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Rodgers has publicly stated his disdain for McGinn in subtle ways, like he usually does. I can't remember who it was, but some local guy mentioned him and he rolled his eyes. I remember the reporter going "What! He's good!" and Rodgers just sort of said "Yeah, he's good all right." I think it was Homer, but can't remember. Rodgers does not like him at all. Favre was much more of an open book and a lot more fun for reporters to cover. As an aside, Peavey...I'm not buying the Bears. They do this every so often. I firmly believe they will be 6-10 next year after losing their first playoff game. The fact that they are a contender is one of the reasons I still hope the Packers get in because they don't scare me at all. -
To be honest, I've grown really tired of McGinn. I know he's a revered figure and I always read his work. I know he works really hard, but he seemed to be overdoing the "tough critic" thing his last couple years at the paper, to the point he was going for shock value. He's had several stupid columns. Nobody will ever forget the one that the Packers would be 11-5 without Rodgers the week before he broke his collarbone. He had another a few years ago where he declared Rodgers was no longer an elite QB. I went to j-school, and I hate when people say this about reporters, but he really started to come off like a guy that had an ax to grind with Rodgers. Then there would be his report cards where he'd write stuff like "established himself as elite at the position" and give them a B-. The random sources spouting off extreme generalizations about guys, arbitrarily deciding that somebody wasn't good anymore...it just got random to me like he was trying to be a hard ass.
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Wouldn't be terribly surprised if MM wound up on Belichick's staff with the way he's always been so vocal about his respect for him. If McDaniels did leave, he would make a damn good OC there, if he were willing to be an OC. Might be moot since he may get a HC job super fast. Hard to guess. Still a moderate leap to assume MM is fired in the first place.
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I think he's a good coach. A great coach even. Belichick doesn't really heap empty praise on guys and he has made his admiration for MM clear. But I think his schtick is cold in GB; both things can be true. It's best for both to move on at this point, IMO.
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I have a really hard time calling somebody who went to Cornell for Labor Relations got a PhD in economics from Harvard an idiot. I wouldn't call anybody with that pedigree an idiot regardless of their beliefs simply because they aren't one and would debate me in circles. Yes, degrees aren't the end all, but he is clearly not an "idiot" and that type of silly statement isn't really progressing what was a good discussion.
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I didn't hear anybody calling for SP when the Saints won 7 games for 4 of 5 seasons. I guess a few of their fan boards wanted him fired too. The Packers not closing the deal has had waaaay more to do with their defense for the past seven years than MM. At some point the head coach gets the blame though. Until this season, I don't think it's ever really been the offense. It's had months where it's struggled, but I'm sure the Saints have too.
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Yes, it was horrible worst experience ever. I'm not delving into this any further because I can see where it's gonna go. But the "I stopped reading when I saw this guy's name" is pretty lame. People say stuff like that when they want an out. You didn't really delve into anything at all and just used the name thing and then made an outlandish blanket statement about labor unions. But that'll be my last post on unions since I can see this unraveling in a hurry.
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The Saints were stuck in a 7-8 win purgatory every year before last. He's been less successful than McCarthy, who's been on the brink of getting back to the SB twice with Rodgers and once with Favre. The Saints are a pretty good comp with GB and basically the go-to team when people start comparing the Packers to the Patriots. If McCarthy is riding Rodgers' coattails it is hard to argue Payton isn't doing the same with Brees, and he's been worse at it. I don't know enough to know if McCarthy can hold Payton's jock, but when I see this argument come up it's not a particularly strong one.
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Automation is obviously inevitable and something labor needs to adapt to, but a better union is precisely the kind of thing that would have made that transition better for the worker. Here is a good read about that topic in Germany. https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/373415-german-unions-big-win-shows-us-labor-the-path-forward
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Meh, I don't wanna go down this road for the reasons Homer pointed out, I'm just going to say that JFK was one of the first major figures to lament the corruption in labor unions. The 1960s are roughly the time I would say some cracks started to appear in the union foundation, probably a little earlier than that. Stagnation started to really surface not long after in the 70s. I think it's silly to try and imply those two things aren't connected. Once there were problems in the unions, it became easier to campaign against them as corrupt bureaucracies in the way we've commonly seen today. Those problems did exist, but by and large, unions were great for most of the middle class. Joey the line worker can't negotiate pay and benefits without a union. They will tell him to take a hike and bring in Tommy. If unions were as robust as they once were you would not have a CEO getting a 1000x raise. You can lament their problems, but they serve a purpose and a properly functioning union is essential for a healthy lower/lower-middle class. There are a million studies on this (second is a column but references a talk from a leading economist). https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/08/30/decline-unions-has-hurt-all-workers-study/89557266/ https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-08-31/weakened-unions-explain-stagnant-wages I'll leave it there, I don't want this to become a Scott Walker battlefield.
