Posted by bruceleefan on 12/16/2021 9:50:00 AM (view original):

Posted by wylie715 on 12/15/2021 12:42:00 PM (view original):

Posted by dahsdebater on 12/15/2021 12:03:00 PM (view original):
New pending deposit from the IRS in my checking account today. Going to push the balance from $48609.21 to $48829.21. Big win for the starving children!

P.S., yes, I recognize most financial advisors would prefer we keep somewhat less in checking. We just bought a house in March and a car in October, have the 2 little girls, and feel a little more comfortable with some extra liquidity.

Great, dahs...you don't need the tax credit. That is great for you, but there are thousands of people who do need the tax credit. Should they lose it just because you don't need it?

Or they could actually give more to the folks who actually need it, instead of lazily doling out money to folks who don't.

Ill worry about that after the GOP ( Gouge Our Poor )
takes back the Trump Tax Cut gift to the rich who did not need it and don't complain that they get it.

Yeah Ill worry about some of the married couples with great free medical benefits from their jobs who don't need it very much.
Lets talk then.

Posted by bruceleefan on 12/16/2021 9:50:00 AM (view original):

Posted by wylie715 on 12/15/2021 12:42:00 PM (view original):

Posted by dahsdebater on 12/15/2021 12:03:00 PM (view original):
New pending deposit from the IRS in my checking account today. Going to push the balance from $48609.21 to $48829.21. Big win for the starving children!

P.S., yes, I recognize most financial advisors would prefer we keep somewhat less in checking. We just bought a house in March and a car in October, have the 2 little girls, and feel a little more comfortable with some extra liquidity.

Great, dahs...you don't need the tax credit. That is great for you, but there are thousands of people who do need the tax credit. Should they lose it just because you don't need it?

Or they could actually give more to the folks who actually need it, instead of lazily doling out money to folks who don't.

Ill worry about that after the GOP ( Gouge Our Poor )
takes back the Trump Tax Cut gift to the rich who did not need it and don't complain that they get it.

Yeah Ill worry about some of the married couples with great free medical benefits from their jobs who don't need it very much.
Lets talk then.

Posted by bruceleefan on 12/16/2021 9:50:00 AM (view original):

Posted by wylie715 on 12/15/2021 12:42:00 PM (view original):

Posted by dahsdebater on 12/15/2021 12:03:00 PM (view original):
New pending deposit from the IRS in my checking account today. Going to push the balance from $48609.21 to $48829.21. Big win for the starving children!

P.S., yes, I recognize most financial advisors would prefer we keep somewhat less in checking. We just bought a house in March and a car in October, have the 2 little girls, and feel a little more comfortable with some extra liquidity.

Great, dahs...you don't need the tax credit. That is great for you, but there are thousands of people who do need the tax credit. Should they lose it just because you don't need it?

Or they could actually give more to the folks who actually need it, instead of lazily doling out money to folks who don't.

Ill worry about that after the GOP ( Gouge Our Poor )
takes back the Trump Tax Cut gift to the rich who did not need it and don't complain that they get it.

Yeah Ill worry about some of the married couples with great free medical benefits from their jobs who don't need it very much.
Lets talk then.

ECONOMY / NATE JACKSON

It’s the Inflation, Stupid

Biden and Pelosi predict victory in ‘22, but voters blame them for rising prices.

Posted by DougOut on 12/16/2021 6:38:00 PM (view original):

ECONOMY / NATE JACKSON

It’s the Inflation, Stupid

Biden and Pelosi predict victory in ‘22, but voters blame them for rising prices.

Blame your brethren who are too stupid to get a vaccine and have created the economic crisis
leading to stimulus etc.

Why dontcha.

Speaker’s Husband Bagged $4.8 million on Google Parent Company Options Ahead of House Vote Targeting Big Tech

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said members of Congress and their spouses should not be barred from trading individual stocks.

I havnt looked into it but werent there hearings and public disclosures of voting.

Are you saying there was insider trading based upon secret information.

Of course not. Just more bs.

Posted by tangplay on 11/4/2018 2:49:00 PM (view original):
Imagine how ****** doug will be when dems win the house... Or will he spin it somehow?

I'm guessing it will either be spun as Repub win or dems cheat

DOUGOUT - That's not going to happen my friend. Is your memory so short?

DOUGOUT - The Senate is the thing that makes the second election of TRUMP possible and a victory for democracy and AMERICA.

