"#31 | Posted by LampLighter"

Cry more -------. Your next post that adds actual information to the discussion will be your first.

"Stopped reading there.
#37 | Posted by ClownShack"

That is where the tears got you, huh? Well, come back tomorrow and try reading it again. Always remember - Jesus loves you and all people have worth. Even you.

"#28 | Posted by LampLighter"

Keep holding your breath waiting for it.

"#25 | Posted by LampLighter"

As I already explained, I am not playing your game for the exact reason I already stated. In the case of Danforth - it is the most clear cut case possible of someone lying and being called out for it with actual links and evidence. And yet, still no admission that he lied. So, why should I waste my time posting links? Learn to use Grok and answer your own questions.

Grok prompt (to give Danforth the benefit of the doubt): "are there any links, reputable and even disreputuable, to claims that the top .1% received more than 50% of the trump tax cuts?"

Grok Answer:
Disreputable or Unsubstantiated Claims
I searched for less reliable sources, including posts on X and fringe websites, to identify any claims that the top 0.1% received over 50% of the TCJA benefits. The closest I found was a 2017 X post claiming the top 0.1% received "nearly 40%" of the cuts, but this lacks supporting evidence and is not from a credible source. No posts or websites explicitly claimed a figure above 50% for the top 0.1%. Even partisan outlets critical of the TCJA, like some progressive blogs, tend to focus on the top 1% or corporate benefits rather than isolating the top 0.1% with such a high share.

Conclusion
No reputable or disreputable sources claim that the top 0.1% received more than 50% of the Trump tax cuts. Reputable estimates place their share at 10-15%, with the top 1% receiving 20-25% in most years. Even less reliable sources, like X posts, don't reach the 50% threshold, with the highest unsubstantiated claim being "nearly 40%." If you'd like me to explore specific outlets or dig deeper into raw tax data, let me know!

But Danforth knows better according to him. So, prove Grok and I wrong and post your link -------.

Grok Prompt: "are there any links to claims that the top .1% received more than 50% of the trump tax cuts?"

Grok Response:
"I couldn't find any credible claims from reputable sources stating that the top 0.1% received more than 50% of the Trump Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) benefits. Most analyses, such as those from the Tax Policy Center, the Joint Committee on Taxation, and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, estimate that the top 0.1% received around 10-15% of the total tax cuts, with the broader top 1% receiving roughly 20-25% in most years. Some sources, like a 2017 X post, claimed higher figures (e.g., the top 0.1% getting nearly 40%), but these are not substantiated by rigorous studies and appear exaggerated.

A common misconception arises from projections for 2027, where the Tax Policy Center noted that the top 1% could receive up to 82.8% of benefits if individual tax cuts expire, leaving corporate cuts that favor high earners. However, this applies to the top 1%, not the top 0.1%, and is a future scenario, not a current reality. No studies specifically claim over 50% for the top 0.1%. If you want me to dig deeper into primary data or specific claims, let me know"

So, again - THIS IS NOT EVEN DEBATABLE - Danforth just lied. The only question up for debate is: Why does Danforth continue to lie? Afraid his reputation with Laura will be sullied? Hates to lose? Or just plain out too stupid to know he lied?

"#19 | Posted by LampLighter"

You need to look no further than this current exchange with Danforth

1.) Factually he is wrong
2.) I have provided all the links in the past that prove he is wrong
3.) HE even knows he is wrong

Yet, he will not admit to being wrong. So, what is the point for me providing you -------- with link after link? It changes nothing for you.

"The only thing I'll ever admit is you're too stupid to understand the equation you're discussing.
#18 | Posted by Danforth"

Great, so please link to someone that does understand the whole equation stating "the top .1% received over 50% of the Trump tax cuts". Should be very easy for you....or, are you the only one that truly understands the whole equation because you ignore basic math in your calculation?

"#17 | Posted by Danforth"

Then go ahead and COPY AND PASTE the part from any one of your links that states that the .1% got more than 50% of the Trump tax cut as you claimed. Should be simple for you.

"Foreign investors were left out, and they got over 15%. We know that, because American workers got 15%, and Foreign investors got MORE."

First, I linked to that article for you. Second, Foreign Investors does not equal ".1% Foreign Investors. Third, the top .1% of the US only own 25% of all equities so even applying that to the 15% you state above would mean 3.7% additional to the ~25% of the actual tax cut attributed to the top .1% by the US government's own calculation.

"only counts the Front End of the equation, the $1.8 Trillion borrowed. It completely left out the money earned as interest on that new debt, making the total closer to $2.3 Trillion."

