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Sawbonz

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  1. 3 hours ago, bolverk said:

     

     

    Who the hell complains about curbside? And why? That app is the best way to get your order both correct and on time, not to mention the rewards.

    I like to pick out my own meat (that’s what she - or he - said) and produce 

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  2. 6 minutes ago, Bateshorn said:

    Are you landed gentry associated with the Royalist side of the English Civil War?  Then TJ means you. 
     

    Anyone else? I got bad news for you. 

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  3. 10 minutes ago, Lamar said:

    Great points.  Ill bow out of discussion.  We should just do the level-headed thing instead.  Boycott Christmas.

    You seem new around here so I’m willing to give you the benefit of the doubt that you are arguing in good faith.
     

    let’s forget for a moment the idea that one duty of a free society is to care for its most vulnerable, and government is the instrument through which a society acts, because you may not disagree with one or both premises.
     

    If you completely eliminated all federal Medicaid and Snap spending you would save about 640B per year. Sounds like a lot right? It’s 10% of the budget.  Not peanuts but really not much in the grand scheme. 

    Now realize simply allowing the Trump tax cuts to expire would have added at least 400B to revenues. Take it back to pre W levels it would be more like 600B

    So right there you almost have a wash. Even assuming you think we have no duty to help those people who have made terrible life choices such as being born into single parent households, it’s not costing much in terms of additional debt to throw them a few crumbs  

     

    But now look at what cutting SNAP and Medicaid entirely does to the broader economy

     

    Due to multipliers, that loss of 680B translates into a conservative estimate of a loss of 2-3% to GDP in the first year

     

    Doesn’t seem like much until you think of how it actually plays out. Job losses and business closures will be mostly in the healthcare sector, and they will disproportionately affect people who live outside dense metropolitan areas. And of course it will also affect food producers. Now the powers that be aren’t cutting 100%. Yet. But they are cutting enough, along with ending ACA subsidies, that there will be a large ripple effect  

     

    But I guess if you’re a “me and mine” type, and you have 100% employer funded health insurance, and  if you don’t derive your livelihood from the above industries or the industries that support them (retail, finance, housing, service industry, etc) and if you live in or near a big city (assuming you can stand being in one of those likely commie infested areas), you probably won’t feel much pain.  Probably.

     

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  4. 18 minutes ago, Lamar said:

    Not everyone should have disposable income.  Many people should not.   Should work like a bankruptcy case.  If you want to take taxpayer money from Government (loan payoffs, welfare, etc...), disclose to the government your financial situation.  A trustee/receiver should approve all of your spending requests until you no longer need government $$.  No more Starbucks, alcohol, cigarettes, entertainment, hair dos, etc....

    Fuck all that, the administrative cost would be ridiculous. Just bring back debtors’ prisons and workhouses. We’re already bringing back child labor 

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  5. 16 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

    I remember being a poor college kid and that being my life.   Going out meant knowing where the cheapest happy hour drinks were and making sure it was a Mexican place so the chips and salsa were free.  And only doing that maybe 2-3 times a month.   Never going on Spring Break during the 5 years I was in school because I couldn't afford it and would work the extra hours that week because I was off from school.   Picking up holiday shifts and working Christmas, Thanksgiving and NY's day because they paid time and half.   

    Jalisco’s was money

     

    Was it the Hyatt downtown that had 1/2 price margs and a free buffet? 
     

    Damn I’m getting old

  6. 18 minutes ago, Redneck Mutha said:

    My wife (white, born in Colombia to American parents when her dad was stationed there in the Navy) will be putting #1 to the test in January when we travel to Mexico and go through customs upon return.  

    Having "Place of Birth: Colombia" on her passport, we've already had high level discussions on "what ifs" and those will increase as we get closer to our travel date. Especially with the recent escalation in hostilities the regime has shown toward that nation.

    Overreacting? Maybe. But maybe not. 

    At a minimum I bet they are going to want her to unlock her phone 

  7. 57 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    Just another series of "Kavanaugh stops."  No worries, the SCOTUS just created two classes in America: (1) white people, who are free to go about their business with no interference from ICE and federal forces, and (2) everyone else, who can be stopped and detained functionally indefinitely whenever, wherever, as many times as ICE feels like it, and detained for as long as ICE feels like it.

    Imagine someone 25 years ago describing an America of roving bands of heavily armed government forces, who regularly and with great force grabbed and detained anyone they wanted to, demanding "papers please," but also even being arbitrary about what "papers" would satisfy them before they'd let you go.  Can you go to the store?  Church?  To visit your friends?  Outside your house on your porch?  Can you do any of those things without the fear of being grabbed and detained by masked men armed to the teeth?  Nope.

    Imagine describing that America 25 years ago.  Everyone would have thought you were deranged.  Turns out, you just had a perfectly functioning time machine that let you see the future.

    When did “stop and frisk” end?

     

    damn I’m getting old 

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  8. 1 hour ago, Chewbacca said:
    3 hours ago, Aqua Buddha said:
    It's a time honored tradition on here to complain about refs.  People will literally hate watch OU play another team and talk about holding the entire time.

    Lol. Thunder fans claim to not be able to see what is obvious to the rest of the league. 15 more FTs for Shai tonight.

    NBA is like watching pro wrestling 

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