Bills are a rising

[Tommy Gun]

I realize gas has gone up, but it always seems to go up and down over time. Thinking this time it may stay up. :(

But today got our new electric bill and it jumped $47 a month. We do the budgeted bill so it’s the same each month so that means it went up $564 a year :nonono:

Been hearing natural gas about to jump, but haven’t got that bill yet.


On a better note I switched all our phones from Verizon to T-mobile which cut our bill in half. :wtg:


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[68fastback]

We’re hoping the electric bills on our new mini-split HVAC system isn’t too terrible this winter. The system was kerosine which is approaching $5.00/gallon so maybe we lucked out somewhat but, yeah, the cost of everything is going up …auto and home insurance too and food!

[Tommy Gun]

I moved 2 of our vehicles from Allstate to Hagertys last week and cut those bills in half also.

They were the only two to qualify for their type insurance.


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[twobjshelbys]

We got an email PR blurb from our gas company about how good a citizen they are.

Embedded in it was a statement

"With natural gas prices expected to increase nationwide this year..."

with a footnote that says price increases are passed through.

[Alloy Dave]

Prices definitely up on many things. Time to raise the price you charge.

[Tommy Gun]

Prices definitely up on many things. Time to raise the price you charge.


I already charge more than others because of the quality of work, problem is there are less than 1/2 the amount of cars coming down the line.

I’m in a position that these price increases aren’t killing me. I know many people will be tied down even more though and it just makes more pissed off people I have to deal with. Lol

As far as gas, the company I work through pays 90%+ of my gas for now.


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[The Bone]

Steak $20 a pound
bacon $7.50 a pound
Diesel $4.50 as gallon
Hookers are more expensive but haven't checked there prices in a while. Hookerbudy.com LOL

[twobjshelbys]

Prices definitely up on many things. .

How can that be? Biden says there is no inflation so it must be so. He saw it on the internet. Or maybe he dreamed it. Who knows, he's senile.

[twobjshelbys]

Steak $20 a pound
bacon $7.50 a pound
Diesel $4.50 as gallon
Hookers are more expensive but haven't checked there prices in a while. Hookerbudy.com LOL

Pool chemicals have gone through the roof. For one it will literally be cheaper to replace the 20K gallons of water than to try to treat the phosphates. Chlorine tabs used to be a 50 lb pail for about $25. Now it's over 200. Claims of three plants that make them, one destroyed in a hurricane the other in a fire so the remaining gets to control supply and demand. The others are supposed to be on line by now, but do you think the price will go down?????

[68fastback]

Yeah. It’s insane. And to think how many lemming voters believed the dens bullish!t.

[twobjshelbys]

Yeah. It’s insane. And to think how many lemming voters believed the dens bullish!t.


People thought Jimmy Carter was the best thing since sliced bread until he brought you double the gas price (of course then that was $1.00) and 18% mortgages. Biden's spend more than you can possibly ever make up with taxes is starting to collapse. Even the libs are thinking that attacking the assets (not an income tax, but a standing still asset tax) of the top 100 richest people in the US ("The billionaires") is going a little far. They promise an exit tax. I'll exit before the exit tax can be on the books. Besides, the Canary Islands are really nice place to live even if you aren't trying to tax shelter.

[68fastback]

And the billionaire asset tax polled so poorly with the general public that they seem to backing off on that too and trying to substitute taxing only the annual increase in assets. :doh:

[Tommy Gun]

Steak $20 a pound
bacon $7.50 a pound
Diesel $4.50 as gallon
Hookers are more expensive but haven't checked there prices in a while. Hookerbudy.com LOL


Diesel here just hit $3.50 gallon which I thought was crazy. About to drive to Florida for a couple weeks :(


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[twobjshelbys]

And the billionaire asset tax polled so poorly with the general public that they seem to backing off on that too and trying to substitute taxing only the annual increase in assets. :doh:


Neither will fly with a court challenge. Assets often DECREASE in value. You get taxed when your $20M painting goes UP in value (oh, who sets the value?) so do you get a credit when it goes down? The only way you can legally tax something is when value is established by the fair market, and that is when they are sold, and that's called a capital gains tax (or loss.)

