Comments by RonJax2 (page 21)

@puddy We agree on this: > Meanwhile, deficit spending is a known inflationary policy. But this sentence you wrote is blatant mischaracterization of what I wrote, and of the evidence I've provided: > You admit it yourself, above. IRA = deficit spending = inflation. The IRA, according the CBO link I provided, will result in a NET DECREASE in deficit spending of $90 BN. I'm trying to have this discussion in good faith, and to that end, I've provided evidence to back my claims and also asked repeatedly pressed you for evidence you can provide that Biden's policies were inflationary. And you haven't provided any evidence, just vibes, and the reductive insistence that because Biden was president when inflation peaked his policies were to blame. We might as well blame Trump for the pandemic, Bush for 9/11, and FDR for the attack on Pearl Harbor. Every sensible economist I've read points to multiple causes of inflation, which Biden had nothing to do with: the fact that the deficit was already high at the start of the pandemic due to the Trump's massive tax cuts. Trump's tariffs were inflationary. The massive pandemic recovery spending measures that were enacted under Trump were inflationary. Supply-chain issues due to the post-pandemic restart were a huge problem. (And yes, for sure, the war in Ukraine isn't helping inflation either, given that Ukraine was once one of the top agricultural exporters in the world, and food prices are a big part of the CPI.) The only people blaming Biden for high inflation are right wing media. If I want to consume right-wing disinformation, I don't need TUSCL for that, I could just go watch Fox News, OAN, or go on Facebook to see what my misinformed boomer relatives are posting about. Have the last word, I think if you are not going to provide any evidence to back your claims and you're going to mischaracterize the evidence I've presented, it's not worth my time to have the conversation.

> Y'all should stop fighting about politics on a strip club site, especially in the front room @blah, you’re right and cheers to vacant commercial properties becoming strip clubs

@sinclair, I honestly hadn't read that it was rising again, thanks for the point and the source. And RE: Gen X, you're right that was a typo and I meant Gen Z / Millennials. And I don't know what Gen Y is, is that after Gen Z? And thank you for the read on Gen Z and their economic prospects. Every generation THINKS they're going to be worse off than their parents. As a Gen Xer we were famous for our youthful cynicism, but things are mostly turning out well for my generation. I think there's no question, Gen Z has had a tougher go. Pandemic school, post-pandemic job market, and post-pandemic inflation are all challenges unlike what any previous generation faced, except maybe the Greatest Generation. The real question is in the long run Gen Z will be vindicated for their cynicism. I think they'll turn out to be better off than their parents, regardless their current vibes and the very real short-term impediments to their prosperity. The auto-catalytic nature of invention and the steady march of human progress are pretty powerful things and they always seem to win in the long run.

> We need to eliminate the deductions and loopholes that the wealthy and connected use to dodge taxes. Agreed on this point. > Inflation occurred under Biden and not Trump. Right, so we also agree on this. Just like I'm sure we would agree that pandemic happened under Trump. And I'm sure you'd agree that just because the pandemic happened on Trump's watch doesn't make it his fault. I think where we disagree is whose actions whose actions were more detrimental to inflation Trump, or Biden. > CBO scores are notoriously gamed, and inaccurate particularly as far as increased revenue collection OK, so if you don't like the evidence I've presented, present your own. You keep making the argument that Biden caused inflation, what evidence do you have for this claim?

> I have no interest in "high-end" clubs > Over the years, I have had fun times in Baltimore on "the Block", in Newport / Covington, KY, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. Yeah, then you should try Detroit, specifically west of the city near the airport. Read some reviews of Henry VIII and Bogart's. Further away from you, there's the Pompano Beach clubs, not in Miami but near Fort Lauderdale. There's some divier options in this area, just like in the DTW scene that might be what you're looking for, including the Porthole Pub.

Thanks for the review. > 3 for $100 and $250 for 30 minutes Did you also have to buy expensive drinks with these prices, like you would at Spearmint Rhino? And was there pressure to tip the VIP host(ess) and if so how much?

