Low income Americans are struggling financially & car dependency leads to lower life satisfaction

[@kennv7566]

Americans struggling financially has become the new normal.

[@edwincollado6561]

Now that's a backround Edward 👍

[@hifijohn]

Yes, the huge vase seems new to the collection I don't think I have ever seen it before.

[@tmdrake]

WOW!

[@GwenClyde-iv7et]

If I might say I was thinking the same way.😅😅😅😅😅😊.

[@VTLovesSF]

Went two years without a raise 2022-2024, meanwhile rent, car insurance etc kept going up.

[@mikejohn0088]

You have two choices: Quit and seek a new job OR eat the status quo. Easy decision and they know it!

[@Sam11747]

@@mikejohn0088 or work additional low paying jobs, cut spending, sell whatever little you have, pile up with debt or a combination of the aforementioned.

[@tracybrovan3997]

Nice background Ed!!

[@jonstone9972]

I love the background Edward keep up the great work

[@Ace1000ks]

There is a lot of manufacturing in the US for things that matter, like cars, fixed wing aircraft, helicopters, semiconductor chips, food processing(canned goods, canned/bottled sodas, bottled ketchup, etc), paper towels, toilet paper, tissue paper, jet engines, military equipment, military vehicles, construction machinery, farm machinery, night vision, thermal imagers, parts for EUV and DUV lithography machines, chemicals, steel, bauxite, furniture, lumber, refined petroleum products, electicity, medications of all types, etc. However, many industries are highly mechanized and automated, so very few people are needed to work in them. This idea that we need to do jobs done by machines is regressive. In most factories, processing, plants, and manufacturing plants in the US, engineers, technologists, and technicans are needed instead of unskilled wotkers

[@nathanielcarreon5634]

Impressive background

[@rustykatt3870]

Happy New Year Edward Ph.D., your family, and us all... ✨😊✨.

[@davidsuprenant893]

Edward,living large, your room looks stunning, good for you sir.!!!

[@stanmarcusgtv]

btw, the COLA for SS reduces the real value of the check every year it has been calculated that the real value of a SS payment since 2000 has declined by @40% because the COLA is designed that way, it does not keep up w/ the real inflation rate which is much higher than the gov admits

[@charlesvandenburgh7754]

When you live in a free market economy, this is what to be expected. I'm seeing more electrical bicycles on the road so it could be a cheap way to get to and from work.

[@hifijohn]

Bought one this year for a little over $600 from ebay, its great gets me everywhere I need to go.

[@robertwalker5521]

Keep in mind, unlike a standard auto, an electric bike has no metal floor, no metal roof, no left side metal panels, no right side metal panels, no front bumper with supports, no rear bumper with supports. Imagine an incoming vehicle going left of center colliding with you front and left side .

[@Sam11747]

We don't live in a free market economy. At best, it's a mixed economy.

[@charlesvandenburgh7754]

The prices are not controlled by the Government but by supply and demand; this is why we are now living inside multiple bubbles which will eventually burst, sending this Country and others into a Global depression.

[@Sam11747]

Products are influenced, funded and subsidized by the government. We definitely live in a mixed economy.

[@michaelphillips4452]

Nice set.

[@gregorylyon1004]

Back in the 1970s, the Big 3 had 90% of the market sales in America. But today, they only have 30% of the market sales. 70% of our vehicles are made or produced by foreign companies

[@jeffs9850]

I love the eclectic background.

[@noreenn6976]

Love the chair! Happy New Year Edward!

[@jordanimatedstreaming]

I like how all of your home furnishings aren't just 'nice' or 'high quality', they are choice items that double as an investment that could be sold in the future. For example, if I list for sale the big box store generic lamp that I have in the corner of my room I would only be able to sell it for a fraction of the price I paid for it, but if I list an old genuine Tiffany lamp for sale it could potentially get sold for more than what I paid for it when adjusted for inflation.

[@felipe741]

Edward is one of those very eccentric millionaires I bet haha Keep it up king 🤴

[@garywanner7860]

Cool digs Doc, Happy New Year!

[@garysekura2290]

Ed, I disagree with your analysis on the tariff situation. First IF means just that, IF means it may happen or NOT. Two points, first Trump is the master of the art of the deal. He is using tariffs as a negotiating chip. Other countries will more than likely also agree to lower their tariffs or agree to some other agreeable settlement between parties. My two cents, just as you spent your two cents. Time will tell, it always does……..

[@dolly4446]

I’m just here to look at all that cool stuff you got there 😮not sure what I like most chair,lamp, vase the globe very nice 👍🏼have a Happy New Year 🎉

[@ReconPro]

Hi folks 😊

[@VTLovesSF]

Happy New Year!

