Re: Trump's Stagflation Begins

On 8/7/2026 12:20 PM, Skeeter-Shit "Lamey" Jack-Off Shit-4-Braincell, convicted 
child molester and another fucking do-nothing, posted another content-free batch 
of lies:
> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> says...
>>
>> On 8/7/26 04:22, Socialism is for losers wrote:
>>> On Thu, 6 Aug 2026 20:40:06 -0400, -hh
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 8/6/26 19:57, Socialism is for losers wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 6 Aug 2026 16:24:11 -0400, -hh wrote:
>>>>>> On 8/6/26 13:14, Socialism is for losers wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, 6 Aug 2026 09:36:09 -0400, -hh wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 8/5/26 16:14, Socialism is for losers wrote:
>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>>> You say you were speaking about your W2 from back in 2016 which is
>>>>>>>>>>> supposed to suggest that you haven't one since 2016, which I do not
>>>>>>>>>>> believe.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Nope, curb your speculation.  It just means that I've claimed to have
>>>>>>>>>> worked at a W2-based job as of a decade ago.  And that's all it means.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Not likely that you dug out a ten year old w2 to check the reference
>>>>>>>>> number.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When W2 'DD' started is easy to Google.  Checking one's own records are
>>>>>>>> easy too when they're digital.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ten years old?  Nope.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just because you lack good records doesn't mean others have to suck too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Similarly, claiming that you retired "long before" you were my current
>>>>>>>>>> age is questionable, since you've not posted your age.  Nor your age at
>>>>>>>>>> which you allegedly retired.  Nor if it was due to disability, corporate
>>>>>>>>>> downsizing, relocation, an age-based mandate, by choice, or whatever.
>>>>>>>>>> For all we know, you were a squid who got passed over and forced out a
>>>>>>>>>> twenty years at age ~40, who's since been scraping by on a leaky old
>>>>>>>>>> 32ft boat that lacks a working engine in a cheap marina slip in Florida.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You're free to believe that if you want. Unlike you, I'm not on Usenet
>>>>>>>>> looking for attaboys. FWIW, marina slips in Florida are not
>>>>>>>>> particularly cheap.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Naturally, "not particularly cheap" is also quite conveniently vague.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Depends on location, of course.  Vero Beach FL's City marina long-term
>>>>>>>> rates start at $16/ft-month, so a 30'er is ~$600, which is roughly a
>>>>>>>> third of what rent is for a local apartment.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Other places are even cheaper.  Case in point, zero marina fees:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <https://www.youtube.com/@ATAP...AnotherTime>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok, some places you can park a boat are cheap. Where are you going
>>>>> with this?
>>>>
>>>> Merely that yon boat attaboy isn't necessarily the flex.  /s
>>>
>>> Sorry that you missed the boat.
>>
>> Nah; I've had boats for years.  The last was sold some years ago, as it
>> just wasn't being used enough to justify keeping it.  That's because we
>> all make choices based on our personal interests & priorities.
> 
> Bragging again.

He has stuff in his life worth bragging about, unlike a zero-achieving 
do-nothing dole scrounger like you.

>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> No, that's incorrect:  I've not stated any opinion on if it should be
>>>>>>>>>> taxed or not.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>       Hughie, HUghie, Hughie, you've been whining like a whipped puppy
>>>>>>>>> because it's not taxed...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Nope.  Try reading for comprehension.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you are not whining because it's not taxed, what is the bee in your
>>>>>>> bonnet all about?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It actually stemmed from this comment:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Now it certainly would be wise to improve the economic situation of all
>>>>>> Americans such that a $500 crunch isn't a household budget crisis, but
>>>>>> unfortunately, the GOP has gone the opposite way, cutting programs which
>>>>>> helped the median & below, so as to provide tax cuts for the top 2%."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To which you commented:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Too many of those programs create and support dependancy. They should
>>>>>> be done away away with."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    From which you were challenged on if you included your own entitlements:
>>>>>
>>>>> Entitlements? What a person earns is not an entitlement.
>>>>>
>>>>>> "Going to include your old employer-subsidized healthcare in that?
>>>>>> Because the average employer healthcare insurance subsidy is ~$8K/year."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You claimed to have had no problem with Health care tax credits ("FOR
>>>>>> YOU", of course!), but you never addressed if its still okay when
>>>>>> they're selectively applied.  The thread got hijacked from there.
>>>>>
>>>>> Many things are selectively applied by employers.
>>>>
>>>> Yet yours are okay?  Do they not also create & support dependency?
>>>
>>> I admit that I was sort of dependant on my employer.
>>
>> Most are, for the pay .. but for the healthcare benefit too?  Plus
>> dependency for pay doesn't always end after one's working years, as
>> there may be an employer-based pension (in addition to Social Security).
>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>> What I did say was that it isn't taxed.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Plus I've noted that some of the subsequent ramifications of it being
>>>>>>>>>> tax exempt is that because of progressive income tax brackets, it
>>>>>>>>>> functions regressivly, as its a larger benefit to higher paid workers.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Assumes "facts" not in evidense.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Oh, so a tax break that is biased towards higher salaries doesn't
>>>>>>>> undermine the progressive tax brackets?  Where did you flunk math?
>>>>>
>>>>> There's been no tax break identified here. People pay income taxes on
>>>>> income.
>>>>
>>>> Not paying taxes on certain fringe benefits is a break from paying taxes
>>>> on compensation, which has a tangible and monetary value.
>>>
>>> Indeed, like having an employer located where I could find free public
>>> parking (somerimes even funded with taxpayer money) and many good
>>> restaurants nearby for lunch.
>>
>> Which of course isn't applicable to imputed income, since free public
>> parking is open to the general public.  But sure, commute time & costs
>> and where to live (& its costs), are all factors to be considered on
>> employment options.
>>
> Do they pay tax on the free parking?

The parking isn't provided by the employer as a perk, you stupid fuckwit.

> You know like you claim they do on free coffee?

No one said there is income tax paid on free coffee. Hugh made the point that 
there could be. He's right, of course.