row_33 Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) Trump’s magic wand keeps making America great again. Edited January 18, 2018 by row_33
B-Man Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 USA TODAY: While Trump’s critics keep talking, our president is fulfilling his promises: By every measure of personal and national prosperity, the nation is better off than it was a year ago. As I’ve said, Trump looks a lot better when you focus on what he does, as opposed to the crazy things he says, or made up nonsense that people say about him. .
/dev/null Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 On 1/18/2018 at 1:31 PM, OJABBA said: Just some terrible, awful news... https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/17/it-looks-like-apple-is-bringing-back-home-nearly-all-of-its-250-billion-foreign-cash.html Expand And paying several billion to the Federal coffers Mere crumbs according to Nancy
Prickly Pete Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 On 1/18/2018 at 9:42 PM, /dev/null said: And paying several billion to the Federal coffers Mere crumbs according to Nancy Expand Hahaha, those people are slowly crumbling away. Even all the "resistance" people that surround me in LA are falling silent. Let the !@#$ing Golden Age begin...
IDBillzFan Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) On 1/18/2018 at 9:42 PM, /dev/null said: Mere crumbs according to Nancy Expand Funny. Back in 2011, Pelosi was over the moon about a tax cut extension giving back "nearly $40 per paycheck" to the average family. Wonder what changed. Edited January 18, 2018 by LABillzFan
Nanker Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 US Jobless Claims Plunge to Lowest Weekly Tally Since 1973
/dev/null Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 On 1/18/2018 at 9:49 PM, OJABBA said: Hahaha, those people are slowly crumbling away. Even all the "resistance" people that surround me in LA are falling silent. Let the !@#$ing Golden Age begin... Expand With Trump it's not so much a "Golden" Age as a "Cheeto Orange" Age 1 2
IDBillzFan Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 Funny story out of Sacramento: CA Dems are now worried that the new tax bill, which eats into the tax breaks typically given to the uber-wealthy Californias, will making the uber-wealthy leave the state. Brown calls it 'an assault by Republicans in Congress.' Meanwhile, the state is trying to pass a bill that would allow Californians to write off their state taxes on their federal returns as charity. No. I'm not kidding. Quote But now, with the federal tax bill cutting off deductions that benefited well-off Californians, the state’s Democrats suddenly are singing the GOP song about a potential millionaire exodus. “People with higher incomes pay a lot more money, and some of them may be tempted to leave,” Gov. Jerry Brown said when he unveiled his 2018-19 budget proposal last week. “This was an assault by the Republicans in Congress against California.” That fear animates Senate President pro tem Kevin de León’s bill that would allow California residents to write off their state taxes on their federal returns as a charitable deduction, as well as other proposals that Assembly leaders have hinted they’re preparing to offer. De Leon’s bill cleared a second committee this week and is on its way to a vote on the Senate floor. Trump administration officials say it won’t pass muster with the IRS. Expand
DC Tom Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 On 1/18/2018 at 10:44 PM, LABillzFan said: Meanwhile, the state is trying to pass a bill that would allow Californians to write off their state taxes on their federal returns as charity. Expand That is !@#$ing funny.
Koko78 Posted January 19, 2018 Posted January 19, 2018 On 1/18/2018 at 10:44 PM, LABillzFan said: Meanwhile, the state is trying to pass a bill that would allow Californians to write off their state taxes on their federal returns as charity. No. I'm not kidding. Expand It's almost like these (*^*&%^$^#liberals have never heard of the Supremacy Clause.
TakeYouToTasker Posted January 19, 2018 Posted January 19, 2018 On 1/18/2018 at 10:44 PM, LABillzFan said: ?Funny story out of Sacramento: CA Dems are now worried that the new tax bill, which eats into the tax breaks typically given to the uber-wealthy Californias, will making the uber-wealthy leave the state. Brown calls it 'an assault by Republicans in Congress.' Meanwhile, the state is trying to pass a bill that would allow Californians to write off their state taxes on their federal returns as charity. No. I'm not kidding. Expand And why don't they believe this would be a violation of federal law?
