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Extenda 05-05-2026 12:33 PM


Originally Posted by vaksedtothemax (Post 4032257)
I remember not too long ago when other supply chains were disrupted, stay indoors they said… Democrats said boo about it.. meanwhile used car prices skyrocketed, you couldn’t build a small single door deck for less than $5k, and eggs skyrocketed. How ‘bout those egg prices btw!

where were ya then? Meanwhile, 80% of the worlds oil is still moving, the ME oil is on standby, but somehow y'all think it’ll take years to get that oil to it’s offloading position.

You would have some actual credibility if you hadn’t dismissed the 3 yrs of insane prices under Biden, would have called him out for depleting the Strategic Oil Reserves right before the election, or acknowledged the years of high gas prices under the Opressed Obama family. Hell I’m already saving $12k a year on a refi for one of my properties this year. Gas has cost me maybe $200 extra the last 2 months. The math says I’m ahead.

I think we kind of live in a pilot bubble. Things are good if you have equity, which the majority of Americans don’t. I think you’re being cavalier about the plight of people who live pay check to pay check. They were promised lower prices (prices will never get lower, they’ll just hopefully keep going up at a slower rate).

People are stretched. The increase in gas price and the subsequent inflation it’s going to cause for every other consumer good is going to put even more people over the edge. This is going to be a serious problem for the foreseeable future for many.

vaksedtothemax 05-05-2026 01:21 PM


Originally Posted by Extenda (Post 4032267)
I think we kind of live in a pilot bubble. Things are good if you have equity, which the majority of Americans don’t. I think you’re being cavalier about the plight of people who live pay check to pay check. They were promised lower prices (prices will never get lower, they’ll just hopefully keep going up at a slower rate).

People are stretched. The increase in gas price and the subsequent inflation it’s going to cause for every other consumer good is going to put even more people over the edge. This is going to be a serious problem for the foreseeable future for many.

I literally hang out with zero pilots outside of work, maybe one guy who owns a company has pilot type money .. no one is saying ”these fuel prices are great, give me more”. What everyone to a man says though is everytime the media and Liberal left starts ramping up all these doomsday scenarios they are always proven wrong… along with every lie about some speech or other political narrative. Basically none of them trust anything they see or hear from mainstream outlets. And everyone believes when Iran is over things will go back to normal unlike the 2021-2024 era.

None of them have stopped doing what we all do on days off. Nobody has cancelled vacations etc. The only way inflation and the reset to new highs under Biden, occur is for deflation and a shrinking economy. Democrats are relying on the lowest denominator not knowing this.

Ya know what I forgot about? “Boots on the ground!”

where are my “boots on the ground” guys at?

When you say “inflation” you should always preempt that with “ it’s not 9% so…. “ Finally, what and whose policies led to the largest transfer of wealth in US history, destroyed the middle class and destroyed countless small businesses?

word302 05-05-2026 01:31 PM


Originally Posted by vaksedtothemax (Post 4032282)
I literally hang out with zero pilots outside of work, maybe one guy who owns a company has pilot type money .. no one is saying ”these fuel prices are great, give me more”. What everyone to a man says though is everytime the media and Liberal left starts ramping up all these doomsday scenarios they are always proven wrong… along with every lie about some speech or other political narrative. Basically none of them trust anything they see or hear from mainstream outlets. And everyone believes when Iran is over things will go back to normal unlike the 2021-2024 era.

None of them have stopped doing what we all do on days off. Nobody has cancelled vacations etc. The only way inflation and the reset to new highs under Biden, occur is for deflation and a shrinking economy. Democrats are relying on the lowest denominator not knowing this.

Ya know what I forgot about? “Boots on the ground!”

where are my “boots on the ground” guys at?

When you say “inflation” you should always preempt that with “ it’s not 9% so…. “ Finally, what and whose policies led to the largest transfer of wealth in US history, destroyed the middle class and destroyed countless small businesses?

So humor me. If we strike a deal with Iran tomorrow and oil starts flowing again in a week or 2, What will we have that we didn't have 2 months ago? What have we gained here? How is the average American better off after engaging in this endeavor?

