You are wrong on most things, but you've outdone yourself here
[QUOTE=Tiny12;2972973]I don't disagree with anything Trump said. He has a valid point about Hillary Clinton and carried interest, which is the biggest loophole out there. She and Chuck Schumer were big defenders of carried interest, which greatly benefits New York fund managers. She only came around when she ran for president. And Schumer, while saying he wants to end carried interest, works behind the scenes to preserve it.
Back in 2016, Trump said you should vote for me, because I know how the swamp works, and I can drain it. He was referring to his dealings through the years with politicians. And with respect to the tax code, he had a point. The corporate tax cut engineered by Trump, Ryan and McConnell eliminated certain loopholes and lowered the tax rate. American companies for the first time were taxed on unrepatriated foreign income. Yes, initially the Treasury received less income. But counting additional employment taxes from higher wages and new jobs, long term the corporate cut will be a big winner for the Treasury.
Now that didn't really matter for Trump, because he has indeed been able to take advantage of loopholes like the $960 million carried forward tax loss that Anderson Cooper mentions at the start of the segment, that I explained below. However, Trump realizes a flatter tax with fewer loopholes is best for all. Which leads into the Marquesa's post.
SubComdr, Most penthouse dwelling Bernie Bros have figured out loopholes like Trump did to avoid paying high tax. However, instead of wanting to drain the swamp, they want to double down on it, presumably because they're getting some kind of government pork they want to preserve.
Bernie's tax plan, the brainchild of French socialists at the University of California at Berkeley, would jack the maximum individual federal rate up to 60+%. Capital gains would be taxed at 60%, even though the revenue-maximizing tax rate for capital gains is about 28%. In addition Sanders would impose an 8% PER YEAR wealth tax on multi billionaires. Please note that after 12 years, if not for reverse compound interest, Bernie would take away everything they own. If by chance they do end up with anything, their estates would pay a 65% death tax..[/QUOTE][URL]https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/01/02/sen-bernie-sanders-elon-musk-is-wrong-on-h-1b-middle-class-outsourcing/[/URL]
[URL]https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2024/12/30/elon-calms-down-musk-calls-for-major-reform-of-broken-h-1b-visa-system-despite-fiery-defense/[/URL]
Why won't the Oligarchy let Bernie near the nomination.
The same reason they Impeached Trump 2 x 93 felonies 2 attempted murders and he still is BACK.
[URL]https://jacobin.com/2020/02/bernie-sanders-won-iowa-caucus-democratic-party[/URL]
[URL]https://jacobin.com/2020/02/bernie-sanders-iowa-caucus-democratic-presidential-primary[/URL]
[URL]https://www.vox.com/2020/2/6/21126709/bernie-sanders-declares-victory-iowa-caucuses[/URL]
I'm guessing he may have beaten Trump honestly in 2020.
Positions aren't Accomplishments
[QUOTE=Tiny12;2972975]Ramaswamy is right. Or at least Americans should encourage their kids to develop the skills in math and other areas that will enable some to become top notch engineers and scientists. Musk's correct to the extent that the Republican Party should not brook politicians who are hateful, unrepentant racists, although there aren't many of those around in percentage terms.
There many positions of Republicans that you'd agree with if they'd been proposed by Democrats.[/QUOTE]I always vote for Dems and never for Repubs precisely because I much prefer the results of the Dems' Get Government Off Your Back, Cut Taxes, Create Jobs, Make America Great Again "positions" over the Great Repub Depressions, Great Repub Recessions, Massive Repub Jobs Destruction, Repubs Crawling Into Your Bed and Your Life results of those same pitched but never accomplished "positions".
Uh-huh. For the same reason you voted for Chase Oliver
[QUOTE=Tiny12;2973019][b]EihTooms for President[/b]
The Jacobin, hahahaha! That socialist rag's a mouthpiece for Venezuela and Cuba. Have you been to either one of those countries Marquesa? I have. You wouldn't want to live there. I'd vote for Tooms for president before I'd vote for you. You're welcome Tooms.[/QUOTE]You would vote for me only because you know I have as little chance of winning (since I would not be running) as Chase Oliver but that wasted vote for him / me would help Trump or any other Repub win.
Just as the votes for Oliver rather than for Harris in PA, MI and WI constituted roughly half the number of votes she needed to swing her way to defeat Trump. The remaining "winning" votes for Trump rather than Harris in those three decisive states could then easily have been generated by Bill Maher's weekly televised anti-Dem, pro Trump / Repub Campaign Rally over the previous four years.
That is, if the highly motivated and mobilized angry Muslim Community demo single-issue votes for Trump having nothing to do with the economy, inflation, immigration, trannies, pronouns or crime hadn't sailed into those polling places as the surprise Joker in the deck to save the day for Trump in those three decisive states. Which did all the lifting in the country to "give the presidency to Trump" without relying on those Chase Oliver and Bill Maher Weekly Trump / Repub Campaign Rally votes.
