This economy is so bad

[lickin_starfish 1,893]

1 hour ago, GutterBoy said:

The line at the fireworks store was around the block, absolutely packed.  People got lots of cash.

Credit cards.

[shorepatrol 1,870]

Gas doubled at least, food trippled at least. Wages stagnant, open border, wars everywhere. You focking clowns 

[GutterBoy 2,898]

1 minute ago, shorepatrol said:

Gas doubled at least, food trippled at least. Wages stagnant, open border, wars everywhere. You focking clowns 

You're not good at math, or the truth 

[IGotWorms 4,057]

CNN — 

Road trips are not going to break the bank this Fourth of July.

GasBuddy projects the national average price for regular gas will stand at $3.49 a gallon on Independence Day.

That’s a penny shy of the price a year ago and down sharply from $4.79 two years ago when oil prices spiked after Russia invaded Ukraine.

Adjusted for inflation, US gas prices are almost exactly where they were in July 2018, according to federal data.

 

 

That’s from today.

 

Whoopsadaisy

[shorepatrol 1,870]

47 minutes ago, GutterBoy said:

You're not good at math, or the truth 

You are lost. 

[Maximum Overkill 1,739]

 

 

[TimHauck 2,619]

5 hours ago, shorepatrol said:

Gas doubled at least, food trippled at least. Wages stagnant, open border, wars everywhere. You focking clowns 

Gas is not doubled.  It was for about 6 months in 2022, then came down (and only when comparing to the peak of Covid or 2016).  They are currently about 50-60% higher than when Trump left office.

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=emm_epmr_pte_nus_dpg&f=m
 

Food is not tripled. It is up about 20-25%.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CUSR0000SAF11

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CUUR0000SEFV
 

Wages are up about 15-20% in the same timeframe.  

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CES0500000003

 

Not great numbers, but no need to lie.

[GutterBoy 2,898]

6 hours ago, shorepatrol said:

You are lost. 

Thanks to Tim for fact checking you.  You're an idiot.

[Maximum Overkill 1,739]

58 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

Gas is not doubled.  It was for about 6 months in 2022

So it did double 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,934]

9 hours ago, GutterBoy said:

The line at the fireworks store was around the block, absolutely packed.  People got lots of cash.

Your town has a fireworks store? Lol. Is it next to the check cashing place? 

[GutterBoy 2,898]

8 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Your town has a fireworks store? Lol. Is it next to the check cashing place? 

I drove to another town you idiot.

[seafoam1 2,802]

5 minutes ago, GutterBoy said:

I drove to another town you idiot.

Sure you did. 

[TimHauck 2,619]

Lots of fireworks stores in Fort Mill, SC, one of the most sought after towns in the Charlotte metro and home to some of the best public schools in the state 

[Maximum Overkill 1,739]

1 minute ago, TimHauck said:

Lots of fireworks stores in Fort Mill, SC, one of the most sought after towns in the Charlotte metro and home to some of the best public schools in the state 

Agree 100%. I live on Hilton Head Island SC, a very upscale area if you're not familiar. There's temporary fire works trailers everywhere. It has nothing to do with location. 

[seafoam1 2,802]

1 hour ago, Maximum Overkill said:

Agree 100%. I live on Hilton Head Island SC, a very upscale area if you're not familiar. There's temporary fire works trailers everywhere. It has nothing to do with location. 

But the point they are trying to make is that because a bunch of yokles are buying fireworks, that means the economy is thriving.

Back in my early 20s I was broke as can be. But I bought a shlt ton of beer. Was that an indicator of a thriving economy, or me just throwing all my money into having fun while living like a pauper? 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,934]

2 hours ago, GutterBoy said:

I drove to another town you idiot.

The town next to you has a fireworks store? Lol. Is it next to the tattoo places? 

[GutterBoy 2,898]

4 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

The town next to you has a fireworks store? Lol. Is it next to the tattoo places? 

You know how stupid you look?  You already know I live in an upscale town in an expensive house.  What's the matter with you?  Go enjoy the holiday with your kids.

