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Northwestern State wins the opening game of the tournament over UTRGV, 6-5. UTRGV is likely the team that Lamar wanted to immediately pick up a loss. SFA and Lamar's will play in a little less than 1 and 1/2 hours. McNeese beat Nicholls by a final of 11-3 in Hammond. The Christians play the Lions in the night cap in that bracket.

I wouldn’t want to be poor. Worked too hard to get a little bit ahead. But, some people today think being poor is a little different than I recall when I was growing up literally dirt poor. Not sure ‘poor’ is still having a $1000 cell phone, expensive sneakers, PlayStations and similar, and at least one big screen tv with some type of streaming service.

No doubt the poor do well in this country. I recently saw a congressman in a committee not sure which state he was from make a step that a single mom making $12k a year qualified for about $62000 in benefits. Food, Housing, Healthcare, Childcare etc. Unbelievable

I'm the poster child for middle class. You are so correct about the poverty level - our poor has it pretty good with Government housing with heat and ac.....at least compared to say Mexico's poor........at least they have an incentive to do better (starvation)

The 90s.

Agree. Purchasing power is being hurt across all income levels—except the poor. The poor are still faring the same if they are on government assistance. That may change in 2027 with some of the new rules. Inflation is caused by the government in this case—as almost always. The same people who are claiming they want control to help are the same people that created the mess in the first place. But, there are actually less people in the so-called ‘lower middle class & poverty levels’ than ever before, and it has little to do with government policy.

I am not saying the whole middle class is being wiped out but if you’re are on the low end of what is considered middle class your buying power has deteriorated greatly these last 6 years. Inflation is just a tax that was not legislated because of government overspending which robs the buying power of taxpayers. Classify it how you want but the American Taxpayer is getting bent over!

I like Trump's approach!

The Poster people for mental illness!

Why would this even be debatable?

Lmao…..Trump just might do this…..

Inflation doesn’t erase an entire group of people as you claimed. But, no one said inflation wasn’t affecting folks either. Who/what causes inflation? What I was stating was that politicians, pundits, and public polling don’t use actual data. Also, there’s no agreed upon definition of middle class. The people using the ‘hollowing out of the middle class’ argument just want more control—either Left, Right, Socialist, or Populist. That should bother you. I believe you’re more of a free market type individual like myself. Read the study. There are many more like it.

I remember Chavis Gregory from the 2012 squad. For some reason, I can't recall who McCollister is and year?

yes, that's our stance on the subject matter. I believe most would agree that Jones is capable of playing defense on multiple levels across the ncaa ranks. but, for some reason, unknown to anyone, he was left behind to do it on his own, from what i am told by a particular coach.

Chavis McCollister from Tenaha.

Josh Allen is a good example.

So Americans making between $55k and $165k which is considered middle class are not being fazed by the inflation over the last years?

Really good high school players sometimes don't receive D1 offers for different reasons. Some don't show up at as many camps as others and when they do they might have a bad day at the camp and not look that impressive. Some don't participate in powerlifting and track events that some scouts use to verify strength and speed. Some don't have a lot of film readily available. Some just don't fit the "measurables" that scouts look for at certain positions. Some have bad grades or test scores. Lot of things have to get checked off for D1 offers most times and the best 3A high school players don't always hit all the checks. I'm sure Jones can play somewhere although it may not be D1 and who's to say he doesn't end up at a D1 after a couple years at a juco or D3. It's happened before

You could add Manchin and Gabbard to the list. Actually, I found a list that goes back to the 1850s of Dems that switched to Republicans.

The middle class shrinking is one of the biggest myths out there, and is used as a way for the government to intervene even more than it already does. This is only one study of many. Yes, the Middle Class Is Shrinking—Because It's Moving Up The real squeeze comes from government-distorted markets, not economic decline. [Hidden Content] The Middle Class Is Shrinking Because of a Booming Upper-Middle Class [Hidden Content]

And the Democrats will do it without blinking.

The tribe really does matter at this point, results are the same. The deterioration of the dollar is erasing the middle class. Dino Fetterman….sounds good, means nothing

Chavis Gregory?

In this case, i was referring to the RB from OF and Jones.