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Post by toldya on Jul 6, 2024 12:16:06 GMT -5
Will you share that popcorn? Illinois Fisherman tried to sell me a small box for $18 but I couldn't afford it. Sure, it tastes better with a little drama though . Even better if you're not part of it .
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Post by cadman on Jul 6, 2024 12:24:29 GMT -5
Will you share that popcorn? Illinois Fisherman tried to sell me a small box for $18 but I couldn't afford it. He probably paid $20 for it.
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Post by toldya on Jul 6, 2024 13:03:21 GMT -5
I think a lot of the higher priced food is a result of playing the market. if enough people are paying the price ,why not profit from it. Basic food staples I don't think are as much of a problem ,but I just write down what I want on the list on the fridge .
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Post by nuevowavo on Jul 6, 2024 13:20:35 GMT -5
On the SS issue I believe an increasing number of people are getting SS disability which is hurting funding. Making people work 3 years longer to get what they paid in back, while people that never work have all their needs met doesn't sound like a plan to me
Social Security pays out about $1.4 trillion/year, out of which $140 billion is for SSDI.Try again. And while you're at it, whats your solution for our spending problem, keeping in mind that Social Security is about 21% of the budget, health care spending is about 24%, and defense is 13%.
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Post by nuevowavo on Jul 6, 2024 13:40:15 GMT -5
Prices are down today after the holiday. Strip steak $15.49 Tenderloin $28.87 Ribeye $18.17 New York strip $19.49 Corned Beef $20.09 Filet minion $29.89 Those prices are from Sams Club and Albertsons
Right now at our local Sam's:
Angus NY strip $11.98/lb (prime $14.48)
Angus ribeye $12.98/lb (prime $14.98) Angus tenderloin $19.98 (prime $22.98) Corned beef $6.38
Do you just make this shit up?
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Post by toldya on Jul 6, 2024 13:57:40 GMT -5
On the SS issue I believe an increasing number of people are getting SS disability which is hurting funding. Making people work 3 years longer to get what they paid in back, while people that never work have all their needs met doesn't sound like a plan to me
Social Security pays out about $1.4 trillion/year, out of which $140 billion is for SSDI.Try again. And while you're at it, whats your solution for our spending problem, keeping in mind that Social Security is about 21% of the budget, health care spending is about 24%, and defense is 13%.
I don't get your point. I said SS disability is increasing. It doesn't matter what percentage of the overall program it is . The solution to our spending problem would have to be through solutions of many individual problems. Most notably the problem of paying for the needs of all the illegal immigrants . A focus on getting able bodied people to work instead of living off the government would help. But no matter where one would start they would be accused of being racist , and would probably be told that they are only a small percentage of the problem.
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Post by OhMy on Jul 6, 2024 14:00:29 GMT -5
Prices are down today after the holiday. Strip steak $15.49 Tenderloin $28.87 Ribeye $18.17 New York strip $19.49 Corned Beef $20.09 Filet minion $29.89 Those prices are from Sams Club and Albertsons
Right now at our local Sam's:
Angus NY strip $11.98/lb (prime $14.48)
Angus ribeye $12.98/lb (prime $14.98) Angus tenderloin $19.98 (prime $22.98) Corned beef $6.38
Do you just make this shit up?
I think he is bitching about how prices are up.. Here is a front page Publix weekly ad from June 2019 . I can find an ad from 2019 for any of the items listed above if you are interested in comparing prices. I am sure you can correlate the year and prices to the current year and prices and what changed.
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Post by nuevowavo on Jul 6, 2024 14:21:59 GMT -5
Social Security pays out about $1.4 trillion/year, out of which $140 billion is for SSDI.Try again. And while you're at it, whats your solution for our spending problem, keeping in mind that Social Security is about 21% of the budget, health care spending is about 24%, and defense is 13%.
I don't get your point. I said SS disability is increasing. It doesn't matter what percentage of the overall program it is . The solution to our spending problem would have to be through solutions of many individual problems. Most notably the problem of paying for the needs of all the illegal immigrants . A focus on getting able bodied people to work instead of living off the government would help. But no matter where one would start they would be accused of being racist , and would probably be told that they are only a small percentage of the problem.
