FogBlueInSanFran
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Maybe not a bullseye, but it's a double 20.
President Trump
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Agree with your point on not getting messy.
As for those organizations you speak of, who are in those organizations? Are they made up of special people? How do we know they are special? Why should they decide? Even if in fact they are special.
ChicagoBlue
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There a “pillars of society” and basic tenets of life in the USA that, as feared, seem to have been put at risk.
Most of those tenets are broad ideas that serve the people, yet have been made into polarizing issues.
America has succumbed to Corporatism, and Trump is not only lauding it, but highlighting it, by parading the oligarchs he says are the best people in the world to lead America back to being great again.
His last tax cuts added trillions of dollars to the national debt, and are set to expire. Of course, as with the Bush cuts previously, this is now being touted as “the biggest tax INCREASE in history” if it is allowed to expire…as intended when the law was written and agreed to be a slim majority.
Once again, Republicans fleeced Democrats on taxes, because Americans hate them and nobody can be seen to be in favor of them…even though they pay for the livelihoods of about half the country (WAG).
America is a semi-socialist state that loves to declare itself the free-market capital of the world. Well, that works for the sliver at the top, most of whom don’t work for a wage and whose generational wealth and use of a warped tax code has insulated them from anything “the average American” has to endure.
In many respects, the “simplification” of the tax code for ordinary Americans was a good thing. However, the cost of that change was to leave all the “rich guy” tax breaks for which accountants and multiple schedules are needed, while removing the deductions that many, many millions of Americans relied to save them a few bucks on their taxes.
Americans, in general, have a problem with taxes because we have been conditioned to believe the vast majority of the money goes to waste, fraud, abuse and lazy fuckers who need to work harder for a living instead of living off the government! Sure, there’s some of that, as everywhere, but that’s just part of the FUD program that is ever present around government spending.
I’m a regular old wage earner with a good income but without any real deductions. I don’t own a business and in my 60’s I’m an aggressive saver for my impending retirement (as required by law). I pay an OBSCENE amount of FEDERAL taxes because I don’t have all these corporate shells and can’t leverage the underlying tax breaks in the code, most of which are lobbied for by the mega-rich and big business.
In addition, I pay an exorbitant amount of State Income taxes, in addition to exorbitant property taxes on my relatively modest home. The funny thing is, it is often the ultra-rich that quietly insert all their tax breaks into the tax code, while it is those that ACTUALLY LIVE OFF THE GOVT TEAT that complain about Govt, taxes, and spongers!! They all claim to want “Govt out of my business!” when, in fact, without Govt in their business, they’d often be destitute and on the streets!
America, it is sad to say, has a massive population of people who feel like they’re “rugged individualists,” who don’t need the government and distrust it with a passion, because they think it somehow wants to
Impinge on their freedumb. What they fail to recognize is that government is often the only thing keeping their head above water…with my income taxes!!
It a funny old place, but with Trump as the Head Barker, the carnival just keeps on rolling. One thing the right wing is brilliant at is highlighting an issue and convincing you of your position on it, so they can forward their own agenda, even when it is counter to your own interests. Fucking masters at it!!!
They make proclamations that are completely false, but stick to the narrative like a lion with a gazelle! These then become “facts” because they’re repeated so often they must be right! Trump’s probably the first President who couldn’t care less what the real truth was, because the truth was what he said it was to millions and millions of his flock!
Trump literally signed the last tax cuts, walked into Mar-A-Lago and told the millionaires and billionaires assembled that he had just saved them more money than they could ever imagine…while touting the tax cuts as a great thing for the poor guy in Appalachia who probably saved $50, if he was lucky!
You see, American politics has stopped being about what is true, or what is “right,” and has become what you can get away with and still make people believe they won…all wrapped up in a big patriotic flag to make you think it’s all about “America!”
Reagan started it in the modern era with the shining city on the hill and Republicans have run with the “We love America!” and “We are the patriots” tropes ever since!
