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In a sane world, you would see income "leakage" inversely proportional to the impact of inflation - everything's more expensive, stop spending. Covid may have influenced some, but note these sectors continued to climb - right through peak inflationary periods and onward.

@NotStewPot @RobProvince No Boomer, but that's a cute quip. If you are an actual veteran - you have at your disposal the same benefits that I used. Otherwise, good luck with the burrito procurement, kid.

@GrumpyDogma @RobProvince Cool story boomer.

I can tell you this nurses spending habits just by looking at her…….

@ErinIshimoticha @SpaceX "Dogwhistles" muh... Cashing in on the thing, the capitalist venture, then once they have cleared their $ goals - spend their days shitting on everyone else. Aka - a miserable person. There is a reason she's not at SpaceX - it's not Google or other DEI celebratory hosts.

Maybe @SpaceX can ask its engineers not to chant nationalist dogwhistles on the livestream please? 😒

@MarieIsabellaB @Rothmus Correct. Holy hell, I made that statement on another thread, and you would have thought I was voting for an HR lead Congress, FFS. Anyone who has worked in non-office cubby worlds, understands there is shit HR and there is necessary HR - unfortunately, they don't overlap much.

@Rothmus HR is only concerned with protecting the company, not the employee, in case anyone was mistaken about that

HR could have been something. Instead, we handed it over to 5’2”s on power trips because soft skills and people-oriented and emotional intelligence and whatever.

@JesseKellyDC It's when you see garbage like this, you become acutely aware that it's not just some Americans that have limited exposure to other countries - it's a TON of other countries/people that have no exposure/concept of America. Ah yes, a Thailand account that is sick of both sides.

You pay $9 a gallon for gasoline in your garbage European country. Every guy I know who lives in a trailer park drives to work every day and has air conditioning.

Doug's version has clarity. I have some zoomers that work for me, from very modest backgrounds. They do not appear to be carrying this particular baggage - they work, have beater cars (like we did) live in apartments/townhomes, have hobbies etc. - not a lot of griping tbh.

@pmarca Fair but here’s the real problem The same people who censored me and shutdown my church will use AI to surveil me and cancel my bank account Tell me I’m wrong Marc Tell me I’m wrong

@sethbannon Yes, yes...dump tens of millions into the country, create an unrecognizable culture and hopefully you'll get a dozen smart immigrants that are exceptional. Nope, I would rather roll the dice that they come here regardless of the LPR step.

Are they trying to destroy our innovation economy? We have employees in the US legally applying for permanent residency. Now they can't work with us while they wait for an answer? Immigrant founders building companies here applying for green cards have to leave? Insanity.

My wife is a Christian and doesn’t want to hear your oppressive Muslim prayer calls, either. If you want to live in a Muslim country, go back to the UK.

@SDSLLC_USA Yep - credit scores are a self-licking ice-cream cone. If you don't carry credit - you will see a decrease in your score. The rest is voodoo. I think of this when my wife gets 850 and she had 1 late payment, but me 10+ years older credit and zero dings gets 830.

Can someone explain this to me like I'm 5 years old? Last month I paid off a credit card, no high balance at all. Two weeks ago I paid off another credit card, no high balance at all. These are the only two credit cards that I have. Why did my credit score drop dramatically?

@TaliDaGreat @FlamingoKopf777 @RealBrittHughes Well, the intent wasn't to draw a comparison to taxes or illegal immigrant dollars, but I agree on both counts.

@FlamingoKopf777 @GrumpyDogma @RealBrittHughes Our tax dollars going ANYWHERE besides to help US is the entire fucking issue.

I have great sympathy for the argument that things cost more these days. I have zero sympathy for the grown adult who thinks they’re too good to eat a sandwich or throw something in a crockpot. It’s the age of the Internet. If you don’t know how to cook, learn. You have money. What you don’t have is an excuse.

Marc Andreessen accidentally told the truth about AI

@Daleykai @adamcarolla Wow... yeah, that's insane. There are many brands that have the same, "USDA Organic" label just like that one, $3-5 range.