[seafoam1 2,802]

47 minutes ago, GutterBoy said:

You know how stupid you look?  You already know I live in an upscale town in an expensive house.  What's the matter with you?  Go enjoy the holiday with your kids.

Guttermutt is running around the internet telling anyone who will listen the he lives in an upscale town in and expensive house.

Happy 4th everyone!! 

 

[Jose M 125]

2 hours ago, GutterBoy said:

You know how stupid you look?  You already know I live in an upscale town in an expensive house.  What's the matter with you?  Go enjoy the holiday with your kids.

50 year old still has a mortgage with no plans for retirement.  

[GutterBoy 2,898]

46 minutes ago, Jose M said:

50 year old still has a mortgage with no plans for retirement.  

My mortgage is 2.75%. Why would I want to pay that off?

And yeah haven't decided what I want to do when I retire, you got me, sick burn.

[Maximum Overkill 1,739]

21 minutes ago, GutterBoy said:

My mortgage is 2.75%

You must have gotten that rate under Trump. You sure as hell didn't get it from Biden  

[edjr 6,578]

 

[Engorgeous George 2,131]

On 6/27/2024 at 12:18 PM, thegeneral said:

Been traveling a bunch lately. The airports the past few weeks have been absofuckingloutley packed. Haven’t seen lines like this ever really. Hotels jammed, every bar and restaurant packed in multiple cities.

When will this national nightmare ever end!!!

As for the hotels and airports I hear they are packed with illegals.  The bars and restaurants i don't hear about.  I don't get out to them much but when i do i don't notice unusual crowds or wait times but I don't live in a thriving metropolitan area so that may be it.

[BeachGuy23 642]

52 minutes ago, Engorgeous George said:

As for the hotels and airports I hear they are packed with illegals.  The bars and restaurants i don't hear about.  I don't get out to them much but when i do i don't notice unusual crowds or wait times but I don't live in a thriving metropolitan area so that may be it.

Step away from the alt right news boyo.  If you actually believe that hotels and airports are packed with illegals you're way to susceptible to fake news which is all you get from the alt right Youtube and Twitter sources the alt righties on this board love so much. 

[edjr 6,578]

8 minutes ago, BeachGuy23 said:

Step away from the alt right news boyo.  If you actually believe that hotels and airports are packed with illegals you're way to susceptible to fake news which is all you get from the alt right Youtube and Twitter sources the alt righties on this board love so much. 

This was on the news this morning. They were sleeping at Logan till yesterday until the Mayor cleared them out...... 

[BeachGuy23 642]

6 minutes ago, edjr said:

This was on the news this morning. They were sleeping at Logan till yesterday until the Mayor cleared them out...... 

Wow, so migrants are making the hundreds of major airports we have in this country appear crowded huh?

LMFAO

Sorry boyo, a couple of airports with migrants sleeping in them don't come close to making the airports appear full of busy travelers.

And I guess migrants have overrun all of the tens of thousands of hotels we have in this country to make them appear busy too huh?

Step away from the alt right media boyo. 

And too help out my alt right boyos be less susceptible to fake news next time, if you want to see if airports are truly busy, look at their ticketing lines, lines at gates, and TSA numbers.  It's quite the valuable service I provide to those of you so easily fooled and misled. 

[edjr 6,578]

1 minute ago, BeachGuy23 said:

Wow, so migrants are making the hundreds of major airports we have in this country appear crowded huh?

LMFAO

Sorry boyo, a couple of airports with migrants sleeping in them don't come close to making the airports full of busy travelers.

Step away from the alt right media boyo. 

What the fock are you talking about? Was showing you one media outlet IN BOSTON, reporting on a place where I live and see the news every day. You are so full of retarded hate to think I am alt right  

[BeachGuy23 642]

1 minute ago, edjr said:

What the fock are you talking about? Was showing you one media outlet IN BOSTON, reporting on a place where I live and see the news every day. You are so full of retarded hate to think I am alt right  

Aware me how you showing one airport with migrants sleeping in it supports Mr. "Neutral's" position that airports and hotels appear full due to migrants.

