BuddhaSixFour
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Sure. If you’ve Zen-chilled yourself into not giving a f**k, easy day.
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Can you bang out a list of the five things you did this week in ten minutes? If it’s for your boss or your chain who already has some context on what you do for the sake of keeping them informed, definitely. No big deal. But if it’s for someone with zero context or knowledge — maybe even Grok AI that knows even less — and if they don’t understand it or like it you lose your job… oh, and they’re coming at it from a place of wanting to axe you? That’s much harder. Not the same things.
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Okay, then I’m not talking to you personally. Carry on.
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Thats not our point. We know you are against spending increases and that Brabus is genuinely concerned about the deficit. The point is that less than a month in, the GOP is proving it doesn’t share those values at all, and that DOGE is saving pennies over here to distract you while you while they rob you over there.
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And just like that, proof it was never about the budget: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/house-republicans-advance-trump-agenda-final-vote-looms-tonight “The House's resolution lays out a $1.5 trillion floor for spending cuts across committees with a final target of $2 trillion, as well as a $4.5 trillion ceiling on the deficit impact of any GOP plan to extend Trump's 2017 tax cuts, The Hill reports. It also includes $300 billion in additional spending on the border and defense, as well as a $4 trillion debt limit increase.”
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Hydrate or die. Sometimes the right strategy is Shock and Awe. Helps dilute the weed. If you don’t have anything to hide, why wouldn’t you leave 10% of your body mass in the cup? Renewable hydro power is part of a liberal agenda. We need to reduce this to a trickle! You go to war with the bladder you have, not necessarily the bladder you want.
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DOGE demands transparency at all levels… ALL LEVELS.
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That’ll be a stellar what did you do last week email.
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Let us channel our inner Elons and marvel at how we’re at page 420 in the thread.
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The Bobs at least took some time to understand Initech. Grok. No one. Big Balls does a key word search for things he doesn’t like, perhaps.
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Gen Brown and Gen Slife relieved
BuddhaSixFour replied to LookieRookie's topic in General Discussion
I vaguely remember one son who seemed like a good kid, but Lady MacSlife was a lot like him. Only time I got stood up against a wall and throughly ripped, it was by Slife because I didn’t do what she said. Peas in a pod. 🫛 -
Investment showdown -- beyond the Roth, SDP, & TSP
BuddhaSixFour replied to Swizzle's topic in Squadron Bar
Thats why I used the current price of an equivalent annuity. Thats exactly what gets accounted for. -
Investment showdown -- beyond the Roth, SDP, & TSP
BuddhaSixFour replied to Swizzle's topic in Squadron Bar
It’s better than that if you tack in say $2.9M for the current value of the retirement and disability (current cost of an annuity that pays the same amount for a 49-years old male), plus maybe another $150k in untaxed income. I get around $230k/year presuming he’s 49 and makes it to his mid 80’s. Not shabby at all. -
I give you credit for being a reasonable foil. Allow me to address some points: A majority of Americans did not vote for Trump. A slight plurality of voters voted for him… not even a majority of voters. In our system, that’s enough to win. It was an upset and an unexpected margin of victory. I concede that. But it wasn’t a majority. That’s already playing out in polling where’s he’s already 4-5% under water. I know better than to take a handful of polls too seriously, so let’s see where the tend goes. It’s not like the man is universally popular and you just happened to find some holdouts on BO. You’re right. All we have now are predictions. I’ll make a few and we’ll see if I’m right: (1) The national deficit, let alone the debt, will be higher at the end of Trumps term. Whatever costs get cut are outweighed by tax cuts and an economy that sputters, reducing tax revenue and fiscal stimulus needed to get out of it. (2) There’s a short term drop in FWA, but by the end of Trumps term reduced enforcement/oversight and self-dealing by political appointees just replaces it with other FWA. (3) Congress remains a clown show. Okay. I know you’re with me on #3. Interested in taking the other side of #1 and #2? The funny thing is that I’d prefer to be wrong then to be right. If I lose the prediction, the country wins.
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Well, credit where credit is due. Later Jimbo!
