posted by iclfan2

Holding Billionaires accountable… by looking at accounts with $600 transactions. This isn’t even close to the worst thing in the bill, hopefully it just dies. 

Don't forget restoring the SALT deduction! 

But I really can't see the "legislative purpose" behind monitoring every transaction and account over $600.  Not seeing the difference versus, say, recording every phone conversation over 60 seconds long.

By the way, if this is true about Hunter paying the bills on an account for other family members, including The Big Guy...that sounds like a pretty big tax fraud.

Here you go Gut. Just making shit up. As if they’d even hold up to salt water and not screw up the ocean ecosystem.  If it isn’t Nuclear it’s stupid. 

The Biden administration wants to build seven major offshore wind farms on the East and West coasts and in the Gulf of Mexico. It's part of President Biden's plans to deploy enough offshore farms by 2030 to power more than 10 million homes. https://t.co/C8xIQ1Rb7z

— The Associated Press (@AP) October 14, 2021

posted by gut

Don't forget restoring the SALT deduction!  

I mean you almost have to give it to them, pretending to want the rich to be taxed more while blatantly giving them tax breaks. 

Unrelated, It’s also funny that Biden has been looking at the port issues since June, and it took 5 months to come to the solution that they should work more hours.

posted by gut

If some of the stuff I read about in that $3.5T reconciliation bill are real, it's outrageous.  Hundreds of billions for climate change bullshit that probably doesn't include one penny for nuclear.  I'm sure none of that money ends up in the hands of the Hunter Biden's of the world...

Also something about requiring 40% of your power from renewable by 2028 or something.  Guaranteed to result in huge cost increases, and disastrous rolling blackouts that will kill thousands.

Jan 2023 can't get here fast enough.  But the Dems have another whole 2-3 rounds of reconciliation bills before then.

The amount of the spending is outrageous, but even worse are the new Marxist programs being initiated in the bill that will further destroy any work ethic that remains.  And then you have medicare that is already actuarially broke and busted, and they want to add vision, dental and other additional care; literally insane.   They N E V E R stop. 

posted by majorspark

Just turn down the thermostat and put on a sweater.

Seniors and the middle class will have to choose between staying warm this winter and putting food on the table.

The irony is hilarious. 

or they could listen to their own advice and save money.  i've been led to believe they lived their entire life cold and hungry anyway, don't see what the big deal is.

posted by QuakerOats

Seniors and the middle class will have to choose between staying warm this winter and putting food on the table.

The irony is hilarious. 

posted by Heretic
I'd gauge myself as being somewhere around middle class and while a hefty mark-up in rates would suck, I can't foresee me having any trouble being warm and having food. The main thing that's hilarious is your near-constant over-use of hyperbole so that even when you do make good points, it's so easy to read your posts and simply dismiss them as the ravings of a nutcase.

I understand your point and will even offer up credit for making a post without a cuss word. 

Grab a beer.

posted by QuakerOats

I understand your point and will even offer up credit for making a post without a cuss word. 

Grab a beer.

Oh, that's definitely in the plans for tonight. But the damn slave-drivers at the office have issues with me popping the top while at work...

posted by Heretic

Oh, that's definitely in the plans for tonight. But the damn slave-drivers at the office have issues with me popping the top while at work...

Don't let the bastards get you down.

First I'm hearing of this. This would destroy the cigar industry.

https://fda.famous-smoke.com/no-to-new-cigar-taxes/

posted by justincredible

First I'm hearing of this. This would destroy the cigar industry.

https://fda.famous-smoke.com/no-to-new-cigar-taxes/

Should be an exemption for cigars, and probably chewing tobacco.  Never really researched it, but I'm not sure studies haven demonstrated either actually causes cancer (like ETS, but unlike smoking cigarettes).  Seems like an excessive AND unjustifiable social tax.

But can they just make-up a bunch of bullshit taxes to claim the bill is paid for, and then repeal or never enact those taxes?

I’m glad there are no transportation issues he could be working on. (Not that he isn’t useless).

They didn’t previously announce it, but Buttigieg’s office told West Wing Playbook that the secretary has actually been on paid leave since mid-August to spend time with his husband, Chasten, and their two newborn babies.
https://t.co/LqXOJOnnbJ

— Matthew Kaminski (@KaminskiMK) October 15, 2021

posted by iclfan2

I’m glad there are no transportation issues he could be working on. (Not that he isn’t useless).

They didn’t previously announce it, but Buttigieg’s office told West Wing Playbook that the secretary has actually been on paid leave since mid-August to spend time with his husband, Chasten, and their two newborn babies.
https://t.co/LqXOJOnnbJ

— Matthew Kaminski (@KaminskiMK) October 15, 2021

JFC

This country has lost its mind.

posted by justincredible

First I'm hearing of this. This would destroy the cigar industry.

https://fda.famous-smoke.com/no-to-new-cigar-taxes/

The bill is designed to destroy the republic; you think these fascists give a shit about cigars. 

posted by QuakerOats

The bill is designed to destroy the republic; you think these fascists give a shit about cigars. 

I mean, no. Clearly not.

posted by iclfan2

I’m glad there are no transportation issues he could be working on. (Not that he isn’t useless).

posted by gut
Some jobs really don't provide the luxury of extended maternity leave, especially for people that didn't actually give birth.  That comes with the territory.  I would say Sec. of Transportation would be one of those jobs.

My first reaction was to say, "Welp, good thing he didn't win the big gig, then!". And then I thought that after Trump and the early stages of Biden, it'd probably be a positive if the president just sort of disappeared for a couple months without any real announcements being made.

posted by Heretic

My first reaction was to say, "Welp, good thing he didn't win the big gig, then!". And then I thought that after Trump and the early stages of Biden, it'd probably be a positive if the president just sort of disappeared for a couple months without any real announcements being made.

Congress too.

The job was nothing more than his reward for getting out of the Democrat primary when told to do so.  The guy was never leading the show anyways.

posted by like_that

Congress too.

Probably governors and a few other assorted positions, as well. Give the rest of us a break from hearing from and about all the stupid twats for an extended period. It'd be kind of like how a well-timed vacation can totally refresh you and soothe the soul, except the refreshing and soul soothing would come from other people vacationing.

posted by majorspark

The job was nothing more than his reward for getting out of the Democrat primary when told to do so.  The guy was never leading the show anyways.

That's probably spot on.

I still have doubts most of these elected and appointed officials actually "lead" their departments, as opposed to simply attempting to provide oversight.  What does Buttigieg really know about transportation and logistics?  What did Ben Carson know about HUD?  I don't care how smart you are, the knowledge/experience gap makes you pretty easy for career staffers to manipulate.

These career staffers are being "led" by a new boss about every 2 years.  No way are many of these departments not mostly autonomous. 

The cost of the Build Back Better Agenda is $0.

The President's plan won't add to our national deficit and no one making under $400,000 per year will see their taxes go up a single penny. It's fully paid for by ensuring big corporations and the very wealthy pay their fair share.

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 17, 2021

The freaking Whitehouse actually put that on social media? lol