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Like most things I believe there is a middle ground. An argument can be made for some unions not looking out for the best interests of the groups they intended to represent. But if I were forced to point to one thing for wage stagnation it is the weakening of unions. You can correlate the two pretty much linearly through the country's history and it's just common sense. Some dude making $14 an hour cannot negotiate with billionaires by himself.
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The single greatest cause is the demise of unions. This isn't advocacy, it is just a simple fact. The collective plebes have no influence at the bargaining table when it comes to economic policy. We get most things for pennies on the dollar from China and full employment is no longer seen as a driver for policy. When unions continually lost power the elite could do as they wished. That is you end up with a CEO getting a 1200x raise. Several unions allowed corruption to drive themselves into the ground, and unions had flaws, but on the whole they were fighting for the little guy. The best working class jobs today are the ones that still have powerful unions.
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Miller Park Clubhouse Sale
OldSchoolSnapper replied to OldSchoolSnapper's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Is that general public? I noticed full season SSH get first grab, then 20pk etc. get an hour later on Thursday night. Imagine still really crowded, but just curious what your experience was. Sounds like it may be worth the trip in. -
Chiefs vs Rams - Ref winks at Goff
OldSchoolSnapper replied to KeithStone53151's topic in Other Sports
It's not though. This has been happening for generations. Favre was one of the most ref-chummy players there was. I'm not even sure that clip is definitive that he's winking at Goff. There is another official that comes into the frame at the very end. The refs shoot the breeze with players all the time. It could be a non-vocal way of saying "it's on them." We haven't a clue. This is nothing, and not remotely suspicious. -
I would take him for Schoop in an instant though I doubt that is a real possibility.
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It's next week Thursday. I assume people here have gone. I have not. Is it cool? Worth going, or is it the Kohl's experience where stuff is "marked down" to average or above prices?
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Chiefs vs Rams - Ref winks at Goff
OldSchoolSnapper replied to KeithStone53151's topic in Other Sports
Lol. Nobody watches the Rams. They have no incentive in "big marketing" them through to the Super Bowl. They would be better off pushing the Packers or Cowboys through. I don't even see the incentive anyway. The NFL is wildly popular and the playoffs and Super Bowl are American holidays. People watch it whether it's the Giants or the Jaguars. A silly out of context wink is definitive of what exactly? "No sweat Jared, this is fixed!" And he's going to do this on the field where it can be picked up by one of the 1200 cameras. This is so silly. -
This is such a weird season. Normally when the Packers pull this 10 game meh fest, they are facing a miracle finish to be a wild card. This year, they are given new life every week. We keep saying it's a must-win every week, but then things shake out and they are basically at break-even. If they win this week they are essentially in a playoff spot. They'd have a tiebreaker over Minnesota, and you have to doubt Washington is hanging on to that division or a .500 record very long without Smith. Dallas isn't even good, so they could still fall behind the Packers too. They very likely still have a loss to give, possibly a couple of them. It's maddening really how close they are to being one of the leaders in the conference. But it also feels like they are 2-8 for some reason. Just an odd year. You're torn between "they stink, let's get McCarthy out of here" and "They're right there; if they turn the corner they can make a run."
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This is a big part of the crisis. By the time most people sit down to think about these things, that ship has sailed. If there is no large inheritance coming, there is very little you can do. It is too easy to kick the can down the road in your 20s and 30s. You have to pay for daycare, get rid of that student loan, save for the house, etc. If you get to 45 and have a 401k with 20 grand in it you are in trouble. It's harsh, but a reality people need to educate their young adult children on. That training has to come from mom and dad because nobody else is going to do it. Some people have nothing left to save, but a lot of people would be better off balancing their goals. Even if you can only put down $150 a month in an IRA or something that is massively better than 0 by the time you hit 45. And a lot of people can save more than they think, they just don't sit down and strategize. I encourage people to start IRAs for their children when they are very young. You can contribute anything up to what you earn in a year. If you have a 12 year old that rakes leaves, shovels snow, etc. and he makes $800 he can contribute $400 to an IRA. You can even 'employ' them to do menial jobs for your side job and pay them, all that counts as earned income and they can contribute to their own IRA. It gets them in the habit of it and is a good way to teach. It is pretty cool to send a kid to college and already have them rocking an IRA with a few thousand dollars.
