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WookieMan
2025 Feb 16, 9:31pm
WookieMan
2025 Feb 16, 9:31pm
Patrick says
Not believing it. February isn't even done. No one lists until March or April to sell during spring and move in the summer. Median "value" is likely median "listing price" which the article states. So no it's not value.
I don't care about the layoffs, but say it's a touch misleading. List prices alway drop in winter regardless. Seasonal layoffs. Who the hell wants to move. Not all of the Fed is in DC either.
In November, the median home in the nation's capital was worth $699,000, according to Redfin.
By February, the median home value dropped 20 percent, bringing the price down to $560,000.
I love it!
Not believing it. February isn't even done. No one lists until March or April to sell during spring and move in the summer. Median "value" is likely median "listing price" which the article states. So no it's not value.
I don't care about the layoffs, but say it's a touch misleading. List prices alway drop in winter regardless. Seasonal layoffs. Who the hell wants to move. Not all of the Fed is in DC either.
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Ceffer
2025 Feb 17, 6:32pm
Ceffer
2025 Feb 17, 6:32pm
Basically, all of those past presidents claiming to be interested in government efficiency were blowing smoke up our asses as publicity stunts. They knew this crap was going on forever.
OkDOGEisAmountingToSomething says
OkDOGEisAmountingToSomething says
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Karloff
2025 Feb 17, 7:43pm
Karloff
2025 Feb 17, 7:43pm
The left is a bunch of emotionally-driven children. Just use reverse psychology on them.
Spread rumors across social media that all the money is being wasted on right-wing causes. They'll demand that it be shut down immediately.
Spread rumors across social media that all the money is being wasted on right-wing causes. They'll demand that it be shut down immediately.
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DeportLibtards
2025 Feb 17, 8:13pm
DeportLibtards
2025 Feb 17, 8:13pm
Ceffer says
Yup.
Basically, all of those past presidents claiming to be interested in government efficiency were blowing smoke up our asses as publicity stunts. They knew this crap was going on forever.
Yup.
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Glock-n-Load
2025 Feb 18, 10:04am
These memes mean nothing. You have ZERO idea if they’re true or not.
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RWSGFY
2025 Feb 18, 10:12am
RWSGFY
2025 Feb 18, 10:12am
HeadSet says
Right after all these deepstate operatives who participated in 2020 election steal.
Ceffer says
So when is Goldman being charged?
Right after all these deepstate operatives who participated in 2020 election steal.
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The_Deplorable
2025 Feb 18, 12:45pm
Glock-n-Load says
You are in denial.
You are refusing to face reality hoping for what? That it will go away? Dream!
"These memes mean nothing. You have ZERO idea if they’re true or not."
You are in denial.
You are refusing to face reality hoping for what? That it will go away? Dream!
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Eric Holder
2025 Feb 18, 12:47pm
Eric Holder
2025 Feb 18, 12:47pm
The_Deplorable says
We used to have a ban on word "you" on this site. It elevated the discussion quite a bit.
Glock-n-Load says
"These memes mean nothing. You have ZERO idea if they’re true or not."
You are in denial.
You are refusing to face reality hoping for what? That it will go away? Dream!
We used to have a ban on word "you" on this site. It elevated the discussion quite a bit.
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The_Deplorable
2025 Feb 18, 1:08pm
Eric Holder says
I don't think it is offensive. Is it?
In this case both sides of the debate are using "you" - a part of speech known as a pronoun.
"We used to have a ban on word "you" on this site. It elevated the discussion quite a bit."
I don't think it is offensive. Is it?
In this case both sides of the debate are using "you" - a part of speech known as a pronoun.
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Eric Holder
2025 Feb 18, 1:14pm
Eric Holder
2025 Feb 18, 1:14pm
The_Deplorable says
It's not offensive, it's just low-brow and childish when instead of discussing a topic at hand somebody launches into unsolicitied mind-reading.
Eric Holder says
"We used to have a ban on word "you" on this site. It elevated the discussion quite a bit."
I don't think it is offensive. Is it?
In this case both sides of the debate are using "you" - a part of speech known as a pronoun.
It's not offensive, it's just low-brow and childish when instead of discussing a topic at hand somebody launches into unsolicitied mind-reading.
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Ceffer
2025 Feb 18, 1:49pm
Ceffer
2025 Feb 18, 1:49pm
Eric Holder says
The worst insult: Why, you YOU!
We used to have a ban on word "you" on this site. It elevated the discussion quite a bit.
The worst insult: Why, you YOU!
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Eric Holder
2025 Feb 18, 1:50pm
Eric Holder
2025 Feb 18, 1:50pm
Ceffer says
Instant ban!
