Say what you will but 30% is kinda steep when you add in state taxes and sometimes local taxes.

I suppose they are talking getting rid of the IRS but that's just a red herring. You can change the name of the organization but the functions will basically be the same. Someone has to collect the money, eyeball to make sure everyone is paying and no one is cheating and monitoring where the money is sent.

I agree with Nixon, it's political theater. It's not going anywhere, just a wet dream of those hoping to get some private agency in they can pay as a political pork job.

As long as I can remember, world doom or armageddon is just around the corner; some even predicting the day of the event...on good authority of course. Every event has come and gone and the world with it's population is still here. It's not just limited to religion either. There seems to always have been the invisible planet coming to take us out going back to Mayans and Nostradamus. We're still here. Barnum and Bailey had it right, there's one born every minute. In all that, just saying there's a history of the predictions 'of the end of the world' and you can take your pick of the cause.

Not only that but every generation, has it's elders thinking the world has no future because of the newest crop of young adults. Going to Hades in a handbasket. That saying by the way, is thought to have originated in the catching of the head after the guillotine event. I'm not sure of what to think of the world lately, given all the mass shootings. Again most of us are still here and surviving.

So add a pinch of salt to that if you will...

This is similar to New York, trying to tax those leaving a high tax state, only it applies to all income brackets. They call it an exit tax. To make matters worse in NY, they put departing residents up for a tax audit just to make the move away as painful as possible.

Couldn't happen to a better group. About time some action was taken, it's been long overdue.

There's no need to wonder why the cops have been losing public support. There are so many bad apples in the barrel and the thin blue line won't turn in the ones that cause all the problems. The police unions keep getting them back in those jobs in the rare cases where they get removed from the force. It's become standard already not to call the cops for problems, especially if you are a minority.

Other than the mislead, who goes there?

Well we know Santos will lie at the drop of a hat and willing to drop it himself. Everything and anything he says is not to be believed.

The party ticket of low IQ and crazy. I can't believe anyone would want to vote for that pair.

Should by a miracle they should win, I'll have to stop reading and watching news. I was already Trump weary of the foolishness he would say just to get the public's attention. Another 4 years of that mess, will turn me against hearing any and all public news.

I have a hard time believing he would pay $1MM for anything

#5 | Posted by catdog#5
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He may have funded it but that doesn't mean it was his money. Likely he was the funnel from some other source fool enough to donate the funds. If Trump hadn't have thought it of value to him, he'd have kept the money. I tend to think this is the reason for the secrecy. So he didn't have to reveal who passed the money to him.

I tip for good service, that's not a given when you go places to eat out. It is my choice to leave a tip or not. If I see it included as part of the cost, I won't be back there again as my choice has been taken away.

You do what you are supposed to do as a waiter, I'll tip. For something so simple as a drive though convenience store, that doesn't get a tip. I'm already paying a higher price for the service. In many parts of the country, mandatory increases in minimum wage have been instituted. So the price I pay went up as well. Again, I'm paying a higher price for the service. Tips are optional.

Have heard a lot of ridiculous claims from the right fringe here. Most are already plonked, another just got added to it.

Let us hope when it's his time, his wish is granted.

Not going to worry about it. Till they come down to a reasonable price I'll not buy any more eggs.

It doesn't look like Santos has much of a future in politics. One thing about politicians, you say you'll do something you have to follow through on it. Other than a Trump supporter, he doesn't have much follow through cause you can't believe anything he says.

I suspect that bell ringer is AI programmed to sound like a neo-Nazi with Down Syndrome.

#24 | Posted by Tor
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Mighty generous with your compliments there.

No matter what you hear, this is nothing but political theater. In the end they will approve the budget. So gather your popcorn and sit down to watch the show.

The rest of the country will be 120F not long from now.

#3 | Posted by Brennnn
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If you are waiting on that to happen, you're a day late and a dollar short as some parts such as where I live already see 120 degree dog days. Some years ago, my home weather station displayed 122 F. We hit 120 F this past summer. It's no longer unusual.

No one is trying to destroy Russia but at the same time, we can't ignore the nuke threats. We are not threatening Russia with sword rattling. However, Russia is doing that.

Putin would love to have everyone just back up and let him invade the Ukraine with no actions, it's just what he expected. What he expected and the results of that invasion aren't setting so well with him. It's removing that veneer of strongman to his own country men. It was a projected image and nothing but a PR stunt.

When NATO starts showing it means business about defending, suddenly it puts new and fresh meaning to the idea it will do what it says if there was ever any doubt in Putin's mind.

What he has left is bullying and hoping it works. If he is foolish enough to start a nuclear war that no one will win, we all go down the drain with him. What you can't do is allow a bully to have his way, that just sets up the next action when he thinks things will continue to go his way. So if he starts a nuclear war, it will be answered.

Hope the mortician doesn't try to cut his hair.

#2 | Posted by cbob
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According to the song, he almost did it himself. *grins*

Am sad to hear of his passing. He made some great music in his time.

Keeping empty folders is one thing, keeping them with their contents another.

As much as Trump lies, I'd say this was just another mudball thrown at the wall trying to make himself look better. Anything he can say, to remove the heat, he'll do. When it all comes down to the bottom line, it does not remove the fact that the classified documents were there, nor does it remove the fact that he fought tooth and nail to prevent returning them. As such, it demonstrates willful intent.

What are they going to do...

#49 | Posted by REDIAL
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One of their errr....bright ideas is to impose a national sales tax.

the Republicans must be quite afraid of this quiet part becoming audible.

#40 | Posted by LampLighter
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The Repubs can say what they will about cutting Social Security but there is one thing they best remember. Seniors vote and they vote pretty much consistently. I've heard a lot of stories about how difficult it is to make it on SS. When they tee off those seniors, they can pretty much wipe out them voting republican. Without those votes it's going to be tough to remain in office.

Since Rick Allen seems to think that folk want to work longer, perhaps as a leader he should set the example before attempting to make a law. How about starting with 80 hour work weeks Rick? Surely what's good for the public is good for politicians.

This has been an on going problem for Texas for years. One that the Biden administration has ignored. What NYC got was just a small taste of what's been happening down here. Texas has been footing the bill for a long time with no financial help from the government and it hasn't mattered until they started showing up in the sanctuary cities. The sanctuary cities are only getting a small taste of what comes over the border down here daily. NYC only got something like 64,000, a mere pittance compared to the 2+ million that's been coming over the border down here.

Hmmm, did they raid Biden's home in the middle of the night? No
Did they announce at the precise time of the raid what it was with Trump but with Biden it was found out about 3 month's later? Yes
Did Trump have his lawyer go through the Docs before it was announced? No
Did Trump have the authority to declassify? Yes Did Biden? No.

#9 | Posted by fishpaw
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Beyond willful, how can anyone be so blind?

They didn't have to raid Biden's home, he turned over the documents and had his lawyers go look to see if there were anymore to be relinquished.
Trump sat on his for a year and a half so a raid was necessary to get them.

Again, major difference between 3 months and a year and a half, between the two.

Trump knew they wanted those documents, what he didn't do is attempt in any manner until after the raid to try and locate any documents.

How do you figure that Trumpt as POTUS had the power to declassify and Biden as POTUS does not? That power doesn't come to the individual, it stays with the office. So Biden could end all this by just saying I declassify all these documents but then he has to go through the process to do it. Something Trump didn't do but tried to claim he did. Simply the papertrail showing those documents to be declassified doesn't exist.

On the whole fishpaw, your points kinda suck because they are without any sort of backing. They are just statements with no proof whatever on the differences.