I'm surprised there's not an inflation thread yet
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Originally posted by SECOND:Quote:You never saw the movie Hell or High Water, did you?
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Yanno, that's exactly what SIX DOESN'T do: feel entitled and whinge for a handout. That would be BLM and all the other splinter groups you feel "sorry" for.
Originally posted by SECOND:Quote:You remind me of Chris Pine, bank robber, at the end of Hell or High Water giving a speech to Jeff Bridges, Texas Ranger. "My family has always been poor, therefore America owes me what I stole." Bridges is amused and could have given a speech that young man Pine and his family will be poor, again, because old man Bridges has got a feeling from long experience.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Yeah. Heard it before. 500 times from you.
Tough titty for you and for Democrats that not a single fucking voter knows what the fuck you're talking about either, so the Democratic Party is fuckin' done dude.
OPPS!
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582782/
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Your lies: so transparent.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
Blah... blah... blah.
Shut the fuck up, idiot.
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So, you've explained a movie character. You CLAIM it's like Trump voters in Texas.. I wouldn't know, but since your POV is pretty warped I don't automatically believe you. And I don't see the connection to SIX.
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Quote:Sometimes sloppysecondsbot details just how clueless it is to such a degree that it practically boggles the imagination, even for those with years of observations.
Originally posted by SECONDbot:Quote:You never saw the movie Hell or High Water, did you? Chris Pine is like every piece of angry poor white trash I know in Texas, except Chris Pine didn't vote for Trump because the movie was made before Trump's run for President. Chris Pine knew, with absolute certainty based on vast ignorance, how he was going to handle the unfairness of the banking system before there was a Trump to look after the little man. Too bad that Chris Pine's brother screwed up the plan by shooting when he shouldn't. There are ways to handle these kind of banking problems Chris Pine faced without expecting the politicians to come to your rescue, but Chris Pine's character, although smart, articulate, and energetic, is not the kind of guy to listen to advice about how the oil business actually works. 6ix is not the kind to listen and learn, either. Guys like Texas Ranger Jeff Bridges know what to do: kill the trigger happy brother and, for Chris Pine who is the brains of the series of bank robberies, get a confession that will put Chris Pine in jail where he belongs. The movie didn't show it, but Jeff Bridges was wearing a wire when Chris Pine explained his motives for robbing banks. It is left to your imagination to discover why Jeff Bridges had a dangerous interview with an armed robber. Bridges was gathering evidence, playing a hunch that Chris Pine was smart enough to not kill a Texas Ranger on Pine's front porch, but dumb enough to explain the crimes to a lawman.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Yanno, that's exactly what SIX DOESN'T do: feel entitled and whinge for a handout. That would be BLM and all the other splinter groups you feel "sorry" for.
Originally posted by SECONDbot:Quote:You remind me of Chris Pine, bank robber, at the end of Hell or High Water giving a speech to Jeff Bridges, Texas Ranger. "My family has always been poor, therefore America owes me what I stole." Bridges is amused and could have given a speech that young man Pine and his family will be poor, again, because old man Bridges has got a feeling from long experience.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Yeah. Heard it before. 500 times from you.
Tough titty for you and for Democrats that not a single fucking voter knows what the fuck you're talking about either, so the Democratic Party is fuckin' done dude.
OPPS!
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582782/
Your lies: so transparent.
Still, such a special case. Unfortunately, idiots like this are still allowed to vote, and in Libtard towns, vote thousands of times.
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Quote:We could compare tax returns, JewelStaiteFan, in order to discover how much wiser you are than I, but that is as unlikely for you to share IRS Form 1040 as for Trump to share his Form, although he promised to share literally hundreds of times over the years.
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Sometimes sloppysecondsbot details just how clueless it is to such a degree that it practically boggles the imagination, even for those with years of observations.
Still, such a special case. Unfortunately, idiots like this are still allowed to vote, and in Libtard towns, vote thousands of times.
It must be Biden's fault: Turkey’s inflation climbed to a new 24-year high of more than 83% for September, the country’s official body for statistics reported Monday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insists on continuing to cut interest rates rather than raise them — deviating from the conventional way of controlling inflation.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/03/turkey-inflation-hits-83percent-erdoga
n-vows-to-keep-cutting-rates-.html
Erdogan assumed office 28 August 2014. Before being President, Erdogan was Prime Minister from 14 March 2003 – 28 August 2014. The Turks know what they want and Erdogan has been giving it to them for 19 years. Such a capable man he is.
