The Woodshed

[QUOTE=JustinCider904;5889247]I mostly agree with this position. BL absolutely did the right thing, by backing out without incident. It is generally in the best interest of the shooter to make sure the victim is dead if you have to shoot. This is what law enforcement is taught regardless of what they say publicly, it is also why they don't seek medical assistance in most matters. Dead men don't talk is the mantra they are told over and over. Leaving only the shooters story with no counter-argument. Personally I have mixed feelings on this that go way deeper than this post, but it has been an effective defense for murder for decades.

With that said. Unless you report the incident and invoke Marsy's law, carrying a firearm with intent to commit a crime (even if the firearm was never intended to be used for said crime) is a felony.[/QUOTE]Not making this into an argument, but for the record, any person engaged in a criminal offense as defined under FL Statute 790.07 (1) and (2) is charged with having a weapon even if said weapon is not shown or carried. But under said statute, you must be committing one of eighteen felonies described in the code, such as murder. Arson, carjacking, aggravated assault, etc. BUT, the FL statute does not include solicitation as one of the 18 delineated crimes! So, reading the law instead of just giving my two-cents, it is clear that a monger legally carrying a gun and going to see a provider is not committing a felony just because he is carrying a gun! Intent or lack thereof is not an issue! Of course, if a monger pulls it out and waves it around saying he is a bad-ass, that is a different crime.

Ok, here is where FL Law gets cool: those DB that tried to rob B L committed an additional felony because they carried knives while attempting to rob B L. Robbery is one of the 18 listed felonies that can lead to an additional weapons charge. And it applies to much more than a firearm!

In fact, all this buzz over carrying a gun is misinformation because under FL Statute 790.07 (1) and (2) a weapon for purposes of Florida law and criminal penalties includes a gun, any size knife, tear gas, tazar, pepper spray, brass knuckles and many other things, even if you only carry them! WTF – if I am carrying a small pocket knife or sissy pepper spray and see a provider I am able to be charged with a felony even if I am only seeing a provider? No! And also same is you legally carry a gun and see a provider, you cannot be charged with a felony for that. But, if she says you tried to rape her after breaking in, then gun, pen knife or sissy pepper spray in your pocket all could result in a felony charge (but probably not a conviction since your phone shows you were invited, so she will be seen as a liar).

Bottomline, you can get nailed for carrying almost anything if you commit a felony, but seeing a provider is not a felony in Florida. So, relax mongers and avoid the misinformation, it is not an issue unless you do commit a felony.

[QUOTE=BudWhite;5887154]This is 100% correct.

A CC permit is a license to carry concealed. Not a license to flash your brand new toy. Knives while considered deadly weapons are also something you can walk away from unless you're cornered with no other means of escape.

This also isn't an armed robbery. He was in their room. They'll claim self defense. He's lucky they didn't shoot him for waiving a firearm around like a toy.[/QUOTE]So if you want to kill / rob someone, just invite them in your room and the law will protect them?

[QUOTE=LowBaller;5889461]Not making this into an argument, but for the record, any person engaged in a criminal offense as defined under FL Statute 790.07 (1) and (2) is charged with having a weapon even if said weapon is not shown or carried. But under said statute, you must be committing one of eighteen felonies described in the code, such as murder. Arson, carjacking, aggravated assault, etc. BUT, the FL statute does not include solicitation as one of the 18 delineated crimes! So, reading the law instead of just giving my two-cents, it is clear that a monger legally carrying a gun and going to see a provider is not committing a felony just because he is carrying a gun! Intent or lack thereof is not an issue! Of course, if a monger pulls it out and waves it around saying he is a bad-ass, that is a different crime.

Ok, here is where FL Law gets cool: those DB that tried to rob B L committed an additional felony because they carried knives while attempting to rob B L. Robbery is one of the 18 listed felonies that can lead to an additional weapons charge. And it applies to much more than a firearm!

In fact, all this buzz over carrying a gun is misinformation because under FL Statute 790.07 (1) and (2) a weapon for purposes of Florida law and criminal penalties includes a gun, any size knife, tear gas, tazar, pepper spray, brass knuckles and many other things, even if you only carry them! WTF if I am carrying a small pocket knife or sissy pepper spray and see a provider I am able to be charged with a felony even if I am only seeing a provider? No! And also same is you legally carry a gun and see a provider, you cannot be charged with a felony for that. But, if she says you tried to rape her after breaking in, then gun, pen knife or sissy pepper spray in your pocket all could result in a felony charge (but probably not a conviction since your phone shows you were invited, so she will be seen as a liar).

Bottomline, you can get nailed for carrying almost anything if you commit a felony, but seeing a provider is not a felony in Florida. So, relax mongers and avoid the misinformation, it is not an issue unless you do commit a felony.[/QUOTE]While part of what you say is true, it is not misinformation. Your post has inclusion and exclusion of information to make your argument true. This is a common tactic the media and politicians uses to convince people of their perceived plight, anger, discrimination etc.

Actual full line of Florida statue: (1) Whoever, while committing or attempting to commit any felony or while under indictment, displays, uses, threatens, or attempts to use any weapon or electric weapon or device or carries a concealed weapon is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

Notice the attempting to commit line. This is an intentional arbitrary line. What defines attempt? This is where lawyers and juries are left to perception. And depending on who the defendant, victim, jury, judge, and jurisdiction are heavily affects how this is perceived. Attempting does not have to mean, I grabbed you and tried to steal your things. It could mean I entered the room I was invited into and brandished a gun to intimidate you into giving me something (such as sex for free instead of the agreed upon amount or actual robbery, both are felonies). This brings me to where I clarified in my next post, which was totally omitted in your post. "Under most circumstances this will not apply to any of us because most soliciting charges are misdemeanors, however; as someone else pointed out. If they (the provider and DB) wanted to argue you tried to rob THEM and they were protecting themselves, now you are in armed robbery territory. And it is multiple words against yours. Depending on who you know, what you look like, your profession, and your criminal history will greatly effect how this turns out. But it can absolutely be a nightmare for you for years, even if you "win" in the end. ".

