" ... is Pres Trump effectively selling insider information?"

Yes, absolutely.

I'm sure all the slurpers who screeched at the mere thought of Biden or his son monetizing the office will be here soon to condemn this obvious racket.

"What does bilk mean?"

Accepting a $400 million flying bribe, for one.

And, of course, when he "donates" the plane to his presidential library, he'll take a billion dollar write-off, on "income" he never claimed.

Much like he did when he wrote off $900 million of OPM.

" But Biden didn't even attempt to permanently secure the border."

That's a lie.

The bill was nearly ready, and widely praised by the Republicans heading the negotiations.

Trump told Republicans to kill it, he'd rather have it as a campaign issue.

At least be truthful about who made the decision, ffs.

" Today, 97 percent to 99.9 percent of climate scientists that you listen to agree."

What do the climate scientists YOU listen to agree on?

" You're telling on yourself. Aren't you for a living wage?"

What a riot; that has NOTHING TO DO with what taxes are paid.

" Why should someone be on gov't assistance if they're working and paying taxes?"

Ask the Republicans who've written the last five tax codes since 1986. They're the ones who added every child-rearing subsidy onto the 1040.

" if you came here and have been working off the books and claiming SNAP, Medicaid, housing assistance etc... it's not going to look good for you."

Nor should it.

But nothing you've posted contradicts my assertion your statement about the poor and taxes is horse manure.

For example, why are you leaving the largest federal tax OUT of your equation?!?

" denying resources to people who never paid a dime"

Only if you're the one deciding which taxes count, and which don't.

Interesting: you left out the one tax most workers pay more of in their lifetimes. Intellectually dishonest, wouldn't you say?

Republican Math is a scary thing! Stay in school, kids!!!

"He says he has evidence of, 278,000 noncitizen registrants"

Let's not forget: this is from the guy who claimed 3,000,000 fraudulent votes in California.

And he's provided proof of fraud exactly ZERO times in court...which, coincidentally, is the same number of times Team Trump has claimed Fraud inside a courtroom.

"He says he has evidence of, 278,000 noncitizen registrants,"

Any in Utah?

After an exhaustive investigation, they found ONE illegal had registered to vote.

Hadn't voted...but had registered.

" I would not refer to myself as a "good" person."
~BillJohnson

Lucky for you, Bill, everyone here agrees with you.

Maybe stop lying about the efficacy of mail-in ballots. Especially if nearly six years have gone by and still NO ONE has claimed they lived your theory.

After all this time, it makes you look like a racist misogynist.

" Carr now plans to repeal the 39 percent limit and replace it with a "case-by-case review" of each proposed merger"

Because Trump cannot pass up a potential bribe.

"What do you mean? You mean on this blog?"

Yeah.

"But it's still not enough for you."

Sure it is. It'd be plenty if you'd bring your expertise to the table, like when the topic is health insurance premiums. I've tried to point out, even if rates stay the same, your premiums go up each year. Why? Because you're a different client than that guy a year ago; he was a year younger!

Last time I did that, you were on the thread, and I remember thinking you'd chime it.

"except....I'm not telling any lies. I'm not spreading misinformation."

Exactly. You're choosing to remain silent, in the face of purposeful lies.

"Do you even realize that's your issue?"

The tax stuff? Or the truth stuff?

"why can't you be mad like me"

More like "Why can't you stand up to obvious, purposeful bullllschittt?"

Instead, you stay silent on the sidelines, or worse: cheer it on.

"In some ways you're a bit of an authoritarian."

When I know the truth, and debunk the lie?!? Guilty as charged, Your Honor.

Which reminds me...I have an old cartoon of a guy, typing furiously on a laptop and yelling, I can't come to bed yet, honey...someone is wrong on the internet!!!

"Or would you just prefer me to cheer it on so you can complain to me?"

Mainly, I'm wondering why intellectual dishonesty doesn't piss YOU off.

"Pretty smart move, IMO"

What a riot.

You're cheering on intellectual dishonesty, for the sole purpose of ginning up votes.

" Even if they pay little in taxes, it's offset by things like earned income credit"

EIC is due to having kids. You'd have to earn minimum wage and work only half-time to qualify without a kid. IOW, a four-figure income.

Also, when we were kids, if someone was on EIC (called welfare back then) the transaction wasn't on form 1040. So the folks back then were counted as "paying taxes", even if they got 100 bucks a month because they had three kids.

That same Family today is scored as "not paying taxes". In other words, we've moved the goal posts by putting all kinds of child-rearing subsidies onto the 1040. The EIC, CTC, ACTC, AOC, CCC, etc. All for the specific reason of passing the tax break on Wednesday, and complaining that people "don't pay taxes" on Thursday.

They expected people to fall for it ... and you did.

" The poor don't pay taxes of any significance."

Only if YOU get to choose which taxes count, and which taxes don't.

It's intellectually dishonest. Especially when you consider the fact roughly 70% of workers pay more in payroll taxes over their lifetime than they do in income taxes.

" Taxes have been increasing yoy with no appreciable benefit."

News to me.

Where, specifically?

"the poor pay nothing"

Only if you're cherry-picking which taxes count, and which (higher) taxes don't.

Why are you pretending sales taxes, excise taxes, property taxes, and payroll taxes don't exist?!?

"Define "poor""

Why would that matter, when you don't know how to define "taxes" ... ?

"Poor people don't pay taxes."

Nonsense. You're cherry-picking which taxes qualify, while leaving out the tax most workers pay the most.

It's Republican Math meets Vernon's Calculator.

"Fighting commies never goes out of style"

Who is it?

Who's campaigned for the end of private property???

"I pointed out there is still a high level of "distrust"."

And yet you've never found a single reason for the distrust, among the many mail-in systems we currently have, and have had for the last century and a half.

Even the experts testify the system is safe and secure, and the Heritage Foundation's compendium of vote fraud in America proves the idiocy of your baseless theory.

Just answer, Bill: if you're correct, shouldn't there be AT LEAST ONE PERSON making your claim, after almost six years? At least ONE???

What's your theory as to why NO ONE has EVER come forward corrorborating your theory?

"The problem with people cheating, it can be done in such a way as to not be documented or verifiable."

The problem with your theory is it requires tens of thousands of victims, NONE of whom have come forward. That defies logic: are we to believe folks who lost were willing to storm the Capitol, but not come forward with tales their votes were stolen by housemates? Not A ONE???

After six years, it's time to admit the fact NO ONE has repeated your scenario means it didn't happen...outside of your fevered dreams.

Six years, and only feelings...NO FACTS. After a while, absence of ANY evidence is evidence.

Your claim is extraordinary; your proof nonexistent, even after almost six years.

TOTAL FAIL.

" That distrust cannot all be dismissed as something Trump created."

Six years later, and still never a single utterance of FRAUD inside a courtroom by Team Trump.

When do you suppose that unbroken streak will cease?

And why do those same folks who have screamed fraud since 2020 never say the word aloud inside of a courtroom?

My theory is: it's because claiming fraud inside of a courtroom without proof will get a lawyer sanctioned, disbarred, or possibly jailed. And the fact of the matter is, six years later, much like your hypothesis tens of thousands of ballots were purloined by housemates, there is not a single iota of proof.

What's your theory?