An asset tax can't be considered "fair". If you have 1M in assets and tax it at 10%, next year it's only worth 900K. Then 810K, and so on until it approaches zero... So the asset tax simply, a year at a time, reduces the standing value of that asset until it falls below the threshold. That makes everyone "middle class". Sounds like socialism to me. Hell, if they do it I'd just take all my money and go to Monte Carlo and play baccarat. I'll either win or lose. If I lose it's no worse than what the government will do to me anyway, and if I win I leave the money in Monte Carlo... In other words, such a tax is an invitation for US capitalists to invest in places other than the US where the tax codes are favorable. Even Russia probably beats this scheme.

[Tommy Gun]

Sounds like what they want. :(

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[onecrazydog]

Premium gas is almost 7 bucks a gallon here.... Insane...

[Tommy Gun]

:wow2:

[Alloy Dave]

I already charge more than others because of the quality of work, problem is there are less than 1/2 the amount of cars coming down the line.

I’m in a position that these price increases aren’t killing me. I know many people will be tied down even more though and it just makes more pissed off people I have to deal with. Lol

As far as gas, the company I work through pays 90%+ of my gas for now.


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I’d move. :popcorn:

[Alloy Dave]

At least lumber is down….reached a peak of about $1,600 per thousand board feet, now under $600. Still higher than pre-pandemic levels though.

https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/lumber

[Alloy Dave]

I bought a modest position in copper just as the pandemic hit…made good money on that…sold it. I have some TIPS also, helps during inflation.

[JTB]

The BILLS are not rising they are ASS!


https://www.nfl.com/games/bills-at-jaguars-2021-reg-9?active-tab=watch

[onecrazydog]

29450

Thanks Trudope...

[twobjshelbys]

29450

Thanks Trudope...

What does that translate to in gallons and US$?

[onecrazydog]

What does that translate to in gallons and US$?


Just over 6 bucks a gallon for 91 octane...

I had a 94 octane tune in for the summer, but switched it back to 91 for the winter...

[JTB]

29450

Thanks Trudope...


Such a Clown!
#TrudeauMustGo !!

[Tommy Gun]

The BILLS are not rising they are ASS!


https://www.nfl.com/games/bills-at-jaguars-2021-reg-9?active-tab=watch



Um, wrongs bills. :haha:


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[68fastback]

Lol

[Tommy Gun]

I realize gas has gone up, but it always seems to go up and down over time. Thinking this time it may stay up. :(

But today got our new electric bill and it jumped $47 a month. We do the budgeted bill so it’s the same each month so that means it went up $564 a year :nonono:

Been hearing natural gas about to jump, but haven’t got that bill yet.


On a better note I switched all our phones from Verizon to T-mobile which cut our bill in half. :wtg:


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Almost a year later…things still creeping higher…


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[Tommy Gun]

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[Highwayman]

Almost a year later…things still creeping higher…


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Except the market :(

[twobjshelbys]

Almost a year later…things still creeping higher…


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Wow, where do you live that things are only creeping? Ours is soaring. And not just the basic stuff. Parts I got for the pool to repair things like the pool cleaner have doubled in price in the last year.

[JTB]

Thought this was a thread about Josh Allen :rofl3: ... kid is a BAD ASS Q ... the real deal and these 2022 Buffalo Bills are a high quality Football Team.

[Tommy Gun]

:doh2:


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[Tommy Gun]

Wow, where do you live that things are only creeping? Ours is soaring. And not just the basic stuff. Parts I got for the pool to repair things like the pool cleaner have doubled in price in the last year.


I see some things jumping big time, but I haven’t bought much but groceries in the last year. Saving whatever I can right now. I did buy a trans upgrade for my Mustang which I should have done a year ago… that price went up about $500 in one year. :(


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[Alloy Dave]

Yes, inflation is evident nearly everywhere.

A few exceptions though (at least compared to a year ago) such as lumber.

Been rough...we on this forum are all fortunate...we are much less affected than someone who lives on $25k/year, which there are many people out there that are choosing between meds and food. :sad:

[Tommy Gun]

Yep :(


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[twobjshelbys]

I warned all my Democrat friends that before the 2022 elections they would regret their vote in 2020. Now most of them won't even admit who they voted for.

Biden didn't win, Trump lost. When you vote against the other guy you'd better be careful because you might regret that choice.

"Who Elected Biden?"

"Not Me".

