This would be a good time to remind folks:

If Mike Pence has the courage... the Kansas City Chiefs can still make the playoffs.

"Biden FBI Spied on Eight Republican Senators as Part of Arctic Frost Investigation, Grassley Oversight Reveals"

What a riot. Those were the folks conspiring on the "alternative electors" front. Their complaint is "YOU INVESTIGATED OUR MEANS AND METHODS!"

The FBI didn't SPY, they got valid warrants.

"Are you saying the Clintons deserve an exemption?"

Are you saying the Clintons deserve less delay than one of the co-chairs of the committee?

Gym Jordan was subpoened in December '21. By my count, that means the Clintons have until January 2031...

...that is, if Jordan honors HIS OWN COMMITTEE's subpoena tomorrow.

Hey, how about this law: "No member of Congress shall issue any subpoena from any committee which they are currently ignoring a subpoena."

Who's with me?

"It's called federal income tax."

And it's only applied on taxable income.

For example, how much did Peter Thiel pay in FEDERAL INCOME TAXES on his ~$10 Billion Roth IRA last year?

" Saying that the Clintons should be held to the same standard is carrying water for a scumbag?"

No, I'm saying choosing BANNON and NAVARRO as folks to defend is right on point for you.

You know, the kind of people if I accuse you of "enabling", you'd accuse me of vote shaming.

"What, specifically?"

Oh. I see: doing what one of the current committee chairs has been doing for years.

Got Hypocrisy?

" Navarro and Bannon "

Two MASSIVE pieces of scum.

No surprise you're carrying their fetid water.

" Navarro and Bannon were prosecuted for the exact same thing."

Huh? What, specifically?

"Are you saying the Clintons deserve an exemption?"

Depends. Were Navarro and Bannon prosecuted within the statute of limitations?

"Give the Clinton's the Navarro/Bannon treatment."

So, pardon them if they get convicted?!?

Seriously, Republicans have been trying for decades to convict HRC on anything and everything they could find. They're either the worst investigators, worst prosecutors in history...

...or they're involved in LAWFARE.

"Most prosecutors would classify her as having suffered enough for bad judgment."

Just not the ones currently enabled.

"exactly how and to what extent that masked secret policeman was injured?"

I think somebody threw a Subway sandwich at him.

But...it was double meat...so...you know, potentially lethal.

"so I understand that correctly.....if you sell the stock and wait just 31 days to buy it back, then you can write off the loss when you sold against the income you're declaring?"

Yep.*

It's why there's a line on your investment paperwork where "wash sales" are noted. If you repurchase before the 30 days are up, any loss is disallowed.

*You do get a new, lower cost basis...but that's what inheritances are for, amirite?

"Of course. It's always the other guy."

That's not the theory they're operating under. Their premise is it's ONLY the other guy.

"Is this bill in California?"

Those are part of the proposal, yes.

...excluding directly held real estate, certain pensions & retirement accounts, and tangible property held outside California for over 270 days...

"Sad but true."

Okay.

Now answer the question.

"if your state told you to fork over 5% of your net worth, how would you respond?"

They're exempting my IRAs, my pensions, and my properties?!?

Fine by me.

"FICA taxes are tied to retirement age benefits."

They're funding current tax cuts, for future IOUs...which WILL be devalued, because they'll have to be.

Answer my question: which is more valuable? The 6-9% upfront cash, or the 2% bond @ 25 years?

Actual Math answers only.

"New admin claws back polpork"

New admin pretends polpork always ends in (D)

"The fairness of it will still be in question. No matter what. "

Well, I think getting a trillionaire before eradicating world hunger should be an alarm bell.

"Wealth inequality is what it's really about."

Wealth changes is what it's really about.

Look at all the tax brackets: some are thousands of dollars apart, some are tens of thousands of dollars apart. Only one has a bracket which doesn't change when income increases $100 billion.

Without looking, I guarantee you we have a larger % of taxpayers in the top bracket than we did in fairer years past.

"does that calculation include FICA taxes"

Of course not.

Payroll (FICA) taxes, which total 15.3%, start at dollar one.

Income taxes don't start until around $14,000, and for the next $10K, they're at 10%. So whatever lead payroll taxes have, it keeps getting bigger, until the taxpayer hits the 22% federal, then it STARTS to catch up. In fact, income taxes don't exceed payroll taxes until income is over $130,000.

" top 10% of U.S. income earners paid approximately 72% of all federal income taxes"

You're cherry-picking.

Now do payroll taxes, the kind ~70% of workers pay more of over their working lifetimes.

Then, tell me what is a better deal: money upfront, with 6%-9% annual growth assumptions, or a 2% bond with a 25yr average maturity?

"That speaks to a pretty dang progressive income tax code."

Hey Einstein, if rates go down, and the wealthiest still end up paying a larger percentage...THAT MEANS EVEN MORE WEALTH HAS TRANSFERRED UPWARD.

" the rich like these billionaires are rich from W-2 work/income but capital gains via stock"

And when a poor person puts up their Roth IRA as collateral, it ceases to be an IRA. Meanwhile, the wealthiest can offer unrealized gains as collateral.

And when Romney got the $20 million payout from Bain? It was right after the '07-'08 Bush Bust & Bailout; he just sold some paper losses, bought them back in 31 days, and pocketed $20 million without paying a penny of taxes.

You do that all the time, right?

"Why is going from 28% to 20% capital gains tax not transferring money from richest to poorest."

Mainly, because you're leaving out the taxes most people pay more of.

You're also pretending both groups have the same incomes, and all their income is taxed the same way.

IOW, you're comparing wages with carried interest.

"The same can be said for you Danforth."

No it can't. I've been for the release since forever.

You were for it when you thought it would hurt Democrats, then turned against it when it became clear Trump was an integral part of seemingly every page.

"Your attempts to demonize the Republican side only is laughable."

You'd be hard-pressed to find anything good I say about Democrats. It's just the Republicans are so ---------- worse.