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it may bother you, but there is at least some truth to these one liners... There is some truth in that some people are lazy and some people buy too much junk. Is that the driving factor in why the majority of people are crippled? No, it's not. When you make $31k and get a $29k hospital bill when you're already $60k in student debt your work ethic isn't gonna help you a whole lot. You are essentially screwed. Expecting most people to be able to grind out of that isn't realistic. It's passing the buck from an infrastructure that has failed and placing the blame on the less fortunate. Even as a lifelong Republican, I'm kind of repulsed when people (I'm not directing this as you) dismiss the very real socioeconomic problems that have caused the retirement crisis as people being lazy. The usual responses are that you don't have to go college or something, and while that may be true in some cases far too many people have no concept of those things at the age they're tasked with making those decisions. The colleges have failed most people miserably at preparing them for actual life as an adult.
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A lot of those issues are related. Two working parents wasn't always the norm. That meant more time at home, more meals at home, more time to take care of a house and just generally a far more relaxed lifestyle. When two people get home at 6pm eating out is just something most folks are going to do. It's also less meaningful time spent together, which is connected to crumbling family structure etc and a whole bunch of very complex stuff. Money brings the ability to outsource even a couple things that make life easier. Also, white collar workers are much more likely to have flexibility to take off here and there to run errands. Blue collar jobs are a lot less forgiving. I can't argue with the rise of consumerim and giant homes, but that's in most Americans' blood. I think you hit on one of the big things, and that is people's unwillingness to accept that the time of unchecked prosperity is over. You're not entitled to your grandparents life but that is a hard pill to swallow. The general attitude of many boomers doesn't help either. They don't understand the issues young people face today. I think you are starting to see some of that return to frugality with people under 35ish. That generation is waiting to buy homes, delaying kids, renting, living smaller, repurposing goods and more concerned with the effects of consumerim on the environment.
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If you have two earners making $16 an hour in a household, you make enough to save. Now if you are a single parent, that would be a problem obviously. That's barely above median household income. It's $66k per year, which is not even close to the inflation adjusted salary for a comparable job 40 years ago. It can be done with a frugal lifestyle, but that wasn't my point. Two children in daycare can cost upwards of $2k a month. And we haven't touched the potential of having a student loan. The point was that it was far easier to have an average life in the past. My dad has friends who paid for UW by working at a bowling alley in the summer. I'm a conservative and well above median income but it annoys me when people explain our economic state with one liners about people today being lazy or buying too much stuff. It's simplistic and lazy and ignores the vast issues we have in our economy.
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The likely true rumor is that McDaniels gets Belichick's job when he leaves. But if you're him, are you really going to postpone a HC job for years just to get it when Brady is done playing? I mean, why?
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That fact about women going to college makes a lot of sense. A lot of people also pair off (the first time at least) at a time in their lives when money is not a big driver for what they want in a mate. Real life hasn't hit people in their early 20s for the most part and most have a deluded sense of how much or they will make or how hard life will be. I think that would be much higher up the scale with people who pair off into their 30s and 40s than 20s.
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True for a great many people, but not for all, and the issue is a lot more complex than that. Not too long ago a high school degree was enough to lock down a very cushy manufacturing job that supported a typical family and provided a retirement plan. That is all but gone, wage stagnation is extremely real, and the folks who worked those types of jobs have been hit the most. White collar workers with education were able to keep up with rising COL or outpace it in many areas, but $16 an hour to work in a plant is just not cutting it for those with families who need to be able to put something away after paying bills. I know the response to that is "don't have kids then," but from a economics and demographics perspective that isn't a realistic solution. When you hear that the lower middle class has been crushed, that isn't just blowing smoke. Post-WWII was really a tremendous time of prosperity in this country and it is absolutely nothing like that for anybody working those types of jobs today.