[The Bone]

Gas here is @ $6.00 a gallon Diesel is $6.69 a gallon I now give them a $100 bill and say fill it., 1/2 tank in the truck will eat the whole **** thing. The loons here love this crap. They now want to increase our property tax 6% so they can build some real classrooms. This is stupid because the cost now it through the roof. They also want to increase our sewer tax so some folks outside of town can get on the city sewer. With everything costing so much they keep coming at us for more money.
It's not creeping anymore it's in our face.

[twobjshelbys]

Gas here is @ $6.00 a gallon Diesel is $6.69 a gallon I now give them a $100 bill and say fill it., 1/2 tank in the truck will eat the whole **** thing. The loons here love this crap. They now want to increase our property tax 6% so they can build some real classrooms. This is stupid because the cost now it through the roof. They also want to increase our sewer tax so some folks outside of town can get on the city sewer. With everything costing so much they keep coming at us for more money.
It's not creeping anymore it's in our face.

Social Security COLA gonna be big. Got the email that we can sign on 1-Dec to see how big our next checks will be.

Tax brackets going up as is the std. deduction.

These are a gift from Biden since he still insists there is no inflation.

[Tommy Gun]

Gas here is @ $6.00 a gallon Diesel is $6.69 a gallon I now give them a $100 bill and say fill it., 1/2 tank in the truck will eat the whole **** thing. The loons here love this crap. They now want to increase our property tax 6% so they can build some real classrooms. This is stupid because the cost now it through the roof. They also want to increase our sewer tax so some folks outside of town can get on the city sewer. With everything costing so much they keep coming at us for more money.
It's not creeping anymore it's in our face.


I really don’t get why you guys are still there, kids or not, I’d be far out of there.


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[twobjshelbys]

I really don’t get why you guys are still there, kids or not, I’d be far out of there.


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Unfortunately what is happening is that those who leave CA and come to Vegas (and our experience in CO echoes) is that they leave there with a ton of cash in their hands, buy for cash in NV or CO (or AZ, UT, ID, etc) but then they bring their mindset with them and pretty soon, your state won't allow gasoline cars and natural gas stoves or furnaces either.

[Tommy Gun]

:(


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[Highwayman]

There are signs everywhere around here "Don't New York our Florida"

[The Bone]

We just made a trip to Tennessee to check it out. We both liked what we saw. It's a big deal to pack up and move to another state. Just think about all the things you need to start over in the new place. It cost about $20,000 for the moving truck. We are getting close to pulling the trigger though.

[onecrazydog]

Yes, inflation is evident nearly everywhere.

A few exceptions though (at least compared to a year ago) such as lumber.

Been rough...we on this forum are all fortunate...we are much less affected than someone who lives on $25k/year, which there are many people out there that are choosing between meds and food. :sad:


2x4x8's are five bucks right now... I remember when they were under 2 bucks...

[Alloy Dave]

We just made a trip to Tennessee to check it out. We both liked what we saw. It's a big deal to pack up and move to another state. Just think about all the things you need to start over in the new place. It cost about $20,000 for the moving truck. We are getting close to pulling the trigger though.
I encourage it!

Tennessee is a great state in many ways. Moderate taxes, good weather, affordable, etc. The Nashville area is very nice. Brentwood is nearby and is an area we have looked at moving to someday, although it's not at the top of our list.

[Alloy Dave]

2x4x8's are five bucks right now... I remember when they were under 2 bucks...
But a year ago they were $11.

[The Bone]

Brentwood is expensive. Most houses there are a million + Nashville is getting so big now. Lots of building there right now. Cranes are everywhere. We are looking further east like cookville area.

[Tommy Gun]

I encourage it!

Tennessee is a great state in many ways. Moderate taxes, good weather, affordable, etc. The Nashville area is very nice. Brentwood is nearby and is an area we have looked at moving to someday, even closer to TG is a plus!




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[Alloy Dave]

Lol

Art, isn’t a 1 bedroom house in CA about $1M? ��

[twobjshelbys]

Lol

Art, isn’t a 1 bedroom house in CA about $1M? ��

Yeah. Thats for the one that was built in 1950 and needs 2m in improvements

[The Bone]

Well prices here are nuts but with the hike in interest rates prices are coming down. I hope they go back up with all these abortionist coming to town. Newsone is such a great governor I hope all the loons from all over flock here to roost.