What was 2024 like for you ?

[georgegeorgia]

1 minute ago, Lacessit said:

I can't see how a combination of tariffs and tax cuts is going to reduce inflation.

 

Of course, trillions could be cut by reducing military spending, or slashing Medicare and social security.

 

Trump has promised not to cut the latter, and wants to increase the military budget.

 

So where are the cost savings coming from?

Well you got 5 years to think about ,time is ticking 

[mdr224]

2 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I can't see how a combination of tariffs and tax cuts is going to reduce inflation.

 

Of course, trillions could be cut by reducing military spending, or slashing Medicare and social security.

 

Trump has promised not to cut the latter, and wants to increase the military budget.

 

So where are the cost savings coming from?

Eggs in America are like one dollar per egg now. Inflation will decrease simply because its been at an unsustainable level

[chickenslegs]

13 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

Psychic?? Just what I said.

 

She'll ride as a passenger, but that's it......plus we'd have to get a trike version as she takes the dog with her.

Here's the solution ...

[Lacessit]

10 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

Psychic?? Just what I said.

 

She'll ride as a passenger, but that's it......plus we'd have to get a trike version as she takes the dog with her.

What function does the dog have?

 

Farm dogs in Australia will ride quite happily on the back of a scooter.

 

Sounds like both your wife and the dog need more training.

[Will B Good]

2 minutes ago, chickenslegs said:

Here's the solution ...

 

Like it!

 

If I can catch her a good mood.....unlikely.....I'll broach the subject....cheers....555

[Will B Good]

3 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

What function does the dog have?

 

Farm dogs in Australia will ride quite happily on the back of a scooter.

 

Sounds like both your wife and the dog need more training.

 

God i hope she doesn't read that....555.

 

Dog is an EBT....mental.....already been injured three times jumping of moving vehicles.

 

He goes to the fields mainly to fight stray dogs....keeps him occupied.

[Lacessit]

8 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Well you got 5 years to think about ,time is ticking 

It is for all of us, I don't worry about it. You could get electrocuted pushing a mop, well before the usual life expectancy. Or I could have a heart attack during sex.

 

IMO Thailand is one of the better places in the world to be, if the sh!t hits the fan, either by war or climate change.

[Lacessit]

4 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

God i hope she doesn't read that....555.

 

Dog is an EBT....mental.....already been injured three times jumping of moving vehicles.

 

He goes to the fields mainly to fight stray dogs....keeps him occupied.

EBT is a new acronym to me.

 

Is he protective of your wife?

[Will B Good]

1 minute ago, Lacessit said:

EBT is a new acronym to me.

 

Is he protective of your wife?

 

English Bull Terrier.

 

Protective?.....OMG yes.....frighteningly so.....If they are sat together on the sofa I keep my distance. 

[jas007]

16 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I can't see how a combination of tariffs and tax cuts is going to reduce inflation.

 

Of course, trillions could be cut by reducing military spending, or slashing Medicare and social security.

 

Trump has promised not to cut the latter, and wants to increase the military budget.

 

So where are the cost savings coming from?

Tariffs and tax cuts probably won't reduce inflation.  And if  Trump wants to increase military spending and if Social Security is off the table, then I think he's got a problem.

 

Between interest on the debt, the military,  and non-discretionary spending, what's left?  Take a look, sometime, at a piechart of the federal spending.  That should settle the argument. Take interest on the debt, military spending, and Social Security and Medicare off the table and see what's left.  Not much.  And the interest rate on the debt is increasing faster and faster. 

 

Entire agencies could be abolished, and maybe that would help a little. No one would even notice except for the people who work at those places.

 

Musk and Ramaswamy think they can identify government waste. And they probably can, using software like Palantir, which is already in use by the CIA and in some of the newer military systems.  Let's assume they can identify the waste and fraud with a government-wide adoption of an AI platform..  Then what?  People used to defrauding the government won't be happy. Neither will all the people receiving kickbacks and political donations. And pretty much of the entire DC area population leeches off the government, one way or another. So there'll be a massive backlash.  That's why Trump is such a danger to the establishment. He threatens the flow of corruption money.  And some people might actually have to get real jobs. 