@GrumpyDogma @adamcarolla She is probably referring to the premimum "orangnic" eggs at places like Whole Foods wholefoodsmarket.com/grocery/produc…

What the hell is going on

@GovPressOffice Welp, commies gonna commie. 🤣😂 "Big Oil" - people (yes, even liberals that are ideologues) can see the sheer waste that comes from politicians - especially California. You are pissing away the very *additional* taxes you implement. Then go all kindergarten on your citizens.

Californians, if you’re hitting the road this holiday weekend, be sure to AVOID Chevron. Pro tip: unbranded gas comes from the same refineries, storage tanks, and pipelines, and it meets the same state standards to keep your engine running clean, even if it doesn’t have a fancy name like ‘Techron.’  Big Oil is already making billions off Trump’s Iran War; don’t let them rip you off even more by overpaying for the brand name.

@capeandcowell Please tell me the "arm scribbles" stage is almost over. The ridiculous ink jobs in this age group are the antithesis of edgy.

I guess Warner Bros has zero interest in making money off this train wreck

Here’s what I see on X 😂😂

@uniquemoviemom What is this garbage? It looks like some re-enacted scene from 👇

The way Ahsoka is unfazed by the double-bladed lightsaber flying past her is insane 🔥

Ken Paxton opposes amnesty. John Cornyn cuts ads in Spanish promising amnesty. That should be enough of a reason for Texas patriots to vote for Ken.

Bezos went on CNBC yesterday and said "You could double the taxes I pay and it's not gonna help that teacher in Queens." And all the bureaucrats and socialists lost their minds. Promise the teacher a raise. Tax everyone. Launder the money through Washington. Then blame the billionaire. We aren't morons Ro, we've seen this before. Bezos said the bottom half of earners should pay zero federal income tax. A nurse in Queens making $75K hands the IRS $12K a year. He said cut it to zero. She keeps her full paycheck. No bs refund, paperwork or shady government program. Simple. They won't do it. And you should ask yourself why. They don't ACTUALLY want to help anyone. They just want to pretend they tried and get your votes while making you hate the ppl they scammed. They want the money to flow through Washington, the city, every ponzi department and consultant and charity so each one can wet their beak. By the time it reaches the teacher it's maybe $100, if that... And then they'll blame the billionaire who hasn't paid their "fair share." Right Warren??? Lets take a gander at Mamdani's education budget. NYC spends $42K per student per year, 3x the national average ($15K). Highest in America. Florida pays $9K. NYC spends more per pupil than most people pay for private school or college. Its frickn insane. The budget has gone up every year, enrollment has gone down. With all that money only 3 out of 10 kids can read in the 8th grade. Cuba can read better english and they speak spanish lol. So where is the money going? Def not to teachers. but shh, ro doesn't want you to know that. A starting teacher in NYC makes $65K. Mamdani's city spends $42K per kid, runs a $40B budget. You could pay every teacher six figures with that money and have 12 kids per a classroom. But thats too logical. It goes to administrators. Consultants. Overtime. Unions. Friends and family businesses. Pensions for people who left a decade ago. Studies about studies. Buildings that take ten years to renovate. Everyone else but the kids, teachers and actual schools THERE IS ENOUGH MONEY. Politicians decide where the money goes. Teachers are underpaid because of how government spends money. Not because Bezos doesn't pay enough. Then they stand outside a billionaire's apartment with a camera and tell you he's the problem. That's the SCAM. Ro Khanna says tax billionaires to fund $60K teacher salaries. NYC already spends enough to fund $100K teacher salaries. The money's there, Ro. Your people are the ones who won't give it to her. Federal level is the same story. DOE spending up 649% since 2000 and kids aren't any smarter. GAO found $186 billion in improper payments last year. $3 trillion in errors since 2003. It’s criminal. Stop taxing the nurse. No bureaucracy. Just let the woman keep her full paycheck. Outrage is deflection. They'd rather she pay. Because her keeping her own money doesn't fund the machine and they lose the one thing that keeps the whole racket going: a billionaire to blame.