In article <vetjvd$39sr8$1@dont-email.me>,
recscuba_google@huntzinger.com says...
>
> On 10/17/24 5:00 PM, Skeeter wrote:
> > In article <verr9t$2squh$1@dont-email.me>,
> > recscuba_google@huntzinger.com says...
> >>
> >> On 10/17/24 12:36 PM, Skeeter wrote:
> >>> In article <vere5c$2q4h9$2@dont-email.me>,
> >>> recscuba_google@huntzinger.com says...
> >>>>
> >>>> On 10/17/24 9:51 AM, Skeeter wrote:
> >>>>> In article <ver1fr$2ohqk$1@dont-email.me>,
> >>>>> recscuba_google@huntzinger.com says...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 10/16/24 8:27 PM, Skeeter wrote:
> >>>>>>> In article <veph2p$2ejus$1@dont-email.me>,
> >>>>>>> recscuba_google@huntzinger.com says...
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On 10/16/24 6:10 PM, Skeeter wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> In article <6710329b$1$2385545$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>,
> >>>>>>>>> brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com says...
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> On Oct 16, 2024 at 1:35:02 PM MST, "-hh" wrote <vep81m$28g54$1@dont-email.me>:
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> On 10/15/24 8:05 PM, pothead wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-10-15, -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/15/24 5:54 PM, pothead wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-10-15, citizen winston smith <sss@example.de> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/15/2024 1:36 PM, -hh wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You're now trying to claim that the "what has changed?" is that there's
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> adults now seeking to have genetically normal kids undergo sex change
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> operations.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Were you "in the navy" Huntzy?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://youtu.be/nmGuy0jievs
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cuz you are as gay as a swabbie with no shore leave.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll bet hh volunteered to take other sailors "night in the barrel", if you
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> get my drift.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Pun intended.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh, we certainly do: you know that you're mad because you can't dispute
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> facts on the topic, so you try to "Shoot the Messenger" instead. Lame.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> -hh
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Mad?
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Hardly.
> >>>>>>>>>>>> I stopped getting mad when I was about 12 yo.
> >>>>>>>>>>>> It's a waste of energy.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> So if you're denying that it is due to anger, then what *was* your
> >>>>>>>>>>> motivation to sling such a lame Ad Hominem? After all, you did choose
> >>>>>>>>>>> to post, so there must have been a reason. So if its not you being
> >>>>>>>>>>> upset & butthurt again, then just what was your motivation?
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> He seems unaware of his own emotional states... unless you have a signifiant
> >>>>>>>>>> issue pretty much all people experience anger from time to time.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> I prefer to look up from my spreadsheet and observe what the world is is
> >>>>>>>>>>>> saying.
> >>>>>>>>>>>> That's something you seem unable to do.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> On the contrary: I find that worldviews are expanded by using objective
> >>>>>>>>>>> data, and helps to reveal my own potential personal biases.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Where Pothead makes things up, such as his recent claims that I am somehow
> >>>>>>>>>> responsible for Carroll's flood bot.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> You can spin your numbers all day and night but the fact remains that
> >>>>>>>>>>>> the number 1 issue with voters is the economy/inflation and the polls
> >>>>>>>>>>>> show that people blame Biden/Harris for the mess.
> >>>>>>>>>>>> And that is a fact.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> And people are _never_ deceived? Or make a mountain out of a mole hill?
> >>>>>>>>>>> Case in point:
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Initially Biden was trying to convince the people that Bidenomics was working.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> So then, just what is the definition of "working" here?
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Because if it is real wage increasing to catch up with inflation, we
> >>>>>>>>>>> know that it is already 98% of the way there by one metric, and is 102%
> >>>>>>>>>>> of the way there by another metric.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> We are still struggling based on Reagan and his absurd trickle down. Trump's
> >>>>>>>>>> work to redistribute money to the very rich did not help. Nor did the
> >>>>>>>>>> pandemic. Nor the war in Ukraine. Or Israel.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> I was better off when Trump was in office.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> By what measure?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> He and his handlers found out rather quickly that people were not buying
> >>>>>>>>>>>> that message so he stopped promoting it.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Or...that was Biden's message and since he's no longer running, Harris
> >>>>>>>>>>> has emphasized different top messaging points.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> The Biden/Harris administration will go down in history as the worst
> >>>>>>>>>>>> administration ever, even topping Jimmy Carter.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> And why was Carter so bad in your eyes? Inflation again, but this time
> >>>>>>>>>>> from Nixon/Ford? Are you old enough to remember the GOP's "WIN" (Whip
> >>>>>>>>>>> Inflation Now) campaign and wage freezes? How did those real wages
> >>>>>>>>>>> catch up?
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Wages have not come close to keeping close with productivity. Used to be a CEO
> >>>>>>>>>> made 40x the average worker. Now it is several hundred times.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> So?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> The CEO:worker pay ratio shows the increasing wealth concentration at
> >>>>>>>> the top, which is decreasing the prosperity of the US middle class, for
> >>>>>>>> higher CEO pay means less for the rank & file, which is why more middle
> >>>>>>>> class households are failing instead of rising up. It is the inevitable
> >>>>>>>> outcome of the GOP's "Trickle-Down" economics starting from Reagan.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> -hh
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I couls afford to do stuff.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> So what you're saying is that you lost your job due to CoVid?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Or are you saying that you've not gotten raises, either because your
> >>>>>> employer has not been kept up with the national average for wage
> >>>>>> increases, or didn't think you were worth paying more?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Or did you (or spouse) retire, so your income has dropped from that?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Or are you just complaining that you're getting old and can't physically
> >>>>>> go out boozing every weekend? /s
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> YMMV, but my hourly rate has soared, such that I don't need to work long
> >>>>>> hours anymore.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Crime wasn't as bad.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Interesting claim, because National crime statistics show that most
> >>>>>> crime rates have continued to go down, despite the public's false
> >>>>>> perception that things aren't getting better:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> "Using the FBI data, the violent crime rate fell 49% between 1993 and
> >>>>>> 2022, with large decreases in the rates of robbery (-74%), aggravated
> >>>>>> assault (-39%) and murder/nonnegligent manslaughter (-34%)."
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> <https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/24/what-the-data-says-about-crime-in-the-us/>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> TL;DR: half as bad as it used to be.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thus said, there have been changes in opportunistic nonviolent property
> >>>>>> theft, such as stealing FedEx deliveries, washing checks stolen from the
> >>>>>> mail, etc, but property crime still been trending down over time:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> "The FBI data also shows a 59% reduction in the U.S. property crime rate
> >>>>>> between 1993 and 2022, with big declines in the rates of burglary
> >>>>>> (-75%), larceny/theft (-54%) and motor vehicle theft (-53%)."
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> -Ibid
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> So what evidence do you have of crime being "worse": is it merely your
> >>>>>> personal perception? Or true for just your highly localized region?
> >>>>>> Because on a National macro level, the claim does not ring true.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> -hh
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Moron.
> >>>>
> >>>> Translation: Nailed It.
> >>>>
> >>>> So what was your career path before CoVid ruined it?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -hh
> >>>
> >>> I was already retired. What does that have to do with you being a moron?
> >>
> >> Oh, so then what you're really saying is that you failed on your own
> >> retirement planning to take inflation into account.