My point is that those three items total 58% of the Federal budget. How much are we spending on illegal immigrants? Not a factor when we need to address spending. And yes, they are a very small percentage of the problem, no matter what their ethnicity.
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Post by toldya on Jul 6, 2024 14:29:31 GMT -5
I don't get your point. I said SS disability is increasing. It doesn't matter what percentage of the overall program it is . The solution to our spending problem would have to be through solutions of many individual problems. Most notably the problem of paying for the needs of all the illegal immigrants . A focus on getting able bodied people to work instead of living off the government would help. But no matter where one would start they would be accused of being racist , and would probably be told that they are only a small percentage of the problem.
My point is that those three items total 58% of the Federal budget. How much are we spending on illegal immigrants? Not a factor when we need to address spending. And yes, they are a very small percentage of the problem, no matter what their ethnicity.
If you don't think what we are spending and will continue to spend on illegal immigrant's needs is a factor, I can't take you seriously.
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Post by nuevowavo on Jul 6, 2024 14:37:28 GMT -5
My point is that those three items total 58% of the Federal budget. How much are we spending on illegal immigrants? Not a factor when we need to address spending. And yes, they are a very small percentage of the problem, no matter what their ethnicity.
If you don't think what we are spending and will continue to spend on illegal immigrant's needs is a factor, I can't take you seriously.
It's an issue, but not a factor in overall spending.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Jul 6, 2024 15:20:00 GMT -5
Prices are down today after the holiday. Strip steak $15.49 Tenderloin $28.87 Ribeye $18.17 New York strip $19.49 Corned Beef $20.09 Filet minion $29.89 Those prices are from Sams Club and Albertsons
Right now at our local Sam's:
Angus NY strip $11.98/lb (prime $14.48)
Angus ribeye $12.98/lb (prime $14.98) Angus tenderloin $19.98 (prime $22.98) Corned beef $6.38
Do you just make this shit up?
Excuse me. Are you a f..king idiot? Do you think that prices are the same from one area to another? We buy dairy products very inexpensive prices due to the location in respect to the dairies. Whole milk was around $2.50 a gallon a while ago. By the way the prices were off of their websites and were “on sale” prices.
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Post by garycoleco on Jul 6, 2024 15:20:09 GMT -5
Illegals are nothing towards spending. Arguably they pay for themselves. Military, pork that goes into to politicians pockets, and international aid is what soaks us
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Post by cadman on Jul 6, 2024 16:11:51 GMT -5
Don't need to cut anything. Just freeze discretionary spending at today's levels and let revenue catch up in 5 or 6 years. Fix Social Security by eliminating the payroll tax cap, raise the retirement age up to 70 from 67 over 5 years and increase the payroll tax 1% to fix social security. On the SS issue I believe an increasing number of people are getting SS disability which is hurting funding. Making people work 3 years longer to get what they paid in back, while people that never work have all their needs met doesn't sound like a plan to me . Disability is a separate trust fund and has nothing to do with the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund except both are funded by the FICA tax. The Disability Insurance (DI) Trust fund pays disability payments. The DI fund will be able to pay benefits until 2098. The OASI Trust Fund will run out of money in 2033 unless congress fixes the problem and benefits will have to be cut 20%
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Post by toldya on Jul 6, 2024 16:46:14 GMT -5
If you don't think what we are spending and will continue to spend on illegal immigrant's needs is a factor, I can't take you seriously.
It's an issue, but not a factor in overall spending.
I guess I don't understand what a "factor " is in relation to this. I thought any spending of money ( of which we have none ) is a factor .
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Post by biminitwisted on Jul 7, 2024 0:09:00 GMT -5
For Fuck's sake, the vast majority of Americans are doing just fine. Those that find themselves struggling just need to work harder, lift themselves up by the bootstraps, and stop using the government as an excuse for their inability to succeed.
After all, America is the greatest land of opportunity on the planet.
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