It is a complete fallacy to assume the law is on your side. There are so many tactics a victim, or scam artist, or anyone can use to manipulate the law against you. By estimates, up to 10% of people in prison are innocent. There are about 2 million people in prison in the US at any given moment, that is 200,000 innocent people behind bars. And I would bet most of them thought the law was on their side. Just because you perceive the way a law SHOULD be, doesn't mean it is actually like that. If you think your word (the word of someone by their own admission is about to commit a crime) will be accepted as gospel, it is a quick ticket to prison. I do not bring up these situations to be argumentative or oppositional, but to be informative. I would prefer actual bad guys go to jail, instead of those of us trying to have relations between two (or more) consulting adults. It is common that those that have not had direct relationships with the law (either through defense, as a victim, attorney, or even a bailiff) has a misconception and distortion of what actually plays out in court. Trust me when I say, it is not what the media tells you, its not what politicians tell you, its not what you learned in K-12. It is much darker and less just than that. And what happens on the streets is even worse. It is not the police's job to catch bad guys, it is to arrest and fine people to justify their bloated budgets. Although they are not legally allowed to call them such, they all have quotas. It is not their job to decern what is right and wrong, or who the victim or defendant is. It is to arrest them and let the courts decide, either through a judge or jury; whether said person is innocent or not.

[QUOTE=EaglesSb;5889946]So if you want to kill / rob someone, just invite them in your room and the law will protect them?[/QUOTE]Under the context of what BW gave, yes. Who's to say who the actual victim is? Unless you are recording your interaction the entire time (which wouldn't be allowed as evidence to defend yourself anyway), what proof do you have that you were not the original assailant? They could argue, yes we are soliciting prostitution, yes we are using drugs, yes we know it is illegal, but people have a history of raping me and he (the DB) was just there to protect me. And just like you can invoke Marsy's law, so can they. It is not a given the truth will prevail in the legal system. Which is why I so adamantly defend BL's tactics by backing out without incident.

[QUOTE=EaglesSb;5889946]So if you want to kill / rob someone, just invite them in your room and the law will protect them?[/QUOTE]That's not what I'm saying at all.

My point is this isn't a clear cut case like everyone is making it out to be. He's in a room that isn't his with 4 people he doesn't know. They can say he broke in, that he was buying drugs from them, stalking the girl, or he was robbing them. No vigilante case is ever easy.

One thing is for certain. If he pulls a firearm just to wave it around to intimidate eventually he's going to draw on the wrong person. No more playing Sonic or Mario ever again after making that mistake

[QUOTE=JustinCider904;5890386]While part of what you say is true, it is not misinformation. Your post has inclusion and exclusion of information to make your argument true. This is a common tactic the media and politicians uses to convince people of their perceived plight, anger, discrimination etc.

Actual full line of Florida statue: (1) Whoever, while committing or attempting to commit any felony or while under indictment, displays, uses, threatens, or attempts to use any weapon or electric weapon or device or carries a concealed weapon is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

Notice the attempting to commit line. This is an intentional arbitrary line. What defines attempt? This is where lawyers and juries are left to perception. And depending on who the defendant, victim, jury, judge, and jurisdiction are heavily affects how this is perceived. Attempting does not have to mean, I grabbed you and tried to steal your things. It could mean I entered the room I was invited into and brandished a gun to intimidate you into giving me something (such as sex for free instead of the agreed upon amount or actual robbery, both are felonies). This brings me to where I clarified in my next post, which was totally omitted in your post. "Under most circumstances this will not apply to any of us because most soliciting charges are misdemeanors, however; as someone else pointed out. If they (the provider and DB) wanted to argue you tried to rob THEM and they were protecting themselves, now you are in armed robbery territory. And it is multiple words against yours. Depending on who you know, what you look like, your profession, and your criminal history will greatly effect how this turns out. But it can absolutely be a nightmare for you for years, even if you "win" in the end. ".

It is a complete fallacy to assume the law is on your side. There are so many tactics a victim, or scam artist, or anyone can use to manipulate the law against you. By estimates, up to 10% of people in prison are innocent. There are about 2 million people in prison in the US at any given moment, that is 200,000 innocent people behind bars. And I would bet most of them thought the law was on their side. Just because you perceive the way a law SHOULD be, doesn't mean it is actually like that. If you think your word (the word of someone by their own admission is about to commit a crime) will be accepted as gospel, it is a quick ticket to prison. I do not bring up these situations to be argumentative or oppositional, but to be informative. I would prefer actual bad guys go to jail, instead of those of us trying to have relations between two (or more) consulting adults. It is common that those that have not had direct relationships with the law (either through defense, as a victim, attorney, or even a bailiff) has a misconception and distortion of what actually plays out in court. Trust me when I say, it is not what the media tells you, its not what politicians tell you, its not what you learned in K-12. It is much darker and less just than that. And what happens on the streets is even worse. It is not the police's job to catch bad guys, it is to arrest and fine people to justify their bloated budgets. Although they are not legally allowed to call them such, they all have quotas. It is not their job to decern what is right and wrong, or who the victim or defendant is. It is to arrest them and let the courts decide, either through a judge or jury; whether said person is innocent or not.[/QUOTE]I'll just add this. Many holders of a CCW permit don’t remember all of what they read or were taught about where you cannot carry. Places like Court Houses, Airports, Schools, Premises openly serving alcohol readily come to mind but then there's also a place of nuisance. Don't remember that one or just skimmed over it? If you're unlucky enough to have a ambitious Prosecutor you might fall victim to a common prosecutorial tactic of overcharging someone then later reducing the charge. Each time you get charged again, you get arrested again and go through the process a second or third time. A friend went through this tactic for him to plea out. So, back to a place of nuisance. A place of prostitution qualifies and is mentioned in the Fla Statute. Then there's a place or location that's had a couple of armed robberies, assault and battery over a six month period, that too qualifies as a place of nuisance. Well, that rules out any hotel on Youngerman. So, if you're carrying in a place of nuisance be aware you may not be on as stable ground as you may think. Prosecutors have lots of ability to make life miserable in an already bad situation. Just be aware and be safe, evaluate your own circumstances, and continually assess your situation. USCCA isn't a bad option to have if a situation turns out bad.

[QUOTE=JustinCider904;5890386]While part of what you say is true, it is not misinformation. Your post has inclusion and exclusion of information to make your argument true. This is a common tactic the media and politicians uses to convince people of their perceived plight, anger, discrimination etc.

