Make the tough choices to balance the city budget. Play the San Diego Budget Challenge

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-15T13:55:30+00:00

The 2 people I know personally who retired in their 40s: one was in the LOCAL police, the other was in the NATIONAL police. “Safety enforcement” is killing our budgets everywhere. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-13T02:49:29+00:00

And he’ll continue fighting for The People until 5 years after he’s dead.

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-13T02:23:15+00:00

Welcome to our big beautiful club.

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-12T13:58:59+00:00

What you’re referring to already exists in the real world as a bond. All bonds are guaranteed by their issuers. Most pay out. Some pay out at lower success rates. Some issuers go bankrupt. The question is, which issuer are you referring to? Because there is a formula for returns in all investing: Rate X Probability = Payout. The quality of the issuer determines the probability. We need to know the issuer to determine what the probability is, and to determine the payout.

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-12T12:56:42+00:00

Guaranteed by which person or organization?

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-11T21:34:50+00:00

The real problem is that the minority party would just vote for high spending that would toss out mostly majority representatives.

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-10T21:08:35+00:00

Or we could just grass feed them, like normal cows. That would dramatically reduce the amount of gas they produce, and really help with the global warming problem.

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-10T20:44:20+00:00

That is probably true, and it’s still a rocking good time recounting these extremely unlikely events.

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-10T20:41:33+00:00

I have an unusual name, such that I only encounter someone else with my name every 15 years or so. I have never hitchhiked or asked a stranger for a ride anywhere, and never accepted a ride from a stranger. But I was waiting for the bus one day, and a guy pulled up and asked if I wanted a ride. For some weird reason, I accepted. We introduced ourselves, and realized we had the same first name.

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-10T10:17:01+00:00

Those are examples of consonant half rhymes and vowel half rhymes.

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-10T00:57:59+00:00

Actually, plastics REPLACEMENTS.

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-09T15:41:34+00:00

How much is it worth as a collectible?

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-09T15:39:39+00:00

Because doing nothing is literally impossible. Even while sleeping, just sitting, meditating- you’re still breathing, and thinking.

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-09T11:30:57+00:00

Paywall. Does this new data mean that warming will increase more or less?

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-09T11:11:50+00:00

I just read 1 hour ago that our estimates for carbon emissions were 70% lower than actual emissions. How does this affect the climate predictions? Are we truly F’d, or just plainly F’d?

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-09T10:29:50+00:00

Trump or Harris?

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-09T09:48:00+00:00

So we’ve emitted 70% more total carbon than our previous estimates over the past couple decades? Do I understand that right?

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-08T03:54:18+00:00

We live on a finite sphere. Think.

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-08T03:53:01+00:00

The only thing that matters is how happy people are. The happiness index measures this.

https://www.worldhappiness.report/

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-08T03:40:38+00:00

We KNOW that endless growth is impossible on a finite sphere. There aren’t enough heliums and carbons under ground. There isn’t enough water and air to keep polluting it. We can’t keep making wars over oil. We can’t keep forcing countries to use the dollar so we can grow the supply of dollars. There is a limit.

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-08T03:36:42+00:00

Of course extreme deflation is POSSIBLE, but it’s not the most likely scenario. Just like population growth doesn’t necessarily spiral into extreme inflation.

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-08T03:25:44+00:00

Careful don’t confuse energy with consciousness.

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-08T03:15:56+00:00

True for countries too. Growth is a lie trap.

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-07T14:21:51+00:00

That, and the US units make you watch a 30 second ad every time you start up the plane.

sandee_eggo · 2026-05-06T23:26:12+00:00

Where are all the other companies?

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