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The proposed budget bill is estimated by the non-partisans as adding approximately $2.5 trillion in national debt. This from the folks who ran on cutting government spending. The total DOGE savings that came at a lot of chaos are estimated as less than $100 billion and likely not really close to that. All of that will be wiped away many times over. There are some good things in the budget but we are in a death spiral on the spending. About 80% of the budget is defense or social programs and interest on the existing debt. None of that is touchable to any politician who wants to get reelected. So there will never be an end to the debt spending until the financial system collapses.
 
Combat said:
The proposed budget bill is estimated by the non-partisans as adding approximately $2.5 trillion in national debt. This from the folks who ran on cutting government spending. The total DOGE savings that came at a lot of chaos are estimated as less than $100 billion and likely not really close to that. All of that will be wiped away many times over. There are some good things in the budget but we are in a death spiral on the spending. About 80% of the budget is defense or social programs and interest on the existing debt. None of that is touchable to any politician who wants to get reelected. So there will never be an end to the debt spending until the financial system collapses.
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Great post.
 
Combat said:
Having to turn my heat back on just before Memorial Day due to the damp, cold weather. It's been miserable here over the last couple of weeks.
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Just nuts; had to turn it back on too, temp inside the condo yesterday morning was 61 degrees, enough is enough, it's monsooning out today, 3+ inches of rain expected, more for the weekend, then more next weekend.
 
Combat said:
Having to turn my heat back on just before Memorial Day due to the damp, cold weather. It's been miserable here over the last couple of weeks.
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I am thankful to be spending the weekend in Chattanooga, waved goodbye to that mess this morning!!
Tom
 
Crazy record breaking flooding on the North Coast of New South Wales recently, Six months worth of rain in only Two days has resulted in Four deaths. One of my relations on a farm in that area is still missing, I hope they find him safe and sound.

 
All the people on the East Coast who are heading to the beach this holiday weekend are going to have fun with the high temps in the 50s.
 
Combat said:
All the people on the East Coast who are heading to the beach this holiday weekend are going to have fun with the high temps in the 50s.
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I totally forgot it was Memorial Day weekend, feels like Christmas, not the beginning of the Summer, the Cape will be packed with people dressed like they are going to explore the North Pole, it's always 10 degrees cooler on the Cape than in Boston, just crazy.

This must be that global warming I've been hearing all about, won't be spending big money on electricity for my AC in May, that's for sure, one month down, three to go.
 
OzDigger said:
Crazy record breaking flooding on the North Coast of New South Wales recently, Six months worth of rain in only Two days has resulted in Four deaths. One of my relations on a farm in that area is still missing, I hope they find him safe and sound.

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Sadly the NSW Police recently discovered the body of my cousin on his highlands cattle property, the Fifth victim of these extensive floods.
 
Not a huge fan of Billy Joel's music but I always associate him with the era that I grew up in. Sorry to hear about his cancer diagnosis. Many of those pop culture icons from the 70s and 80s are already gone. It's hard to accept that the 80s are now four decades in the past. There are kids graduating from college this year whose parents were not even born when I went to college. Amazing.
 
Terp152 said:
Sorry to hear this sad news. RIP to your cousin.
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Combat said:
My sincerest condolences. All my best to your family.
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Horus said:
Yes, sorry to hear your sad news Matt.
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Warrior said:
Very sorry to hear of this Matt, my condolences to you and your family.
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mikemiller1955 said:
my condolences Matt...
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Thank you gentlemen, I appreciate your condolences. Technically he was married to one of my cousins, but always considered him a blood relation. I stayed at their large (10,000 acres) mountainous cattle property several times when I was single. He impressed me as a very capable land owner, always busy maintaining his property even in his 80's. Sadly and mysteriously, he died in a fire in his farm shed, police are still investigating.
 
OzDigger said:
Thank you gentlemen, I appreciate your condolences. Technically he was married to one of my cousins, but always considered him a blood relation. I stayed at their large (10,000 acres) mountainous cattle property several times when I was single. He impressed me as a very capable land owner, always busy maintaining his property even in his 80's. Sadly and mysteriously, he died in a fire in his farm shed, police are still investigating.
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Matt:

No matter what the relation or connection sincere thoughts and prayers to you and his family.

-Jason.
 
Elon Musk. What a fool. Were there opportunities to cut government spending? Yes. Did he F it up by grandstanding? Yes. Good riddance. I keep hearing he is a genius but there is no proof. He is a guy like Dan Synder who made a lot of money. He found people who were smart to work for him. Just not in DOGE. Making a ton of money doesn't mean that you are a genius. Sometimes it means the opposite.
 
Combat said:
Elon Musk. What a fool. Were there opportunities to cut government spending? Yes. Did he F it up by grandstanding? Yes. Good riddance. I keep hearing he is a genius but there is no proof. He is a guy like Dan Synder who made a lot of money. He found people who were smart to work for him. Just not in DOGE. Making a ton of money doesn't mean that you are a genius. Sometimes it means the opposite.
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I love the whole Elon Musk Story.

When he was smoking pot and touting electric cars as a way to defeat global warming conservatives hated him.

Then he bankrolled a presidency and created DOGE, suddenly liberals despised him.

Now everyone hates him and he defines political hypocrisy.

I hope his $430bil (the vast majority of which everyday people have paid into and created) is enough to comfort him.
 
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