Are Trumptards having trouble staying in the middle class? That would be completely predictable from Trumptards' wacko beliefs in how money works. Turkey has a President who is a wacko about money, so it is completely unsurprising what is happening to Turkey.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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Originally posted by second:Quote:We could compare tax returns, JewelStaiteFan, in order to discover how much wiser you are than I, but that is as unlikely for you to share IRS Form 1040 as for Trump to share his Form, although he promised to share literally hundreds of times over the years.
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Sometimes sloppysecondsbot details just how clueless it is to such a degree that it practically boggles the imagination, even for those with years of observations.
Still, such a special case. Unfortunately, idiots like this are still allowed to vote, and in Libtard towns, vote thousands of times.
Oh yeah?
Post yours, bitch.
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70% of Republicans blame inflation on Joe Biden
Author Kevin Drum, Published on October 4, 2022 – 12:09 pm
https://jabberwocking.com/70-of-republicans-blame-inflation-on-joe-bid
en/
For some unknownable reason, Trump never could do this:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-04-15-POTUS
-Redacted-2021-Federal-and-State-Returns.pdf
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/disclosures/2022/04/15/the-pr
esident-and-vice-president-release-their-2021-tax-returns/
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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Quote:Why does sloppysecondsbot keep insisting on proving that Republicans are always right?
Originally posted by second:
70% of Republicans blame inflation on Joe Biden
Author Kevin Drum, Published on October 4, 2022 – 12:09 pm
https://jabberwocking.com/70-of-republicans-blame-inflation-on-joe-bid
en/
For some unknownable reason, Trump never could do this:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-04-15-POTUS
-Redacted-2021-Federal-and-State-Returns.pdf
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/disclosures/2022/04/15/the-pr
esident-and-vice-president-release-their-2021-tax-returns/
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And here's a little tip...
It's a lot more than 70% of Republicans that blame Joe Biden*.
Nobody is telling the truth with the polling right now after Biden* gave his red background Hitler speech.
Democrats are about to get a pike up their collective asses and they don't even see it coming.
Nancy Pelosi just told idiot Colbert that Dems are going to keep the house.
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In what turned out to be the least strategic use of the strategic oil reserves, Joe Biden* blew his load a month too early and gas prices shot right back up, close to their peak in little under a week.
Speaking of weak, OPEC+ knows that Joe Biden* is a dumb, old pussy and slashed production right after Joe* ran out of reserves.
Fill up your tanks now. Prices aren't done going up.
Worst President ever.
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Corporations are marking up their products way beyond the inflation rate
Author Kevin Drum
I came across an old Bloomberg story today that points out something interesting:
A measure of US profit margins has reached its widest since 1950, suggesting that the prices charged by businesses are outpacing their increased costs for production and labor. After-tax profits as a share of gross value added for non-financial corporations....
Wait a second. What's this "after-tax profits as a share of gross value added" business?
In a word, it's a measure of markup, the amount a company charges for its products above and beyond the cost of raw materials and labor. For example, if I can make a widget for $100 and sell it for an average of $150, my markup is 50%. If I raise the price to $160, my markup is 60%.
Unless you can reduce the cost of manufacturing—by buying cheaper parts or paying workers less, which is unlikely these days—the only way to increase your markup is by increasing your selling price. So how about if we take a look at that over time?
First, take a look at the blue line: it represents the total cost of employing somebody, including wages and benefits. Since 2020 it's risen at less than the rate of inflation.
Now look at the red line: it represents after-tax profits as a share of gross value added, aka markup. Before 2020 it rose roughly in line with inflation, but since 2020 it's skyrocketed by more than half (you can see the underlying numbers here). https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=VtLa
Corporations are increasing prices with abandon and blaming it on inflation. But it's not because of inflation. It's a cause of inflation. Prices are rising not because of workers, whose income is going up more slowly than inflation, and not only because raw materials are more expensive. It's mainly because companies are raising prices above and beyond that for no special reason except that they can. And all of us are paying the price.
https://jabberwocking.com/corporations-are-marking-up-their-products-f
ar-far-beyond-the-inflation-rate/
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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