type of insurance because each visit/treatment/admission actually COSTS them money. The only people getting rich on medicine are the insurance companies, the lawyers, the politicians and the lobbyists. THAT is where the changes HAVE to be made. The first one is to open state lines so there is MORE competition (NOT less) between insurors. The second is to stop lobbyists from making it profitable for politicians to complicate health care. Life was so much cheaper and easier before government began meddling in healthcare. If you want something totally screwed up, give the job to the governemnt so self-serving politicians can find a way to be middle men.
Eve, loved your commentary which shows a rare grasp of current events and history that is woefully missing in the general populace. For all of you who feel frightened and upset and like you have been kicked in the gut, I know exactly how you feel. Welcome to how I have felt for the last eight years. If those of us who voted for Trump could deal with the last eight years, you can deal with the next eight years. We are so very happy and hopeful that actual freedom from burdensome government nanny state will make life so much better for ALL OF US! We are sick and tired of being branded as racists, “homophobes”, Nazi’s and every other hateful thing one can say. We are sick of being afraid to tell anyone what we really believe because we are shut down and belittled by self-righteous politically “correct” bullies. If any of you really KNEW us who live quietly in mid-America you would realize that we are quiet, hard working, loving people who don’t care what color you are, much less even wanting to know anything at all about your sexual preferences–please just keep it to yourself instead of shoving your agendas in our face. We just want to be left alone. By you. By the government. And by the elitist Hollywood politically correct. I was actually born on the Fourth of July, as was my oldest granddaughter. I was raised by a God-loving, patriotic veteran of WWII, and have a son who was the only one in his graduating class at the Air Force Academy to be given an F-15 to fly over the Gulf War. So don’t tell me, and the millions like me, that we are haters and bigots. We the ones who made this nation great in the first place. We have watched it for the past eight years disintegrate into the most divided state of race against race, women against men, and eliststs against plain decent people. WE love america and everything that it stands for, and we understand real (not re-written) American history, and cherish with the blood running through our veins our Constitution, and don’t want it to be changed. We are the ones who brought about the civil rights movement in the 60’s. We suvived the Vietnam War, and we are sick of wars! We just want to restore the love and unity that we believe in because we believe that ALL lives matter, including the ones who can’t defend themselves. Especially those. Because we all were one of them at one time. Now settle down, put away your fears and lets start making America great again by treating each other with kindness rather than insults. When times seem hard, just list. I really do love you guys. But since Jay opened the can of worms I had to be honest. Linda
Brian, I can’t figure out how to reply right under your kind answer. I only posted one other comment and I can’t find that one. Maybe it will stop as that particular thread dies down. Thank you.
J&R< I don’t know why I am receiving all comments in my inbox. I don’t think I signed up for them and they are filling up my inbox. When I went to unsubscribe from them it says I do not have a subscription. I just want to continue getting the podcasts whenthey come out, but not every comment. How donInfix this? Linda
Congratulations on the new website, Jay and Ryanne! Sadly, It feels so foreign to me; not sure I can adjust. But what a week of huge changes you two have had; wow! New employee. Beginning to build the storage building (will it be climate controlled?) and so many other things going on. Best wishes.
