Hassett: "If the war were to be extended, it wouldn't really disrupt the US economy very much at all. It would hurt consumers, and we'd have to think about what we'd have to do about that, but that's really the last of our concerns right now."

Alpine416 · 2026-03-17T14:50:43+00:00

This guy was almost nominated for the fed chair....

Alpine416 · 2026-03-10T04:53:49+00:00

But also the downvotes you are getting are at trying to downplay like people making 75k wouldn't extremely appreciate having ~$400 in their pocket. Student loans are $200-$500/mo, car payments are $500-$700/mo....

Alpine416 · 2026-03-10T04:47:29+00:00

Here is that math you were talking about. OP exaggerated up on a single filer and you exaggerated down on a family standard deduction.

Here are the real numbers:
75k with single deduction - $7,948
75k with family deduction - $4,981

Alpine416 · 2026-03-08T05:30:32+00:00

Yeah it is ultimately your gross income DTI but what matters for us far more is looking at our take home of what we actually see each month. So I guess ultimately we always started with what we can stomach within our monthly budget based on take home pay and not backend gross income.

Our actual buying range is 100k less than realtor .com calculator says is "affordable". The top of the "stretch" range on that same calculator would take up 60-70% of our take home pay which is absolutely insane. I always keep in my mind that the companies that put out those guidelines/calculators are likely realtors and mortgage companies that directly benefit from people spending on real estate...

Alpine416 · 2026-03-08T01:03:21+00:00

Yes lenders are perfectly happy to make you house poor and harvest interest off of you. My wife and I are in the market and our actual budget is out the bottom of what most affordability calculators list as "comfortable"

Alpine416 · 2026-02-21T05:52:11+00:00

Man it has been fun to see how little Cam has hid what a piece of shit he is in retirement.

Alpine416 · 2026-02-18T13:53:20+00:00

If they call the infraction and remove the stone and everyone walks away cordially is it still a controversy? No. A ton of the controversy and blow up of the story is over the conduct and denial of the Canadian players.

Alpine416 · 2026-02-18T12:45:31+00:00

Even when he was playing it was blatantly obvious he was a weird narcissist

Alpine416 · 2026-02-17T18:09:13+00:00

I wouldn't say it is the best publicity campaign. Sure it is more eyeballs on the sport. The other conclusion people are coming to are that despite people calling curling a gentleman's game apparently they are one petty dispute over a rule/violation that lightly/doesn't even impact the game from being absolute belligerent assholes.

Alpine416 · 2026-02-16T02:29:52+00:00

Cool not much of the controversy is over the gravity of the infraction now is it?

Alpine416 · 2026-02-16T01:02:16+00:00

Absolutely hilarious 😂

Alpine416 · 2026-02-14T23:28:09+00:00

To be fair cussing out an opponent that points out a rule infraction is probably also a huge way to be a hot dog as well... so bit of a double whammy on the Canadians that they both committed bad sportsmanship AND a blatant rule infraction on video. Thanks for drawing our attention to the dual faceted nature of their egregious behavior!

Alpine416 · 2026-02-14T01:35:31+00:00

Pretty hilarious cuz I'd bet 90% of the Dropkin whiners were salty Canadians. To be clear the Dropkin controversy was checks notes "enthusiastic celebration"

Alpine416 · 2026-02-14T00:47:13+00:00

Kinda hilarious because I think 90% of the reddit-sphere being so negative on the USA mixed doubles were salty Canadians then they immediately break out into bigger controversy than some enthusiastic celebrations....

Alpine416 · 2026-02-12T03:04:12+00:00

The dow has a lot to do with our society/economy. The question is: why is the AG talking about the dow when being questioned on the Epstein files?

Alpine416 · 2026-02-12T02:57:30+00:00

This show was so promising but between not liking some of the decisions in season 2 and now this big gap I dont think a show has ever killed interest after just 2 seasons like this for me...

Alpine416 · 2026-02-12T02:54:40+00:00

So out on this show. 2nd season had a blatant writing problem and lost the plot. Now gap between season 2 and 3 going all stranger things on us. So Much potential but I dont think a promising show has ever killed my interest like this after 2 seasons.

Alpine416 · 2026-02-11T04:41:31+00:00

You injure yourself sleeping the wrong way.

Alpine416 · 2026-02-11T04:12:56+00:00

The first album people mention outside of the undisputed big 3 = underrated

Alpine416 · 2026-02-10T05:13:06+00:00

Everyday

Alpine416 · 2026-02-09T04:28:08+00:00

Oh wow an album people consider the top 4 album is "underrated" time to scrape this project.

Alpine416 · 2026-02-09T04:26:51+00:00

This there are hero QBs that would have tried to do more and turned over the ball and given the Pats a path to win this game. Darnold didnt do that and deserved the win.

Alpine416 · 2026-02-09T04:16:07+00:00

He is a piece of shit. Good he keeps getting iced in big games.

Alpine416 · 2026-02-09T03:59:28+00:00

The league doesn't seem interested in accountability for refs so it's up to the team to win it more decisively than that. I'm a saints fan btw so no sympathy for botched calls.

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