POLITICAL THREAD

[sambowieshin]

I challenge you to show us any other point in American history where inflation jumped this quickly. This economy is a wreck and it is directly because of Marxist policies on energy, regulatory policy, but most damning it’s because of the sheer stupidity of keeping the economy shutdown (long after it was obvious that Covid had been overblown) and then borrowing and printing so many dollars once Biden took office.

Couple all that with the pressures that tens of millions of illegal aliens puts on housing prices.

You’re so, so silly.

Seriously? What are you, 12 years old?
"At the end of 1981, the annual inflation rate of 8.9 percent actually represented good news for consumers -- at that time, it was the lowest inflation figure since 1977, following increases of 13.3 percent and 12.4 percent in 1979 and 1980."

Flashback to the 80s, the last time US inflation stood at 8.5%

Inflation in the US has reached the highest level since 1981, prompting flashbacks to an era in which President Ronald Reagan had just taken office on a campaign vow to rein in soaring prices.

www.dailymail.co.uk

The current US Inflation Rate is at 3.48%, compared to 3.15% last month and 4.98% last year. This is higher than the long term average of 3.28%.
Not. Even. Close. 🤡

 

[Bill Cosby]

I don't make over 400k. Not worried about it.
“The president is honoring his ironclad commitment to not raise taxes on anyone making less than $400,000 and will cut taxes further for workers and families."

He’s promised to let the 2017 tax cuts expire, which will raise your taxes. Along with the vast majority of everyone making less than $400k per year.

 

[sambowieshin]

He’s promised to let the 2017 tax cuts expire, which will raise your taxes. Along with the vast majority of everyone making less than $400k per year.

They will rewrite the tax laws just like they always do. Not worried as I don't make over 400k.

 

[trueblujr2]

Still trying to figure out the point of this Hush Money trial even 3 weeks in. What does Bragg want to accomplish legally ? Daniel's has made the trial an instant appeal , there's literally an ocean of reasonable doubt, their star witness is a person with a habitual record of lying under oath.

Only things they can be trying to accomplish is to piss Trump off enough to testify to get him for perjury on anything an they might get an initial conviction and keep the appeal hearing till after election so it is after election while keeping gag order over him somehow till after appeal hearing.

The records case they might actually have an legit case this , jsn 6, atl. Cases are garbage political attack like in banana republics.

The records case lost all of it's legitimacy when they were exposed for planting evidence.

 

[Bill Cosby]

They will rewrite the tax laws just like they always do. Not worried as I don't make over 400k.

Well you’re a gullible fool. Just like when Biden lied about the stimulus payments you’d get if you voted for him and his admin immediately reneged after the election.

 

[HymanKaplan]

If Trump wins the Sun Belt, Biden's only path to win is a clean sweep of the Rust Belt. That's the long and short of it. Trump will just need to pick off one of MN, WI, MI, or PA

 

[blubo]

 

[trueblujr2]

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So we're supposed to have doctors treating only people of their own race now?

 

[AustinTXCat]

Only people whining about the economy are the 3.6 percent of unemployed who aren't working because they are lazy.
Yes, I'm in Destin and living large on my piddly teacher pension. ⛱️🍻
Economy is poppin baby!!

* KA -- BOOM *

Indeed announces layoffs for 8% of staff, just over a year after its last layoffs​

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/indeed-announces-layoffs-for-8-of-staff-just-over-a-year-after-its-last-layoffs/

Indeed is the most trafficked employment website in the USA.

Damn it, Joe!

 

[trueblujr2]

If Trump wins the Sun Belt, Biden's only path to win is a clean sweep of the Rust Belt. That's the long and short of it. Trump will just need to pick off one of MN, WI, MI, or PA

Winning the Sun Belt is one thing, We need him to win the Big 10. He should have the SEC in the bag.

 

[yes_takeaside]

Trump DOES lead in those states, but those numbers are ridiculously inflated. They're probably outlier polls, and not an average of all the polls. In fact, I'm positive of it.

The outlier polls are the ones that would make the average closer. See Rich Baris the People’s Pundit

 

[cole854]

My hunch is Bowie drives a 10 year old Honda Fit while wearing a mask and has a pocket protector.