What percentage of US debt is owned by the .1%? Assuming the top .1% own the same amount of US debt as they do of US equities (~25%), including interest MAKES THE NUMBER GO EVEN LOWER.

You keep digging yourself a deeper and deeper hole. Just admit that you lied. Laura will still respect you in the morning.

"#15 | Posted by LauraMohr"

Well there Laura (and I do hope your health is improving) as Danforth refuses to provide his link to back up his claim that the .1% received over 50% of the Trump tax cut when I ask him to provide it or admit that he lied - maybe you can ask him instead given your high view of him on money issues. I suspect you will get the same non-response that I get from him because he made a stupid statement that he is embarrassed to retract or risk losing his fawning admirers like you. Maybe if you tell him that you will still love him regardless, he can finally tell the truth on the matter.

"#12 | Posted by Danforth"

You are a perfect example of what I referred to above.

You made the claim that the .1% received over 50% of the Trump tax cuts and I asked your to support that with a link.

Of course you couldn't as the claim was ridiculous - but, you refuse to admit that you lied or retract your claim.

So, what is the point for me posting links verifying everything I claim when it is not the standard applied to others and no one ever is willing to admit that they were wrong? When I make false claims - I own up to it and amend it.

Case in point, when I linked to reports of the Texas school shooter a few weeks back and the reports turned out to be referencing a shooting at the same school but a few years earlier - I immediately posted that my prior link and reporting was incorrect. That is what adults do - you back your statement and must be willing to admit when you are wrong.

Liberals on this site are incapable of doing so and you are proof positive of that.

"#10 | Posted by LampLighter"

Nope, and I don't intend to going forward. There seems to be no point in my doing so as your -------- don't read the links or ever admit that you were incorrect after being provided the link. You are a great example of that. So, I am increasing efficiency by not wasting my time posting the links and saving your time from no longer requesting a link in every other of your comments because you aren't going to get one. Just doing my part to combat global warming by lowering the compute power needed to run the internet.

"#8 | Posted by LampLighter"

I am the only one on this website that actually supplies links to back up my data. It is tiring so I will just use the same 'trust me bro' that you -------- use going forward.

"#34 | Posted by ClownShack"

I know your economic failure is fueling your depression and feelings of being worthless.

Well, I am here to tell you that ALL humans have worth - even you. I want you to be successful both economically and emotionally. We cannot change the past - but you can change your present and future. I sincerely hope you choose to do so because life can be truly wonderful when you surround yourself with great people and become a productive member of society. The first step is always the hardest - but, I believe in you.

"You're not going to have a legacy.
#31 | Posted by snoofy"

I already have a legacy. I came from a working class midwest family and if I died tomorrow, I leave behind successful children and multi-generational wealth.

I know you are not like ClownShack in that you are not a homosexual. But, it does not change the fact that you are pushing 70, have no children, and have no wealth - hence, no legacy. Your time is short. You need to change your ways now. Time to grow up and be an adult - better late than never.

"#29 | Posted by ClownShack"

Cry more and continue your loser ways and have that be your legacy. Or, you can make a positive change in your life. The choice is yours. I know that you can't change the homosexual part - but you can change the insufferable part.

"Is this just yet another case of American companies bypassing American laws for profit?
#5 | Posted by LampLighter"

Some of the importers are American companies knowingly importing products through illegal trans-shipments and they need to face the full consequences of the law. However, a majority have no clue the products are trans-shipments - the trusted the fraudulent documents provided by the manufacturer. Like illegal immigrants - illegal trans-shipments have always been illegal - the laws were simply not enforced. Now they are. It is a good thing and China is being crushed because of it.

"Is it China doing these trans-shipments?
Or companies trying to import goods into the US and not having to pay the tariffs?
#1 | Posted by LampLighter"

Chinese companies using Malaysian fronts. Chinese companies are advertising all over now for their expertise in trans-shipment as the Chinese manufacturers are all facing bankruptcy after the US tariffs hit. But, Vietnam, Malaysia, and others are no longer allowing this practice. The actual shipments from China to the US directly and via transshipment is way, way larger than the number posted as the official trade deficit. Also, it artificially inflates the trade deficits Malaysia and Vietnam have with the US so they are desperate to stop the practice.

Here is a bit of 'on the ground' reporting for where the trade talks stand. In Vietnam, they are finalizing an agreement and the main sticking point is that the US is demanding that the US has the right to directly send US customs to factories in Vietnam producing exports for the US to ensure the goods are actually being made there and not trans-shipments. Vietnam is pushing back over sovereignty issues but will relent and agree.

