U.S. Politics: Alabama Jones and the Template of Doom

[Mexal]

In other news, this might actually be a legitimate scandal. DOJ spokesperson said they consulted the IG about the release of the FBI text messages. The IG says they didn't.

 

[The Anti-Targ]

1 hour ago, Inigima said:

I know that those of us who follow politics know this, but I really don't think people realize that the estate tax does not touch estates under $5 million.

It's because of Americans' excessive optimism. Only 0.2% of families are actually affected by this tax, but 20 or 30% of people expect that they will reach that level of wealth in their lifetime, or their kids will get there. So their opinion on the estate tax is based on unreasonably optimistic future expectations. But because they have this really optimistic view about their future wealth, their opposition to the estate tax is actually pretty rational, albeit in a rather selfish way.

[LongRider]

 

Dear (Not a Judge) Roy Moore,

We gotta  talk.  Don't be grifting the people of Alamaba, you lost fair and square.  Take some of your own damn money and get some good riding lessons.  Seriously, you're not only out of balance in the saddle but rein lame as well.  Do the people of Alabama a favor and don't embarrass them any further.  

Hugs to Sassy,

N LR

[drawkcabi]

8 minutes ago, Nasty LongRider said:

 

Dear (Not a Judge) Roy Moore,

We gotta  talk.  Don't be grifting the people of Alamaba, you lost fair and square.  Take some of your own damn money and get some good riding lessons.  Seriously, you're not only out of balance in the saddle but rein lame as well.  Do the people of Alabama a favor and don't embarrass them any further.  

Hugs to Sassy,

N LR

 

He feels he's owed that Senate seat.

Culture of entitlement.  

[LongRider]

14 minutes ago, drawkcabi said:

 

He feels he's owed that Senate seat.

Culture of entitlement.  

Yes, because of that sense of entitlement, voter fraud must of happened, he couldn't have lost on his own, uh, merits.  The dumbfux of Alabama and online dumbfux will be happy to throw him cash.  Guess he learned a lot from watching Sarah Palin rake in the cash after losing the '08 election.  

[Mexal]

Very Orwellian.

 

[Zorral]

1 hour ago, Nasty LongRider said:

 

Dear (Not a Judge) Roy Moore,

We gotta  talk.  Don't be grifting the people of Alamaba, you lost fair and square.  Take some of your own damn money and get some good riding lessons.  Seriously, you're not only out of balance in the saddle but rein lame as well.  Do the people of Alabama a favor and don't embarrass them any further.  

Hugs to Sassy,

N LR

This is where the overt constitutional crisis comes.

He gets put in because of 'election fraud' -- we'd better be in the streets, you all.

[Mexal]

#draintheswamp. They added a last minute provision that wasn’t in either bill and guess who it benefits?

 

[KingintheNorth4]

2 hours ago, Nasty LongRider said:

 

Dear (Not a Judge) Roy Moore,

We gotta  talk.  Don't be grifting the people of Alamaba, you lost fair and square.  Take some of your own damn money and get some good riding lessons.  Seriously, you're not only out of balance in the saddle but rein lame as well.  Do the people of Alabama a favor and don't embarrass them any further.  

Hugs to Sassy,

N LR

Fuck Roy Moore and the horse he literally rode in on.

[TrueMetis]

38 minutes ago, KingintheNorth4 said:

Fuck Roy Moore and the horse he literally rode in on.

Hey don't blame the horse, it very clearly wanted nothing to do with him.

[LongRider]

1 hour ago, TrueMetis said:

Hey don't blame the horse, it very clearly wanted nothing to do with him.

Fuck Roy Moore but not the horse he jerked around. 

[Darth Richard II]

Haha Moore still won't concede and I'm loving it.

[Which Tyler]

8 hours ago, Mexal said:

Very Orwellian.

 

Who knew healthcare could be so complicated?

I have a solution - let's remove evidence and science from the equations, and base policy on pure instinct instead!

[Inigima]

10 hours ago, The Anti-Targ said:

It's because of Americans' excessive optimism. Only 0.2% of families are actually affected by this tax, but 20 or 30% of people expect that they will reach that level of wealth in their lifetime, or their kids will get there. So their opinion on the estate tax is based on unreasonably optimistic future expectations. But because they have this really optimistic view about their future wealth, their opposition to the estate tax is actually pretty rational, albeit in a rather selfish way.

I've heard this, especially because of the famous Steinbeck quote, but I think the truth here is simpler. They just do not know what the estate tax covers.

[Fragile Bird]

So...the passage of the tax bill was just steaming along right on schedule, all those duckies lined up in a row, when somebody finally really read it and noticed the math was off by a trillion dollars.

How quickly can the Republicans cut Medicare so they eliminate that wee little problem? Billionaires need their tax cuts!

[Paladin of Ice]

11 hours ago, Mexal said:

Very Orwellian.

 

As someone going into the medical field, there are no words for how much this infuriates me. The Christian Taliban in this country needs a kick in the ass so hard they will still be afraid to come out of their cave and try this shit 100 years from now.

[LongRider]

Wut!?

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The new provision was not in the bill passed by the House or the Senate. Instead, it was inserted into the final bill during reconciliation negotiations between Republicans from both chambers. The provision, said experts, would offer a special tax cut to LLCs with few employees and large amounts of depreciable property assets, namely buildings: rent generating apartment and office buildings.  “This helps people who have held property for awhile, like Donald Trump,” David Kamin, an New York University law professor who served as a special assistant to the president for economic policy  in the Obama administration, told IBT. “If you’ve got an LLC that’s a trade or business with a bunch of real estate holdings and few employees, think you’re now golden. You get the deduction.” 

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IBT previously reported that 13 GOP lawmakers directly sculpting the bill —including U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan — have between $36 million and $163 million worth of ownership stakes in real estate-related LLCs. Those entities generated between $2.6 million and $16 million in “pass through” income and could benefit from the new provision.

Sen. Bob Corker, who was considered a potential “no” vote on the bill, abruptly switched his position upon the release of the final legislation. Federal records reviewed by IBT show that Corker has millions of dollars of ownership stakes in real-estate related LLCs that could also benefit.

Go ahead and vote them out, they'll have the softest of landings provided by the golden-est of parachutes.   MAGA!

[Zorral]

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Our response in the minutes and hours following a power grab will dictate what happens next, and whether Congress—the only body with the constitutional power and obligation to rein Trump in from his rampage—will do anything to stand up to him. 

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[Zorral]

The Simpsons -- T****, the mayor of San Juan and Mueller meet -- this is the third time the mayor of San Juan has been featured in the Simpsons this season:

https://twitter.com/TheSimpsons/status/941367856070979584

 

[Ser Scot A Ellison]

17 hours ago, Nasty LongRider said:

 

Dear (Not a Judge) Roy Moore,

We gotta  talk.  Don't be grifting the people of Alamaba, you lost fair and square.  Take some of your own damn money and get some good riding lessons.  Seriously, you're not only out of balance in the saddle but rein lame as well.  Do the people of Alabama a favor and don't embarrass them any further.  

Hugs to Sassy,

N LR

Word.