(06-14-2019 09:24 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(06-14-2019 07:54 AM)Rice93 Wrote:  

(06-14-2019 01:01 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  [quote='Rice93' pid='16145298' dateline='1560482823']
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Getting tired of you telling me to not believe my lying eyes. I was here last June, I am here now. I see the difference. Maybe next year, when you have the June 2019 stats, you will too. Why the difference? Maybe more cash. Maybe global warming. Maybe mass delusion. You tell me why. You have the advantage of being 2,000 miles away and using last year’s data.

*sigh* I never said there isn't an uptick of visitors to Las Vegas in June, 2019. I would have no basis to take that position. Maybe there will be 5,000,000 visitors this month. Maybe it will be consistent with previous years. I am just saying that there is no evidence that I could find that suggests that Trump's booming economy has led to more people taking their extra money to Las Vegas when you compare it to 2016 (which is what you suggested in your original post).

Quote:So what are YOU doing with your extra disposable income? Spending it or saving it?

Increasing 529 contributions.

Some people use their gains to fund 529s. I am using my gains to help fund maintaining my invalid sister. Others may buy a car. Others may take a vacation to Vegas. Others may use it to fulfill a lifelong dream of playing in the World Series. Is this such a leap? *sigh*

Agree. But I'm really not the population that deserves the tax break IMO. I'll take it for my kids' 529 (probably if I was a more principled person I'd send the entirety of it to charity). My receiving a tax windfall doesn't help the issue of income inequality.

If people were travelling to Las Vegas more frequently because they had more money in their pocket compared to 2016 then the visitor numbers should reflect that. It's pretty simple.