Yep. Respect your dialogue but parsing paragraphs can be confusing. I agree 100% fix the cost problem, billions in endowments. Trump tax cuts included SALT, keep that, my state should fix their own problems, I got creamed. I’m good with that. I’ll be retiring elsewhere, probably your state.a fan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 7:49 pm The weak and woke all have degrees, OS. Why do you think all this woke stuff keeps happening at Elite Universities? They're not weak---they're flush with cash, and have health insurance and good jobs, as did most of their parents. The "weak" are those that have neither good jobs nor insurance. And they're largely in flyover America, as you know. So my question stands: what's the plan for working class America? You're being snide here, and don't have an answer
Don't counYou're asking me? There wasn't one. Stupid idea that doesn't fix the underlying problems with American education/training. Said so at the time.
We also didn't "need' the Trump Tax cuts. And we didn't "need" Biden to keep them in place.
And yet.....we got 'em.
If I were king? I'd take that same money and plow it into vocational training schollies. Want to weld, plumb, code, build homes? Great! Here's your scholarship, and we're moving our Community College's offerings to get you that training locally.
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I left home in June '66. Was only home on leave, max 6 wks/year. Hometown was not a liberal hotbed. They chuckled & got on with life.
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You don’t look like this guy…Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 7:09 pmIt doesn’t bother me, Old Snake.old salt wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 5:22 pmGet used to it. In addition to DeSantis, Nikki Haley's tag line is "weak & woke".Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:29 am Old Segregationist uses the term “woke” more than anyone on this site and more than anyone I have ever met. Most people bring it up here in response to Old Segregationist’s posts. Most….not all but most.
She's referring to you when she describes the wave of self-loathing sweeping the country.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d7pioagkX5k
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Love my uncle, God rest his soul
Taught me good, Lord, taught me all I know
Taught me so well, that I grabbed that gold
I left his dead ass there by the side of the road, yeah
Love my uncle, God rest his soul
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Taught me so well, that I grabbed that gold
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Silas! The book was good.Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:29 pmYou don’t look like this guy…Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 7:09 pmIt doesn’t bother me, Old Snake.old salt wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 5:22 pmGet used to it. In addition to DeSantis, Nikki Haley's tag line is "weak & woke".Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:29 am Old Segregationist uses the term “woke” more than anyone on this site and more than anyone I have ever met. Most people bring it up here in response to Old Segregationist’s posts. Most….not all but most.
She's referring to you when she describes the wave of self-loathing sweeping the country.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d7pioagkX5k
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I'm ok with the SALT in principle...the problem with it as it stands is that each State doesn't get anywhere close to the same money from the Federal Government. Level that, or somewhere close? The change in how SALT is deducted makes perfect sense. +1
My larger issue with the Trump tax cut is the corporate tax giveaway...where Multinational Corporations pay a fraction of the taxes my family owned business does. So I'm left to keep the lights on, while Amazon skates paying nothing.
And no, Trump wasn't 100% the reason for that...and yep, Biden didn't repeal them. This is a Bi Partisan giveaway.
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wonder of Russia has a train derailment problem.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:37 pm https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-r ... 2023-2?amp
A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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youthathletics wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:57 pmwonder of Russia has a train derailment problem.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:37 pm https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-r ... 2023-2?amp
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Fng around w SALT caps as a political weapon and not touching carries interest is a joke and I’m trying to get a carry on a credit risk transfer deal currently but I’d gladly pay income tax on it even though I’d be upside down on cash flow for 1-3yrs by paying in without having the earnings paid out to me for a while.a fan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:44 pmI'm ok with the SALT in principle...the problem with it as it stands is that each State doesn't get anywhere close to the same money from the Federal Government. Level that, or somewhere close? The change in how SALT is deducted makes perfect sense. +1
My larger issue with the Trump tax cut is the corporate tax giveaway...where Multinational Corporations pay a fraction of the taxes my family owned business does. So I'm left to keep the lights on, while Amazon skates paying nothing.
And no, Trump wasn't 100% the reason for that...and yep, Biden didn't repeal them. This is a Bi Partisan giveaway.
