Are you better off today, than you were 4 years ago when Trump was POTUS?

DoubleAtotheRON

DoubleAtotheRON

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CANON_Grow said:
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Hard to use the argument that there were less vehicle sales when there was a massive shortage of vehicles to sell.
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Hear me now, and believe me later.. I was in the car biz for 32 years. Last stint was with Ford. This "chip shortage" was created. The big 3, along with others got together after years of bloodshed, cutting each others throat going into HoldBack (the number below invoice AKA Triple Net).... Everybody was selling F250's in the $90K range only to make a few hundred dollars per unit due to competition. Ford has a 30 mile radius rule, and even so, you can still get shopped... especially online. This was a great opportunity for them to immediately "correct" the market on both new and used. I still work for Ford in the Media sector, and see the crazy profits being made right now. .... more than pre "chip shortage". They were/are making so much money that they had to restructure the salesperson pay plan because they were selling 13 cars a month, and making $18,000 a month as a sales person. I see the numbers every week, and if you think it's safe to buy a car or truck or SUV right now... you're sadly mistaken.
 
DoubleAtotheRON

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doublejj said:
The majority of money allocated to support Ukraine is spent right here in the US to manufacture weapons and ammunition to be sent to Ukraine. = American jobs and economy boost
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Man... I don't know. I think we could create more jobs here without getting into a proxy war.
 
DoubleAtotheRON

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doublejj said:
Until Ukraine gave up the Soviet nuclear weapons stationed on its soil, it had the world's third-largest nuclear weapons stockpile,
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So.. they (UKR) held about 1/3rd of the Soviets. I don't see how this is a big deal. If you have 130 ICBM's, you can still play the game. Nuclear War is an end game anyways. You get 1 trigger happy Country, and then suddenly the sky is full of nukes flying across the pond.. and I don't think anybody really.... I mean really wants to end the World as we know it.
 
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DoubleAtotheRON said:
So.. they (UKR) held about 1/3rd of the Soviets. I don't see how this is a big deal. If you have 130 ICBM's, you can still play the game. Nuclear War is an end game anyways. You get 1 trigger happy Country, and then suddenly the sky is full of nukes flying across the pond.. and I don't think anybody really.... I mean really wants to end the World as we know it.
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if you owned the worlds 3rd larges gun collection, would you hand them over if I promised your security?..
 
DoubleAtotheRON

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No, I wouldn't. I would just hang on to them, and make more. We all carry guns, but the odds of us every using them in our lifetime to kill someone in real self defense is almost zero. I buy ammo all the time for fun, but I'd never kill someone unless I was truly in fear of my own life, or my family's life.
 
doublejj

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DoubleAtotheRON said:
No, I wouldn't. I would just hang on to them, and make more. We all carry guns, but the odds of us every using them in our lifetime to kill someone in real self defense is almost zero. I buy ammo all the time for fun, but I'd never kill someone unless I was truly in fear of my own life, or my family's life.
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The USA talked Ukraine into handing over their Nukes and in exchange promised them security. The least we can do is send them ammo so they can defend themselves.
 
DoubleAtotheRON

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doublejj said:
The USA talked Ukraine into handing over their Nukes and in exchange promised them security. The least we can do is send them ammo so they can defend themselves.
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That's what I don't understand... Why the F would we do that? Big deal, they got nukes... so does everybody else.... all due respect of course sir.
 
DoubleAtotheRON

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cannabineer said:
To the bolded, I think not. We’d be in for a sht decade in the event of a major exchange, but people would come through.
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Maybe? It would prob be a World in which you would not want to live. Im kinda glad I'm in the later part of my life honestly. Im afraid.... well, not afraid.... but I think I'd be a bit freaked out if I ever saw what the World will look like in another 30 years.
 
DoubleAtotheRON

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I really wish more people/Countries would follow the guidelines of the IISS. I think we would have a more peaceful World. Salman Al Khalifa was a classmate of mine as a young teen living in Bahrain. His Grandfather was the Crown Prince at the time, then his father, and now him. He leads the IISS to try to bring peace worldwide. Cool cat. He never really talked too much, but then again, the royal family was highly protected. You can skip to the 10:00 mark.....
 
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