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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. When I started working in the 90s, not only was I in the office everyday, I was wearing a suit and tie. There wasn't even a casual Friday. Yes, I'm old. That experience somewhat anchors my general thoughts on WFH or in-office. Sure, I love that I WFH most days but I also like getting out of the house and going into the office. It was a different time, but my life would have been much worse if my initial job out of school had been WFH. I have nothing but great memories of going out to lunch, water cooler talks about the weekend (recap or planning) and impromptu happy hours. there was occasional work that got done too. I know that younger folks today condescendingly say that they don't need an office job to make friends but work was also a great place to meet new people, either friends or dates. In my opinion the under 30 crowd is short changing themselves to stay at home all day. They should want to go to the office to expand their life. It's not that bad.
  2. it’s a given that there are costs with going to the office.
  3. There’s an social media debate regarding a question presumably from a Gen Z worker. The claim is that the person has 2 job opportunities: work 100% from home for $120K/year or go into the office each day for $240K. What would someone choose. Obviously other factors come into play like growth opportunities, work responsibilities, commute time, etc. For argument’s sake, assume everything is somewhat similar and/or reasonable. We’re not talking about a 2-hr commute each way or working 100+ hours for the double salary. Anyway, the online replies show that people feel very strongly about their answer. Some value working at home so they're cool with significantly less money. Others focus on the higher comp. I would go for the double salary because compensation is why I work. Double the money would allow me to meet my investment goals faster as well as enjoy my weekends and vacations that much more. And while I prefer to WFH, going to the office isn't a big deal to me. What would you choose? (And if your comp is already higher, think about this in terms of doubling, or halving, your salary for changing work conditions.)
  4. There is zero indication that wealth inequality won't continue to grow. And it won't grow in terms of the current poor getting poorer, it will drag more middle class into poverty. And they will be told that it's the fault of Dems, illegal aliens and transgender swimmers. And the only way out is to give more tax cuts to the uber-wealthy since they create jobs.
  5. Steps politicians enact laws to support more charter schools politicians (or their families/friends) start and find funding for charter schools school never opens or generally fails profit it wouldn’t surprise me if we soon see govt loans to start up the schools without personal collateral or co-sign required. If the school goes bankrupt, write the loans off the books.
  6. Ok, I’m out.
  7. I’ve always had a Ford since 1989. There’s nothing wrong with that, right? Right? RIGHT?
  8. I guarantee Trump’s non endorsement will push her to do even more in order to get that endorsement. I bet she’s scheduled campaign events at Trump properties in order to funnel more money to him.
  9. I get that Paraguay guy doesn’t trust the hive mind to fly him to Carol due his limited experience with them, but there better be a pay off that he learns something new about them while under their medical care.
  10. More reported news from the Conan party. Apparently Nick Reiner was asking weird questions of many guests, and bothered Bill Hader, who told Nick that he was interrupting a private conversation. Nick stormed off. Sucks for Hader if he is now pulled into the drama.
  11. Sounds like the son was violent in the past. I'm unsure if there was evidence that he physically hurt his parents or not. I have a couple of extended family members with drug and/or mental health issues. If I had an unexpected knock on the door from one of them, I would hesitate to let them inside. There will be a money request and I don't know what would happen when I refused. I know there has been violent or destructive behavior from them toward others in the past. I'm a believer in tough love. If someone isn't actively getting better for an addiction issue then they're actually getting worse. And if you're not getting better, then they need to be on their own. The Reiners had substantial resources but I bet it's not easy to take the step of hiring full-time security for protection from your adult son.
  12. Ted Cruz always falls back to an argument that he will support gun control reform as soon as someone proves to him that it will 100% stop gun violence perhaps even all violence. Which is a bar that is as ridiculous as much as he is.
  13. Yes, the answer to many problems is to stop being poor. We have many systems in place to accommodate wealthier people.
  14. It's fully normalized that our President talks in 3rd person. So odd. It's like "Trump" has become the royal we for MAGA. And he obviously can use words like I or me because he does in the same sentence.
  15. It's fair to push on the health insurance companies to ensure their products are being competitive and that there isn't any type of collusion involved keeping the prices high. Of course these insurance companies donate a lot to keep real reform from their front doors.
  16. I'm only a keyboard expert on labor trends but something sure looks different for the data points starting in the 2025 spring/summer time frame and not just the color of the chart bars. Has anything major happened with the economy or jobs in the last 6-9 months?
  17. Yeah the silence, on his political motivations, is deafening. It's actually very weird that all media sources are so quiet about him. I know there is an element that some media outlets do not like to publicize assassins/murderers even in mentioning their names but political assassinations should be viewed as a different category than mass shootings, IMO. Was this guy so reclusive and hide his tracks so well that no one knows anything about him? I assume there is some level of mental illness about him.
  18. Why isn't her lawyer under arrest for attempting to break her out of prison via fraudulent documents? I don't see much of a difference in appearing at the prison with paperwork than a gun. In both cases the lawyer knew he had zero right to demand her release. (I realize that he's setting the steps in motion to appeal that the President does in fact have the right to pardon someone for a state crime.)
  19. Erika should look to sell TPUSA to one of these other grifters while there is still some value left in it. I know there's still money to be made but not with her at the helm. There are too many of the TPUSA crowd that do not want to be associated with a company led by a woman. besides there is zero indication that she can lead it anyway. Charlie had a misdirected gift to always have a response that would sound reasonable to his followers even when he was completely in the wrong. She doesn't have that ability and looks to pause when she realizes that she on the bad side of the argument. And she can't always fall back to crying to get out of a tough spot.
  20. I believe the total China tariff is sitting close to 30% right now. Other countries are lower and it’s more than likely your tires came from elsewhere but that doesn’t prevent discount tire from pricing all tires based on the highest tariff. So maybe 400-500 in tariffs. of course maybe due to competition, discount tire is eating some of those costs or they haven’t applied the highest tariff costs across the board. its so crazy how the Trump admin is literally bragging how much they’ve taxed US companies via tariffs. And therefore the customers of these companies.
  21. My guess is that when someone flies in a private jet a few times, they don’t want to go back to commercial planes. PJs ain’t cheap.
  22. Always disliked how they had Mike eventually leaving Gloria to join a commune with one of his female students. I know that Reiner chose not to join the Gloria spinoff but you don’t have to ruin the character because of an actor’s choice. Very different from McLean Stevenson leaving MASH.
  23. Since it never went beyond bill status, you never know where it would have ended up but there were many unanswered questions. First, you can't pay insurance premiums with HSA funds. You can pay deductibles and most other legit healthcare costs but there has always been a rule that HSAs can't be used for premiums. Also the GOP had to insert language to eliminate abortion and gender transition care from HSA reimbursement. create more low premium plans (good!) most likely with shit plans (bad.) I also have to wonder that if someone received this HSA funding of $1000 or $1500, was there anything preventing someone from cashing this out to buy groceries. Yes theoretically you would owe income tax on that transaction but HSA reimbursement is pretty much the honor system. Overall I think HSAs are great tools but they've pretty much failed the original goals because Americans don't save.
  24. Seems like Nick was fairly unsuccessful with his showbiz career. He called himself a writer but his only IMDB writing credit looks to be a movie that Rob directed and it doesn't sound like a stretch that Rob made that movie happen. But maybe Nick did something else with his life as well.
  25. Rob’s other son Jake was a reporter with the Houston NBC station for a few years. If you were aware of it, you couldn’t help but remind yourself of his background when he was reporting on a road closure or standing knee deep in water during a hurricane. I believe he finally quit to follow his family legacy in show business.
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