If you thought for 1 second a vote for me or MDS might have inadvertantly helped Harris or any other Dem get elected over Trump or any other Repub there is no way you would have done it.
Why Repubs do more lying? Is it just their Brand of Politics?
[QUOTE=EihTooms;2972024]First of all, if as in Carter's hand off to Reagan, had a Repub president ever in the history of the Repub Party finished his term handing an incoming Dem president No Great Depression, No Great Recession, No Recession, not even a mini one, One of the 2-3 Best Average Annual Jobs Creation records in 100 years, a months and months-long Declining Inflation Rate, a months and months-long Declining Unemployment Rate that had only spiked up to 7. 8% for a single month before making its months and months' long Decline, having established a rule providing American Workers with one of the easiest no-brainer means to save and invest tax-deferred to a more secure retirement, No Quagmire and Counterproductive Wars, a perfectly reasonable and manageable National Debt and Deficit and a Peaceful Transfer of Power, even the Democratic Party would be joining the typically pro Repub Mainstream Media in demanding that his likeness be chiseled into Mount Rushmore as The Greatest Republican President of All Time.
Of course, him being a Dem, MSM looks at that Carter record and says, "Meh. Nothing to see here, folks. Move along. Well, at least he spent the next 40 years building affordable housing for low income Americans. But, damn, he didn't even create one They're Eating the Cats, They're Eating the Dogs headline for us to sell"![/QUOTE]
To your point, the author, Bill Adair, wrote the book, [i]"Beyond the Big Lie - The Epidemic of Political Lying, Why Republicans do it more, and how it could burn down our democracy",[/i] was just lamenting the fact that with the death of former President Carter, also marks the death of a bygone era of honesty, decency and telling the truth.
[LIST][i]"Lying matters because it cripples our discourse. With such an imbalance of falsehoods, our political parties and elected officials are unable to have adult conversations about the critical issues of our time. Then can't agree on facts because one side denies the truth."[/i][/LIST]
[b]'Beyond the Big Lie' explores why Republicans lie more and the consequences lying has [/b]
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5A--SEelY0[/url]
Trump and MAGA are the poster child, for the rise and erosion of truth and value it plays in politics and holding our leaders accountable. (*ie. "The Big Lie"). This is something the U.S. President Jimmy Carter understood and held dear, that truth and that honesty matters.
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You would vote for ET because you are both part of the lunatic fringe
[QUOTE=Tiny12;2973019]The Jacobin, hahahaha! That socialist rag's a mouthpiece for Venezuela and Cuba. Have you been to either one of those countries Marquesa? I have. You wouldn't want to live there. I'd vote for Tooms for president before I'd vote for you. You're welcome Tooms.[/QUOTE]The horseshoe club at its worst!!
I represent the likes of the sane moderates the sane middle class the SANE MAJORITY voters that Voted for DJT in 2016 2020 and 2024.
I would love to put Bernie up against Chase "The Gun" anyday in a general election!
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Which of Trump's policies did you like and will you like the most?
[QUOTE=Tiny12;2973201]You're a smart guy but somewhat weak in math. If I wanted to help Trump or any other Republican win, I'd vote for the Republican. As long as the Republicans control the House and / or Senate, I honestly didn't care who won the presidential election. I'd go for Trump on policy, although I really don't like his tariffs. He's less likely to get us into a war than Harris, and his emphasis on deregulation is a big plus. Both of them were set to run big budget deficits, although maybe the Musk / Ramaswamy team will alleviate that somewhat. I can't however vote for someone who tried to steal an election.
Anyway, if there were only two choices, I'd definitely vote for you over Sanders, the Marquesa, Warren, Harris.[/QUOTE]See graphs below:
I think American cars had issues in the late 70's
[QUOTE=Xpartan;2973032]I know what you mean. I felt the same way about GM cars back in the 90's and yet I persevered. I lost my mechanic's phone number after I switched to Japanese vehicles. I wonder how he's doing nowadays.[/QUOTE]But they are comparable to most cars around the world, other than maybe some of the better German designed ones.
But any American that would willfully buy a car from the enemy rather than An American company needs to move out of the USA.
I am pro Buy American Pro American worker Pro Union.
If someone was dirt poor and chose to buy a Yugo Hyundai or Kia out of desperation I might give them a pass, an employee bought a Mitsubishi several years back and I didn't give them too much shit (just a little) because I drove past the plant that made it 100 miles outside Chicago 1000 x there are some American car makers that buy many parts from the CCP and have them assembled in Mexico etc.
Hopefully Our Lord and Savior will change that.
But anyone that deliberately buys foreign products over American is a traitor and should be shot for treason.
You know the guy that only buys Asian cars only buys Asian phones only uses Asian airlines etc.
He hates America but insists on living here, albeit California.
If someone is poor and must shop at Walmart or Amazon for their cheap plastic garbage from the CCP I understand and.
I'm hoping Our Lord and Savior ends that as well.
The Tariff God returns Jan 20 2025.