Actual full line of Florida statue: (1) Whoever, while committing or attempting to commit any felony or while under indictment, displays, uses, threatens, or attempts to use any weapon or electric weapon or device or carries a concealed weapon is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

Notice the attempting to commit line. This is an intentional arbitrary line. What defines attempt? This is where lawyers and juries are left to perception. And depending on who the defendant, victim, jury, judge, and jurisdiction are heavily affects how this is perceived. Attempting does not have to mean, I grabbed you and tried to steal your things. It could mean I entered the room I was invited into and brandished a gun to intimidate you into giving me something (such as sex for free instead of the agreed upon amount or actual robbery, both are felonies).[/QUOTE]Thanks, I do agree. Who does not remember learning about little George Washington cutting down a cherry tree and since he could not tell a lie he told the truth? And her was such a great guy, just like all the other founding fathers. Then we learn they were not perfect and it was baloney we were told in school. Yes, I agree with you! And the law is not on our side most of the time. Scouting was so all-American and wonderful until the dark secrets of scout leader sexual abuse and cover-up by the BSA brought them to bankruptcy. And cops are not bad but they are human and sometimes shaft people. Agreed. Thanks.

But, I must on my own fork off to the fairytale road to mongers' feeling about providers. We mongers get emotional when a provider lets us screw her puss and then calls us baby and says how we are her favorite guy, etc. Its easy for a provider to make us feel that we are special to her, how good we feel inside her. After all playing our emotions is an important part of how she makes a living. Mongers, it all is a fairytale! We are only $ in a provider's eyes. When we wake up and learn the truth we will not get sucked into over paying them. Sad but true, much of what we have been told or made to feel is just not true. Providers see us as $ and they need $ every day. We are horny and willing to give them some $ if they give us some relief. It is a money focused exchange and we need to be like Rick on Pawn Stars, learn to negotiate and say no if what the provider asks is crazy high.

[QUOTE=BigEnk61;5889261]To bad about Karmen and the latest bad reviews on JAX Escorts thread. Got her kicked off STG as a result. I think its unfair that these providers have no recourse to dispute claims made against them. I know that she has a past and that can't be be helped. I know personally and from other guys that she's a trusted go too for fun and for the most part consistent.

She made an account under sexyscare and respectfully tried to tell her side of the story, I know this because she sent me a screen shot of it before up loading it. It never was posted by the moderator, don't know why but probably because it was disputing claims made by the original monger who posted the bad review. She showed me screenshots of text messages from the that day and let me tell you things are not what they seem.

Anyone who is interested in knowing the other side of this story can PM me and I'd be glad to share what I know first hand.

The pic was from yesterday, she had a bad day after the bad review and being kicked off STG so I payed her a visit. She did not disappoint.[/QUOTE]Dude! We were told of a scenario involving attempts at armed robbery from karmen and some thugs. Now you're trying to say that you'll tell the other side of the story vis PM? Talk about a white knight!

This is a forum we use to protect one another from the everyday dangers of this very thing, which you are seemingly supportive of by immediately going to her rescue! Do not tell any such secret sob story defending this felony behavior!

Tell us on this public forum, or shut the fuck up! You're making a fool of yourself by sincerely discrediting every word you ever post to this site.

[BLUE]I am seriously considering adding a rule prohibiting the discussion of guns or the right to carry on review threads.

I'm a staunch 2nd Amendment guy but some of you guys are whackadoodles.

A2[/BLUE]

[QUOTE=Admin2;5894386][BLUE]I am seriously considering adding a rule prohibiting the discussion of guns or the right to carry on review threads.

I'm a staunch 2nd Amendment guy but some of you guys are whackadoodles.

A2[/BLUE][/QUOTE]Seems like some are lying as no-one would be stupid enough to do what they are doing. Owning let alone carrying is a tremendous responsibility and some on here are acting like they are Dirty Harry.

[QUOTE=MRBrooks1133;5886828]Your going go to call me piece of shit for having the balls to defend myself. That's why guys like me who fought for this country, is the reason why little pussy fucks like you who didn't get laid high school, who have never lived up to a standard in life, who always cried for not getting a trophy for finishing last, but still got acknowledged for trying, is the reason why you grew up to be *****! Your a crybaby little simp bastard who does what your femboy pimp tells you what to do. So you say " how dare you shoot at anyone, you'll got to jail". "That's not how you treat a provider and her pimp". So I guess I'm suppose to stand there and let them rob me and be on my way right? That's just how it goes right? That's just the nature of the game right? And of course your going to say "well, you who had no business being there in the first place". Your right.

I had no business being in Afghanistan, but I was there. That doesn't mean you get to dictate my fate. There is people that have worked really hard and earned their right to exist on this planet. I can make a pretty good guess that 90% of these providers as well as their degenerate pimps haven't earned nothing in this lifetime. And if anything, they should all be castrated. Especially the ones who are going out their way take advantage of good people. This is why we can't have good things in this country.[/QUOTE]I'm so sorry that your penis is so small, and you are so angry about it.

Please find a way to resolve your personal issues besides shooting people.

I believe that shooting people is a resort, but a last resort.

I've also got an adequately large cock (ask any of the providers that I've seen), and one that's been getting serviced not "didn't laid get high school", but "has been getting laid during and since high school" (notice the difference in grammar. Mine is correct), and am of a generation that doesn't believe in participation trophies.

Fucking drama queen.

[QUOTE=PlayTiem;5896781]I'm so sorry that your penis is so small, and you are so angry about it.

Please find a way to resolve your personal issues besides shooting people.

I believe that shooting people is a resort, but a last resort.

I've also got an adequately large cock (ask any of the providers that I've seen), and one that's been getting serviced not "didn't laid get high school", but "has been getting laid during and since high school" (notice the difference in grammar. Mine is correct), and am of a generation that doesn't believe in participation trophies.

Fucking drama queen.[/QUOTE]That's perfect, couldn't have said it better.

[QUOTE=MRBrooks1133;5886828]Your going go to call me piece of shit for having the balls to defend myself. That's why guys like me who fought for this country, is the reason why little pussy fucks like you who didn't get laid high school, who have never lived up to a standard in life, who always cried for not getting a trophy for finishing last, but still got acknowledged for trying, is the reason why you grew up to be *****! Your a crybaby little simp bastard who does what your femboy pimp tells you what to do. So you say " how dare you shoot at anyone, you'll got to jail". "That's not how you treat a provider and her pimp". So I guess I'm suppose to stand there and let them rob me and be on my way right? That's just how it goes right? That's just the nature of the game right? And of course your going to say "well, you who had no business being there in the first place". Your right.

I had no business being in Afghanistan, but I was there. That doesn't mean you get to dictate my fate. There is people that have worked really hard and earned their right to exist on this planet. I can make a pretty good guess that 90% of these providers as well as their degenerate pimps haven't earned nothing in this lifetime. And if anything, they should all be castrated. Especially the ones who are going out their way take advantage of good people. This is why we can't have good things in this country.[/QUOTE]Don't forget, you CHOSE to put yourself into a potentially bad situation that is also illegal. Your thought process is exactly why people who actually carry get a bad rep. Stop being a dipshit and maybe retake the CCW course as it's obvious you did not pay attention the first time. In fact, turn in your permit as someone with your issues should not be carrying. It's just a matter of time before you fuck up.