> If we want to make housing more affordable, actually build some over the objections of white progressive NIMBYs, right in their backyards. I agree with this, except for the attribution of NIMBYism to progressivism. There are plenty of right-wing NIMBYs too. In the liberal stronghold I live in, Republicans and right-wingers dominate the NIMBY scene in our local politics. NIMBYism is a scourge that taints both sides of the aisle. Regardless, there's no fucking question that the solution to housing prices is just to build more housing. It's simple and basic economics of supply and demand. > Talking about "inflation coming down" is deceptive. The damage has already been done and can't be reversed. "I put out part of the fire I set," well you're still an arsonist. I mean, you're right in the sense that inflation stabilizing doesn't mean prices go back to normal. Eggs, milk, gas, and lap dances still cost more in 2024 than they did in 2020. At the same time, I don't think we want prices to return to 2020 levels, because that would require deflation which is also dangerous economically. Regardless, it's still inaccurate to say inflation continues to climb. The fact is that it has stabilized to just above the 2% rate that the fed targets. > Biden himself says interest rate cuts were "delayed by a month" but who believes that economically illiterate dumbass on anything? Smarter people are talking about rate INCREASES now. I don't know what you're referring to when you say Biden delayed rate cuts, but the simple fact is: it wasn't his decision. The fed, by design, operates independently from the White House, and it's currently run by a Trump appointee, Jerome Powell. If you want to criticize someone for failing to act sooner, you should be criticizing Powell, not Biden. The biggest lever the president has to pull regarding inflation is spending. Debts and deficits are inflationary, full stop. Presidents who sign budgets into law that increase our debt contribute to future inflation, full stop. > Biden's hand over fist spending, particularly on green nonsense with no demonstrable ROI, is correlated. I think you're referring here to the "Inflation Reduction Act", one of Biden's two major legislative victories. (The other being the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill.) The Inflation Reduction Act was passed in the house as the "Build Back Better Act" and also incorporated elements of the "Green New Deal", so I think this is what you mean when you say "green nonsense with no demonstrable ROI". I think reasonable people can disagree about the merits of the IRA, however, I don't know why any informed person would claim this bill is inflationary. The CBO score for this bill projects that it will result in a "net decrease in the deficit totaling $90 billion over the 2022-2031 period." https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58366 In contrast, Trump's signature legislative victory was the Tax Cut and Jobs Act, which added between $1-2 trillion to the federal deficit. https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/how-did-tcja-affect-federal-budget-outlook But... maybe I'm missing something or I'm misinformed. When you refer to Biden's "hand over fist spending", what, specifically, are you talking about?

For those of you insisting that Gen X / Millennials will be the first generations to be poor than their parents, I'm highly skeptical. I would love to see a scholarly citation or two that supports this claim. Beyond that there's a lot of other disinformation in this thread right now. Inflation does not "continue to climb", in fact, it's been steady this year after peaking in 2022. https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/inflation-cpi And @twentyfive is right that interest rates are not historically high, and in fact they were probably too low for too long, which may have contributed to recent inflation. We've basically had near-zero interest rates since the start of the great recession, I think that's economically unhealthy, especially in conjunction with the federal deficit exploding under Trump's watch during the pandemic in 2020, and probably was the biggest contributor to inflation. https://bipartisanpolicy.org/report/deficit-tracker/ We need to get the government out of the business of handing out money to banks, even if it means people will pay more for a home.

Also @azdd, this sounds amazing: > Private chartered monger cruise in the Caribbean. But I'm guessing that it would break your budget, unless you had a few buddies who also had $20k to blow on such an excursion.

I would think the problem of cash and the $10k limit would be easily solved with ATMs, or maybe even a traveller's check, which I think is still a thing. I'm surprised at how many people are picking FKKs here. I have never been to one, I guess I need to check one out sometime. I'm also curious about mongering in Madrid and Barcelona which have both been mentioned here. Not a lot of reviews for clubs in these cities on TUSCL - for those who have been, can you elaborate on what the scene is like in Spain?

@tdr01, I just sent you a DM. I don't want to gossip too much about Alita in public because she's a young lady with a real profession to protect these days. Other mongers, feel free to DM me if you are also interested in details on my OTC session with Alita.

> SLC As in Salt Like City? OK, say more. I would expect the scene in this Mormon stronghold to be incredibly tame, what am I missing?

