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David,,,,I am only guessing but Detroit might have paid above market just to get anyone who would answer that phone call at 0700. I was hired after my sophomore year and that was only two years after the riots of 67. I earned that 37.50 !
At YBB. Apparently Citi told Fiserv, which handles bill pay for many banks including mine. My bank provided no notification. My secondary bank, which is Schwab bank did advise me that a payment to Citi would be by check. When asked and escalated …
At YBB. something is going on recently at Citi card. I checked my bill pay at SchwabBank and tried to do a bill pay for the very same Citicard. Schwab bank advised it would be by check and could take longer than projected to get to biller. To prev…
I paid mine on 6/30. It hasn’t arrived yet and after much questioning I found out this is a new policy. The previous month went through electronically. My info came from Citi directly.
I thought my bank was the culprit for the reason you suggested @Derf. But it was Citi who told my bank and apparently others it’s strictly paper checks. The schmuck I spoke to at Citi said they have some “issues “ they have to resolve. My bank nev…
The markets resilience in the face of all the stuff that should slow it down or much worse continues to shock me. This risk level today is higher than we think.
Dr. V. Let’s add uncertainty and the decline in the value of the dollar to your list. And based on the last six months just plain old fashioned fear and distrust in the government that is unprecedented. If one is paying attention it’s hard to have …
At Observant and Hank. The discussion about the era of stagflation reminds me just how personal history and economics can be. During that time my wife and I had a couple rentals that were increasing in value and had positive cash flows. we had no …
Conned by the conman? Every day of the week. When will the suckers wake up? Congress has given up,,, the courts are losing on appeals when his supremes get involved and virtually the entire former Republican Party has forgotten its principles. IF …
For what it’s worth I ran some projections TaxCaster this morning. I reduced taxable income by the increase in the standard deduction granted to seniors. Save a bit in Federal taxes owning but lots of SS income was still subject to tax. YMMV.
It’s way more nuanced than the letter suggests. Of course a bigger standard deduction is welcome but we will still have to plug in SS income. If you have two big RMD’s and lots of income from taxable accounts some or plenty of the SS will be taxed…
Given that the letter celebrates a bill passed entirely by one party the message, in addition to being less than transparent,,, is highly political. Years ago we lived in a rural part of Mexico and noticed a sign that boasted about highway improvem…
From my reading of the law the standard deduction for seniors is increased but social security income is subject to taxation. If my reading is correct the email is very disingenuous at best and more likely just more maga bullshit.
Beyond the human suffering caused by our fellow human beings losing their health care, the economic cost of this madness is going to be greater than maga understands. We have a medical professional in our family who works for a major healthcare sys…
According to M* the top 4 positions in both TCAF and VOO are the same companies. . Seems like the results are likely to be similar. We have been building a position in CGDV. so far so good but a short track record.
For what it’s worth and it’s worth NOTHING,,, I will no longer engage with maga droid here. I have parted ways with friends and relatives who self describe as trumpers. He is worth far less …
I think lots of us care in the best possible way… How to effectively fight back before the regime makes resistance impossible is the question. They are building a gulag in Florida. Won’t be the last. Even Nixon was an institutionalist in the en…
Contrary to the view from FD and his rose colored glasses ,,, America is fucked and we won’t even know how bad for weeks. The pundits I follow say fight we must but I don’t see a path forward. Anyone have any hope to share?
@Catch22. Good report. I think as time goes by everyone will be impacted in ways big and small and things we took foregranted will be stolen from the American people in order to make it so the ultra wealthy pay no taxes. After all is said and don…
Dr Venture. This thread has made me smile in an otherwise shitty day for the country. I bet the OP has NO Idea what any of this means. These posts really tie the thread together.
At Crash. It’s easy to pick on “the Deep South” and “rural places” but how bout going to services on the most important holiday of the year in a place of worship protected by uniformed, armed guards. In the capital of the bluest state of the countr…
At Andy. In the last election Harris undoubtedly lost some votes because of her gender and some additional votes for being of color. In a very divided electorate a million votes here and a million votes there lost and you have been defeated. Jewi…
At. AndyJ. A bit of history if I may. When I was a kid in the 50’s my family would often take long Sunday drives. My dad would point out towns where we could not live,,, golf courses he couldn’t play and boat clubs we couldn’t join. I was discour…
At FD1000…. Just your opinion man. Another POV is that it’s just another shitty week in which the rule of law,, democracy, the constitution and governance by three branches all go down the drain. And the greatest upward transfer of wealth and the m…
Crash,,, at the end of the day ,,,,, your last sentence sums up the whole situation…”WAY TOO MANY REALLY IGNORANT VOTERS,,,”. Flaws in the system, lackluster Dems,,,,, all pale in comparison to what the regime is doing. My cat would make a better pr…
at FD. You make everything political. We own two cars,, a 2013 and a 2023. The newer car has so much tech and safety features it’s impossible to compare. Does the previous administration get credit for the vast improvements in all cars in the las…