[QUOTE=MRBrooks1133;5886828]
I had no business being in Afghanistan, but I was there. That doesn't mean you get to dictate my fate. There is people that have worked really hard and earned their right to exist on this planet. I can make a pretty good guess that 90% of these providers as well as their degenerate pimps haven't earned nothing in this lifetime. And if anything, they should all be castrated. Especially the ones who are going out their way take advantage of good people. This is why we can't have good things in this country.[/QUOTE]I appreciate your service. I have to respectfully disagree though. You did have business in Afghanistan. There wasn't a draft so you obviously enlisted under your own free will. Part of the job of selecting a career in the military is that there is a chance our country goes to war.

WTF is up with JAX? Why are all the girls either a crackhead or scammer. Where are all the legit SWer at?

Seems to be pretty real. The combination of the hiring market too. Because I'm looking through social media and I'm seeing some chics gets jobs who barely ever had any. So yeah, 60 is almost gone, and 80 is on its way out, it seems. So the only option is pay it, spank and pay it less often, and just wait out a market correction if there is any?

[QUOTE=TomCat4871;5929645]Seems to be pretty real. The combination of the hiring market too. Because I'm looking through social media and I'm seeing some chics gets jobs who barely ever had any. So yeah, 60 is almost gone, and 80 is on its way out, it seems. So the only option is pay it, spank and pay it less often, and just wait out a market correction if there is any?[/QUOTE]Tom,

You said a mouthful! The best way to beat them at this game is to do it a whole lot less. The demand is driving up the costs. These girls have come to reazlize that if they can increase their prices, they only have to see, maybe, two people a day. I mean, if one is asking for 120 for a qv and saw 2 people, that's $240/ day and they only had to work no more than 30 minutes per day. I don't know if this will ever get better because, now, they know jokers are willing to pay a mint for stinky kitty kat! We have to realize too that if these girls had another viable alternative in life, they wouldn't be selling kat. I have had so many tell me how much they hate sex, so go figure!

[QUOTE=BeenThere9;5931965]Yes, 200 in thirty minutes sounds like a lot, but in four hours they are out of candy. I agree that prices are going up, gas. Food and everything else. The other commodities will lower prices a bit maybe, so imo there is not much we can do about it. If you want to dance pay the band!![/QUOTE]Just remember that you voted for that gas, food, cars, loans, vystar crashing etc. I'm just taking a wild guess that there's mostly left leaning party voters in here and since you didn't mention why all the prices are up I'm guessing you're one. Only one thing is going to bring the prices back down and it's going to be until about March 2025 if it happens.

[QUOTE=FredTed1;5932288]Just remember that you voted for that gas, food, cars, loans, vystar crashing etc. I'm just taking a wild guess that there's mostly left leaning party voters in here and since you didn't mention why all the prices are up I'm guessing you're one. Only one thing is going to bring the prices back down and it's going to be until about March 2025 if it happens.[/QUOTE]Can I not even read a fuck board without being subjected to off-topic Biden-bashing neo-fascist bullshit? Your assumption about your fellow mongers' political predelictions is absurd & ignoring your Putin-fluffing fanboy's role in setting the stage for the current (global) inflation is absolutely typical. Take it to the goddamn Woodshed!

As for the actual topic: in my experience, the "donation" rates were at their highest about 10 years ago, when inflation was low, the economy was booming & the political right was apoplectic about a Black man in the White House.

[QUOTE=TallBear;5933623]Can I not even read a fuck board without being subjected to off-topic Biden-bashing neo-fascist bullshit? Your assumption about your fellow mongers' political predelictions is absurd & ignoring your Putin-fluffing fanboy's role in setting the stage for the current (global) inflation is absolutely typical. Take it to the goddamn Woodshed!

As for the actual topic: in my experience, the "donation" rates were at their highest about 10 years ago, when inflation was low, the economy was booming & the political right was apoplectic about a Black man in the White House.[/QUOTE]Typical liberal hypocrite. Please spare us your political rambling's.

[QUOTE=TallBear;5933623]Can I not even read a fuck board without being subjected to off-topic Biden-bashing neo-fascist bullshit? Your assumption about your fellow mongers' political predelictions is absurd & ignoring your Putin-fluffing fanboy's role in setting the stage for the current (global) inflation is absolutely typical. Take it to the goddamn Woodshed!

As for the actual topic: in my experience, the "donation" rates were at their highest about 10 years ago, when inflation was low, the economy was booming & the political right was apoplectic about a Black man in the White House.[/QUOTE]You the man. That's all I need to say. LOL.

[QUOTE=FredTed1;5932288]Just remember that you voted for that gas, food, cars, loans, vystar crashing etc. I'm just taking a wild guess that there's mostly left leaning party voters in here and since you didn't mention why all the prices are up I'm guessing you're one. Only one thing is going to bring the prices back down and it's going to be until about March 2025 if it happens.[/QUOTE]Can we just be in here without some trump dingaling ruining conversation?

[QUOTE=BeachDan9999;5933850]Typical liberal hypocrite. Please spare us your political rambling's.[/QUOTE]100% everything they touch turns to shit.

[QUOTE=DllsCwby;5935767]100% everything they touch turns to shit.[/QUOTE]I'm old enough to remember back to the Carter administration. I was farming at that time and it was really, really bad. That being said, I've never seen an administration literally fuck up everything they touch. They keep touting the unemployment number, of course it's going to be low! You literally locked people out of where they worked for over a year, they are just going back to their jobs!

Biden makes a statement in front of the world, the Whitehouse walks it back. Who is pulling his strings? He walks around like someone is sticking a huge key in his back and winding him up every few hours. Total gaffe machine, Carrie's notes for everything and still can't make coherent statements.

If you put in term limits, let's say 2 for a senator and 4 for a state rep plus severely limit how much money they can make in office plus no lobbying when they are out that would help.

Plus, it's all about poll numbers. If the abortion issue was so important, the Democrats could have introduced legislation on day one since they control of the house, senate and president. But, not a work was said until the public started gnashing their teeth about Roe. VS. Wade. Neither side is any good but I have heard a lot more crazy ass shit from Democrats over the Republicans.