DOUGOUT - Your horrible upcoming loss in the House will back my words.

I marked them. Here they are. How do they taste?

DOUGOUT - There will be no spin. The spin stops here.

I love the sweet taste of irony in the morning.

YEAR	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	AVE
1914	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	2.1	1.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
1915	1.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	-1.0	-1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0
1916	3.0	4.0	6.1	6.0	5.9	6.9	6.9	7.9	9.9	10.8	11.7	12.6	7.9
1917	12.5	15.4	14.3	18.9	19.6	20.4	18.5	19.3	19.8	19.5	17.4	18.1	17.4
1918	19.7	17.5	16.7	12.7	13.3	13.1	18.0	18.5	18.0	18.5	20.7	20.4	18.0
1919	17.9	14.9	17.1	17.6	16.6	15.0	15.2	14.9	13.4	13.1	13.5	14.5	14.6
1920	17.0	20.4	20.1	21.6	21.9	23.7	19.5	14.7	12.4	9.9	7.0	2.6	15.6
1921	-1.6	-5.6	-7.1	-10.8	-14.1	-15.8	-14.9	-12.8	-12.5	-12.1	-12.1	-10.8	-10.5
1922	-11.1	-8.2	-8.7	-7.7	-5.6	-5.1	-5.1	-6.2	-5.1	-4.6	-3.4	-2.3	-6.1
1923	-0.6	-0.6	0.6	1.2	1.2	1.8	2.4	3.0	3.6	3.6	3.0	2.4	1.8
1924	3.0	2.4	1.8	0.6	0.6	0.0	-0.6	-0.6	-0.6	-0.6	-0.6	0.0	0.0
1925	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.2	1.8	2.9	3.5	4.1	3.5	2.9	4.7	3.5	2.3
1926	3.5	4.1	2.9	4.1	2.9	1.1	-1.1	-1.7	-1.1	-0.6	-1.7	-1.1	1.1
1927	-2.2	-2.8	-2.8	-3.4	-2.2	-0.6	-1.1	-1.1	-1.1	-1.1	-2.3	-2.3	-1.7
1928	-1.1	-1.7	-1.2	-1.2	-1.1	-2.8	-1.2	-0.6	0.0	-1.1	-0.6	-1.2	-1.7
1929	-1.2	0.0	-0.6	-1.2	-1.2	0.0	1.2	1.2	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.0
1930	0.0	-0.6	-0.6	0.6	-0.6	-1.8	-4.0	-4.6	-4.0	-4.6	-5.2	-6.4	-2.3
1931	-7.0	-7.6	-7.7	-8.8	-9.5	-10.1	-9.0	-8.5	-9.6	-9.7	-10.4	-9.3	-9.0
1932	-10.1	-10.2	-10.3	-10.3	-10.5	-9.9	-9.9	-10.6	-10.7	-10.7	-10.2	-10.3	-9.9
1933	-9.8	-9.9	-10.0	-9.4	-8.0	-6.6	-3.7	-2.2	-1.5	-0.8	0.0	0.8	-5.1
1934	2.3	4.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	2.3	1.5	3.0	2.3	2.3	1.5	3.1
1935	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.8	3.8	2.2	2.2	2.2	0.7	1.5	2.2	3.0	2.2
1936	1.5	0.7	0.0	-0.7	-0.7	0.7	1.5	2.2	2.2	2.2	1.4	1.4	1.5
1937	2.2	2.2	3.6	4.4	5.1	4.3	4.3	3.6	4.3	4.3	3.6	2.9	3.6
1938	0.7	0.0	-0.7	-0.7	-2.1	-2.1	-2.8	-2.8	-3.4	-4.1	-3.4	-2.8	-2.1
1939	-1.4	-1.4	-1.4	-2.8	-2.1	-2.1	-2.1	-2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-1.4
1940	-0.7	0.7	0.7	1.4	1.4	2.2	1.4	1.4	-0.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7
1941	1.4	0.7	1.4	2.1	2.9	4.3	5.0	6.4	7.9	9.3	10.0	9.9	5.0
1942	11.3	12.1	12.7	12.6	13.2	10.9	11.6	10.7	9.3	9.2	9.1	9.0	10.9
1943	7.6	7.0	7.5	8.1	7.4	7.4	6.1	4.8	5.5	4.2	3.6	3.0	6.1
1944	3.0	3.0	1.2	0.6	0.0	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.7	1.7	1.7	2.3	1.7
1945	2.3	2.3	2.3	1.7	2.3	2.8	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.3
1946	2.2	1.7	2.8	3.4	3.4	3.3	9.4	11.6	12.7	14.9	17.7	18.1	8.3
1947	18.1	18.8	19.7	19.0	18.4	17.6	12.1	11.4	12.7	10.6	8.5	8.8	14.4
1948	10.2	9.3	6.8	8.7	9.1	9.5	9.9	8.9	6.5	6.1	4.8	3.0	8.1
1949	1.3	1.3	1.7	0.4	-0.4	-0.8	-2.9	-2.9	-2.4	-2.9	-1.7	-2.1	-1.2
1950	-2.1	-1.3	-0.8	-1.3	-0.4	-0.4	1.7	2.1	2.1	3.8	3.8	5.9	1.3
1951	8.1	9.4	9.3	9.3	9.3	8.8	7.5	6.6	7.0	6.5	6.9	6.0	7.9
1952	4.3	2.3	1.9	2.3	1.9	2.3	3.1	3.1	2.3	1.9	1.1	0.8	1.9
