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If there is a recession, the primary cause will be the prolonged period of inflation.

No one knows yet what the net effect of the policy changes will be, including the Fed chairman who commented on it last week.

IMO, the coming tax cuts and deregulation will offset any negative impact of tariffs and the economy will be fine.

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If you want a magazine to do your thinking for you. I don't

Cities with the highest number of move-outs, ranked​

  • 1. Los Angeles
  • 2. Bay Area
  • 3. South Florida
  • 4. Long Island
  • 5. Austin, TX
  • 6. Central NJ
  • 7. Chicago
  • 8. San Diego
  • 9. Stockton-Modesto, CA
  • 10. Hudson Valley, NY
Let me know what that has to do with economy. Florida is gaining population. Also more importantly, RDS the Governor, not the mayor. Also, let me know when "South Florida" is a city.

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Politics

Trump overcharged Secret Service to stay at his hotel during presidency, House Democrats say​

By Scott MacFarlane
October 18, 2024 / 11:30 AM EDT / CBS News

Washington — In a report released Friday morning, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee allege that newly obtained records show then-President Donald Trump overcharged the U.S. Secret Service for rooms at his former hotel in Washington, D.C., during his presidency.

The committee Democrats accuse Trump of deliberately charging the Secret Service "exorbitant rates," far above what other similar rooms cost, when agents stayed at the hotel as the protective detail for Trump family members.

In a 58-page investigative report, the committee Democrats argue, "The Secret Service charges associated with Eric Trump's stays at just the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., demonstrate clearly that former President Trump's D.C. hotel treated stays by Trump family members as the ultimate government ATM withdrawal opportunity."

Hotel billing records from the Trump D.C. hotel, which closed in May 2022 and reopened under new ownership as the Waldorf-Astoria, were obtained by the committee after legal challenges against Mazars USA, which was Trump's accounting firm.

The committee Democrats said the records include billing information from only 12 months of room rentals at the Trump Hotel, from September 2017 through August 2018. The report said the records show Secret Service paid more expensive prices — with taxpayer funding — than customers who reserved similar rooms on the same nights.
Citing room rentals from Nov. 28, 2017, the report alleged, "The room records produced to the Committee by Mazars show that, on that night, among the rooms the Secret Service rented, several were charged at the $600 rate. Notably, that very night, the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., rented out more than 80 rooms at rates less than $600 per room, including a dozen rooms rented to the Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Co., Ltd. — which is headquartered in China — for $338.85 each."

The report also said the Trump Hotel rooms reserved for Secret Service on Feb. 22, 2018, were more than four times more expensive than a government per diem rate. The report said the prices represented "an astounding markup of more than 450% of the per diem rate."

"The room records provided by Mazars show that, among the rooms the Secret Service rented, two rooms were charged at $895 each," the report said. "The room records also show that former President Trump's D.C. hotel rented out more than 100 rooms that evening at rates of less than $895—including at least one room rented out for just $150."

Congressional Democrats have argued Trump unlawfully and improperly sought personal wealth and income by charging taxpayers for federal government services and hotel rooms at his privately owned properties. The report alleges, "By accepting the payments that he imposed on the Secret Service, former President Trump violated the Constitution's Domestic Emoluments Clause — which provides that a president may not receive any payments from the federal government other than a salary."
Maybe there is some truth, but I prefer the receipts, not just "Trump overcharged because the Dems in the house say so"
600 -895 for a really nice hotel in DC seems normal. Did the other company have a Corp rate? Were the rooms really comparable? Did the $150 room get a discount for a problem? I might need a little more proof than they say so from the group that cried Russia, Russia, Russia for 3 years.

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Another opinion for you!!

CNBC Top States for Business

These are America’s best states for quality of life in 2024​

9. (tie) New York​

9. (tie) New Hampshire​

9. (tie) Massachusetts​

9. (tie) Connecticut​

8. California​

7. Hawaii​

6. Oregon​

5. Washington​

4. Minnesota​

3. New Jersey​

2. Maine​

1. Vermont​

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT?
A meaningless list without a detailed description of "quality of life". Oh, and the only state missing from that list of top-10 progressive states is Illinois.

Forget it….

Someone ASKED, so here you are about Secret Service protection levels.

