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orangecrush

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2. I get your point but

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #1)

Fri May 8, 2026, 09:14 AM

Yesterday

I know a few people who have gone on cruises who were not rich by the usual definition.

They were middle class people who saved for a long time to do something they dreamed of.

Not my cup of tea, but they earned it.

No one in their right mind will sail under this clown show.

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Firing the US federal workforce was not supposed to hurt rich people going on cruises. Irish_Dem Yesterday #1

I get your point but orangecrush Yesterday #2

Yes I use sarcastic hyperbole sometimes to make a point. Irish_Dem Yesterday #5

Thanks, my friend orangecrush Yesterday #8

I guess most people would never make it in an US Irish Catholic military family. Irish_Dem Yesterday #9

Wish I could do more orangecrush Yesterday #10

Yes I know. Irish_Dem Yesterday #11

Well said. orangecrush Yesterday #12

Yes the voting process will show be for show like in Russia. Irish_Dem Yesterday #13

Most of my friends have been on cruises. Norbert Yesterday #3

They can afford food, gas, utility bills, medical care. Irish_Dem Yesterday #6

The rich only use private yachts & jets RainCaster Yesterday #4

These cruises are actually budget friendly and people even on low income JI7 Yesterday #7

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