PineappleXpres 05-05-2026 01:32 PM


Originally Posted by vaksedtothemax (Post 4032282)
I literally hang out with zero pilots outside of work, maybe one guy who owns a company has pilot type money .. no one is saying ”these fuel prices are great, give me more”. What everyone to a man says though is everytime the media and Liberal left starts ramping up all these doomsday scenarios they are always proven wrong… along with every lie about some speech or other political narrative. Basically none of them trust anything they see or hear from mainstream outlets. And everyone believes when Iran is over things will go back to normal unlike the 2021-2024 era.

None of them have stopped doing what we all do on days off. Nobody has cancelled vacations etc. The only way inflation and the reset to new highs under Biden, occur is for deflation and a shrinking economy. Democrats are relying on the lowest denominator not knowing this.

Ya know what I forgot about? “Boots on the ground!”

where are my “boots on the ground” guys at?

When you say “inflation” you should always preempt that with “ it’s not 9% so…. “ Finally, what and whose policies led to the largest transfer of wealth in US history, destroyed the middle class and destroyed countless small businesses?

The oligarchs, not the unions.

word302 05-05-2026 01:37 PM


Originally Posted by PineappleXpres (Post 4032284)
The oligarchs, not the unions.

He loves to make every topic about the pandemic and ignore that crazy inflation was a worldwide phenomenon. I guess Biden controlled the world economy, and here I thought he was just a drooling old grandpa.

Trip7 05-05-2026 02:27 PM


Originally Posted by vaksedtothemax (Post 4032159)
if I were you I’d get out now… stuff cash under your bed. This is just like 2008 where banks gave unlimited funds to financially low IQ individuals to buy homes they could never afford. Illegal immigrants and professional tire changers definitely deserved $750k pool homes.

Why would I get out? The 15 companies I own are well positioned to benefit from this crisis. Even better, the folks who sold me the shares in many of the companies sold it to me at a price below the value of the assets, let alone the cashflows of the business.

https://x.com/i/status/2051769864591671648

Interesting times ahead

Lowslung 05-05-2026 02:54 PM


Originally Posted by vaksedtothemax (Post 4032257)
I remember not too long ago when other supply chains were disrupted, stay indoors they said… Democrats said boo about it.. meanwhile used car prices skyrocketed, you couldn’t build a small single door deck for less than $5k, and eggs skyrocketed. How ‘bout those egg prices btw!

where were ya then? Meanwhile, 80% of the worlds oil is still moving, the ME oil is on standby, but somehow y'all think it’ll take years to get that oil to it’s offloading position.

You would have some actual credibility if you hadn’t dismissed the 3 yrs of insane prices under Biden, would have called him out for depleting the Strategic Oil Reserves right before the election, or acknowledged the years of high gas prices under the Opressed Obama family. Hell I’m already saving $12k a year on a refi for one of my properties this year. Gas has cost me maybe $200 extra the last 2 months. The math says I’m ahead.

Well, there you go, making assumptions about my position on some guy who is no longer in power because I happen to disagree with you on the current tack. There were a lot of things I called the last guy out on. I’ll bet most of them were things you didn’t like either. Continually railing about past grievances & an administration that no longer exists will not get the strait open any sooner, but feel free to keep jumping up and down about what the last guy did while telling the rest of us we’re “deranged”. You were saying something about credibility?

Clearedtocross 05-05-2026 02:59 PM


Originally Posted by word302 (Post 4032283)
So humor me. If we strike a deal with Iran tomorrow and oil starts flowing again in a week or 2, What will we have that we didn't have 2 months ago? What have we gained here? How is the average American better off after engaging in this endeavor?

What, well there’s the new ballroom and a new luxury jet.
The crypto biz and military contracts have been wonderful.
Everything is getting gold plated and we are printing $1 trillion dollars every 5 months - Mo money, mo money!

OpieTaylor 05-05-2026 03:22 PM


Originally Posted by word302 (Post 4032283)
So humor me. If we strike a deal with Iran tomorrow and oil starts flowing again in a week or 2, What will we have that we didn't have 2 months ago? What have we gained here? How is the average American better off after engaging in this endeavor?

Trump can’t be the president forever to help keep energy cheap.

2 months ago we had a president showing you the value of working through his policy’s and trying to keep energy cheap.

word302 05-05-2026 03:25 PM


Originally Posted by OpieTaylor (Post 4032309)
Trump can’t be the president forever to help keep energy cheap.

2 months ago we had a president showing you the value of working through his policy’s and trying to keep energy cheap.

Now Trump is giving us cheap energy? Which of his policies have gained the American voters any value? I'm gonna need you to show your work.


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