There are teams called Advance teams; Here are a few levels of protection or lack of it with the SS.
1. I personally know one member of the African Continent Advance Team ! He LIVED in Africa and he and the team would co-ordinate future visits to ANYWHERE in Africa, He spent several years on that team, his Wife finally threatened a divorce to have him retire from SS.
2. USA Advance Team. I personally was assigned for the PRIOR ADVANCE and the actual date for Obumma Wife, both kids and her Parent's visit to NYC. My security company had the Empire State Building as it's client. Security at every entrance to the building, drug AND explosive sniffing dogs, metal detecting for public to take the elevators to the viewing decks, etc. 3 months in ADVANCE we met with SS, NYSP, NYPD, FBI, and Executives/Me of our Security Company.
3. Day of Event Security. We doubled our employees (After background checks of everyone) ! Uniformed SS armed with automatic weapons, attack dogs, civilian SS detail, NYSP AND NYPD swat teams and snipers , armed Delta Force with surgical team, that RAN up the steps following the elevators ! ( She didn't like seeing them in elevators next to her ! Which is why they ran up the steps !) That was just at the ESB building, so "they" could sightsee ! The actual reason was just to see a Broadway Play !
4. President to stay at unsecured home for a visit. Slick Willie was visiting the Estate of Craig Norman on Jupiter Island. The SS approached his next door neighbors to have permission to have SS stay overnight ! All good Republicans so they refused !
Willie was using the trip to "meet" Monica. She was being flown down on another plane ! Norman had a HUGE sports fishing boat called "Aussie Rules", Willy was going to meet and greet Monica. Willy slipped and hurt his ankle. He was flown back to DC and Monica as well, they missed each other ?
5. USNA graduation in 2009. Obumma's turn to present Diplomas at Navy and shake hands with 1,000 +/- Grads. ( POTUS rotate the Service Acads). There was a long (OVER 50) caravan of cars, trucks, SUV's and various Ambulances (Including a complete Surgical Unit) arriving at the closed end of Navy-Marine Corps Stadium. We thought he was there ! Then 3 of those green USMC Presidential choppers flew in ! We never knew how he got there !

That enough ? I have more ! The SS spare NO expense, usually, but have a horrible record of protecting POTUS back to Lincoln !
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Stoneaxe says RDS is a horrible governor. Whatever he says, believe the opposite.

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Cities with the highest number of move-outs, ranked​

  • 1. Los Angeles
  • 2. Bay Area
  • 3. South Florida
  • 4. Long Island
  • 5. Austin, TX
  • 6. Central NJ
  • 7. Chicago
  • 8. San Diego
  • 9. Stockton-Modesto, CA
  • 10. Hudson Valley, NY

Forget it….


Politics

Trump overcharged Secret Service to stay at his hotel during presidency, House Democrats say​

By Scott MacFarlane
October 18, 2024 / 11:30 AM EDT / CBS News

Washington — In a report released Friday morning, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee allege that newly obtained records show then-President Donald Trump overcharged the U.S. Secret Service for rooms at his former hotel in Washington, D.C., during his presidency.

The committee Democrats accuse Trump of deliberately charging the Secret Service "exorbitant rates," far above what other similar rooms cost, when agents stayed at the hotel as the protective detail for Trump family members.

In a 58-page investigative report, the committee Democrats argue, "The Secret Service charges associated with Eric Trump's stays at just the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., demonstrate clearly that former President Trump's D.C. hotel treated stays by Trump family members as the ultimate government ATM withdrawal opportunity."

Hotel billing records from the Trump D.C. hotel, which closed in May 2022 and reopened under new ownership as the Waldorf-Astoria, were obtained by the committee after legal challenges against Mazars USA, which was Trump's accounting firm.

The committee Democrats said the records include billing information from only 12 months of room rentals at the Trump Hotel, from September 2017 through August 2018. The report said the records show Secret Service paid more expensive prices — with taxpayer funding — than customers who reserved similar rooms on the same nights.
Citing room rentals from Nov. 28, 2017, the report alleged, "The room records produced to the Committee by Mazars show that, on that night, among the rooms the Secret Service rented, several were charged at the $600 rate. Notably, that very night, the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., rented out more than 80 rooms at rates less than $600 per room, including a dozen rooms rented to the Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Co., Ltd. — which is headquartered in China — for $338.85 each."

The report also said the Trump Hotel rooms reserved for Secret Service on Feb. 22, 2018, were more than four times more expensive than a government per diem rate. The report said the prices represented "an astounding markup of more than 450% of the per diem rate."

"The room records provided by Mazars show that, among the rooms the Secret Service rented, two rooms were charged at $895 each," the report said. "The room records also show that former President Trump's D.C. hotel rented out more than 100 rooms that evening at rates of less than $895—including at least one room rented out for just $150."

Congressional Democrats have argued Trump unlawfully and improperly sought personal wealth and income by charging taxpayers for federal government services and hotel rooms at his privately owned properties. The report alleges, "By accepting the payments that he imposed on the Secret Service, former President Trump violated the Constitution's Domestic Emoluments Clause — which provides that a president may not receive any payments from the federal government other than a salary."
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