It's worldwide inflation, not centered in the US. Worldwide, sort of reminds me when there was a worldwide pandemic that is now becoming endemic. Worldwide, yet the Fox News crowd was running around claiming it was a conspiracy to defeat Trump and it all ends in November 2020. No, it was a worldwide pandemic, and the whole world wasn't conspiring against Trump. This all begs the question though, what part of "worldwide" do you not understand? The main causes of the current inflation are disrupted supply chains (Covid) and a war that is the greatest threat to Europe since WW II. It also involves key exporters of food and fuel. So cry about Biden all ya like, but do it with facts and the proper context. You'll never get that watching Fox.

At least we have our democracy back, a habitually lying, serial grifter and insurrectionist is gone. And he's losing his king maker status as his attempts to exact revenge in Georgia have failed. Our system worked, barely, and here's hoping none of you guys contributed to his "stop the steal" scam as 90% of that, 10's of millions went in his own pocket.

P.S. For those who'd say we'd never have had the war if Trump was in office, I'd agree to an extent. I mean when our president is sucking up to little Vlad swooning over him in public, believing him over US intelligence services, Trump grifting in the Ukraine withholding taxpayer funds asking for personal favors, bungling a pandemic, minimizing, lying for his political skin while we have the highest Covid death rate among wealthy nations, wrecking US democracy lying about election stealing stirring up insurrection, jockeying to pull us out of NATO, etc, why distract from all that by invading Ukraine?? It was coming though as such has been Putin's design all along as he'd already told us, to absorb Ukraine and more while turning back NATO to pre-1997.

But hey, sorry to interrupt the overly simiplistic Fox News talking points. You guys carry on. Bring back the party of Reagan, who as we speak is turning in his grave.

Yep, with very few exceptions inflation is currently worldwide. Scroll down, use the drop down menu and check the graphs by county.

[URL]https://www.ft.com/content/088d3368-bb8b-4ff3-9df7-a7680d4d81b2[/URL]

And this is from a centrist, UK source with an excellent reputation for accuracy.

[URL]https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/financial-times/[/URL]

Stop letting Hannity and Tucker do your thinking for you, which is allowing your mind to be a propaganda receptacle.

[URL]https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/fox-news-bias/[/URL]

[QUOTE=OnTime877;5936362]Yep, with very few exceptions inflation is currently worldwide. Scroll down, use the drop down menu and check the graphs by county.

[URL]https://www.ft.com/content/088d3368-bb8b-4ff3-9df7-a7680d4d81b2[/URL]

And this is from a centrist, UK source with an excellent reputation for accuracy.

[URL]https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/financial-times/[/URL]

Stop letting Hannity and Tucker do your thinking for you, which is allowing your mind to be a propaganda receptacle.

[URL]https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/fox-news-bias/[/URL][/QUOTE]You have no idea what you're talking about. The site you vouch for as a media fact checker is run by Dave Van Zandt. Who is a left-wing loon. He considers the WSJ to be "Right-wing". There's so much wrong with this site that it is comparable to Snopes.

Regarding world-wide inflation. What is your point? When the world's largest energy producer (USA) shuts down production-the impact is worldwide. PMR (price margin realization) is in full effect across all sectors. Raw materials, refining processes, manufacturing, farming, fertilizers, transportation and warehousing all impacted.

I encourage critical thinking. Now, where can I find some good pussy?

Stay safe!

Skydog.

In what universe is the Wall Street Journal not "right wing"? The WSJ has worn its conservative capitalist credentials proudly since I was kicking slats out of my crib. Yeah, WSJ dislikes the Tangerine Mussolini who just vacated the White House but that merely means they remain "thinking man's conservative". Being "right wing" has not always meant one is a neo-Confederate white supremacist, traitorous insurrectionist, outright fascist or Q-Anon crazy.

But if that's the new standard (it's certainly the trend) then, sure, even the WSJ is "woke".

The US has not, in fact, shut down oil & gas production, not by a long shot. Big Oil is still drilling, still pumping and still making a killing. No industry is better at exploiting global instability for maximum profit.

Where is that windfall profits tax when we need it? Oh, that's right, Big Business strangled that baby in its crib after the OPEC embargo.

[QUOTE=TallBear;5938337]In what universe is the Wall Street Journal not "right wing"? The WSJ has worn its conservative capitalist credentials proudly since I was kicking slats out of my crib. Yeah, WSJ dislikes the Tangerine Mussolini who just vacated the White House but that merely means they remain "thinking man's conservative". Being "right wing" has not always meant one is a neo-Confederate white supremacist, traitorous insurrectionist, outright fascist or Q-Anon crazy.

But if that's the new standard (it's certainly the trend) then, sure, even the WSJ is "woke".

The US has not, in fact, shut down oil & gas production, not by a long shot. Big Oil is still drilling, still pumping and still making a killing. No industry is better at exploiting global instability for maximum profit.

Where is that windfall profits tax when we need it? Oh, that's right, Big Business strangled that baby in its crib after the OPEC embargo.[/QUOTE]So being a capitalist is right wing? Making profits is bad?

Who ever hired you in your life?

You're right. We haven't completely stopped production- just severely curtailed it. That way, we can buy energy from happy places like Venezuela, where I'm sure Maduro is sharing the wealth.

President Teleprompter appreciates your support.

Oh, do you know what an insurrection is? It's obvious that you don't.

Wail On.

Skydog.

I don't know about your anecdotes and personal attacks so I'll focus on the 3rd statement.

Money in politics should be a no brainer by now just about everyone supports the idea (term limits, no more lobbying, and remove money from elections). Please research which party is blocking that progress for the last 10 years at the very least and reflect on it.

In regards to abortion again, it is a bit unfair to ask them (democrats) to do anything when everyone knows (including yourself) anything divisive has zero chance in a 50-50 split senate.

[QUOTE=RedTalon;5935829]I'm old enough to remember back to the Carter administration. I was farming at that time and it was really, really bad. That being said, I've never seen an administration literally fuck up everything they touch. They keep touting the unemployment number, of course it's going to be low! You literally locked people out of where they worked for over a year, they are just going back to their jobs!

Biden makes a statement in front of the world, the Whitehouse walks it back. Who is pulling his strings? He walks around like someone is sticking a huge key in his back and winding him up every few hours. Total gaffe machine, Carrie's notes for everything and still can't make coherent statements.

If you put in term limits, let's say 2 for a senator and 4 for a state rep plus severely limit how much money they can make in office plus no lobbying when they are out that would help.

