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Snake Diggity

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  1. edit: I posted my reply before your last comment. I agree there might be some short term pain.
  2. Only if unemployment is low. Hard to have the kind severe recession/depression being described by debt hawks without unemployment going up.
  3. MLB has imposed severe penalties for going over their competitive balance threshold. It is a de facto salary cap. On top of that, like all the other leagues, they have wealth redistribution in the form of the draft and international signing pools being structured in reverse order of record. That’s kept the league somewhat competitive. Despite that, it’s pretty clear that they need further restrictions on their wealthiest teams, since their hardest working, smartest organizations cannot win it all due to lack of capital (looking at Tampa Bay), while the dumbest teams still post winning records due to their ability to spend their way out of their stupidity. You went further into the CR but I’ll respond; the Tea Party had no interest in balancing the budget. They were the precursor to Trumpism and nothing more than the right wing’s reaction to a black man becoming president. Talk of balanced budgets was bullshit. The argument that the debt will have to be paid at high interest rates doesn’t make any sense. If the debt is as crippling as you say to the economy, unemployment will go up which mean rates will go down which means the debt will be refinanced at lower rates. The only way the debt gets paid at high rates is if we somehow pay it off without wrecking the economy.
  4. Savant shows last night Whitley averaged 94 on his fb and topped at 95.5.
  5. If shit was “fair”, if the determining factors in financial success were simply hard work and ambition and intelligence, there would be no correlation between a person’s wealth as an adult and how much wealth their parents had when they were born. People who advocate low taxes and few govt benefits think the playing field is level; that’s ridiculous. Our society is grossly inefficient with its human resources. The potential we’ve wasted as a result of unchecked greed and fear is disgusting. Theres a reason every major sports league has some form of a salary cap. It’s because access to capital is a compounding advantage that cannot be made up in any other way. Without severely restricting the wealthiest from running away from the pack, there’s no competition, just preordained winners and losers. As it relates to tax policy, I’d be fine with a flat tax with no deductions of any kind, provided there was a massive tax on large estates (something like 90% on everything over $10,000,000). As it stands we have a progressive tax structure the allows wealthy people to end up paying a lower effective tax rate than poor people. That’s insane. I think the amount we spend on education and healthcare is stupidly low. I believe it would be pretty easy to balance our budget and fund the things I value without hurting the economy if we were able to keep politicians from being for sale, although I don’t know how that can change. As it relates to the topic of this thread, I don’t think the majority of the inflation we have seen over the last 2-3 years can be attributed to government spending. The last stimulus package that was passed in 2021 was unnecessary but the inflation we’ve seen has been more a result of supply shocks resulting from geopolitical instability and the pandemic than simply oversupply of dollars and too much govt spending.
  6. This thread is off topic like a motherfucker.
  7. Wtf does all this stupid ass “poor people suck, rich people are awesome” shit have to do with inflation again?
  8. I ignore a shitload of people and have had him on ignore in the past, but inevitably any thread he posts on then turns into pages of ignored comments with no actual content. It’s annoying as fuck. Fatty in the fishing thread is solid. Fatty in the gun nut thread is fine, although I don’t go in there. Fatty in CR is stupid as fuck, but the CR is a place where you’re kind of expecting to have to read through a bunch of stupid embarrassing shit, so he’s not alone. But this thread (at some points) has held some quality discussion and it’s annoying as fuck to have him wade in here and force me to click thru his absolute stupidity.
  9. @fattyflattieeverything you’ve said in this thread during the last 2 pages is stupid as fuck and I’m embarrassed for you. Is there any way you can not post on this thread anymore?
  10. Spoiler alert: those dudes aren’t as educated as you think they are. Bachelor degrees from A&M don’t mean shit.
  11. Any body got insight into the cause of the spread between PPI and CPI and when/if the gap is expected to close? PPI seems to be where it needs to be for rates to chill but Fed reacts to CPI afaik.