Taro T Posted January 19, 2018 Posted January 19, 2018 On 1/19/2018 at 1:26 AM, TakeYouToTasker said: And why don't they believe this would be a violation of federal law? Expand Oh, come on. What good, hard core, rich democrat unhappy about his/her federal taxes going up wouldn't want to double down and guarantee they get audited, pay those same taxes (eventually) along w/ penalties and interest and if they do it often enough also face criminal charges?. Looks win/win from here.
GG Posted January 19, 2018 Author Posted January 19, 2018 Look on the bright side. Progressives will finally donate to charities. 2
IDBillzFan Posted January 19, 2018 Posted January 19, 2018 On 1/19/2018 at 1:26 AM, TakeYouToTasker said: And why don't they believe this would be a violation of federal law? Expand Frankly, the funniest part of this entire issue is how it flies in the face of the semi-annual NYT/Huffpo Op-ed written by some uber-rich dude (like Gates or Buffett), explaining how they would be happy to pay more in taxes, while urging for higher taxes on the uber-wealthy. But the minute they have to actually GIVE more, guess who's pulling up stakes?
Nanker Posted January 19, 2018 Posted January 19, 2018 On 1/19/2018 at 3:49 AM, LABillzFan said: Frankly, the funniest part of this entire issue is how it flies in the face of the semi-annual NYT/Huffpo Op-ed written by some uber-rich dude (like Gates or Buffett), explaining how they would be happy to pay more in taxes, while urging for higher taxes on the uber-wealthy. But the minute they have to actually GIVE more, guess who's pulling up stakes? Expand Already has happened to some extent. Hundreds of movie star millionaires have “permanent” residency in states like Idaho to avoid the CA state taxes. Of course they “visit” their California “vacation “ home(s) for months at a time. !@#$ing hypocrites.
B-Man Posted January 19, 2018 Posted January 19, 2018 LOOKS LIKE WE DRILLED OUR WAY OUT OF THAT PROBLEM: And despite many learned assurances to the contrary, too. .
keepthefaith Posted January 19, 2018 Posted January 19, 2018 On 1/19/2018 at 6:43 PM, B-Man said: LOOKS LIKE WE DRILLED OUR WAY OUT OF THAT PROBLEM: And despite many learned assurances to the contrary, too. . Expand Yes look at that growth during Obama's 2nd term. Pretty damn funny.
Chef Jim Posted January 19, 2018 Posted January 19, 2018 On 1/19/2018 at 1:26 AM, TakeYouToTasker said: And why don't they believe this would be a violation of federal law? Expand Because they are idiots if this is even true. Politicians are really daft but I can't imagine even they think they can make any changes to Fed tax law. Now if they want to allow CA to deduct all their CA taxes from their CA tax return..............wait.
IDBillzFan Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 On 1/19/2018 at 11:11 PM, Chef Jim said: Because they are idiots if this is even true. Politicians are really daft but I can't imagine even they think they can make any changes to Fed tax law. Now if they want to allow CA to deduct all their CA taxes from their CA tax return..............wait. Expand Here is their latest plan: make CA companies getting a windfall from the tax break give half of it to the state. Quote A proposed Assembly Constitutional Amendment by Assemblymen Kevin McCarty, D-Sacramento, and Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, would create a tax surcharge on California companies making more than $1 million so that half of their federal tax cut would instead go to programs that benefit low-income and middle-class families. “Trump’s tax reform plan was nothing more than a middle-class tax increase,” Ting said in a statement. “It is unconscionable to force working families to pay the price for tax breaks and loopholes benefiting corporations and wealthy individuals. This bill will help blunt the impact of the federal tax plan on everyday Californians by protecting funding for education, affordable health care, and other core priorities.” Expand
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