Plus, it's all about poll numbers. If the abortion issue was so important, the Democrats could have introduced legislation on day one since they control of the house, senate and president. But, not a work was said until the public started gnashing their teeth about Roe. VS. Wade. Neither side is any good but I have heard a lot more crazy ass shit from Democrats over the Republicans.[/QUOTE]

The US (25% of the world economy), China (19% EU and Japan. And basically everyone shut down. Even if we had stayed open there was no escape from economical upheaval. Incidentally UK inflation seems even higher than the US.

[QUOTE=WailOnSkydog;5937093]You have no idea what you're talking about. The site you vouch for as a media fact checker is run by Dave Van Zandt. Who is a left-wing loon. He considers the WSJ to be "Right-wing". There's so much wrong with this site that it is comparable to Snopes.

Regarding world-wide inflation. What is your point? When the world's largest energy producer (USA) shuts down production-the impact is worldwide. PMR (price margin realization) is in full effect across all sectors. Raw materials, refining processes, manufacturing, farming, fertilizers, transportation and warehousing all impacted.

I encourage critical thinking. Now, where can I find some good pussy?

Stay safe!

Skydog.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=DllsCwby;5935767]100% everything they touch turns to shit.[/QUOTE]It really does. The liberal hypocrite I was referring to made a comment, and I paraphrase, stop why'all's political rants and then he goes into a political rant. The dems are such hypocrites. There is no way they can defend the policies, so they make personal attacks. There is none so blind that will not see.

[blue]Point of information, you are not attacking their policies here, you are attacking them, you are literally doing exactly what you accuse them of.

Just saying...

A2[/blue]

Yes, in the jargon of actual political science, capitalism is considered "right wing" & socialism is "left wing". That is overly simplistic, to be sure. Modern systems based upon principles of representative democracy encompass elements of both. If "the center does not hold", "things fall apart". Totalitarian examples of the logical extremes, fascism & communism, should be self-evident to every thinking man on this board.

Capitalism has been very good to me. But as a white man who came of age in South in the aftermath of the civil rights era, I know who tends to call themselves "conservative" vs. "progressive" ("liberal" is not a synonymous term, really, but I digress).

I understand very well what an "insurrection" is. I understand what a "subversive" is too. I also understand that insurrectionists & subversives almost invariably call themselves the "true patriots" whose words & actions reflect the actual "will of the people".

I'm ignoring the Fox News talking points. I get enough of that bullshit from my Republican Congressman, one of many who voted to undermine an American presidential election on the very night of the Republican Reichstag.

Keep telling me I don't know what I know.

[QUOTE=WailOnSkydog;5938755]So being a capitalist is right wing? Making profits is bad?

Who ever hired you in your life?

You're right. We haven't completely stopped production- just severely curtailed it. That way, we can buy energy from happy places like Venezuela, where I'm sure Maduro is sharing the wealth.

President Teleprompter appreciates your support.

Oh, do you know what an insurrection is? It's obvious that you don't.

Wail On.

Skydog.[/QUOTE]

Thank you, A2. Exactly so.

To the dude who has now twice dismissed me as a "liberal hypocrite", yes, while there is little doubt that I am more politically progressive than you & some others here, replying to unwelcome political snark with political snark is returning fire, not hypocrisy.

I did suggest taking it to The Woodshed.

And I have not said anything personal at all. But if you honestly think I cannot explain, support & defend my politics, man, you are just a damn fool.

But I don't know you & you don't know me. So there is an out. Might want to take it.

[QUOTE=BeachDan9999;5941957]It really does. The liberal hypocrite I was referring to made a comment, and I paraphrase, stop why'all's political rants and then he goes into a political rant. The dems are such hypocrites. There is no way they can defend the policies, so they make personal attacks. There is none so blind that will not see.

[blue]Point of information, you are not attacking their policies here, you are attacking them, you are literally doing exactly what you accuse them of.

Just saying...

A2[/blue][/QUOTE]

Stop the condemnation and get a condom.

[URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K9iraxOWCk[/URL]

[QUOTE=TallBear;5942973]Thank you, A2. Exactly so.

To the dude who has now twice dismissed me as a "liberal hypocrite", yes, while there is little doubt that I am more politically progressive than you & some others here, replying to unwelcome political snark with political snark is returning fire, not hypocrisy.

I did suggest taking it to The Woodshed.

And I have not said anything personal at all. But if you honestly think I cannot explain, support & defend my politics, man, you are just a damn fool.

But I don't know you & you don't know me. So there is an out. Might want to take it.[/QUOTE]Ok I'm all ears. Explain, support and defend record inflation, record gas prices, record homelessness, open borders, criminals not being prosecuted. I have two masters degrees. Please make an intelligent defense using stats. Not emotions. I'll be waiting.

[QUOTE=BeachDan9999;5943934]Ok I'm all ears. Explain, support and defend record inflation, record gas prices, record homelessness, open borders, criminals not being prosecuted. I have two masters degrees. Please make an intelligent defense using stats. Not emotions. I'll be waiting.[/QUOTE]I'll take inflation. Someone else can take the others. (By the way, you demand stats for verification, but you keep saying "record" without showing your stats. For example, we're nowhere near record inflation- inflation rates in the 70's were far worse. Inflation happens in a capitalist economy.).

There's a number of factors, very little to do with Biden (or rather Biden, a deadlocked Senate that lets him do very little, and a mostly Republican set of governors):

* The war in the Ukraine has jacked up fuel prices, despite Biden releasing barrels from the strategic reserve. This one's going to take a while, and it's not going to end well. And now that Europe has decided to enter a partial embargo against Russian oil, gas prices are probably going to stay high, because there will be increased demand for the non-Russian fuel out there.).

Source: [URL]https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-hungary-european-union-d0d4144c84749f84676a2f41b03b2ad4[/URL].

[URL]https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-pledge-support-ukraine-not-ready-with-new-russia-sanctions-2022-05-30/[/URL]

[URL]https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/31/business/dealbook/russia-embargo-oil-prices.html[/URL]

* We also had a severe supply chain crisis caused by a number of factors-.

The pandemic, shutting down of overseas factories (especially chip factories, and since chip factories cost a fortune to build, and all of the supply lines are overseas, you can't snap your fingers and make it better).

And shifts in demand.

[URL]https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/business/shortages-supply-chain.html[/URL]

[URL]https://www.computerworld.com/article/3648349/about-that-alarming-chip-shortage-dont-count-on-new-fab-plants-to-help-quickly.html[/URL]

* Trump's failure to address the Chinese trade deficit (after the 2018 agreement, in which China pledged to increase the purchase of US goods and actually decreased said purchases).