Now I love those cowboys, I love their gold
Love my uncle, God rest his soul
Taught me good, Lord, taught me all I know
Taught me so well, that I grabbed that gold
I left his dead ass there by the side of the road, yeah
Love my uncle, God rest his soul
Taught me good, Lord, taught me all I know
Taught me so well, that I grabbed that gold
I left his dead ass there by the side of the road, yeah
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When you boil SALT down it’s a mutualism of risk from wealthy states to fly over states. Why should CA get to spend more in state education and healthcare then deduct it from fed taxes. Shouldn’t fed taxes be the same for all?a fan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:44 pmI'm ok with the SALT in principle...the problem with it as it stands is that each State doesn't get anywhere close to the same money from the Federal Government. Level that, or somewhere close? The change in how SALT is deducted makes perfect sense. +1
My larger issue with the Trump tax cut is the corporate tax giveaway...where Multinational Corporations pay a fraction of the taxes my family owned business does. So I'm left to keep the lights on, while Amazon skates paying nothing.
And no, Trump wasn't 100% the reason for that...and yep, Biden didn't repeal them. This is a Bi Partisan giveaway.
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Corn and sugar subsidies to FL, TX, IA etc? Fannie, Freddie and Ginnie subsidies for disproportionately to fly over states. The list is long.lagerhead wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 10:17 pmWhen you boil SALT down it’s a mutualism of risk from wealthy states to fly over states. Why should CA get to spend more in state education and healthcare then deduct it from fed taxes. Shouldn’t fed taxes be the same for all?a fan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:44 pmI'm ok with the SALT in principle...the problem with it as it stands is that each State doesn't get anywhere close to the same money from the Federal Government. Level that, or somewhere close? The change in how SALT is deducted makes perfect sense. +1
My larger issue with the Trump tax cut is the corporate tax giveaway...where Multinational Corporations pay a fraction of the taxes my family owned business does. So I'm left to keep the lights on, while Amazon skates paying nothing.
And no, Trump wasn't 100% the reason for that...and yep, Biden didn't repeal them. This is a Bi Partisan giveaway.
Net transfer payments across the board are going to fly over states not the other way around.
Now I love those cowboys, I love their gold
Love my uncle, God rest his soul
Taught me good, Lord, taught me all I know
Taught me so well, that I grabbed that gold
I left his dead ass there by the side of the road, yeah
Love my uncle, God rest his soul
Taught me good, Lord, taught me all I know
Taught me so well, that I grabbed that gold
I left his dead ass there by the side of the road, yeah
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lagerhead wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 10:17 pmWhen you boil SALT down it’s a mutualism of risk from wealthy states to fly over states. Why should CA get to spend more in state education and healthcare then deduct it from fed taxes. Shouldn’t fed taxes be the same for all?a fan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:44 pmI'm ok with the SALT in principle...the problem with it as it stands is that each State doesn't get anywhere close to the same money from the Federal Government. Level that, or somewhere close? The change in how SALT is deducted makes perfect sense. +1
My larger issue with the Trump tax cut is the corporate tax giveaway...where Multinational Corporations pay a fraction of the taxes my family owned business does. So I'm left to keep the lights on, while Amazon skates paying nothing.
And no, Trump wasn't 100% the reason for that...and yep, Biden didn't repeal them. This is a Bi Partisan giveaway.
You need to look at the other side of the ledger....how much money is California sending to DC, versus, say, Arkansas?
And yet how much money is flowing from Federal coffers back to California versus Arkansas?
FFG is correct...the list of the stuff that flyover States (Colorado has finally pulled even, last I checked, after decades of taking more than we give to the Federal Government) gets from the Federal Government that they don't pay for is a loooooong list.
If you want all 50 States to pay in $1 to the Federal Government for every $.90 they get out (overhead)....think about what that would do.
Texas? They be in great shape. California, too. Now how about Kentucky, W Virginia, Alabama, Alaska.......?
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The Trump tax “cut” changes to the SALT deduction basically raised my federal income taxes by more than $30,000 a year.a fan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:44 pmI'm ok with the SALT in principle...the problem with it as it stands is that each State doesn't get anywhere close to the same money from the Federal Government. Level that, or somewhere close? The change in how SALT is deducted makes perfect sense. +1
My larger issue with the Trump tax cut is the corporate tax giveaway...where Multinational Corporations pay a fraction of the taxes my family owned business does. So I'm left to keep the lights on, while Amazon skates paying nothing.
And no, Trump wasn't 100% the reason for that...and yep, Biden didn't repeal them. This is a Bi Partisan giveaway.
That basically went to bastards like Elon Musk while entire states like Arkansas and Alabama freeloaded off California.