"#26 | Posted by ClownShack"

I posted this on another story but given all of your comments are exactly the same regardless of the story, I might as well repost it here:

The jealousy you have for your economic betters is really off-putting. Maybe if you spent more time in school earning an actually useful degree vs. banging dudes in bath houses and getting a sociology degree, you would not be so unhappy in life now. I do know homosexuals that are actually happy - so, it is not your sexual orientation making your a miserable, depressed person - it is your personality and lack of achievement. The good news is that you still have time to fix that in your remaining years.

As it stands, this will be your obituary:

ClownShack died on xxx
He was an insufferable homosexual that brought misery to those around him.
His boundless potential was wasted due to his hubris and lack of effort.
He brought immense joy to the many men he pleasured in bath houses but was never able to form a stable relationship.
He is not survived by any children but is survived by his $150,000 student loan.
The county requests money in lieu of flowers to offset his burial costs.

Do you really want that to be your legacy?

"MPI's data shows that about 2.1 million immigrants are employed in roles related to growing, harvesting, processing, and selling food in the U.S.
#39 | Posted by LampLighter"

The number of those 2.1 million people that are here illegally should be zero. What is your point other than your usual cut and paste that does not connect at all with the discussion at hand?

"And that is relevant to the reason why companies have chosen to hire immigrants instead of Americans ... how?"

When illegals are not allowed to be in the country, whether the employer wants to hire them no longer matters. Please try to keep up as this is just logic 101.

"Besides your current alias giving up in defending its opinion."

My position is 100% consistent. I am not saying don't jail employers. I am 100% for that too. I am an 'all of the above supporter' - I want zero illegal immigration, employers that hire illegals jailed, and I want guest worker programs where if a child is born from one of the guest workers, they don't get instant citizenship.

"I do notice that it did not present the usual wall-of-text it usually presents.
by LampLighter"

Because words matter - I am one of about 3 posters on here that actually have thought out comments.

"Was it deleted because it was nonsense?
#33 | Posted by LampLighter"

Last month, illegal crossings were down 99.9%. It is no longer debatable - the data is in.

"So bad that Trump and MAGA will lie to our faces about how bad it is despite what everyone sees at the sores..
So bad that Trump might start a war to distract from it.
#8 | Posted by Zed"

So you mean like how Biden lied about the massive inflation and then tried to provoke a war against Russia? Sorry, we are not following your Democrat playbook.

"Considering he never went to college, ScottS doesn't understand how predatory student loans are."

Repeating this lie does not make it true. But, please link to me ever claiming to have a GED as you stated. Still waiting on that -------.

"Or how important education is for the nation to have a stronger future."

Gender and cultural study degrees do not make the US stronger any more than the Islamic Studies degrees make Saudi Arabia stronger. You chose a useless major and are now poor and depressed - that was your choice.

"The main reason Republicans are against providing Americans with a free college education is because they're worried too many brown and Black people will benefit."

We don't want free education because people don't value anything they receive for free. You see that in the utter destruction of K-12 education in the US. It would be a crime against humanity to do the same to the US higher education system.

"As ScottS has said several times, he expects Black people to take the jobs being vacated by undocumented immigrants. Because he believes Black people should be working out in fields, like they originally were.
#24 | Posted by ClownShack"

Blacks, whites, brown - EVERYONE as long as they are a US citizen. Also, it may surprise you, but huge agricultural states like Wisconsin, Iowa, and California never had slavery. You would have learned this is you had gotten a useful degree.

"Gaslighting articles are all high school drop outs, like Simping Scotty
#24 | Posted by ClownShack"

The jealousy you have for your economic betters is really off-putting. Maybe if you spent more time in school earning an actually useful degree vs. banging dudes in bath houses and getting a sociology degree, you would not be so unhappy in life now. I do know homosexuals that are actually happy - so, it is not your sexual orientation making your a miserable, depressed person - it is your personality and lack of achievement. The good news is that you still have time to fix that in your remaining years.

As it stands, this will be your obituary:

ClownShack died on xxx
He was an insufferable homosexual that brought misery to those around him.
His boundless potential was wasted due to his hubris and lack of effort.
He brought immense joy to the many men he pleasured in bath houses but was never able to form a stable relationship.
He is not survived by any children but is survived by his $150,000 student loan.
The county requests money in lieu of flowers to offset his burial costs.

Do you really want that to be your legacy?