‘ARISE 666: THE APOCALYPTIC ICONOCLAST!’

[Mystic Wanderer]

During a recent radio show hosted by Clyde Lewis on Ground Zero, he discussed "how bio-warfare and eugenics programs could be slowly decimating the population and destroying families. The rise of the Apocalyptic Iconoclast is looming and the change in the power dynamics will most certainly force people to reconceptualize their values and morals."

Below is a list of statistics he discussed on air.  You can listen to the show here:  LINK

#1 The poorest 40 percent of all Americans now spend more than 50 percent of their incomes just on food and housing.

#2 For those Americans that don’t own a home, 50 percent of them spend more than a third of their incomes just on rent.

#3 The price of school lunches has risen to the 3 dollar mark at many public schools across the nation.

#4 McDonald’s “Dollar Menu & More” now includes items that cost as much as 5 dollars.

#5 The price of ground beef has doubled since 2009.

#6 In 1986, child care expenses for families with employed mothers used up 6.3 percent of all income. Today, that figure is up to 7.2 percent.

#7 Incomes fell for the bottom 80 percent of all income earners in the United States during the 12 months leading up to June 2014.

#8 At this point, more than 50 percent of all American workers bring home less than $30,000 a year in wages.

#9 After adjusting for inflation, median household income has fallen by nearly $5,000 since 2007.

#10 According to the New York Times, the “typical American household” is now worth 36 percent less than it was worth a decade ago.

#11 47 percent of all Americans do not put a single penny out of their paychecks into savings.

#12 One survey found that 62 percent of all Americans are currently living paycheck to paycheck.

#13 According to the U.S. Department of Education, 33 percent of all Americans with student loans are currently behind on their student loan debt repayments.

#14 According to one recent report, 43 million Americans currently have unpaid medical debt on their credit reports.

#15 The rate of homeownership in the U.S. has been declining for seven years in a row, and it is now the lowest that it has been in 20 years.

#16 For each of the past six years, more businesses have closed in the United States than have opened. Prior to 2008, this had never happened before in all of U.S. history.

#17 According to the Census Bureau, 65 percent of all children in the United States are living in a home that receives some form of aid from the federal government.

#18 If you have no debt at all, and you also have 10 dollars in your wallet, that you are wealthier than 25 percent of all Americans.

#19 On top of everything else, the average American must work from January 1st to April 24th just to pay all federal, state and local taxes.

There you have the statistics -- as sad as they are , they are most certainly the reasons why families are being destroyed , and the primary reasons
why the culling of Americans has already begun.

My parents were able to raise all us kids, save for retirement, and have a great life with only my dad working. I, on the other hand, have lived from pay check to pay check all my life, and it seems that over half the U. S. population is in the same boat.  I don't look forward to the future if this trend continues.  How will the old ever survive with no money put away for "the golden years"?   

Time to come up with a plan... and fast!!

[senona]

After us dealing with the general public for 30 years, we have seen a drastic change in the family dynamics
Partly due to the economy, now taking BOTH parents to make ends meet.

With the age of technology, where phone bills use to be $35 plus any long distance charge, are now well up to $200-$400, depending on how many family members and what plan/carrier
Plus internet/cable/satellite and no telling what else..... where as before, it was just lights, water, and basic phone bill

So that plus the cost of living in general going up, they are literally living paycheck to paycheck each month.


No, we do not own a 'home' being as we live on the road 9 months out of the year.
But I cannot imagine the up keep on what it takes to maintain a home, not to mention the property taxes/insurance
Then having to deal with any city ordinances that may pop up 
(our friends have been having issues over the past year, even tho they have lived there for 35 yrs...new city planners=new ordinances-->>new fines)



Even our little bit of savings we acquired over time have dwindled down to nothing, thanks to poor economy, people not able to spend as much, which hurts vendors like us.
Slowly but surely, we had to dip into our savings, a little here, a little there... until there was nothing left.


So we are now like so many millions of other Americans
Existing from day to day, cutting out doing things we once used to enjoy.
And stopped buying stuff that is not needed.
Watching every penny coming in and going out.


Gone are the profitable days for some of us small business owners.

Luckily it is just the 2 of us
Cannot image a family of 4 and their basic living expenses, household upkeep cost



The thing is...
I do not think it is going to change and get any better
Not for the hard working class anyway

#4 McDonald’s “Dollar Menu & More” now includes items that cost as much as 5 dollars.

We don't eat there much anymore, but they have a McDouble for like $1.69 (price varies for each store)

They did have a special a couple of weeks ago buy 2 sammiches that were listed for $5
(big mac, quarter pounder and fish sammich)

That was the first time in a long time we had a Big Mac.
But we got that, a small fry and split large drink all for under $10.....LOL



Yeah, lunch time we have learned what we can eat and keep it around $10 for the both of us
And no, it is not healthy food but hey, when in a hurry & on the run and you only got $10 to spend, you do what you got to do!! (winks)

Love those days tho when we are nearby a BBQ place, we'll splurge $20 and get us a brisket sammich plate with the sides .....yum-yum

 Li