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Play_Neck
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re: WSJ/NYT - US & Israel Strike Tehran
Posted by Play_Neck on 2/28/26 at 6:17 pm to whatiknowsofar
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I got a pm from him for a comment I made
Sorry to hijack, but we have PMs ? :lol:
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re: Goldman Sachs says U.S. consumers stuck with higher prices even after SCOTUS tariff ruling
Posted by Play_Neck on 2/25/26 at 4:35 pm to ragincajun03
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Crawfish prices are down from this time last year.
That should be the headline the gov leads with. :lol: :lol:
re: Goldman Sachs says U.S. consumers stuck with higher prices even after SCOTUS tariff ruling
Posted by Play_Neck on 2/25/26 at 4:32 pm to ATrillionaire
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The use of tariffs is not intended to reduce prices. It’s to reduce or eliminate income taxes.
Hopefully you don't really believe this.
Last I checked, we collect like 2-2.5T in income taxes and only import like 4.25T in foreign goods. If we tariff all imports at 100%+ to fill, (a) people will stop buying foreign shite, (b) foreign people will stop buying our shite, (c) the global economy will crumble (last example of trying this was 1929 - maybe not exact cause, but def. correlation to the G Depression), and (d) as a result the deficit would be even bigger than the 1.6-1.7T we have now (although we somehow added 2-3T in debt 12 months trailing, which is more than the alleged annual deficit) because you can't generate tariff revenue if no one imports anything.
TLDR: If DJT really means what he said, it won't work.
re: Goldman Sachs says U.S. consumers stuck with higher prices even after SCOTUS tariff ruling
Posted by Play_Neck on 2/25/26 at 4:26 pm to dallastigers
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Why didn’t Biden’s Autopen and the Dems in control of congress the first 2 years under Biden’s Autopen release the files themselves?
Re the files, IDGAF - an act was now passed (by a republican Congress) to release them, so they should be released. Re Biden, probably trying to protect people / pedos / Is**l too; imo, 90%+ of both parties are liars and criminals with a few honest eggs who somehow managed to get elected.
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targeting 540 full time jobs
yea I don't believe that. Most of these I've read about have like 5-10 people working onsite max. There are a ton of construction jobs while the thing is getting built, and then they peace out.
re: Supposed to go to Cancuun in a few weeks, am I going to get kidnapped?
Posted by Play_Neck on 2/23/26 at 7:20 pm to James11111
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Which resort are you staying at?
and what's your SSN ?
re: Bacteria extracted from an ancient ice cave is resistant to antibiotics
Posted by Play_Neck on 2/17/26 at 8:42 pm to hawgfaninc
seal that mf up right now !
re: TEAMs meetings
Posted by Play_Neck on 2/16/26 at 9:53 am to MercyTriumphs
:lol:
re: TEAMs meetings
Posted by Play_Neck on 2/16/26 at 9:51 am to burger bearcat
charge by the hour
re: Shopping for a new truck. Advice welcome
Posted by Play_Neck on 2/15/26 at 9:07 pm to bigolecatfish
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My ram 1500 made it 19k miles before I had to trade it. Bought brand new last spring. Went into shop twice. 2 fuel pumps. Check engine light came on again and it was sputtering. New fuel pump number 3 was coming. Jumped ship to gmc sierra. So far so good but haven’t made it to oil change yet.
That's wild they still have that issue. Had one 20 years ago I had to get rid of when I realized I needed to change the pump the 4th time!
re: Epstein jail guards used a ‘fake body’ to trick the media, real body loaded into a van
Posted by Play_Neck on 2/10/26 at 8:18 pm to EastWestConnection
that pic of the long hair dude In Israel that's been circulating is pretty convincing, visually
re: Who is the worst LSU coach (in big sports) over the last 50 years?
Posted by Play_Neck on 2/10/26 at 8:15 pm to lsufan1971
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Curley loved the whiskey and co Ed’s.