I didn't admit to anything. Typical liberal putting words in my mouth.
> >
> > I never said any of that liar.
>
>
> It is what you're effectively admitting to: inflation isn't a fiction,
> so good retirement planning *always* has to include cost of living
> increases in its financial plan.

I admitted nothing.
>
> Since your complaint is that you've fallen behind economically, it is
> entirely your own damn fault for failing to adequately prepare for your
> own retirement.

You idiot. I never said I was falling behind in anything.
>
> >> So then, was your personal planning failure due to recency bias?
> >> Or have you always been bad at math & finances? /s
> >
> > <blink> Anyway prices are almost double than what they were.
>
> "Double"? Only if you're comparing costs to ... 1996:

4 years ago.
>
> <https://www.usinflationcalculator.com>
>
>
>
> >> Because there's not been a major enough Market downturn to blame it on
> >> Sequence of Returns risks since ~2008.
> >
> > Gas? Food? Keep sucking up that kool aid.
>
> The fall of 2018 was Trump's peak economy, as the US domestic
> manufacturing segment went into a technical recession by early 2019
> (yes, before CoVid) and the national average price of regular gas was
> just over $2.90/gallon:
>
> 10/08/2018: $2.903
>
> Cite:
> <https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=EMM_EPMR_PTE_NUS_DPG&f=W>
>
>
> And for the same exact time period earlier this month:
>
> 10/07/2024: $3.136
>
> Now $3.136/$2.903 = 1.0803 = = +8.03%
>
> These are NOT inflation adjusted dollars, so it shows that the inflation
> rate on gasoline has been just +8% over 6 years.
>
> And if one takes the 6th root of that to get an average inflation rate
> over those six years, its 1.01295 = 1.013 = +1.3%/year
>
>
> For food, its usually easier to assume the basket used in the CPI
> (above) which reports 16.4% since 2021. However, you're probably trying
> to cherry-pick on the price of eggs which spiked for awhile not because
> of federal policy, but because of bird flu decimating the flocks. I've
> *also* posted about this too. Plus there's also been reports of
> deliberate corporate profiteering in excess of supply chain disruptions:
>
> [quote]In a March report, the Federal Trade Commission found that food
> retailers' profit margins exceeded the costs they passed along to
> consumers both during and after the pandemic at rates that could not be
> rationalized by supply-chain disruptions or wage increases.
>
> Grocery chain profits spiked 11% between 2021 and 2022; they have yet to
> come down. Specifically, the FTC noted that "data indicates that one
> measure of annual profits for food and beverage retailers ? the amount
> of money companies make over and above their total costs ? rose
> substantially during the pandemic and remain quite elevated," adding
> that "this profit trend casts doubt on assertions that rising prices at
> the grocery store are simply moving in lockstep with retailers' own
> rising costs."
> [/quote]
>
> <https://money.com/grocery-store-prices-inflation-stocks/>
>
> Plus there's also a gap between DIY food and Service:
>
> [quote]
> The level of food price inflation varies depending on whether the food
> was purchased for consumption at home or away from home:
>
> The food-at-home (grocery store or supermarket food purchases) CPI
> decreased 0.1 percent from July 2024 to August 2024 and was 0.9 percent
> higher than August 2023; and
>
> The food-away-from-home (restaurant purchases) CPI increased 0.3 percent
> in August 2024 and was 4.0 percent higher than August 2023.
> [/quote]
>
> <https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-price-outlook/>
>
> >
> > Oh and you're still a moron.
>
>
> Must suck to be you and have a "moron" school you in public on very
> basic math & home budgeting.
>
>
You didn't school me in anything. You just confirmed what morons
liberals are.