1953	0.4	0.8	1.1	0.8	1.1	1.1	0.4	0.7	0.7	1.1	0.7	0.7	0.8
1954	1.1	1.5	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.0	-0.4	-0.7	-0.4	-0.7	0.7
1955	-0.7	-0.7	-0.7	-0.4	-0.7	-0.7	-0.4	-0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	-0.4
1956	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.9	2.2	1.9	1.9	2.2	2.2	3.0	1.5
1957	3.0	3.4	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.3	3.3	3.7	3.3	2.9	3.3	2.9	3.3
1958	3.6	3.2	3.6	3.6	3.2	2.8	2.5	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	1.8	2.8
1959	1.4	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.7	1.0	1.4	1.7	1.4	1.7	0.7
1960	1.0	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.4	1.4	1.0	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.7
1961	1.7	1.4	1.4	1.0	1.0	0.7	1.4	1.0	1.4	0.7	0.7	0.7	1.0
1962	0.7	1.0	1.0	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.0	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.0
1963	1.3	1.0	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.0	1.3	1.3	1.6	1.3
1964	1.6	1.6	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.0	1.3	1.0	1.3	1.0	1.3
1965	1.0	1.0	1.3	1.6	1.6	1.9	1.6	1.9	1.6	1.9	1.6	1.9	1.6
1966	1.9	2.6	2.6	2.9	2.9	2.5	2.8	3.5	3.5	3.8	3.8	3.5	2.9
1967	3.5	2.8	2.8	2.5	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.4	2.8	2.4	2.7	3.0	3.1
1968	3.6	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.2	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.2
1969	4.4	4.7	5.2	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.9	6.2	5.5
1970	6.2	6.1	5.8	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.4	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7
1971	5.3	5.0	4.7	4.2	4.4	4.6	4.4	4.6	4.1	3.8	3.3	3.3	4.4
1972	3.3	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.2	2.7	2.9	2.9	3.2	3.4	3.7	3.4	3.2
1973	3.6	3.9	4.6	5.1	5.5	6.0	5.7	7.4	7.4	7.8	8.3	8.7	6.2
1974	9.4	10.0	10.4	10.1	10.7	10.9	11.5	10.9	11.9	12.1	12.2	12.3	11.0
1975	11.8	11.2	10.3	10.2	9.5	9.4	9.7	8.6	7.9	7.4	7.4	6.9	9.1
1976	6.7	6.3	6.1	6.0	6.2	6.0	5.4	5.7	5.5	5.5	4.9	4.9	5.8
1977	5.2	5.9	6.4	7.0	6.7	6.9	6.8	6.6	6.6	6.4	6.7	6.7	6.5
1978	6.8	6.4	6.6	6.5	7.0	7.4	7.7	7.8	8.3	8.9	8.9	9.0	7.6
1979	9.3	9.9	10.1	10.5	10.9	10.9	11.3	11.8	12.2	12.1	12.6	13.3	11.3
1980	13.9	14.2	14.8	14.7	14.4	14.4	13.1	12.9	12.6	12.8	12.6	12.5	13.5
1981	11.8	11.4	10.5	10.0	9.8	9.6	10.8	10.8	11.0	10.1	9.6	8.9	10.3
1982	8.4	7.6	6.8	6.5	6.7	7.1	6.4	5.9	5.0	5.1	4.6	3.8	6.2
1983	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.9	3.5	2.6	2.5	2.6	2.9	2.9	3.3	3.8	3.2
1984	4.2	4.6	4.8	4.6	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.1	3.9	4.3
1985	3.5	3.5	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.6	3.3	3.1	3.2	3.5	3.8	3.6
1986	3.9	3.1	2.3	1.6	1.5	1.8	1.6	1.6	1.8	1.5	1.3	1.1	1.9
1987	1.5	2.1	3.0	3.8	3.9	3.7	3.9	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.4	3.6
1988	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.0	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.4	4.1
1989	4.7	4.8	5.0	5.1	5.4	5.2	5.0	4.7	4.3	4.5	4.7	4.6	4.8
1990	5.2	5.3	5.2	4.7	4.4	4.7	4.8	5.6	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.1	5.4
1991	5.7	5.3	4.9	4.9	5.0	4.7	4.4	3.8	3.4	2.9	3.0	3.1	4.2