Eric Holder says
We used to have a ban on word "you" on this site. It elevated the discussion quite a bit.
The worst insult: Why, you YOU!
Instant ban!
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EBGuy
2025 Feb 18, 2:13pm
Patrick says
For California teachers, you multiply years of service by the age factor (see below):
CalSTRS 2% at 62
The standard age factor is 2% at age 62. If you retire before
age 62, the age factor gradually decreases to 1.16% at
age 55. If you retire after age 62, the age factor gradually
increases to 2.4% at age 65.
So for ten years of teaching and retiring after 65 years old, you'd get 24% of salary in retirement. California teachers do not get (or contribute to) Social Security during their time teaching.
https://www.calstrs.com/files/934177add/understandingtheformula.pdf
The pension is supposed to be good, but I don't know how good. She's been a teacher for only three years.
For California teachers, you multiply years of service by the age factor (see below):
CalSTRS 2% at 62
The standard age factor is 2% at age 62. If you retire before
age 62, the age factor gradually decreases to 1.16% at
age 55. If you retire after age 62, the age factor gradually
increases to 2.4% at age 65.
So for ten years of teaching and retiring after 65 years old, you'd get 24% of salary in retirement. California teachers do not get (or contribute to) Social Security during their time teaching.
https://www.calstrs.com/files/934177add/understandingtheformula.pdf
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Patrick
2025 Feb 18, 4:38pm
Patrick
2025 Feb 18, 4:38pm
https://slaynews.com/news/doge-uncovers-untraceable-payment-line-funneled-4-7-trillion-black-hole/
President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has just uncovered an eye-watering and unprecedented abuse of taxpayer funds.
The Elon Musk-led DOGE team has discovered an identification code linking U.S. Treasury payments to an “untraceable” budget line item.
The untraceable payment line accounts for a shocking $4.7 trillion in taxpayer funds that were funneled into a black hole, with no record of where the money went.
In a post on X, DOGE wrote:
“The Treasury Access Symbol (TAS) is an identification code linking a Treasury payment to a budget line item (standard financial process).
“In the Federal Government, the TAS field was optional for ~$4.7 Trillion in payments and was often left blank, making traceability almost impossible.
“As of Saturday, this is now a required field, increasing insight into where money is actually going.”
DOGE thanked the U.S. Treasury for the department’s work in identifying the optional field.
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GNL
2025 Feb 18, 4:58pm
GNL
2025 Feb 18, 4:58pm
The_Deplorable says
I don't mean you but, all of us. We really have no idea what the truth is when it comes to all of this stuff. I don't expect much, if anything, to change. Fraud, waste and abuse will live for eternity.
Glock-n-Load says
"These memes mean nothing. You have ZERO idea if they’re true or not."
You are in denial.
You are refusing to face reality hoping for what? That it will go away? Dream!
I don't mean you but, all of us. We really have no idea what the truth is when it comes to all of this stuff. I don't expect much, if anything, to change. Fraud, waste and abuse will live for eternity.
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clambo
2025 Feb 18, 8:00pm
"Although the exact number of Federal employees who have been – or will be – affected by widespread layoffs instituted the Trump administration is not immediately clear, recent reports suggest the current number of cuts tops 12,000.
This number is in addition to the roughly 75,000 Federal employees who have accepted the Trump administration’s “deferred resignation” offer. This program allows Federal employees to resign but be paid through Sept. 30."
FUCK YEAH BABY
This number is in addition to the roughly 75,000 Federal employees who have accepted the Trump administration’s “deferred resignation” offer. This program allows Federal employees to resign but be paid through Sept. 30."
FUCK YEAH BABY
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WookieMan
2025 Feb 18, 8:45pm
WookieMan
2025 Feb 18, 8:45pm
EBGuy says
Not all, but most teachers do part time work. Men specifically. My BIL would get hired by a painter and paint decks and houses in the summer. W-2. A lot though would go for cash jobs.
He's dead now, but a lot of teachers fuck up big time. Get part time W-2 non-government work throughout the years. It's another check on top of the pension. Might be small, but better than nothing. Always pisses me off when teachers bitch about not getting SS. You didn't pay in and could have.
California teachers do not get (or contribute to) Social Security during their time teaching.
Not all, but most teachers do part time work. Men specifically. My BIL would get hired by a painter and paint decks and houses in the summer. W-2. A lot though would go for cash jobs.
He's dead now, but a lot of teachers fuck up big time. Get part time W-2 non-government work throughout the years. It's another check on top of the pension. Might be small, but better than nothing. Always pisses me off when teachers bitch about not getting SS. You didn't pay in and could have.
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