Democrats are just trying to social engineer you into believing things that are woke and that the Bible thinks are evil, whereas Republicans have a deep seated, unbreakable love of God and country that cannot, and will not, ever be allowed to be overcome by the socialists who want to control you, your money, your guns, and remove Christianity from the face of the earth!
And here we are…wagging the dog.
Most of those tenets are broad ideas that serve the people, yet have been made into polarizing issues.
America has succumbed to Corporatism, and Trump is not only lauding it, but highlighting it, by parading the oligarchs he says are the best people in the world to lead America back to being great again.
His last tax cuts added trillions of dollars to the national debt, and are set to expire. Of course, as with the Bush cuts previously, this is now being touted as “the biggest tax INCREASE in history” if it is allowed to expire…as intended when the law was written and agreed to be a slim majority.
Once again, Republicans fleeced Democrats on taxes, because Americans hate them and nobody can be seen to be in favor of them…even though they pay for the livelihoods of about half the country (WAG).
America is a semi-socialist state that loves to declare itself the free-market capital of the world. Well, that works for the sliver at the top, most of whom don’t work for a wage and whose generational wealth and use of a warped tax code has insulated them from anything “the average American” has to endure.
In many respects, the “simplification” of the tax code for ordinary Americans was a good thing. However, the cost of that change was to leave all the “rich guy” tax breaks for which accountants and multiple schedules are needed, while removing the deductions that many, many millions of Americans relied to save them a few bucks on their taxes.
Americans, in general, have a problem with taxes because we have been conditioned to believe the vast majority of the money goes to waste, fraud, abuse and lazy fuckers who need to work harder for a living instead of living off the government! Sure, there’s some of that, as everywhere, but that’s just part of the FUD program that is ever present around government spending.
I’m a regular old wage earner with a good income but without any real deductions. I don’t own a business and in my 60’s I’m an aggressive saver for my impending retirement (as required by law). I pay an OBSCENE amount of FEDERAL taxes because I don’t have all these corporate shells and can’t leverage the underlying tax breaks in the code, most of which are lobbied for by the mega-rich and big business.
In addition, I pay an exorbitant amount of State Income taxes, in addition to exorbitant property taxes on my relatively modest home. The funny thing is, it is often the ultra-rich that quietly insert all their tax breaks into the tax code, while it is those that ACTUALLY LIVE OFF THE GOVT TEAT that complain about Govt, taxes, and spongers!! They all claim to want “Govt out of my business!” when, in fact, without Govt in their business, they’d often be destitute and on the streets!
America, it is sad to say, has a massive population of people who feel like they’re “rugged individualists,” who don’t need the government and distrust it with a passion, because they think it somehow wants to
Impinge on their freedumb. What they fail to recognize is that government is often the only thing keeping their head above water…with my income taxes!!
It a funny old place, but with Trump as the Head Barker, the carnival just keeps on rolling. One thing the right wing is brilliant at is highlighting an issue and convincing you of your position on it, so they can forward their own agenda, even when it is counter to your own interests. Fucking masters at it!!!
They make proclamations that are completely false, but stick to the narrative like a lion with a gazelle! These then become “facts” because they’re repeated so often they must be right! Trump’s probably the first President who couldn’t care less what the real truth was, because the truth was what he said it was to millions and millions of his flock!
Trump literally signed the last tax cuts, walked into Mar-A-Lago and told the millionaires and billionaires assembled that he had just saved them more money than they could ever imagine…while touting the tax cuts as a great thing for the poor guy in Appalachia who probably saved $50, if he was lucky!
You see, American politics has stopped being about what is true, or what is “right,” and has become what you can get away with and still make people believe they won…all wrapped up in a big patriotic flag to make you think it’s all about “America!”
Reagan started it in the modern era with the shining city on the hill and Republicans have run with the “We love America!” and “We are the patriots” tropes ever since!
