LongRider Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 12 minutes ago, Tywin et al. said: NP SF. In other news, is this Congressman the dumbest human being alive?: http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/gi-bill-benefits-new-fees-future-enlistees-house-lawmakers Wow! Pre-paying for GI Bill benefits? What a (piece of shit) guy. Next up, having the Vetrens Hospitals charge them more for pre-existing conditions. Conditions like that leg blown off by a IED. Sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 19 hours ago, Fragile Bird said: And some talking head they interviewed, some Republican, said that while Trump was cheering him on during the election, now that's he's president he 'recognizes the security risk'. TBF, he admitted the hypocrisy in it. Or at least I thought he did, assuming we watched the same segment. And he didn't seem entirely happy about the Trump campaign saying it was all fun and games as long as the political opponent is targeted on the campaign trail, and now it's no longer fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denstorebog Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 So! Trump has teased an announcement on Wednesday that'll have to do with tax reform and great, maybe the greatest ever, tax reductions for individuals and businesses. It will be financed by, among other things, "growth". I'm now taking bets on which preposterous financial acrobatics and clever phrases will be involved in defending this out-of-the-blue tax reform miracle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivin Posted April 21, 2017 Author Share Posted April 21, 2017 3 hours ago, Tywin et al. said: NP SF. In other news, is this Congressman the dumbest human being alive?: http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/gi-bill-benefits-new-fees-future-enlistees-house-lawmakers 3 hours ago, Nasty LongRider said: Wow! Pre-paying for GI Bill benefits? What a (piece of shit) guy. Next up, having the Vetrens Hospitals charge them more for pre-existing conditions. Conditions like that leg blown off by a IED. Sweet. Better yet, let's just privatize the VA and let a securities company handle the GI bill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 3 hours ago, Nasty LongRider said: Wow! Pre-paying for GI Bill benefits? What a (piece of shit) guy. Next up, having the Vetrens Hospitals charge them more for pre-existing conditions. Conditions like that leg blown off by a IED. Sweet. I'm all for trying to find cost savings that make sense. Our deficit is a joke. But this seems like about the worst way to try and pinch some pennies. 2 hours ago, denstorebog said: So! Trump has teased an announcement on Wednesday that'll have to do with tax reform and great, maybe the greatest ever, tax reductions for individuals and businesses. It will be financed by, among other things, "growth". Gotta love dynamic scoring. Seriously every forecast I've seen on the likely cuts has predicted a massive explosion in the federal deficit. Yay!!! Also, I'm getting the feeling that they're rushing this to try and claim a victory in the first 100 days, something Trump has largely failed at doing (Gorsuch being the one true victory). Here's an article that's a few months old that looked at likely time tables for tax reform: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/10/why-trumps-tax-reform-could-still-be-a-long-time-coming.html Most relevant quote: Quote Still, those hoping for tax reform will likely have to wait months, at least, for it to get done. Due to the congressional budget process and political realities, Trump may not sign tax policy into law until late this year or even next year, experts said. This could wind up being an absolute disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerenthaClone Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 22 minutes ago, Tywin et al. said: Also, I'm getting the feeling that they're rushing this to try and claim a victory in the first 100 days, something Trump has largely failed at doing (Gorsuch being the one true victory). Here's an article that's a few months old that looked at likely time tables for tax reform: Gorsuch wasn't even his; he was handed that opportunity by a sentient malevolent turtle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 The first thing The Gor Master did was kill a black man. One who was likely innocent. One who was convicted in a trial run by judge who was in a relationship with the prosecutor (they're now married), while the public defending attorney was drunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Truly funny. Apparently the Russian agent who was working to recruit Carter Page described him as "an idiot". And Carter Page, when asked about telling Russians in speeches that he attended meetings with Trump, said he meant "meetings" in the Russian sense, not in the English sense of the word: that he attended Trump political rallies. A reporter who worked in Russia confirmed on CNN that there is, indeed, a word in Russian, "meeting" that means, attend a rally. Who knew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinkerX Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 given that its Trump, I have to wonder if we might not end up with a budget catastrophe by accident over this: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-and-his-aides-take-hard-line-on-border-wall-as-threat-of-government-shutdown-looms/ar-BBAcM0n?ocid=msnclassic Many of the commenters are saying Trump really should get 'cash in advance' from Mexico to pay for the wall, if he wants it that badly. In a pair of tweets, Trump attacked Democrats for opposing the wall and insisted that Mexico would pay for it “at a later date,” despite his repeated campaign promises not including that qualifier. And top administration officials appeared on Sunday morning news shows to press for wall funding, including White House budget director Mick Mulvaney, who said Trump might refuse to sign a spending bill that does not include any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all swedes are racist Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 trump to circumvent effects of impending government shutdown by drafting executive order deputizing all federal employees as ICE agents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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