1992	2.6	2.8	3.2	3.2	3.0	3.1	3.2	3.1	3.0	3.2	3.0	2.9	3.0
1993	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.0	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.8	2.7	2.7	3.0
1994	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.5	2.8	2.9	3.0	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.6
1995	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.1	3.2	3.0	2.8	2.6	2.5	2.8	2.6	2.5	2.8
1996	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.8	3.0	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.3	3.3	3.0
1997	3.0	3.0	2.8	2.5	2.2	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	1.8	1.7	2.3
1998	1.6	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6
1999	1.7	1.6	1.7	2.3	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.3	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.2
2000	2.7	3.2	3.8	3.1	3.2	3.7	3.7	3.4	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4
2001	3.7	3.5	2.9	3.3	3.6	3.2	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.1	1.9	1.6	2.8
2002	1.1	1.1	1.5	1.6	1.2	1.1	1.5	1.8	1.5	2.0	2.2	2.4	1.6
2003	2.6	3.0	3.0	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.0	1.8	1.9	2.3
2004	1.9	1.7	1.7	2.3	3.1	3.3	3.0	2.7	2.5	3.2	3.5	3.3	2.7
2005	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.5	2.8	2.5	3.2	3.6	4.7	4.3	3.5	3.4	3.4
2006	4.0	3.6	3.4	3.5	4.2	4.3	4.1	3.8	2.1	1.3	2.0	2.5	3.2
2007	2.1	2.4	2.8	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.4	2.0	2.8	3.5	4.3	4.1	2.8
2008	4.3	4.0	4.0	3.9	4.2	5.0	5.6	5.4	4.9	3.7	1.1	0.1	3.8
2009	0.0	0.2	-0.4	-0.7	-1.3	-1.4	-2.1	-1.5	-1.3	-0.2	1.8	2.7	-0.4
2010	2.6	2.1	2.3	2.2	2.0	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.5	1.6
2011	1.6	2.1	2.7	3.2	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.8	3.9	3.5	3.4	3.0	3.2
2012	2.9	2.9	2.7	2.3	1.7	1.7	1.4	1.7	2.0	2.2	1.8	1.7	2.1
2013	1.6	2.0	1.5	1.1	1.4	1.8	2.0	1.5	1.2	1.0	1.2	1.5	1.5
2014	1.6	1.1	1.5	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.0	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.3	0.8	1.6
2015	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.1
2016	1.4	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.8	1.1	1.5	1.6	1.7	2.1	1.3
2017	2.5	2.7	2.4	2.2	1.9	1.6	1.7	1.9	2.2	2.0	2.2	2.1	2.1
2018	2.1	2.2	2.4	2.5	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.7	2.3	2.5	2.2	1.9	2.4
2019	1.6	1.5	1.9	2.0	1.8	1.6	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.8	2.1	2.3	1.8
2020	2.5	2.3	1.5	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.3	1.4	1.2	1.2	1.4	1.2
2021	1.4	1.7	2.6	4.2	5.0	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.4	6.2	6.8

those are some nice numbers, baggie! What do they mean?

each individual number is inflation, for that month, compared to the same month one year prior


then mulitplied by twelve to give a yearly rate instead of a monthly rate

because simple monkeys like me like my inflation numbers on a yearly basis

a number i can put in context, a number i can understand

if it's a negative number it's deflation

meaning you make money by saving not spending

it it's a positive number it's inflation

meaning you save money by spending not saving