Understandable
re: America borrowed $43.5 billion a week in the first four months of the fiscal year
Posted by Play_Neck on 2/10/26 at 4:16 pm to ragincajun03
FY 26 to date spending, from the treasury site (i.e. October 2025 to date--so roughly 1/4 of a year (data likely collected through Dec.)):
$402 B Social Security
$270 B Net Interest
$267 B National Defense
$261 B Health
$254 B Medicare
$166 B Income Security
$114 B Veterans Benefits and Services
$39 B Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services
$33 B Transportation
$23 B Administration of Justice
-$2 B Other
That's total about 1.83T spent in 3 months; and we have about 1.22T in revenue for the same period. That means deficit this year of 1.8 to 2.4T, if we continue that pace.
Max DOGE cuts were projected at less than $100B, even if brutally thorough. (I know Musk said 2T before election, but that's more than we spend total and was just grandstanding. April 2025 max estimate was $150B and late 2025 was projected at $63B.) IMO, no matter how much you cut, it's not enough--not to say we shouldn't be careful and cut spending, too. We'd have to completely get rid of Social Security and Health assistance to get near breakeven, which some folks are okay with....
We likely don't take in enough revenue b/c low tax, which is fine, but it costs us long term. Further concerning with a shrinking population.
Tariffs only fill the gap so much and at some point are counter productive. We imported roughly 325B in goods last year. Even if we tariffed 100% (which would cause the imports and likely our GDP to drop, so at some rate, counterproductive), that's only 1/6 of the current deficit.
The debt isn't unsustainable yet as GDP grows, but we're projecting that way in the near term.
Hence the theories that DJT is crippling the dollar to make borrowing cheaper and/or, as Putin accused us, of dumping some debt into crypto and then killing whichever coin they use for the debt. IDK how there would be enough buyers though.
In short, agree with whoever said our kids are screwed.
$402 B Social Security
$270 B Net Interest
$267 B National Defense
$261 B Health
$254 B Medicare
$166 B Income Security
$114 B Veterans Benefits and Services
$39 B Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services
$33 B Transportation
$23 B Administration of Justice
-$2 B Other
That's total about 1.83T spent in 3 months; and we have about 1.22T in revenue for the same period. That means deficit this year of 1.8 to 2.4T, if we continue that pace.
Max DOGE cuts were projected at less than $100B, even if brutally thorough. (I know Musk said 2T before election, but that's more than we spend total and was just grandstanding. April 2025 max estimate was $150B and late 2025 was projected at $63B.) IMO, no matter how much you cut, it's not enough--not to say we shouldn't be careful and cut spending, too. We'd have to completely get rid of Social Security and Health assistance to get near breakeven, which some folks are okay with....
We likely don't take in enough revenue b/c low tax, which is fine, but it costs us long term. Further concerning with a shrinking population.
Tariffs only fill the gap so much and at some point are counter productive. We imported roughly 325B in goods last year. Even if we tariffed 100% (which would cause the imports and likely our GDP to drop, so at some rate, counterproductive), that's only 1/6 of the current deficit.
The debt isn't unsustainable yet as GDP grows, but we're projecting that way in the near term.
Hence the theories that DJT is crippling the dollar to make borrowing cheaper and/or, as Putin accused us, of dumping some debt into crypto and then killing whichever coin they use for the debt. IDK how there would be enough buyers though.
In short, agree with whoever said our kids are screwed.
re: Breaking: Don Lemon arrested
Posted by Play_Neck on 1/30/26 at 7:38 pm to Night Vision
Dayum ol' boy's head is a foot and a half long. :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
re: California - Stripper beheads boyfriend and flees to Mexico
Posted by Play_Neck on 1/30/26 at 6:37 pm to Long Ball Larry
A+
Not gonna lie, I'm a little curious about the backstory here. Guessing it's not for nothing that un-headed him, but who knows...
re: Old man moment number 214.
Posted by Play_Neck on 1/30/26 at 5:53 pm to LSU alum wannabe
$5
re: Hot take. Nuss will be a starter in the NFL one day.
Posted by Play_Neck on 1/30/26 at 3:52 pm to Tvilletiger
I really like Nuss, but he better fix his footwork/mechanics, especially when under pressure, or that ain't happening.
re: Ilhan Omar sprayed with “unknown fluid” at town hall.
Posted by Play_Neck on 1/27/26 at 9:20 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
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Doesn’t for a moment, cross your mind that maybe this was a staged attack by her own side? To paint her as a victim.
It didn't at first watch, but now that you all mention it, I can certainly see that as possible.
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