[@HowardHunt-s7z]

Traded the rug for a castle?

[@zac1375]

He probably negotiated a better deal, also getting a used car, tie collection, and one year of free maid service included with the rug swap.

[@harrylessinger5769]

I haven't owned a car for over 15 years and don't miss it because the public transit where I live is very good. And one of the biggest benefits of being carless is the exercise, something so few Americans do these days. 😀

[@vastvessel996]

Lots of Americans exercise...except the fat ones...OK, you're right, most don't exercise.

[@gabrielmoody1708]

No car for almost 20 years! Retired recently and one of my requirements is accessibility to the things I need without a car! I have no qualms about taking public transit if it gets me where I need to go, I am in no hurry! A car is nothing but a money out I don't need!

[@ZXX984]

Did I see that knight move?🤣 Our car leaves the driveway every two of three days for errands, doctors appointments, and shopping. I own it drive, not to admire.

[@JanRaz1955]

Happy New Year 🎉 Dr Ed

[@avenger1212]

You know what we all need? More of our future prosperity sent overseas by our government. I didn't want the house and car, or to vacation with my family and make memories. Not at the cost of funding the war in Ukraine or DEI training in Argentina. Thank God for inflation, where the government can spend my future earnings before I even have to earn them, all the while minimizing the cost of the last years of my life they took from previous inflation.

[@michaelopheim7549bmw]

Find it game? Scissors, binoculars, globe,shoe and magnifying glass.10 points! next level stuff ! Happy new year fiscal responsibility 🎉

[@scottmcamis2127]

We need a correction!

[@robertalbert623]

Happy New year

[@mikeymarriott]

Loved office space. It’s a cult favorite

[@robertalbert623]

I asked my local mechanic about electric cars, his only comment was there's nothing to fix. I also noticed that the few people who own Chevy volts, electric cars built before Tesla are still around

[@Sam11747]

Nothing to fix because nothing breaks or because they're trashed once something major happens?

[@stanmarcusgtv]

EVs have little resale value for a reason and your mechanic seems to know little about EVs

[@robertalbert623]

Well, to be more specific I have a neighbor and know a person at work that have been driving their Chevy volts for 10 years

[@dojocho1894]

like the background ........is that globe a bar? I got one from Italy that opens to a bar

[@EdwardPh.D.]

Statesman 20″ Antique Illuminated Floor Heirloom - Replogle Globes

[@RepuBlicOfChaD]

Stay stacked 💰 and stay jacked 💪

[@sachawisznia9685]

What an interesting psychosocial that would be, regarding Dr. Edward/livingroom background... Great Content/Video! 👍👍

[@ChristianGoin]

What do you think it would take for irresponsible people to learn they have to become responsible?

[@halfdollar1]

Try to take a train from Texas to Florida. It will take you up to Chicago, then east and then south. So you will need to fly, drive or take a Greyhound between these states. Also, why not have a day ferry from Texas to Florida across the Gulf of Mexico? I would drive halfway toll from Texas to Biloxi to visit my parents. Now I am in Albuquerque. Good thing mon likes to come out here. My night vision is not the best for driving and I do not want some tsa agent to fondle me before a 6 hour flight involving the sensation of falling the whole trip

[@tharpeaddy]

I love my e-bikes lol

[@notanomad9320]

I retired in 2020 after 30 years in the wholesale side of the bike industry. I loved it because my employer treated us all so well and we had great perks like getting commuter credits to ride our bikes in. Indoor bike parking, hot showers and a locker room. Even a bike shop where we could work on our bikes after hours. I didn't ride year round but several people did. Pay wasn't bad either with 401k/Roth plans along and health insurance. I consider myself lucky.

[@mikejohn0088]

BIKES = MC right?

[@HotepSaoirse]

@@mikejohn0088 🤦‍♀🤦‍♀🤦‍♀🤦‍♀

[@ricochet2880]

Love the Knight 🛡️

[@Curlyblonde]

Mr. Ed & Friends whooping it up on New Year's Eve in his Throne Room. Ready to defend him from Les Miserables. Happy New Year ! 🎉

[@theonlylionesse]

I missed the chair. Edward, have a wonderful New Years🎉

[@EdwardPh.D.]

@theonlylionesse Thanks for watching this evening! Thanks for being a channel member too! Have a Happy New Year!

[@theonlylionesse]

@@EdwardPh.D. Thank you Edward.

