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The latter

-Complain about bankers, the rich, and the EC.

Don't forget about the racists.....and most of all...YOU GUYS

Mistake by Pompeo. No question.

There have several stories about his temper.

He's certainly qualified so it's sad to see this stuff reported.

-And really your argument boils down to SS being necessarily regressive because the people at the bottom need it most.

yes, that' show I see it and since the formula benefits those at the bottom more significantly compared to the guy who pays in the maximum...I think the changes should involve those at the bottom.

and not by raising the age or lowering the benefits.

I would rather not raise the age nor lower the benefits. Rather, add % to contribution from the first dollar for both employee and employer in order to allow blue-collar workers to not keep swinging a hammer past age 65-67.

And every time someone starts complaining about the guy making $1 million a year and not paying enough.....remember every damn solution you're suggesting hurts the folks making way less than the guy making $1 million.

As much as I hate it, I would prefer the % go up a point on each side over raising the cap significantly.

and you can forget about eliminating the cap on income subject to FICA. There is zero political chance of that happening.

"the only non-regressive and defensible position is that 100% of everyone's income should be subject to FICA."

yeah, in fantasyland. Not here though.

-Why should someone who earns $50k/year have 100% of their income subjected to FICA, yet someone who earns $1MM/year have only 13.3% of their income subjected to FICA?

because the SS benefit at retirement means the whole world to the guy making $50K and the benefit will likely be 60-70% as much as the guy who paid in the maximum....which is more than double.

IOW, the guy who pays the maximum in to SS (anybody making more than $130K right now) gets the least amount of it back (% wise) when they retire.

That's why.

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By better, he means someone people are motivated on election day to show up and vote for.

Decent, Intelligent, fair minded, and inclusive are qualities that, quite frankly, are optional.

You might say the bar isn't set all that high.......

-the same people who championed gay marriage remain some of the staunchest opponents to polygamy

they aren't interested in the polygamy vote.

-Meanwhile the IRS is stepping up enforcement actions against low middle income taxpayers who cannot afford the consultants and attorneys the 1% can.

really?

-However, the reason for that is public schools are required to provide busing.

Maybe some states but not Kansas. I know public school systems who do not bus kids.

I keep hearing the GOP is dead. old, white, racists....

"Our culture teaches people the government owes them a living so why bother learning."

I disagree. We have some folks here who WISH our culture did that but fortunately it doesn't

-Case in point, Boaz posting this thread

Fair enough.

But I'll remember that next time there is a thread about Sarah Palin.

And the 99% probability it posted by a lefty

Which just means it's --- for tat

"He may have died of sadness.."

Please, I'm sure Lehrer was above that sort of thing.

He witnessed and reported events and under circumstances 1000% worse than today.

No I haven't, Clown.

I'll check it out later.

Thanks.

Joe, see?

Of course not.

How are your kids?

LOL

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Explain away or STFU.

I honestly don't think you have any idea what Putin gains.

All you do here is stand behind people and yell "Yeah, What he said!"

"A weak, distracted US that doesn't look at what he is doing around the world and a US President that purposefully ignores what he is doing around the world."

Really? Putin has a bigger spotlight on everything he does now than he would have without Trump in power.

Thoughts? Multiple intelligence agencies and the military aren't watching him?

What exactly does Putin gain from a politically divided USA?

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Hope you're right.

"Not to step on your point, but, "I'm watching folks personally attack others."

Same as it ever was.

I've been on the DR since 2008 and the only consistent thing has been people personally attacking each other."

I see your point. I think what I see now that's different is that the attack's are being fueled by true anger and frustration.

In the past.....and I'll recall posters such as -----------, 101 on a more consistent basis, spud, etc....those guys were picking on others more than being truly pissed at them.

Having fun at their expense. Yes, it got rough but it was fun.

People like JPW calling everyone a POS schitheap....that's just different to me.

Maybe it's not and I'm not seeing it right.

testosterone is poison?

see how easy it is for folks to turn on Hillary? She's just so friggin hated by so many people.

He shouldn't have commented on them.

"They support medicare-for-all, which includes mental health."

who supports medicare for all?

the last 2 times democrats formally had a chance to have it...they ---- all over it.

"please point me to a capitalist that doesn't believe you get better returns by applying more capital."

You're right but you understand your logic flies in the face of our economic experts here who believe capitalists only get better returns by screwing over employees.