This is a really good opinion piece on GOP tax policy, and why it is bad for our country. We have real life, concrete, contemporary examples of GOP tax policy in action:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...=.7396a063c4a1
This is a really good opinion piece on GOP tax policy, and why it is bad for our country. We have real life, concrete, contemporary examples of GOP tax policy in action:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...=.7396a063c4a1
I find it very sad that there are so many people to whom money is everything.
Trump loves those people, and they love him in return.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Movie Theater DiaryQuoting Donald Glover
I know that it’s just as wrong to generalize about the wealthy as it is for anyone else to be generalized or compartmentalized.
But there seems to be a celebration in America right now of not only being wealthy but of hating the poor.
Those who don’t have are really pretty much told “well maybe you should try not being poor”.
The complete lack of empathy (or even an attempt at seeing circumstances outside of being profoundly privileged) is disgusting.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
It's part of the Prosperity Gospel ideology, a right-wing religious view that has taken over the GOP and large parts of our country.
Basically, the evangelicals believe that if you are a good, righteous person God will reward you with wealth. Ergo, if you are poor, you must be a bad, unrighteous person, someone to be punished and disparaged, not helped.
The evangelicals in America actually believe the exact opposite of what Jesus taught.
I find it very sad Canadians think they know what's best for Americans. Little do they know their whole country would be speaking Russian if it wasn't for the U.S.
I can’t tell if you’re being satirical.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Quoting D_Davis (view post)
Yeah it’s a crazy ideology.
When people are rich by birth and feel they are entitled to and have earned what they have, then go out of their way to keep others from prospering.
It’s such a twisted state right now.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
We're doing shtick right?Quoting megladon8 (view post)
You backhand me, I backhand you and it becomes a thing.
I wasn’t backhanding you. Nothing I had said was directed at you.Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
You didn't quote me, but it was most assuredly directed to me.
It wasn’t but ok!
Was responding to the general thoughts in D’s posts about greed.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Right now I interpret the tax cut as a bribe to convince the American public to fuck off while Congress and its patrons do everything possible to fleece us. Like they're handing me a crisp five dollar bill while they try to sneak my wallet out of my back pocket.
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Have ya been to Toronto? It seems like half us are speaking Russian already. (And they're all huge Trump supporters because of his stance on Israel.)Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
Just because...
The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild
The last book I read was...
The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain
The (New) World
Looks like John Kelly is about to resign over the Rob Porter domestic abuse scandal.
Movie Theater DiaryQuoting Donald Glover
That is why I keep saying new. Afghanistan is the forgotten war.Quoting Dead & Messed Up (view post)
BLOG
And everybody wants to be special here
They call your name out loud and clear
Here comes a regular
Call out your name
Here comes a regular
Am I the only one here today?
How many family members sharing a pic of Trump being hugged by Jesus with description of poor Trump being more attacked unfairly more than any president in history does it take before I either block entire family or just flat out check myself into an institution?
Why don't you just block their posts from appearing in your feed? That's what I did with my religious uncle who lives in New Zealand, and now I'll see are posts decrying how racist Canada is because a white jury found white guy not guilty for shooting an indigenous kid in the head, even though very few facts about the case are known to the public.Quoting Skitch (view post)
Just because...
The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild
The last book I read was...
The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain
The (New) World
I have family from Mississippi, and they aren't even public Trump fans.
13 Russian nationals and 3 Russian entities were just indited for interfering with the US election in 2016.
https://t.co/9XLt8GiLnQ
But it's probably nothing.
"From in or around 2014 to the present, Defendants knowingly and intentionally conspired with each other (and with persons known and unknown to the Grand Jury) to defraud the United States by impairing, obstructing, and defeating the lawful functions of the government through fraud and deceit for the purpose of interfering with the U.S. political and electoral processes, including the presidential election of 2016."
Heh, I saw.Quoting D_Davis (view post)
BLOG
And everybody wants to be special here
They call your name out loud and clear
Here comes a regular
Call out your name
Here comes a regular
Am I the only one here today?
Working normal hours, my paycheck was about $10 more. So the tax cut is yielding me about $20 a month, or about $240 a year. Not enough to make a difference, and not nearly enough for me to overlook everything else.Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)