Biden - Approval

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(10-25-2022, 02:58 PM)Nately120 Wrote: So you're saying it's more like "I sure could go for massive death via pandemic and $2 gas right about now" rather than "I sure could go for a mean tweet and $2 gas right about now?"

That is exactly what I'm saying :)

Quote:Actually, due to the nature of my job I didn't miss a second of work due to covid and I didn't even get covid AND I got stimulus checks all the same from it.  If the only thing that matters is me and my money, that was a real golden age.

Honestly, I'm in the same boat. I don't like to talk about it very often because it comes off as incredibly callous, but the nation's response COVID worked out very well for me, personally.

1. No one I know died of COVID or even had severe symptoms from COVID.
2. I am now full time work from home and there are no plans to ever go back to the office except for monthly or bimonthly visits from the client.
3. My wife was put on furlough right when my son was born (He was born in December, he came home in February from the NICU, the world shut down in March, my wife was furloughed 3 weeks after returning from maternity leave) so she was able to be a stay at home mother while still collecting enhanced unemployment.
4. We adjusted our finances to eat out less, cook at home more, shop less etc and now we can live comfortably on just my salary so she remained stay at home even after the world re-opened.
5. We were able to sell our house for a huge profit because of the scarcity caused, in part, by the pandemic, and we used those profits to buy a larger home for our growing family that, because of some bad decisions by the previous owners, was not selling so we got it for a "deal." (Still very expensive, but not as bad as relatively similar houses).