 

[HymanKaplan]

He's not good enough at math to wear the pocket protector. Those must be EARNED.

I've got an entire collection, along with a slide rule. (that's actually true. I own a vintage Pickett N4-ES slide rule, LOL which I'm not entirely sure how to use)

 

[Bill Cosby]

It’s hard to fathom how brain dead you have to be to parrot the Biden admins message that everything is great, which flies in the face of actual data and reality, then also parrot the message that he’s not going to raise taxes on anyone making under $400k per year, when that exact thing is scheduled to happen at the end of 2025.

A small part of me wants the tax cuts to expire just so everyone who was dumb enough to believe the rich were the only ones who benefited get to feel a little more pain from the Biden admin policies.

And make no mistake, if Biden wins, he’ll let the tax cuts expire, argue he didn’t raise taxes on people making less than $400k per year and not cut them back to where they were. You can bet on that.

 

[Girthang]

The law says landlords are NOT required to be Section 8 holders,

So far.... barely avoided it though.

but If there was a way—Id provide it for homeless veterans, first and foremost.

There should be a separate program for veterans. I'd say I'm surprised there isn't one, but after the way I've seen veterans treated by this govt, that's impossible.

 

[UKBrassowTipIN]

Inflation happens under EVERY President. Biden inherited a God awful economic situation from Trump. Coming off of a world wide pandemic....supply chain shutdowns....Covid lockdowns....Biggest stimulus $$$ giveaway in US history (Thanks Donald!!!) which was immediately followed by a WAR in Ukraine which limited oil supplies and drove up gas prices.
All in all I would give Biden an A plus for his handling of these issues. The economy very easily could have gone into a deep recession but it didn't because of Biden's economic policies.
The price we paid for no recession was inflation.
BTW....Biden's overall inflation rate is only one percent more than Ronald Reagan's. Prices go up dude. That is why a hamburger isn't a nickel anymore.

U.S. Inflation Rate by President: From Eisenhower to Biden

How much control does the president really have over inflation, and how have their actions impacted the inflation rate over the years? Here is the average year-over-year inflation by president, and the events and economic conditions that contributed to it.

www.investopedia.com

Democrats immediately pushed massive spending bills without budgeting for it. You can spin all you want. In fact they pushed one out for trillions as soon as he took office and then "inflation reduction act"...which did nothing to help inflation

 

[*CatinIL*]

My hunch is Bowie drives a 10 year old Honda Fit while wearing a mask and has a pocket protector.

What's with the goofs that still drive around in their cars, by themselves, and wearing a mask? Those are the times when I wish aliens really would come down and abduct their ass and take them away from this planet.

 

[UKBrassowTipIN]

 

[*CatinIL*]

Give PsackaSh## a break, Joe was just checking his skin for liver spots. He wasn't checking his watch to see if it was ice cream time. We all know that.

 

[HymanKaplan]

When do we get to the falsifying business records to conceal a legal NDA, which somehow becomes a felony, because someone says that constitutes a campaign contribution (to HIMSELF LOL) and which makes a perfectly legal business expense a crime?

And why have we had to wait all this time to, you know, GET to the actual/alleged crime (which is only a crime if you can "massage" it into one)?

 

[HymanKaplan]

You want to know what an ACTUAL crime is? Here's an example: forcing your pubescent daughter to take soapy showers with you.

 

[Girthang]

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To be fair, with what they're not taught, medical school is kinda overkill (and no that's not a typo). Anyone can read a pharmaceutical manual and parrot what it says. They just need to bone up on their Latin pronunciation skills. I'd really like to think that most physicians are really trying to help, but they are so uneducated about general health and nutrition as to be dangerous.

 

[ManitouDan]

It’s hard to fathom how brain dead you have to be to parrot the Biden admins message that everything is great, which flies in the face of actual data and reality, then also parrot the message that he’s not going to raise taxes on anyone making under $400k per year, when that exact thing is scheduled to happen at the end of 2025.

A small part of me wants the tax cuts to expire just so everyone who was dumb enough to believe the rich were the only ones who benefited get to feel a little more pain from the Biden admin policies.

And make no mistake, if Biden wins, he’ll let the tax cuts expire, argue he didn’t raise taxes on people making less than $400k per year and not cut them back to where they were. You can bet on that.

