President Joe Biden - Kamala Harris Administration

[RikidyBones]

U.S. companies just had their best year since before most of us were born
For all of 2021, pre-tax profits climbed 25% to about $2.8 trillion, another record that far outpaces the 7% increase in consumer prices over the same time span. That burst powered non-financial U.S. companies to their most profitable year since 1950, according to Bloomberg News. In every quarter of 2021, the overall profit margin remained above 13%, an altitude hit in only one other quarter during the last seven decades.

 

[luthervol]

2021 numbers.

Largest oil and gas producers made close to $100bn in first quarter of 2022
The tumult of war and climate breakdown has proved lucrative for the world’s leading oil and gas companies, with financial records showing 28 of the largest producers made close to $100bn in combined profits in just the first three months of 2022.

Buoyed by oil commodity prices that soared following the turmoil caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, major fossil fuel businesses enjoyed a bonanza in the first quarter of the year, making $93.3bn in total profits.

I know, I know - they had a horrible year last year.
That only proves that a horrible year can be offset by a record breaking year. (valleys and peaks)

 

[Orangeslice13]

My salary is up and my expenses are down.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

My salary is up and my expenses are down.

OK

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Biden Hemorrhaging Trump Voters Who Supported Him In 2020

EXCLUSIVE — President Joe Biden is losing support among voters who once backed his predecessor after flipping them two years ago.

A poll analyzing voters who supported former President Donald Trump in 2016 before casting a ballot for Biden in 2020 has found just 3 in 10 would back the incumbent again.

The poll, published by Republican public opinion research firm J.L. Partners, also found 1 in 5 of the same voters graded Biden as performing "very well" as president. Voters older than 65 were more critical of Biden, with 7% echoing the assessment.

J.L. Partners founder James Johnson, former British Prime Minister Theresa May's chief pollster, predicts that so-called purple voters will be pivotal in November's midterm elections and the next presidential cycle, estimating that approximately 4 million people are members of the group. For example, the poll found more than 1 in 4 planning to vote Republican this fall, prompted by liberal positions on the removal of statues and monuments, the use of gender pronouns, race protests, and cancel culture. About 68% remained committed to Democrats.

Biden hemorrhaging Trump voters who supported him in 2020

 

[BreatheUT]

Well, we're only 5 months into 2022.

Geez, don't remind us we got 32 more months of Biden. My stomach hurts. Where's the Charmin?

 

[luthervol]

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Speaks volumes.

 

[landscapingvol]

My salary is up and my expenses are down.

You are lying. There is a zero percent chance that is true unless you are homesteader growing your own food using fecal matter as a source of fertilizer because chemical fertilizers are exponentially higher. If you aren’t going to be truthful, there is no point in any discussion

 

[luthervol]

Here's the kicker. I've arranged it where next year I work half as much and make 19% more. (wife also)

 

[landscapingvol]

Here's the kicker. I've arranged it where next year I work half as much and make 19% more. (wife also)

You’ve “arranged” it? You mean you retired and are drawing your pension while working part time in addition to your pension? What does that have to do with you being in a “better” situation? That has nothing to do with Biden or the price of nearly everything increasing exponentially

 

[luthervol]

You are lying. There is a zero percent chance that is true unless you are homesteader growing your own food using fecal matter as a source of fertilizer because chemical fertilizers are exponentially higher. If you aren’t going to be truthful, there is no point in any discussion

How dense are you people?
You act as if nothing changes and the only expenses are food and gas.
Here are a couple of hypotheticals you can view as a mental exercise.
In 2021 Bob has a daily commute of 100 miles roundtrip and gas prices averaged $2.39 per gallon for the year.
In 2022 Bob's commute is 20 miles roundtrip and he works from home 3 days a week. Gas averages $3.89 per gallon.
Did Bob's gasoline expenses increase of decrease?

In 2021, Sue bought food to feed 3 people. Sue spent an average of $75 per person per week on groceries.
In 2022, Sue bought food to feed 2 people. Sue spent an average of $90 per person per week (more steaks).
Did Sue's food expenses increase or decrease?