[URL]https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-china-watcher/2022/01/13/from-momentous-to-meh-the-phase-one-trade-deal-letdown-495705[/URL]

[URL]https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/08/07/more-pain-than-gain-how-the-us-china-trade-war-hurt-america/[/URL]

[URL]https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/china-stiffed-trump-trade-agreement-exports[/URL]

[URL]https://reason.com/2022/02/09/trumps-phase-one-trade-deal-with-china-was-a-total-failure-just-like-the-trade-war/[/URL]

[URL]https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2022/02/15/1079761270/china-promised-trump-a-better-deal-for-america-it-didnt-actually-deliver[/URL]

(The reason for so many links is that I wanted to show you that Trump's handling of China has been panned by everyone- left-wing sources like NPR, right-wing sources like Brookings and Fox Business, and libertarians like Reason.).

* Housing prices are rising like crazy everywhere for a lot of reasons. Here in Jacksonville, we have a number of factors- rising population as people move away from colder areas of the US due to the increase in remote work, insufficient housing inventory to meet the demand due to not only the pandemic, but the lack of new housing starts since the crash of 2008, and a mostly hands-off local and state government who is more concerned about whether your kids are taught about black mathematicians and Disney not kissing the governor's ass than they are the one-year 30% increase in rents here. And hedge funds owning 25% of all single-family housing here is a big problem, because they're holding out for high rents and high sale prices, artificially driving up housing costs.

And that rent increase doesn't just affect renters. Renters make up one-third of Jacksonville's population. Rent doesn't stay in Jacksonville. Most landlords of apartments and single-family dwellings are out-of-state. Those rent increases mean that more money is leaving Jacksonville, and not being spent in the local economy. Got a local business? You might own your home, but your business may be impacted by the lack of demand caused by the lack of local funds.

[URL]https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2021/08/12/census-jacksonville-added-more-than-100000-residents-in-last-10-years/[/URL]

[URL]https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/2017/03/23/jacksonville-s-population-growth-speeds-third-year-row/15745028007/[/URL]

[URL]https://www.wokv.com/news/investigates/priced-out-jax-25-all-single-family-homes-duval-county-owned-by-investment-companies/24QOZ6HJUNECZKKQ7A5TOC4IJM/[/URL]

[URL]https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/article/jacksonville-no-5-in-nation-in-rent-increase[/URL]

[URL]https://www.news4jax.com/i-team/2022/01/21/i-team-rent-increases-in-jacksonville-are-among-the-highest-in-the-country/[/URL]

[URL]https://www.npr.org/2022/03/29/1089174630/housing-shortage-new-home-construction-supply-chain[/URL]

[URL]https://www.freddiemac.com/research/insight/20210507-housing-supply[/URL]

Here's the good news: according to economists, the Fed's tightening of the money supply will lead to a drop in inflation over the next few months. Paul Krugman wrote about this here:

[URL]https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/opinion/inflation-prices-stagflation.html[/URL]

So there's a lot of factors for inflation, nearly none of which is Biden's fault. In fact, Biden is trying to get Congress to pass a number of initiatives to reduce inflation:

[URL]https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/10/the-biden-harris-inflation-plan-lowering-costs-and-lowering-the-deficit/[/URL]

[URL]https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/10/business/economy/biden-inflation.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iWka3DIDm8aiO4IGImG9lzWIqdoYN002iXcTt5NPblqRfp8yuZDPktrDQm0p5_O0LI0HxIIk6PhFGUnw8CKGrki7T7hamT-drguyePk4k_DbWLtXLjY1SArOF4xpZZ6dgusjnICz_zGF7R0ycA-ial6fu1yQzsDZCGOtvH6WV4paJjdMEaqukRhUPpZWDrTgdeY97sAFQ1TAl7CR3t0in0uvJIeYJhEefaicGNzPZb2kr4TCWd3LYm2BpZXR4Lck7pisb6lugWV0HnyLwLyvAHukA5zMit1&smid=url-share[/URL]

The right is pressing him to do more. Some of this is pressing him to do things they know he won't or can't do, like busting truck driver unions and reversing some of the environmental policies he put into place:

[URL]https://nypost.com/2022/05/11/what-biden-can-do-to-lower-inflation-but-refuses-to/[/URL]

We'll see what happens. Remember, Biden, despite being painted as a left-winger, isn't really one. He's always been a centrist his entire career. But the Republicans smell blood, and want to see Democrats lose seats in the House and Senate in the midterms (just as Democrats want to gain seats), so they're going to block any efforts Biden takes to address inflation.

So there you go. Did I give you enough sources and information?

LOL.

Here's my promise to you: If I'm elected president, I will always choose to unite rather than divide.

I'll take responsibility instead of blaming others.

I'll never forget that the job isn't about me — it's about you.

[QUOTE=PervNerd48;5947370]I'll take inflation. Someone else can take the others. (By the way, you demand stats for verification, but you keep saying "record" without showing your stats. For example, we're nowhere near record inflation- inflation rates in the 70's were far worse. Inflation happens in a capitalist economy.).

There's a number of factors, very little to do with Biden (or rather Biden, a deadlocked Senate that lets him do very little, and a mostly Republican set of governors):

* The war in the Ukraine has jacked up fuel prices, despite Biden releasing barrels from the strategic reserve. This one's going to take a while, and it's not going to end well. And now that Europe has decided to enter a partial embargo against Russian oil, gas prices are probably going to stay high, because there will be increased demand for the non-Russian fuel out there.).

Source: [URL]https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-hungary-european-union-d0d4144c84749f84676a2f41b03b2ad4[/URL].

[URL]https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-pledge-support-ukraine-not-ready-with-new-russia-sanctions-2022-05-30/[/URL]

[URL]https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/31/business/dealbook/russia-embargo-oil-prices.html[/URL]

* We also had a severe supply chain crisis caused by a number of factors-.

The pandemic, shutting down of overseas factories (especially chip factories, and since chip factories cost a fortune to build, and all of the supply lines are overseas, you can't snap your fingers and make it better).

And shifts in demand.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=BeachDan9999;5941957]It really does. The liberal hypocrite I was referring to made a comment, and I paraphrase, stop why'all's political rants and then he goes into a political rant. The dems are such hypocrites. There is no way they can defend the policies, so they make personal attacks. There is none so blind that will not see.

[blue]Point of information, you are not attacking their policies here, you are attacking them, you are literally doing exactly what you accuse them of.