His voters dont parrot anything , they are dumber than parrots . Its like an insult to a bird . I recently was in the company of 2 elderly democrats " Stormy called Trump a Orange Turd" and just snickered .. its a shame. they set there like zombies and absorb CNN and MSNBC .

 

[Bill - Shy Cat]

Seriously? What are you, 12 years old?
"At the end of 1981, the annual inflation rate of 8.9 percent actually represented good news for consumers -- at that time, it was the lowest inflation figure since 1977, following increases of 13.3 percent and 12.4 percent in 1979 and 1980."

Flashback to the 80s, the last time US inflation stood at 8.5%

Inflation in the US has reached the highest level since 1981, prompting flashbacks to an era in which President Ronald Reagan had just taken office on a campaign vow to rein in soaring prices.

www.dailymail.co.uk

The current US Inflation Rate is at 3.48%, compared to 3.15% last month and 4.98% last year. This is higher than the long term average of 3.28%.
Not. Even. Close. 🤡

Sam, we had some high inflation in the early 70’s when I was a senior in high school working part-time in a grocery store. Each week, I was told to change the price labels in the dairy section to higher prices. One day I was bent over relabeling the price stickers on cheese products when an elderly lady pounded the back of my head with her purse!! She was mad as Hell at me for increasing the prices. I apologized and said I was only following orders from the manager. Next week she apologized and said she could barely afford her groceries. I changed jobs shortly after that when I attended college. 😀

 

[55wildcat]

 

[55wildcat]

 

[Girthang]

What's with the goofs that still drive around in their cars, by themselves, and wearing a mask? Those are the times when I wish aliens really would come down and abduct their ass and take them away from this planet.

Fear. Lack of quality/faith in medical care, and compromised health.

 

[55wildcat]

LOL....

 

[Girthang]

Sham and dianalcysts are already prepping their CNN and MSN bc Lincoln fingers...

 

[55wildcat]

 

[sambowieshin]

Democrats immediately pushed massive spending bills without budgeting for it. You can spin all you want. In fact they pushed one out for trillions as soon as he took office and then "inflation reduction act"...which did nothing to help inflation

Memory refresher....Speaking of trillions.

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

 

[55wildcat]

Now this is badass...

 

[55wildcat]

 

[sambowieshin]

Sam, we had some high inflation in the early 70’s when I was a senior in high school working part-time in a grocery store. Each week, I was told to change the price labels in the dairy section to higher prices. One day I was bent over relabeling the price stickers on cheese products when an elderly lady pounded the back of my head with her purse!! She was mad as Hell at me for increasing the prices. I apologized and said I was only following orders from the manager. Next week she apologized and said she could barely avoid her groceries. I changed jobs shortly after that when I attended college. 😀

Coronavirus: Trump signs into law largest bailout in US history

The $2 trillion boost is the largest ever as virus cases continue to rise, hitting the economy.

www.bbc.com

Sam, we had some high inflation in the early 70’s when I was a senior in high school working part-time in a grocery store. Each week, I was told to change the price labels in the dairy section to higher prices. One day I was bent over relabeling the price stickers on cheese products when an elderly lady pounded the back of my head with her purse!! She was mad as Hell at me for increasing the prices. I apologized and said I was only following orders from the manager. Next week she apologized and said she could barely avoid her groceries. I changed jobs shortly after that when I attended college. 😀

Groceries has been the biggest hit on inflation for me. That has been where I see it weekly.
Gas is higher, but it has pretty much stabilized after it went from 2.50 to 3 plus dollars. It's higher now due to summer vacation driving.
Here's what I don't get. What is the ONE food item that seems impervious to inflation???? PIZZA!!!
I remember distinctly paying 5.99 for a medium Dominoes pizza in college back in the mid 80s. A large was typically around 10 bucks. Gattis was 9.99 back then.
I got two fully loaded Dominoes pizzas the other day for 22 bucks.....about 11 bucks a pizza. It helps to use coupons and find store specials but it is not unusual to get a pizza for around 10 bucks 40 years later. During the week you can get a 1 topping for 7.99 near me. Weird considering how much everything else has gone up.
How the hell can pizza do it but everyone else is jacking up prices???

