I have just got to vent here

[Kencee1953]

Do you think those audit rate percentages just might change with 87,000 ADDITIONAL IRS agents?

It sure won't speed up the refund process! 8 months to get mine and was dinged some more for an error! Gotta love it!

 

[Retired Chuck]

MY point EXACTLY !!!

This is the greatest country in the world but our government is out of control!!

 

[DustyRusty]

This is the greatest country in the world but our government is out of control!!

I am sorry sir, but you have to have at least 5 posts before you are allowed to make truthful comments on the forums. We now return you to our regular broadcast BS.

 

[motionclone]

This is the greatest country in the world but our government is out of control!!

Cant talk about these things on the internet. 3 letter mafia will have the mods delete you

 

[sheepfarmer]

On a cheerier note regular gas was down to 2.87 a gallon and diesel 4.99 a couple days ago. I

 

[motionclone]

On a cheerier note regular gas was down to 2.87 a gallon and diesel 4.99 a couple days ago. I

Yeah because we are heading into a recession

 

[lynnmor]

PA will be adding to the highest tax in the nation on Jan 1, 4 cents more on gas and 8 cents more on diesel.

 

[dirtydeed]

PA will be adding to the highest tax in the nation on Jan 1, 4 cents more on gas and 8 cents more on diesel.

On top of the $0.59/gal that we already are fortunate enough to pay! GO PA!

 

[Drifthopper]

$11.01 for a Wendy's double meal.

$4.29 for a dozen eggs at Aldi's yesterday here in Western New york.

 

[Flintknapper]

Yeah because we are heading into a recession

China (Worlds largest oil importer) is on Covid Lockdown to a large degree right now. Enough so...that demand there (less) has had an effect on the global market, driving prices down.

Recession will have some effect here too.

Or we could just Credit 'Putin' with the price drop since according to Biden....it was Putin that drove it up to begin with, right?

 

[DustyRusty]

Heard today on the news that the US is going to be sending millions of dollars to China, but I only caught the tail end of the report, so I don't know what it is for. Thanks to Google, I found the answer... https://www.energy.senate.gov/2022/...0-million-grant-to-company-with-ties-to-china

 

[Biker1mike]

Heard today on the news that the US is going to be sending millions of dollars to China, but I only caught the tail end of the report, so I don't know what it is for. Thanks to Google, I found the answer... https://www.energy.senate.gov/2022/...0-million-grant-to-company-with-ties-to-china

Actually, it is an American company with facilities in China and Germany as well as the US. Should be interesting on how they handle this one.


Microvast
Energy storage company



microvast.com

Microvast Holdings, Inc. is a battery manufacturer founded in 2006 and headquartered in Stafford, Texas, that makes lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage systems. It operates manufacturing bases in the United States, China, and Germany. Wikipedia
Stock price: MVST (NASDAQ) $1.58 -0.02 (-1.25%)
Dec 20, 4:00 PM EST - Disclaimer
Headquarters: Stafford, TX
Founded: 2006
Subsidiaries: Microvast, Inc., Microvast Power Systems (Huzhou) Co., Ltd.
CFO: Craig Webster
Revenue: 152 million USD (2021)
Ceo: Yang Wu microvast.com

 

[DustyRusty]

Dear Secretary Granholm,

I write to you with grave concerns as the Department of Energy (DOE) continues to operate in a manner that undermines and endangers our national security. In addition to the misuse of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and security issues that have brought widespread condemnation upon the Department, DOE has awarded $200 million to Microvast, a lithium battery company that operates primarily out of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

Microvast’s close relationship with China is no secret. A recent prospectus issued by the company states, “Our operations are subject to extensive PRC government regulation…We could become subject to regulations issued by the [Cyberspace Administration of China] and requirements of the PRC’s Cyber Security Law or Data Security Law.” Even in the midst of the PRC siphoning hundreds of billions of dollars in research and development (R&D) from the United States each year, Microvast stated in recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings that it will “…plan to continue leveraging [its] knowledge base in the PRC and to continue expanding [its] R&D efforts there as well.”

Additionally, before Microvast received its grant from DOE, it was listed by the SEC in May of 2022 as a company not in compliance with the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (HFCAA). This law is intended to prevent companies that employ China-based auditors, as does Microvast, from obscuring their financial records from U.S. regulators.

I remind you that the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was ostensibly intended to develop robust domestic manufacturing bases and supply chains free from the predations of the PRC. DOE distributing $200 million in taxpayer funds to a company joined at the hip with China is demonstrably antithetical to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s intent. It is clear DOE’s actions directly undermine the United States’ position in its race against China for technological supremacy.

I ask that you answer the following questions no later than December 21, 2022.

 

[fried1765]

$4.29 for a dozen eggs at Aldi's yesterday here in Western New york.

You think that is bad?
$5.99 yesterday, for one dozen large eggs at Publix in Bradenton, FL...= .50 cents per egg!

 

[fried1765]

DustyRusty:
GOOD LUCK WITH RECEIVING A MEANINGFUL RESPONSE.......OR AS A MATTER OF FACT......
ANY RESPONSE....EVER!

 

[DustyRusty]

You think that is bad?
$5.99 yesterday, for one dozen large eggs at Publix in Bradenton, FL...= .50 cents per egg!

$3.00 a dozen at my neighbor's. Free if I get to them before he pulls them from the chicken coop.

 

[fried1765]

$3.00 a dozen at my neighbor's. Free if I get to them before he pulls them from the chicken coop.

Free also from my daughter-in-law, and she will bring them to me, when she can.
1,700 miles away now though, so Publix it must be!

 

[jimh406]

Free also from my daughter-in-law, and she will bring them to me, when she can.
1,700 miles away now though, so Publix it must be!

We are getting 4-6 chicken eggs and 2 duck eggs almost every day. They aren't "free" though. . We have to feed them. They convert that food to eggs.

Diesel is still pretty high, and even gasoline is more than it was in fall of 2020/early 2021.

 

[Flintknapper]

Diesel is still pretty high, and even gasoline is more than it was in fall of 2020/early 2021.

^^^^^

A gallon of gas was less than a bag of ice in my area at that time period.

 

[motionclone]

Yeah but what does any of that have to do with a rogue faction of government colluding with all of media to control the flow of information to the populous