 

One additional problem is already beginning to show up: bond market vigilantes. The Fed may be able to control the Fed funds rate and the short end of the yield curve, but they can't control the bond market, a market that dwarfs the stock market and backstops much of the world's financial system.  An increasingly larger federal debt probably won't be tolerated much longer. 

 

 I don't have a solution. The political system is broken.  

 

 

 

 

[Will B Good]

44 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I can't see how a combination of tariffs and tax cuts is going to reduce inflation.

 

Of course, trillions could be cut by reducing military spending, or slashing Medicare and social security.

 

Trump has promised not to cut the latter, and wants to increase the military budget.

 

So where are the cost savings coming from?

 

Plus he promised to make all basic grocery goods cheaper......I'm sure that is something many MAGA fans are keen to see enacted.

 

During his 2024 presidential campaign, President-elect Donald Trump pledged to reduce grocery prices for American consumers. He emphasized this commitment by stating, “A vote for Trump means your groceries will be cheaper.” 

[Lacessit]

50 minutes ago, jas007 said:

Tariffs and tax cuts probably won't reduce inflation.  And if  Trump wants to increase military spending and if Social Security is off the table, then I think he's got a problem.

 

Between interest on the debt, the military,  and non-discretionary spending, what's left?  Take a look, sometime, at a piechart of the federal spending.  That should settle the argument. Take interest on the debt, military spending, and Social Security and Medicare off the table and see what's left.  Not much.  And the interest rate on the debt is increasing faster and faster. 

 

Entire agencies could be abolished, and maybe that would help a little. No one would even notice except for the people who work at those places.

 

Musk and Ramaswamy think they can identify government waste. And they probably can, using software like Palantir, which is already in use by the CIA and in some of the newer military systems.  Let's assume they can identify the waste and fraud with a government-wide adoption of an AI platform..  Then what?  People used to defrauding the government won't be happy. Neither will all the people receiving kickbacks and political donations. And pretty much of the entire DC area population leeches off the government, one way or another. So there'll be a massive backlash.  That's why Trump is such a danger to the establishment. He threatens the flow of corruption money.  And some people might actually have to get real jobs. 

 

One additional problem is already beginning to show up: bond market vigilantes. The Fed may be able to control the Fed funds rate and the short end of the yield curve, but they can't control the bond market, a market that dwarfs the stock market and backstops much of the world's financial system.  An increasingly larger federal debt probably won't be tolerated much longer. 

 

 I don't have a solution. The political system is broken.  

 

 

 

 

Actually, there is a solution. America defaults on its debt, just like Trump duds his creditors.

 

The only question is whether Trump, Musk and Ramaswamy are crazy enough to do it.

[RSD1]

Well over 365 dumps made. A very solid year!

[Lacessit]

52 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

Plus he promised to make all basic grocery goods cheaper......I'm sure that is something many MAGA fans are keen to see enacted.

 

During his 2024 presidential campaign, President-elect Donald Trump pledged to reduce grocery prices for American consumers. He emphasized this commitment by stating, “A vote for Trump means your groceries will be cheaper.” 

After he has deported all the illegal immigrants that pick America's crops for below minimum wage, how will that make groceries cheaper?

 

It seems Americans en masse have abandoned critical thinking. Perhaps some never had the capacity.

 

 

[Lacessit]

6 minutes ago, RSD1 said:

Well over 365 dumps made. A very solid year!

Thank you for that good news. Did you post it to give us the sh!ts as well?

[Will B Good]

5 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

After he has deported all the illegal immigrants that pick America's crops for below minimum wage, how will that make groceries cheaper?

 

It seems Americans en masse have abandoned critical thinking. Perhaps some never had the capacity.

 

 

 

Maybe all those Indian technophiles on visas could pick the fruit?

[G_Money]

1 hour ago, Will B Good said:

 

Plus he promised to make all basic grocery goods cheaper......I'm sure that is something many MAGA fans are keen to see enacted.

