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Ther American Age is Done

It varies from place to place, of course. In California we have state-mandated seasonal requirements that mess with prices. But, overall, it's almost $2 less than June 2023.

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Why are you comparing todays price to almost 2 years ago?

Since Crooked donnie took office 2 months ago, the price of gasoline has gone up. It was supposed to go down. What gives?
 
Why are you comparing todays price to almost 2 years ago?
Because that is the recent high price. I suppose we could go back to 2013, but 2023 was at the peak of the present inflation cycle.
 
Because that is the recent high price. I suppose we could go back to 2013, but 2023 was at the peak of the present inflation cycle.

What? Why don't you compare the price from Jan 20 of this year until now? Jan is when Crooked donnie took office and prices were supposed to come down, remember?
 
The invasion at our border is stopped. If Schumer doesn't stop it, your tax rate will stay down.
wealthy tax rate, not mine
There are no new wars.
??? not important to my s of l
The inflation rate is lower (gas is cheaper).
Tariffs = much higher. Gas barely changed.

Inflation was under control in November. Inflation here was best in the world under Biden...............it will be teriible in the week/months to come.

Retirement savings ruined

Hard to visit other nations-----they lost respect

Services cut all over the nation....................MUCH worse S Of L
 
Yes, Europe should be more self-reliant and, yes, that means more European weapons and maybe, God forbid, they pay for it.
Hardly affects your S of L
The article assumes that tariffs will destroy everything American, but what is the author's finance expertise? (Warren Buffet says to buy in a down market.)
All economists, except on FOX know it's a goof up......................................sure buy stocks,----I think I'll buy a few billion
 
No. What I got from the article is a fervent hope that things will go badly for this country, the default left-wing position
history shows it happens under trump
. It included a pitch for people who can't think for themselves to be afraid, as well as a strange implication that the U.S. should forever carry the load of defending Europe.
If it is in our best interest , and it is, then yes----help them
 
Why don't you compare the price from Jan 20 of this year until now? Jan is when Crooked donnie took office and prices were supposed to come down, remember?
Because I don't know of anyone named Crooked Donnie.
 
Hardly affects your S of L
???
If it is in our best interest , and it is, then yes----help them
We have helped them quite a bit, and would do so again in time of war. But Europe needs to arm itself in preparation for war, should it come. We aren't responsible for their readiness stature during times of peace. We have 65,000 troops in Europe; that's enough.
 
poor attempt at a dodge on your part
Maybe. But a President deserves the respect of his office, and I'm a little fed up with "Hitler," and "Nazi", and "crooked donnie" and the like.
 
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We have helped them quite a bit, and would do so again in time of war. But Europe needs to arm itself in preparation for war, should it come. We aren't responsible for their readiness stature during times of peace. We have 65,000 troops in Europe; that's enough.
Disagree-------pro-active against foes, always.....


"S of L is standard of living
 
This is a perm. cut for the wealthy----very temp. for you
I'm afraid you're mistaken. For instance, "The TCJA reduced the top marginal income tax rate from 39.6% to 37% and updated the income tax thresholds across several income tax brackets. In 2026, the top rate is set to revert to 39.6%." And, "Notably, the $10,000 cap on the deduction for state and local income taxes against federal taxes would be lifted, and interest on mortgages up to $1,000,000 would be deductible (up from $750,000 under the TCJA)." https://www.jpmorgan.com/insights/wealth-planning/taxes/tax-cuts-and-jobs-act-tcja#section-header#0

So it's temp for the top bracket - perm for you.
 
Disagree-------pro-active against foes, always.....
Ummm, "pro-active against foes" sounds like doing things to Europe's foes (mostly Russia). That sounds like a good way to invite hostility.
"S of L is standard of living
Ah, yes. You're right, but as Everett McKinley Dirksen once said, "A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money." Our troops and their weapons should be there to protect our interests and honor any treaties that we have. But they should not be a substitute for European troops and weapons.
 
The OFFICE deserves respect, not the person----that must be earned. DJT has not
I felt much the same about Biden, but made a conscious effort NOT to use cheap or degrading nicknames for him. I think such cheap insults are degrading to the country, and they don't enhance the user's apparent IQ.
 
If you pay personal income tax, your tax rate is lower than before the 2017 rate cuts.
Simple math (repeated here for the 100th time).....If you lower the tax rate but also increase taxable income, the result is often higher taxes. Try it.
 
I felt much the same about Biden, but made a conscious effort NOT to use cheap or degrading nicknames for him. I think such cheap insults are degrading to the country, and they don't enhance the user's apparent IQ.
Do you hold the president to the same standard? He enjoys cheap insults.
 
Simple math (repeated here for the 100th time).....If you lower the tax rate but also increase taxable income, the result is often higher taxes. Try it.
It has been my delight in life! I've always said that I'd like to pay A LOT of income tax, if it was because I made more income.
 
Do you hold the president to the same standard?
I think he shouldn't use offensive names for his political opponents. He and I don't correspond, so I don't say that to him. But if he ever asks me.....
 
It has been my delight in life! I've always said that I'd like to pay A LOT of income tax, if it was because I made more income.
If you "made" more income that would be a positive. If you lost deductions you were previously entitled to that would be a negative. Your taxable income would increase with no increase in actual income. MAGA doesn't like to understand this. The result is many Americans are subsidizing your tax cut by paying more income tax.
 
Dumbasses?
Do you believe that the sound of windmills causes cancer? Do you believe that the Democrats want post-birth abortions? Do you believe that schools arrange transgender surgeries?
The dumbasses in America elected one of their own to be President.

If not for Trump neither the right or left would post a thread like this.
Ther American Age is Done

Trump has really done this.
 
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