Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Would love to see some type of proof or facts, that even MOST Villagers...came from 'poor' backgrounds.
Broad-brush statements can be made by anyone with just an opinion and an agenda (and make proclamations, pretending to speak for MOST others), but require actual proof...to have even a scintilla of credibility. It's boring at best, completely deceiving at worst, having someone drone on about how their anecdotal experiences...somehow apply to most other people. |
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For many people, having to put away money in a 401K has been a necessity since the mid 80's.
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After looking @ turnouts for college colors, there seem to be lots of villagers who attended fairly expensive colleges,
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Many of those are the college colors of their children or grandchildren, not their parents or they support their state colleges.
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I agree with Gracie. The incivility on this forum makes me wonder how many here have any education. |
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If I had to show my children and grands college colors it would cover my entire home. It would include 12 institutions. If I am flying a flag or paint my cart, it because we attended, not on the accomplishments of others
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Sometimes i’m very grateful I don’t have a degree. |
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where will the resources come from to staff all the new businesses in the area, in 2019? In a world where a woman who actually wants to stay home with the kids while dad brings home the bacon is a luxury that most families can't afford, where a year a a top university will cost around $80k or more, where gas continues battling $4/hour, and minimum wage might pay half the rent, and no utilities? |
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The resources to staff all of the new businesses will be drawn by the businesses themselves. A rising tide lifts all ships. People seeking jobs will seek the new businesses. And this is in answer to those who want to find some statistics on Educational levels in Sumter County and over 65 in the U.S. education levels attained by residents of sumter county, florida - Bing education levels attained by americans over 65 - Bing P.S. Jazuela. I imagine that you attained more than I did? Who can judge the worth and value and wisdom of people? I can't. I sense that "staying home with children" may have some sociological and moral impact on the world and perhaps handing them over as infants to people that we would not trust with our car keys might have some impact on the world too.
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Since we are so far off topic I guess I will jump in.
Back in our day we did not need $10 per pack cigarettes. We did not need a $50 per month data plan for our $400 smart phone. $200 sneakers! $100 jeans!? A new(er) car was never in the equation. Just to name a few. Today it takes more than one job to fulfill the wants of individuals. The needs (real needs) are at a whole different level. Comparing then and now is comparing a grape to a water melon!! |
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And don't forget the criteria here, because it's real: 1. Seniors relying on social security must either earn more than their social security check, OR work very few hours. So the jobs need to be either REALLY GOOD high paying full time jobs, OR really crappy low-paying part time jobs, if their target employee is a senior on social security. 2. Non-seniors who are healthy enough to work these jobs, will need health care. If they are being subsidized, then working will immediately cause their premiums to rise, and might disqualify them from any subsidies at all. So if the target potential unemployed person seeking work is someone who qualifies for subsidies, the jobs need to either a) come with comprehensive health care or b) pay enough to cover the employee's full cost of premiums on top of paying the rent/mortgage utility bills taxes etc. So again: where will these resources - these potential employees come from? Who will they be? |
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you don't know. Which is in agreement with me, because I don't think it will be easy to attract "good help" to businesses in the Villages in a market of "the lowest unemployment rates in history" (according to some in the federal government), in an area comprised primarily of senior retirees who have little interest in returning to the work force, in an area with insufficient low income housing to shelter people wanting to enter the work force but needing to support themselves and their families, and not wanting to substitute entitlements for "thoughts and prayers." |
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