 

During his 2024 presidential campaign, President-elect Donald Trump pledged to reduce grocery prices for American consumers. He emphasized this commitment by stating, “A vote for Trump means your groceries will be cheaper.” 

See how Biden is responsible for the increase it’s in Trump’s best interest to implement policies to reduce food prices.

[Lacessit]

1 minute ago, Will B Good said:

 

Maybe all those Indian technophiles on visas could pick the fruit?

You'd need an army of EBT's to encourage them.

[Will B Good]

3 minutes ago, G_Money said:

See how Biden is responsible for the increase it’s in Trump’s best interest to implement policies to reduce food prices.

 

Could not agree more.....but can he do that?.....some backtracking already in a recent interview I read.

[G_Money]

8 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

After he has deported all the illegal immigrants that pick America's crops for below minimum wage, how will that make groceries cheaper?

 

It seems Americans en masse have abandoned critical thinking. Perhaps some never had the capacity.

 

 

Another clueless post from a clueless non American.

 

No reason to remove legal H2A workers.

 

You obviously haven’t heard that violent criminals, prior deports, spies and those with terrorist connections are the first to go.  All nationalities included.

[jas007]

17 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Actually, there is a solution. America defaults on its debt, just like Trump duds his creditors.

 

The only question is whether Trump, Musk and Ramaswamy are crazy enough to do it.

That's already happening, right?  In slow motion.  No need to default, just print more and more money.  I guess that's what BRICS is all about. 

 

Didn't Trump say something about paying off the debt with a cryptocurrency of some sort?

 

Remember the trillion dollar coin idea?  They could make up 35 or 36 of those, deposit them, and  then pay off all the bondholders. 

[G_Money]

4 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

Could not agree more.....but can he do that?.....some backtracking already in a recent interview I read.

Time will determine that answer.

[G_Money]

13 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

Maybe all those Indian technophiles on visas could pick the fruit?

Wrong visa.  That’s not why they petitioned for H1B.

 

Plenty of Mexicans on H2A to pick fruit.

[Hummin]

One year happier and closer to my final death.

 

A good year in many ways. 

[Lacessit]

3 minutes ago, G_Money said:

Another clueless post from a clueless non American.

 

No reason to remove legal H2A workers.

 

You obviously haven’t heard that violent criminals, prior deports, spies and those with terrorist connections are the first to go.  All nationalities included.

Trump would be proud of you, attack the messenger instead of the message.

 

Legal H2A workers are paid a legal wage, set by the Department of Labor, including overtime. Illegal workers are not.

 

Obviously you are too dumb to understand the way your own country works.

[Will B Good]

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[G_Money]

2 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Trump would be proud of you, attack the messenger instead of the message.

 

Legal H2A workers are paid a legal wage, set by the Department of Labor, including overtime. Illegal workers are not.

 

Obviously you are too dumb to understand the way your own country works.

 

 

3 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Trump would be proud of you, attack the messenger instead of the message.

 

Legal H2A workers are paid a legal wage, set by the Department of Labor, including overtime. Illegal workers are not.

 

Obviously you are too dumb to understand the way your own country works.

And what exactly does your post have to with deportation of the types I mentioned?

 

As I stated before, another clueless response from a clueless non American.

 

 

[Lacessit]

2 minutes ago, G_Money said:

 

 

And what exactly does your post have to with deportation of the types I mentioned?

 

As I stated before, another clueless response from a clueless non American.

 

 

Repeating a lie does not make it true.

[Gecko123]

Would like to discourage one and all from thinking of overseas travel as a measure of success or fulfillment. That mindset is environmentally unsustainable. The joys of traveling back in time through the study of history, traveling internally through spiritual reflection and meditation, and engaging in cultural exploration through cooking and language study are all far more rewarding than taking trips to places where you will likely only  encounter others in search of something that's no longer there. 2024 is the year I decided I will remain here in Thailand for the duration, and a great peace has come from this decision.

 

 

[G_Money]

8 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Repeating a lie does not make it true.

 
What is your definition of the lie?