Democrats are just trying to social engineer you into believing things that are woke and that the Bible thinks are evil, whereas Republicans have a deep seated, unbreakable love of God and country that cannot, and will not, ever be allowed to be overcome by the socialists who want to control you, your money, your guns, and remove Christianity from the face of the earth!
And here we are…wagging the dog.
ChicagoBlue
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Yeah, that and a healthy dose of fraud and other sundry lawbreaking and corruption.
Now you've resorted to attacking me coz your bishop views immigrants as servants.
See what she made you do? That's why she is an idiot :) You on the other hand, are jist a victim of having to defend an idiot :)
BlueHammer85
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ahh, i love irony.
Me too
They will solve the inconvenience of having to get two thirds of Congress on their side with threats, bullying, intimidation and finally violence.
Trump has already lined up his extra parliamentary army to do this: the Proud Boys and the rest of those pardoned and released. He can order them to create mayhem thanks to his immunity.
When asked yesterday if the Proud Boys had a political role to play he said:
“We’ll have to wait and see.”
The threats and intimidation have already started, the bishop has received over 1000 death threats. The next step is to besiege her home. Trump has given the signal.
Buckle up, the age of political violence is upon the USA.
Elbow beards
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Sorry who's castrated who and when? cos as far as I'm aware the Anglican church hasn't ever done that.
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ChicagoBlue
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Is it just me or does it look like Barron has the look of someone who is going to be an even bigger **** than Don Jr or Eric, albeit much slyer and devious?! He certainly had the look of a smug **** with a deliciously punchable face when his Dad was lauding him for being his Crypto expert and making them all this meme token money (which is really a Chinese backdoor into filling Trump’s pockets).
The smirk and the “royal” wave was consummate Patrick Bateman!
The smirk and the “royal” wave was consummate Patrick Bateman!
You cure covid by drinking bleach and sticking a torch up your arse.
America has the cleanest coal because we wash it.
Foreign govs pay the tariff.
Wind turbines send whales mad.
The noise from Wind turbines causes cancer.
I know more about interest rates than the Fed.
Climate change is a hoax.
Everybody should take hydroxychloroquine to protect themselves from covid.
America won the war of independence by taking control of the airports.
We should drop a nuclear bomb on hurricanes.
You can add your own gems to his wisdom.
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Definitely a coincidence Elon Musk made an awkward gesture twice - identical to the nazi salute
www.forbes.com
www.theguardian.com
Elon's Racist Apartheid Past
I’m disturbed that Elon Musk has been given, basically, a free pass regarding his racist apartheid upbringing. I was reminded of this while reading Walter Isaacson’s biography of Musk last night. The main reason I got the book was to find out about how...
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Who Is Tommy Robinson? Elon Musk Champions Far-Right UK Activist—And Splits With Farage
Musk has cut ties with far-right British politician Nigel Farage as he champions divisive activist Tommy Robinson.
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Musk interviews German far-right frontwoman Alice Weidel
The world's richest man takes his endorsement of Germany's far-right party to a new level.
www.bbc.co.uk
EU asks X for internal documents about algorithms as it steps up investigation
Musk’s company has been accused of manipulating systems to give far-right posts and politicians greater visibility
www.theguardian.com
gordondaviesmoustache
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Deffo psychopath.
gordondaviesmoustache
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Just because he’s insane doesn’t mean he’s thick.
gordondaviesmoustache
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Just because he’s a **** doesn’t mean he’s thick.
ChicagoBlue
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I never mentioned the word “thick.” ???
And vice versa?
gordondaviesmoustache
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I know mate, wasn’t directly aimed at you (although realise it might have looked that way!)
gordondaviesmoustache
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I guess so!
Trevor Morley's Tache
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The amendment is carefully worded so it only applies to a candidate who's second term was non-consecutive which precludes Obama, as he served 2 consecutive terms.
Trump is shit scared of Obama.