  12. Default probably gets unemployment high enough to warrant rate cuts within a months time. Default would be crazy and I’d bet against it but nothing about US politics shocks me anymore. US economic downside possibilities, next 30 days: Avian flu, debt ceiling broken, Ukrainian offensive failing Upside possibilities: Long term debt ceiling agreement, Ukrainian breakthrough
  13. The Fed has shown that they ignore everything except unemployment and inflation, which is their mandate. Their inflation target is 3% and the numbers are still coming in higher than that, while unemployment remains at historic lows. I will be very surprised if they don’t raise again next meeting, and keep raising 0.25% at a time until the YoY CPI comes in under 4%.
  14. Those dudes were WAY too cool about that. Fine if you want act cool to diffuse the situation while a guy is pointing a gun at you after firing at you, but if those dudes didn’t call the cops on that piece of shit they are doing society a great disservice.
  15. Looks awesome
  16. Returning (7): Disu, Hunter*, Cunningham, Anamekwe, Perryman, Bott, Clark Out (6): Carr, Rice, Allen, Bishop, Morris, Brumbaugh In (7): Abmas, Weaver, Sellers*, Rodman*, Onyemi, Shedrick, Prince G Hunter/Sellers/Prince G Abmas/Weaver/Perryman F Rodman/Anamekwe F Disu/Cunningham/Clark F Shedrick/Onyemi/Bott Thats a big lineup short on ball distributors but is a deep talented team that would score a lot and be good on defense.
  17. Whitley and Dubin are both injured as well down in the minors. Brutal.
  18. Starters: Hunter, Abmas, Cunningham, Disu, Shedrick Bench: Weaver, TBD transfer guard who is not on the radar yet, Anamekwe, Onyemi Walk-on’s: Prince, Perryman, Bott, Clark
  19. https://www.si.com/college/texas/mens-basketball/longhorns-chris-beard-jackson-prince-walk-on-commit-recruit-big-12
  20. Returning (6): Disu, Cunningham, Anamekwe, Perryman, Bott, Clark Out (6): Carr, Rice, Allen, Bishop, Morris, Brumbaugh In (5): Abmas, Weaver, Onyemi, Shedrick, Prince TBD (2): Hunter, Mitchell If we get Hunter and Mitchell back, this should be a Sweet 16 team. Up to 4 scholarships left.
  21. In some pretty damned risky territory. We have 5 scholarship players committed, and one of those guys (Anamekwe) projects as a pure bench/complimentary piece. To be a projected Sweet 16 team, we have to add at least 2 premium talents plus another 2 solid contributors. Sure, the 9 player roster posted above looks pretty good. But that would basically mean getting 90% of the talent we are hoping for. Shit is scary. Losing Holland was fucked.
  22. It’s gonna be France and it looks like it’ll only be for 1 start.
  23. I have no faith that they won’t change their policy, but I have been grandfathered into my donation level ($0) since I became a season ticket holder in 2007. My seats now require a $500/seat donation for people just starting out. So in theory buying sooner locks in your donation price so the only price increases would be for the actual ticket prices. But like I said it would not surprise me at all if they tell me to get fucked next season unless I donate the current required amount; they’ve shown they don’t actually gaf about loyalty. Which sucks but I understand.
  24. If they get Weaver and Hunter they will only add 2 more players, likely one defensive minded reserve G who ideally can also handle the ball, and one swing player; Mitchell would be ideal for that 2nd spot. They have 4 walk-ons already lined up so that would make 14 players on the roster. G Hunter*/TBD* G Abmas/Weaver*/Prince G Mitchell*/Anamekwe/Perryman F Disu/Cunningham/Bott F Shedrick/Holland/Clark That roster is arguably as good as the one that just went to the EE.
  25. Just about time for all them silly fucks who were talking shit about Julks, Meyers, Dubon, and Maton to step up and take their medicine.
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