[@HotepSaoirse]

5:27 Car dependence is something that can get you into trouble talking about with people. Remember that girl who was complaining about how long it took her to get to work using public transportation? If her job was right next door or worked remotely her commute would not be an issue. There are a plethora of restrictive zoning regulation that prevents many things like grocery stores, doctor's offices, jobs, restaurants, or schools from being built close to were people live so they do not have to have a length of travel. More people would see having a personal vehicle as optional and would have more money in their pockets to better weather the inflation storm. Not to mention that the highways would be less congested so operators of semi trailers can make better travel time and be more on time with their deliveries. But what do I know.? I'm just some guy in a youtube comment section

[@AdelTheForsaken]

It's by Design. But that's but that's the reason Lee's restaurants and stores are going to have to close. When minimum wage workers can't get to work who's going to do the job? I'm not driving an hour + away just to make 8.75$ -14.00$ an hour!

[@gregorychalmers2466]

Damn. You look like Gomez Adams with your decor A sword fish with a leg in its mouth is missing! He was rich

[@jediknight2883]

This dudes got a suit of armor 😆

[@VTLovesSF]

Tiffany lamp Dr Edward?

[@bryantsherman503]

Pricing a new lease on a Mercedes-Benz vehicle has become more difficult as bonuses have dried up.

[@stanmarcusgtv]

Americans love private transportation and absolutely hate public transportation - except for other people. Public transportation is unsafe and always a fiscal drain. Private transportation was cheap in the US until the gov decided to punish the drivers of ICE vehicles and promote EVs which the people reject. Companies like Ford have doubled the price of their best selling ICE vehicles to cover the losses of $80,000 on each EV and now can't sell their most popular models because of the price increases caused by the gov.

[@HotepSaoirse]

BOT🤖and PAID💰

[@vikker8274]

If you have HAD to use mass transit for work, like I did for 20+ years, you can actually appreciate being able to drive instead. No bums, no garbage, no stop to pick up “lively” passengers at the clinic…. Agree that a simple “analog” car is way better!

[@ericmadsen7470]

Happy New Year Edward. What do you think '25 will bring?

[@enigmathegrayman2953]

I’ve got a paid off car, but I do better than that. I ride the train to and from work for free with transit pass provided by my job…

[@doglover5519]

If your kids went to college and can't get a job in their field make them get a job doing something!!!

[@Cmad171]

No more devil rug?

[@markp4967]

Did you break into a Museum Edward??? Or, are you trolling them accounts for razzing you about your "sparse accommodations"? 😂😂😂

[@felipe741]

Yes, he’s now selling antiques as an additional source of income 😂

[@kenvalenti5414]

We are officially a third world country.

[@gobot4455]

You know the funny thing: I think the tariffs would be great for stock market. It would suck for the majority of us, but since when did the top 1% care about that? Keep voting in the people who support them, folks. Lol.

[@shauns06rubi]

Ed in the west wing today.

[@shanasvensson7384]

Yhat room looks like a prop out of The Munsters

[@kathyandersen8243]

Im going to buy me a old smalltoyota truck.for me and my dogsthe true 😢small truck.❤😮

[@theoriginalDAL357]

Watch the channel Black Pigeon Speaks. His latest video, American Derangement Syndrome, is closest to what we’re seeing happening in America: a total change to the economic paradigm. He says the middle class was an anomaly; I think he may be right. What we’ve been used to isn’t coming back, and what we’re going through now are the birth pains of some new order emerging.

[@jeffherringa4709]

Hollywood is calling for your artifacts in new films. Be prepared for some good offers!

[@enigmathegrayman2953]

Put on your beanie and mittens, it’s gonna be a freezing winter…..

[@JinglesforJesus]

Happy 2025 Edward! John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

[@theallseeingkats6321]

What happen to being frugal ? 😂

[@Csharpflat5]

Wow you must live in a castle, you are very successful…

[@marksweetser6312]

First

[@zac1375]

Great job! You are awesome! 🏆

[@wingsedge-sq9bt]

The cluttered back ground tells me where you're spending your You Tube $$$ 😄

[@justicewilson7929]

Big oil and the automotive industry wants us to be careful dependent for obvious reasons.

[@gregorylyon1004]

The Union workers all wanted sky high labor contracts with lifetime free ride pensions. That's why the foreign vehicles can be built much cheaper. And it also caused the Big 3 to move production to other countries

[@cueoneful]

edward Resolves To Continue Downer ' Fear Porn' In 2025.....!! LOL.

[@cueoneful]

Love The adams Family Setting Ed....1!

[@fredgoch8251]

I help people with the money I have. Give it a try Dr. Instead of sitting in front of your ridiculous adornments. Less is more!

[@felipe741]

He does it everyday with the content he creates Also probably pays a ton in taxes Probably helped many more people than you or me have

[@alostpilgrimsjourney5953]

Life is not going to get any better until stop spending and borrowing our way to Hell.

[@mastersparkyful]

Background is getting a bit strange