And I never claimed, nor was it my intention to claim, you were alt right, but the many alt right, constant consumers of fake news on this cesspool will take your post and run with it as "proof" boyo. 

 

[thegeneral 2,910]

1 hour ago, Engorgeous George said:

As for the hotels and airports I hear they are packed with illegals.  The bars and restaurants i don't hear about.  I don't get out to them much but when i do i don't notice unusual crowds or wait times but I don't live in a thriving metropolitan area so that may be it.

I am telling you it’s a zoo out there. They must have given all these illegals TSA pre-check and rez’s in restaurants all around the country because shet is full!!

 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,934]

Why aren’t they picking lettuce? 

[thegeneral 2,910]

https://www.trade.gov/feature-article/january-2024-air-passenger-travel#:~:text=Data recently released by the,pre-pandemic January 2019 volume.
 

Air Passenger Enplanements Up 13.5% Year Over Year in January 2024
»Air Passenger Travel Between the United States and Europe Up 7.6% in January 2024

Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in January 2024:

U.S.-international air traffic passenger enplanements¹ totaled:

• 20.468 million in January 2024, up 13.5% compared to January 2023, with enplanements reaching 103.0% of pre-pandemic January 2019 volume.

 

[edjr 6,578]

3 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

I am telling you it’s a zoo out there. They must have given all these illegals TSA pre-check and rez’s in restaurants all around the country because shet is full!!

 

Jokes aside. I am regretting my TSA Pre thread I made.  JFC way too many people have caught on. I fly quite a bit and too many people in TSA pre  

[BeachGuy23 642]

1 minute ago, thegeneral said:

https://www.trade.gov/feature-article/january-2024-air-passenger-travel#:~:text=Data recently released by the,pre-pandemic January 2019 volume.
 

Air Passenger Enplanements Up 13.5% Year Over Year in January 2024
»Air Passenger Travel Between the United States and Europe Up 7.6% in January 2024

Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in January 2024:

U.S.-international air traffic passenger enplanements¹ totaled:

• 20.468 million in January 2024, up 13.5% compared to January 2023, with enplanements reaching 103.0% of pre-pandemic January 2019 volume.

 

Damn those illegals are clogging up our airports and hotels!  That's the last straw!

[BeachGuy23 642]

Just now, edjr said:

Jokes aside. I am regretting my TSA Pre thread I made.  JFC way too many people have caught on. I fly quite a bit and too many people in TSA pre  

Don't you still breeze through?

[thegeneral 2,910]

2 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Why aren’t they picking lettuce? 

They are busy memorizing the ghost bus routes where they will mule harvested ballots for Joe Biden in November. 

[thegeneral 2,910]

Just now, edjr said:

Jokes aside. I am regretting my TSA Pre thread I made.  JFC way too many people have caught on. I fly quite a bit and too many people in TSA pre  

When everyone has TSA no one does 🥲

[edjr 6,578]

2 minutes ago, BeachGuy23 said:

Don't you still breeze through?

Oh for sure, not taking shoes off and laptops out of bags and not having to go through body scanner. Just certain airports like Logan/Vegas has way more people using it. When I fly back from Orlando I literally walk right up the agent, no wait.  I would pay way more than $85 every 5 years for it

[thegeneral 2,910]

I‘m going to Iowa in July and hotels were pretty full, a few were sold out.  It’s like 98 there with 1000% humidity and did I mention it’s focking Iowa.

The economy is ruined!!!11

[Hardcore troubadour 14,934]

1 minute ago, thegeneral said:

I‘m going to Iowa in July and hotels were pretty full, a few were sold out.  It’s like 98 there with 1000% humidity and did I mention it’s focking Iowa.

The economy is ruined!!!11

Will you still be able to post and tell us about it? I hope so. 

[thegeneral 2,910]

Just now, Hardcore troubadour said:

Will you still be able to post and tell us about it? I hope so. 

You will read it and ask about my schedule focking weirdo