 

[sambowieshin]

The people you hate read posts like that and it translates....
"I love Satan because he pisses off all the kind and decent human beings I have absolutely nothing in common with".

 

[sambowieshin]

* KA -- BOOM *

Indeed announces layoffs for 8% of staff, just over a year after its last layoffs​

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/indeed-announces-layoffs-for-8-of-staff-just-over-a-year-after-its-last-layoffs/

Indeed is the most trafficked employment website in the USA.

Damn it, Joe!

That'll bring down the inflation like you want right?? Massive layoffs are great for inflation reduction.
You can't have it both ways. Booming economies bring inflation. Crashing economies reduce inflation but raise unemployment. Pick your poison.
Joe knows!

 

[Marleydogg]

Had to wait an hour outside of Texas Roadhouse last night in order to get in and stand another 15 minutes to get seated. All the restaurants around there were packed to the gills.
Red Lobster and TGI Fridays have been struggling for years because they serve overpriced crappy food.
Try driving to Louisville, Nashville, Bowling Green or Lexington on a Friday or Saturday night at 6 pm and walking into a good sit down restaurant.
Good luck with that!
Been to the Greenwood Mall in Bowling Green on a weekend lately?
Been to Nashville any day of the week?
Derby infield was completely full with thousands of people who paid 130 bucks to stand in a field drinking 15 dollar beers.
Most people are fine. They just like to bitch.
Facts....

Chick-fil-A’s Earnings Top $1 Billion for Second Straight Year

Chick-fil-A Inc. reported record revenue for 2022, although higher restaurant operating expenses including food costs and labor, cut into earnings. Revenue reached $6.4 billion in 2022 compared to $5.8 billion

www.franchisetimes.com

Applebee's franchise restaurant sales US 2023 | Statista

U.S.-based casual dining restaurant chain Applebee's reported sales amounting to 4.36 billion U.S.

www.statista.com

Texas Roadhouse Revenue 2010-2023 | TXRH

Texas Roadhouse annual/quarterly revenue history and growth rate from 2010 to 2023. Revenue can be defined as the amount of money a company receives from its customers in exchange for the sales of goods or services. Revenue is the top line item on an income statement from which all costs and...

www.macrotrends.net

Culver's Revenue: Annual, Quarterly, and Historic - Zippia

Culver's's revenue is $3.2 Billion - Learn more about Culver's's revenue by exploring their annual revenue, historical revenue, quarterly revenue, and revenue per employee.

www.zippia.com

https://ir.dominos.com/news-releases/news-release-details/dominos-pizzar-announces-fourth-quarter-and-fiscal-2023

23. Arby’s

Arbys franchise information. To open a Arbys franchise requires an initial investment of $861,950 - $2,451,000. Franchise Fee: $12,500 - $37,500. Unit Count: 3,587

www.franchisetimes.com

Zaxby's Breaks Into the Top 50 on the Franchise Times Top 400

2023 Prestigious Rankings of Leading Franchises Just AnnouncedATHENS, GA / ACCESSWIRE / September 29, 2023 / The rapidly-growing Georgia-based QSR franchise Zaxby's proudly announces its significant leap on the esteemed 2023 Franchise Times Top 400 ...

ca.finance.yahoo.com

https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/kfc-owner-yum-brands-beats-quarterly-sales-estimates-steady-demand-2023-08-02/

Get a job, Village Idiot.

Clearly, way too much idle time on your hands.

 

[CaptainBoogerBuns]

LOL....

Otherwise, fund the hell out of the police

 

[Girthang]

** Newsflash from the "Holy Crap" Department **

1996 ad perfectly predicted today’s high cost-of-living. What it means for the next 30 years — and how to plan

“They say in thirty years a burger & fries could cost $16, a vacation $12,500, and a basic car $65,000.”

thehill.com

Thanks, Joe! Turning nightmares into reality.

Makes sense it was the teachers unions predicting this. They only make their goals by keeping the country shut down extra long

 

[sambowieshin]

Get a job, Village Idiot.

Clearly, way too much idle time on your hands.

Retired educator. My job is to continue educating those that need educating.
Facts. Logic. Science. Statistics. Data.
Don't fear them.