> Can I take any recording equipment to the room in Cascadas? Nope. Anytime you enter the hotel, including on checkin, they will pat you down, search your bags, and have you walk through the magnetometer. If they find camera equipment, they will confiscate it for the duration of your stay and return it when you check out. You'll have to either make due with your phone or go somewhere else. > Secondly do they need a credit card for reservations/checkin? You can make a reservation on their website without a credit card (no payment required at all), and you can definitely pay cash for the room. However, I'm 90% certain that even if you pay cash, they will still require an ID on checkin. So if you're trying to use cash to stay anonymous that probably won't work, but if you're just trying to avoid a paper trail on your bank statement, that's totally possible.

I've never been to Pattaya, but I would consider going with this sum, I'd just be worried about spending it all there in time, might be tough, as cheap as I hear Pattaya is. So the other place I would consider is Tijuana. I'd book a double suite and have a few "normal" days there, then for the final weekend of the week, I'd rent the suites pool at Rizo de Oro ($1600/night), and I'd have a huge bacchanalian party in the suite with lots of chicas. I'd imagine you could rack up a tab of $10k a day on that suite, plus arriba fees if you wanted it packed full of chicas, so $20k would probably only be enough for one night or two of this dream.

Thanks for the advice everyone. Sounds like I'm probably overthinking this concern about hotel management and I should just pick a hotel based on comfort and location if planning for OTC.

So, an important but tangential question for those who have experienced both clubs: how does the experience and talent at SR compare to PH? I have a trip to Vegas coming up, was planning on hitting up the Rhino. Unironically this piece of news got me wondering if we should try out Peppermint Hippo instead, which is probably exactly the kind of publicity PH wants out of this lawsuit, and exactly why it was a stupid decision for SR to bring it.

Well said @Muddy. If your job were to be a buyer for a major corporation, you would expect that hearing "no" would be part of the game. If every supplier/vendor said yes to every deal you offered, that would be an indication that you're paying too much. You're in the ballpark for the right prices on things if you sometimes hear yes and sometimes no.

That club Tango looks excellent @shadowcat. Too bad it's never been reviewed here! I find that in general (with Tijuana being the big exception), the Caribbean and Central America are really underrepresented here on TUSCL and it would be awesome to see more info about these spots. We need an @PutaTester but for the DR, PR and CR

Good to read a review of this popular club from a non-regular.

First time I've watched a women's game end-to-end. I'm pretty impressed, it was entertaining. It looked like Clark was going to run away with it in the first quarter but SC managed to shut her down.

This guy definitely isn't the first Incel terrorist. There was one guy who shot up a bunch of AMPs in Atlanta 2021: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Atlanta_spa_shootings. There are others that come to mind.

I won't be there then, but just wanted to say, I'm terrible jealous. A monger's first trip to TJ is a sacred rite of passage. Be prepared to have US clubs permanently ruined for you, lol. Please do submit some reports so the rest of us can live vicariously. You might want to check the other threads in the TJ Monger's forum. I think I saw that @TJVistor23 posted a thread about being there during your dates.

High volume music at the club is a mixed bag for me. It does add energy to the club and make the stage performances better. It also makes conversation a challenge. Personally, I like learning about new music. My last trip to TJ, I made a point about asking about the reggaeton artists they were playing in the Miami Room of HK. Over the weekend, I built up a playlist of hits by popular reggaeton artists, which I would then use during arribas, and the chicas fucking loved it. New music is also a good topic for discussion in the club with dancers. Who is this artist? Do you like them? What are they about? I think the best situation is when the DJ plays a mix of older pop and rock (that patrons like me know and love) and also newer stuff that the dancers like. Landing Strip in Detroit does a good job with this, so does the main room at Hong Kong. And I agree with @captainfun, probably one of my fav DJs at any strip club is the guy at Chicago Club, they just keep blasting the classic rock there!

Hey @jackslash, it was an awesome hang. Bummer you didn't find a lady to take downstairs, but I get it after coming back from your victorious march on Pattaya. It was good meeting you!

@johntrickin, the OP of this post has no reviews and this is their only discussion. So I think people are rightfully skeptical of the post, it's not a stretch to think that Uncle Leo might post a thread like this to fish for places to investigate.