(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.

Isn't that rather selfish? Certainly would be better for society if you contribute that extra income to the IRS for the public good, rather than hoarding it for your own family's private gain. After all, you stated that you're not the kind of person who "deserves" extra income in the first place, so why are you hoarding it? And of course, hoping to convey the benefit of one's wealth to one's children is arguably the most deplorable sentiment of all.

The more we learn, the more it seems that you may not really be a "progressive" after all -- at most, one of their useful innocents.