Just saying...

A2[/blue][/QUOTE]He wasnt voted into office on false promies and empty hopes.

[QUOTE=PervNerd48;5947370]I'll take inflation. Someone else can take the others. (By the way, you demand stats for verification, but you keep saying "record" without showing your stats. For example, we're nowhere near record inflation- inflation rates in the 70's were far worse. Inflation happens in a capitalist economy.).

There's a number of factors, very little to do with Biden (or rather Biden, a deadlocked Senate that lets him do very little, and a mostly Republican set of governors):

* The war in the Ukraine has jacked up fuel prices, despite Biden releasing barrels from the strategic reserve. This one's going to take a while, and it's not going to end well. And now that Europe has decided to enter a partial embargo against Russian oil, gas prices are probably going to stay high, because there will be increased demand for the non-Russian fuel out there.).

Source: [URL]https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-hungary-european-union-d0d4144c84749f84676a2f41b03b2ad4[/URL].

[URL]https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-pledge-support-ukraine-not-ready-with-new-russia-sanctions-2022-05-30/[/URL]

[URL]https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/31/business/dealbook/russia-embargo-oil-prices.html[/URL]

* We also had a severe supply chain crisis caused by a number of factors-.

The pandemic, shutting down of overseas factories (especially chip factories, and since chip factories cost a fortune to build, and all of the supply lines are overseas, you can't snap your fingers and make it better).

And shifts in demand.

[URL]https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/business/shortages-supply-chain.html[/URL]

[URL]https://www.computerworld.com/article/3648349/about-that-alarming-chip-shortage-dont-count-on-new-fab-plants-to-help-quickly.html[/URL]

* Trump's failure to address the Chinese trade deficit (after the 2018 agreement, in which China pledged to increase the purchase of US goods and actually decreased said purchases).

[URL]https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-china-watcher/2022/01/13/from-momentous-to-meh-the-phase-one-trade-deal-letdown-495705[/URL]

[URL]https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/08/07/more-pain-than-gain-how-the-us-china-trade-war-hurt-america/[/URL]

[URL]https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/china-stiffed-trump-trade-agreement-exports[/URL]

[URL]https://reason.com/2022/02/09/trumps-phase-one-trade-deal-with-china-was-a-total-failure-just-like-the-trade-war/[/URL]

[URL]https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2022/02/15/1079761270/china-promised-trump-a-better-deal-for-america-it-didnt-actually-deliver[/URL]

(The reason for so many links is that I wanted to show you that Trump's handling of China has been panned by everyone- left-wing sources like NPR, right-wing sources like Brookings and Fox Business, and libertarians like Reason.).

* Housing prices are rising like crazy everywhere for a lot of reasons. Here in Jacksonville, we have a number of factors- rising population as people move away from colder areas of the US due to the increase in remote work, insufficient housing inventory to meet the demand due to not only the pandemic, but the lack of new housing starts since the crash of 2008, and a mostly hands-off local and state government who is more concerned about whether your kids are taught about black mathematicians and Disney not kissing the governor's ass than they are the one-year 30% increase in rents here. And hedge funds owning 25% of all single-family housing here is a big problem, because they're holding out for high rents and high sale prices, artificially driving up housing costs.

And that rent increase doesn't just affect renters. Renters make up one-third of Jacksonville's population. Rent doesn't stay in Jacksonville. Most landlords of apartments and single-family dwellings are out-of-state. Those rent increases mean that more money is leaving Jacksonville, and not being spent in the local economy. Got a local business? You might own your home, but your business may be impacted by the lack of demand caused by the lack of local funds.

[URL]https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2021/08/12/census-jacksonville-added-more-than-100000-residents-in-last-10-years/[/URL]

[URL]https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/2017/03/23/jacksonville-s-population-growth-speeds-third-year-row/15745028007/[/URL]

[URL]https://www.wokv.com/news/investigates/priced-out-jax-25-all-single-family-homes-duval-county-owned-by-investment-companies/24QOZ6HJUNECZKKQ7A5TOC4IJM/[/URL]

[URL]https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/article/jacksonville-no-5-in-nation-in-rent-increase[/URL]

[URL]https://www.news4jax.com/i-team/2022/01/21/i-team-rent-increases-in-jacksonville-are-among-the-highest-in-the-country/[/URL]

[URL]https://www.npr.org/2022/03/29/1089174630/housing-shortage-new-home-construction-supply-chain[/URL]

[URL]https://www.freddiemac.com/research/insight/20210507-housing-supply[/URL]

Here's the good news: according to economists, the Fed's tightening of the money supply will lead to a drop in inflation over the next few months. Paul Krugman wrote about this here:

[URL]https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/opinion/inflation-prices-stagflation.html[/URL]

So there's a lot of factors for inflation, nearly none of which is Biden's fault. In fact, Biden is trying to get Congress to pass a number of initiatives to reduce inflation:

[URL]https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/10/the-biden-harris-inflation-plan-lowering-costs-and-lowering-the-deficit/[/URL]

[URL]https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/10/business/economy/biden-inflation.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iWka3DIDm8aiO4IGImG9lzWIqdoYN002iXcTt5NPblqRfp8yuZDPktrDQm0p5_O0LI0HxIIk6PhFGUnw8CKGrki7T7hamT-drguyePk4k_DbWLtXLjY1SArOF4xpZZ6dgusjnICz_zGF7R0ycA-ial6fu1yQzsDZCGOtvH6WV4paJjdMEaqukRhUPpZWDrTgdeY97sAFQ1TAl7CR3t0in0uvJIeYJhEefaicGNzPZb2kr4TCWd3LYm2BpZXR4Lck7pisb6lugWV0HnyLwLyvAHukA5zMit1&smid=url-share[/URL]

The right is pressing him to do more. Some of this is pressing him to do things they know he won't or can't do, like busting truck driver unions and reversing some of the environmental policies he put into place:

[URL]https://nypost.com/2022/05/11/what-biden-can-do-to-lower-inflation-but-refuses-to/[/URL]

We'll see what happens. Remember, Biden, despite being painted as a left-winger, isn't really one. He's always been a centrist his entire career. But the Republicans smell blood, and want to see Democrats lose seats in the House and Senate in the midterms (just as Democrats want to gain seats), so they're going to block any efforts Biden takes to address inflation.

So there you go. Did I give you enough sources and information?[/QUOTE]Pulled all that from biased media sources, lots of work for nothing. NPR, seriously? Biden is a walking gas bag on puppet strings.