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re: If the Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariff power, is the military $1776 repossessed?
Posted by IMSA_Fan on 12/18/25 at 5:37 am to hawgfaninc
They aren’t really constitutional because they funds will not be allocated by congress so who knows
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Doesn’t Providence have a massive mafia presence?
re: Government Employees work better with Nice Furniture
Posted by IMSA_Fan on 12/12/25 at 7:27 am to GatorOnAnIsland
That’s only like $1500 per employee over 4 years. That doesn’t seem unreasonable
The polling for VA & NJ had Dems performing about 7-10% worse than the final vote count
re: Trump is putting on a master class on the economy
Posted by IMSA_Fan on 12/11/25 at 6:12 am to NashvilleTider
The value of the dollar (DXY) is down more than 9% year-to-date. When you recognize that everything we own is effectively worth 9% less than it was in January, it puts into perspective just how strained this economy truly is. It’s a reminder that the headline numbers don’t always capture the real erosion people are feeling day to day.
Not to mention, all of the corp investment in this country my right now is going into AI which is massively going to erode the earning potential of 10’s of millions of Americans long term.
Not to mention, all of the corp investment in this country my right now is going into AI which is massively going to erode the earning potential of 10’s of millions of Americans long term.
re: Amazon data center linked to cancer and miscarriages
Posted by IMSA_Fan on 12/1/25 at 5:15 am to Barkbowwow
If you read the article it’s not solely the data centers. It’s the data centers mixed with the toxins that get in the water from farming practices.
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Basically, the allegations go like this: industrial megafarms operating in the area are responsible for churning out millions of gallons of wastewater, laden with nitrates from fertilizers. All that waste has to go somewhere, which is one way of saying it mostly ends up in the ground. Amazon’s hulking data center, thirsty for water to cool its blazing hot computer chips, supercharged this process, adding millions of gallons of wastewater a year to the heavy volume of farm runoff, which Morrow County was already struggling to keep up with. Soon even the deepest reaches of the local aquifer were tainted, according to RS, as huge volumes of data center and agricultural wastewater saturated the water
re: Is there a non-zero chance of Bitcoin and/or crypto going too zero at some point?
Posted by IMSA_Fan on 12/1/25 at 5:09 am to saintforlife1
No body actually uses it to buy anything that is legal. Beyond speculation there is no usage demand for the product.
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Why do you love Drug dealing dictators killing americans?
WSJ - Trump to Pardon Honduran Ex-President Serving 45-Year Drug Sentence
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This is kind of an ironic take from an admin that claims to be pro-crypto. Actually they are probably doing this to drive more money into crypto
re: Eric Trump: “Welcome to American Bitcoin”
Posted by IMSA_Fan on 11/25/25 at 6:06 am to hawgfaninc
Yet BTC is down 6.5% YTD
re: Trump defends skilled immigration, breaking with MAGA base
Posted by IMSA_Fan on 11/20/25 at 8:56 am to mudshuvl05
I don’t think that comment of “904k white Americans fired” is correct. I’m guessing the bulk of that is people that retired mixed with the fact that while people are not reproducing at population sustaining levels.
re: Healthcare- the next great debate
Posted by IMSA_Fan on 11/20/25 at 7:37 am to SlidellCajun
This country would save a massive amount of money by giving anyone that wants GLP-1 blockers access to them free of charge
re: Do You Want to Pay $700 for Someone to Clean Your One-Bedroom Apartment?
Posted by IMSA_Fan on 11/19/25 at 1:15 pm to HubbaBubba
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By Specific Trade (Approximate 2025 Averages for Residential New Construction): Low end is non-union. High end is union. General Laborer $18–$25 Framer/Carpenter $25–$40 Drywall/Finisher $25–$38 Plumber (journeyman) $35–$55 Electrician (journeyman) $35–$60 HVAC Installer $30–$50 Concrete/Mason $25–$45
This doesn’t include benefits and those wages would likely skyrocket with the massive amount of demand if you kicked out all of Hispanic workers. I do think your point is fair that it was likely a 50% in the labor costs piece of the equation. I could see it adding like $50-75 / sq ft on build costs.
re: The board room is killing America. And themselves.
Posted by IMSA_Fan on 11/19/25 at 7:54 am to RiverCityTider
I feel like the title of this thread should be “free markets are killing America” - which I do not agree with
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Did he say if he pays these guys less?
I didn’t ask. I’m guessing he pays them slightly less per hour and doesn’t have to pay benefits which is a huge chunk of labor costs. He did say he always tries to hire as many legal ones as he can but there are just not enough to go around. He also, said you can knock out projects a lot faster because they will work 15 hour days if the sunlight allows for it. He is a pretty big Trump guy / conservative radio which surprised me a bit
re: Do You Want to Pay $700 for Someone to Clean Your One-Bedroom Apartment?
Posted by IMSA_Fan on 11/19/25 at 7:40 am to Victor R Franko
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Do you think he meant "Hispanics", or "Illegal Hispanics"?
both - he did say the legal immigration policies do not allow for enough labor to meet current building demands. He also said it is a culture that white & black guys do not want to join because the Hispanics flat out outwork them and never complain.
I did hear from quite a respected home builder in our area that if you were to kick all the Hispanics out building costs would increase by at least 50%. But… the bigger issue is there is a massive shortage of qualified labor available to build in our metro.
Poland Ends Income Tax for Families with 2+ Children
Posted by IMSA_Fan on 11/19/25 at 6:13 am
The SCOTUS needs to strike gerrymandering down now as voter disenfranchisement or there is just going to be a continuous wave of this as states are going to redraw their maps every two years
You guys need to stop arguing about what constitutes a starter home and just look at price per square foot over time. Housing prices and building costs are insane nationally and the data backs it up. Average housing costs have jumped from $40ish per sq ft in the mid-80s to $200+ per in 2025. That number is a lot more extreme when you only look at top 50 metros. We did sell our 1500 sq ft starter home that was built in the 1950s and never went through a full complete renovation for in a HCOL area for $397 sq ft a few years ago.
The biggest change by far is the essentially required shift to two working parent households which has changed the dynamic massively.
The other thing that is straggling everyone are the massive increases in home, auto and health insurance. It’s gotten completely out of hand.
The biggest change by far is the essentially required shift to two working parent households which has changed the dynamic massively.
The other thing that is straggling everyone are the massive increases in home, auto and health insurance. It’s gotten completely out of hand.
re: Trump directs Tulsi to declassify documents surrounding Amelia Earhart’s disappearance …
Posted by IMSA_Fan on 11/15/25 at 9:43 am to Thundercles
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If you think about it, it is odd that a young woman of no particular renown had the money and resources to own a plane and fly around the world. Who funded it all? Her last flight had a lot of oddities I recall. It's feasible she was out a secret mission that went awry.
She came from quite a wealthy family
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