 

[luthervol]

Geez, don't remind us we got 32 more months of Biden. My stomach hurts. Where's the Charmin?

I lived through 4 years of Trump, you can certainly live through 4 years of Biden.

 

[landscapingvol]

In every one of those hypothetical situations, your expenses increased because the price of fuel has increased. Driving from point a to point b has increased compared to 2020 regardless of whether or not the distance has decreased, the expense has not.

 

[luthervol]

You’ve “arranged” it? You mean you retired and are drawing your pension while working part time in addition to your pension? What does that have to do with you being in a “better” situation? That has nothing to do with Biden or the price of nearly everything increasing exponentially

It has everything in the world to do with me being in a "better" situation. And we 100% did arrange it. It's certainly not an option available to most. Those positions are golden, highly sought after, and very competitive.

GA just passed a law that may make the next year even sweeter.

 

[luthervol]

In every one of those hypothetical situations, your expenses increased because the price of fuel has increased. Driving from point a to point b has increased compared to 2020 regardless of whether or not the distance has decreased, the expense has not.

You obviously don't do budgeting and accounting.

 

[Orangeslice13]

Speaks volumes.

Errbody already knows that you’re FOS.

 

[landscapingvol]

It has everything in the world to do with me being in a "better" situation. And we 100% did arrange it. It's certainly not an option available to most. Those positions are golden, highly sought after, and very competitive.

GA just passed a law that may make the next year even sweeter.

That’s not even remotely true, I work with 4-5 half time teachers in a school of 40 or so certified staff

 

[landscapingvol]

You obviously don't do budgeting and accounting.

Let me get this straight, you think that because you drive fewer miles that cost of fuel has decreased? Fuel is an expense, that expense has increased which means the price of everything transported by it has also increased. There isn’t a single good or service in the US used by most consumers on a daily basis that hasn’t increased exponentially. Have you also decided to eat 50% less? Get sick 50% less? Use electricity 50% less?

 

[C-south]

My salary is up and my expenses are down.

Lol. Complete bs.

 

[luthervol]

That’s not even remotely true, I work with 4-5 half time teachers in a school of 40 or so certified staff

I guess it must depend on the desirability of where you live and work. Some places struggle to staff, some places can be and are very selective.

 

[landscapingvol]

Lol. Complete bs.

It’s schizophrenic level fantasy land

 

[luthervol]

Let me get this straight, you think that because you drive fewer miles that cost of fuel has decreased? Fuel is an expense, that expense has increased which means the price of everything transported by it has also increased. There isn’t a single good or service in the US used by most consumers on a daily basis that hasn’t increased exponentially. Have you also decided to eat 50% less? Get sick 50% less? Use electricity 50% less?

Good grief, what do you teach?
I was talking about MY expenses. I specifically said MY salary was up and MY expenses were down.
I'll give you another hypothetical....maybe use a calculator.
You drive a truck that gets 14 mpg and gas costs $2.39 per gallon. How much is your gas expense per mile?

A year later gas is $3.69 per gallon but you traded your truck for a car that gets 31 mpg. How much is your gas expense per mile?

Did your expenses for gas go up or down?

 

[luthervol]

That’s not even remotely true, I work with 4-5 half time teachers in a school of 40 or so certified staff

With a staff that small it's either elementary or very rural.

 

[landscapingvol]

Good grief, what do you teach?
I was talking about MY expenses. I specifically said MY salary was up and MY expenses were down.
I'll give you another hypothetical....maybe use a calculator.
You drive a truck that gets 14 mpg and gas costs $2.39 per gallon. How much is your gas expense per mile?

A year later gas is $3.69 per gallon but you traded your truck for a car that gets 31 mpg. How much is your gas expense per mile?

Did your expenses for gas go up or down?

I don’t care how much you try to justify your ridiculous statement your expenses have not gone down. Let’s say you hypothetically traded in your vehicle, food costs have increased exponentially. Do you now eat less? Utility costs have increased, do you now use less electricity and water? Manufacturing costs have increased dramatically, do you no longer purchase goods? There is a zero percent chance your expenses have decreased

 

[landscapingvol]

With a staff that small it's either elementary or very rural.

It’s a middle school