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You think a bureaucratic S,G&A would be 10%????a fan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 10:48 pmlagerhead wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 10:17 pmWhen you boil SALT down it’s a mutualism of risk from wealthy states to fly over states. Why should CA get to spend more in state education and healthcare then deduct it from fed taxes. Shouldn’t fed taxes be the same for all?a fan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:44 pmI'm ok with the SALT in principle...the problem with it as it stands is that each State doesn't get anywhere close to the same money from the Federal Government. Level that, or somewhere close? The change in how SALT is deducted makes perfect sense. +1
My larger issue with the Trump tax cut is the corporate tax giveaway...where Multinational Corporations pay a fraction of the taxes my family owned business does. So I'm left to keep the lights on, while Amazon skates paying nothing.
And no, Trump wasn't 100% the reason for that...and yep, Biden didn't repeal them. This is a Bi Partisan giveaway.
You need to look at the other side of the ledger....how much money is California sending to DC, versus, say, Arkansas?
And yet how much money is flowing from Federal coffers back to California versus Arkansas?
FFG is correct...the list of the stuff that flyover States (Colorado has finally pulled even, last I checked, after decades of taking more than we give to the Federal Government) gets from the Federal Government that they don't pay for is a loooooong list.
If you want all 50 States to pay in $1 to the Federal Government for every $.90 they get out (overhead)....think about what that would do.
Texas? They be in great shape. California, too. Now how about Kentucky, W Virginia, Alabama, Alaska.......?
Now I love those cowboys, I love their gold
Love my uncle, God rest his soul
Taught me good, Lord, taught me all I know
Taught me so well, that I grabbed that gold
I left his dead ass there by the side of the road, yeah
Love my uncle, God rest his soul
Taught me good, Lord, taught me all I know
Taught me so well, that I grabbed that gold
I left his dead ass there by the side of the road, yeah
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We probably need to add Vermont and NH in there as well.DocBarrister wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 12:23 amThe Trump tax “cut” changes to the SALT deduction basically raised my federal income taxes by more than $30,000 a year.a fan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:44 pmI'm ok with the SALT in principle...the problem with it as it stands is that each State doesn't get anywhere close to the same money from the Federal Government. Level that, or somewhere close? The change in how SALT is deducted makes perfect sense. +1
My larger issue with the Trump tax cut is the corporate tax giveaway...where Multinational Corporations pay a fraction of the taxes my family owned business does. So I'm left to keep the lights on, while Amazon skates paying nothing.
And no, Trump wasn't 100% the reason for that...and yep, Biden didn't repeal them. This is a Bi Partisan giveaway.
That basically went to bastards like Elon Musk while entire states like Arkansas and Alabama freeloaded off California.
DocBarrister
Now I love those cowboys, I love their gold
Love my uncle, God rest his soul
Taught me good, Lord, taught me all I know
Taught me so well, that I grabbed that gold
I left his dead ass there by the side of the road, yeah
Love my uncle, God rest his soul
Taught me good, Lord, taught me all I know
Taught me so well, that I grabbed that gold
I left his dead ass there by the side of the road, yeah
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https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine- ... 75740.html
Good analysis by Mike Eckel at Radio Free Europe/Liberty
How Did Everybody Get The Ukraine Invasion Predictions So Wrong?
Good analysis by Mike Eckel at Radio Free Europe/Liberty
How Did Everybody Get The Ukraine Invasion Predictions So Wrong?
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Trying to simplify the conversation and math. I love that this is your wheelhouse, and you don't tolerate inexactitude.
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I get my income and fees questioned every day so I find all fat around me that could be trimmed to be personally offensive.
(just got pushback from a accountant, glorified controller CFO, where the CEO told me to do this work which I gave them a $17,500 quote for this week which had me turn to tell the CEO he needs to put his CFO in check)
Now I love those cowboys, I love their gold
Love my uncle, God rest his soul
Taught me good, Lord, taught me all I know
Taught me so well, that I grabbed that gold
I left his dead ass there by the side of the road, yeah
Love my uncle, God rest his soul
Taught me good, Lord, taught me all I know
Taught me so well, that I grabbed that gold
I left his dead ass there by the side of the road, yeah
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Just stay off the Kerch Strait rail crossing.youthathletics wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:57 pmwonder of Russia has a train derailment problem.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:37 pm https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-r ... 2023-2?amp
"There is nothing more difficult and more dangerous to carry through than initiating changes. One makes enemies of those who prospered under the old order, and only lukewarm support from those who would prosper under the new."
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Apropos of nothing in particular, measurement is just a greater exactitude of imprecision.
"There is nothing more difficult and more dangerous to carry through than initiating changes. One makes enemies of those who prospered under the old order, and only lukewarm support from those who would prosper under the new."