politics Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help

[Sturgeon]

31 minutes ago, Belesarius said:

PS: If it's 'trickle down' it doesn't fucking work.

 

PS: Reaganomics, bitch.

[Sgt.Squarehead]

Trickle down huh?

 

That sounds a lot like water going from the cistern to the pan.

 

What the US really needs is a bloody good flushing.

[EnsignExpendable]

[Sturgeon]

On 10/31/2017 at 1:31 PM, Sgt.Squarehead said:

Trickle down huh?

 

That sounds a lot like water going from the cistern to the pan.

 

What the US really needs is a bloody good flushing.

 

Mate, y'ever even been here?

[Donward]

I'm kind of liking what I'm seeing out of the Trump/GOP tax plan.

 

So it will end state income tax deductions. And it will cap mortgage interest deductions now at $500,000

 

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-gop-tax-cuts-20171102-story.html

 

According to the LA Times it fucks over Californians.

 

Good.

 

GOOD.

 

In other words, this tax plan will raise taxes on rich, white liberals who own mcmansions, living in Blue States who voted for Hillary and who want the federal government to tax and spend more. Now they just get to foot the bill.

 

Now I'm somewhat pessimistic about the corporate tax rates being lowered, Not that I'm opposed to business, I'm not, I'm just nervous about corporations like Apple and Google and Tesla and GE and what not which are basically run by Democrat donors being able to take home more money. If I had my druthers, their assets would be seized and used to pay off the national debt but unfortunately there's that whole thing about Bills of Attainder in the US Constitution...

[LostCosmonaut]

It gets rid of the tax credit for paying interest on student loans, which pisses me off (and is also bad for people with a lot of loan debt in general).

[Ramlaen]

Under the bus you go.

 

 

[T___A]

Jesus Christ the Democratic Party was ran horribly:

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/02/clinton-brazile-hacks-2016-215774

 

Quote

That wasn’t true, he said. Officials from Hillary’s campaign had taken a look at the DNC’s books. Obama left the party $24 million in debt—$15 million in bank debt and more than $8 million owed to vendors after the 2012 campaign

 

[Jeeps_Guns_Tanks]

17 minutes ago, T___A said:

Jesus Christ the Democratic Party was ran horribly:

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/02/clinton-brazile-hacks-2016-215774

 

 

 

 

No surprise there, the democrats pretty much fuck up everything they end up running, all you have to do is look at California for evidence.

[Lostwingman]

16 hours ago, LostCosmonaut said:

It gets rid of the tax credit for paying interest on student loans, which pisses me off (and is also bad for people with a lot of loan debt in general).

 

This one has to be a bargaining chip. It's a pretty bad idea. "Hey you, paying off your loan, get fucked."

[Sturgeon]

Trump Admin climate report reaffirms anthropogenic climate change.

Interested to hear more about this.

[Scolopax]

Tax reform bill is taking care of sports stadiums and tax-exempted construction.

[Donward]

2 hours ago, Sturgeon said:

Trump Admin climate report reaffirms anthropogenic climate change.

Interested to hear more about this.

I blame a disgruntled employee...

 

#TOPICALREFERENCE!!!

[Donward]

2 minutes ago, Scolopax said:

Tax reform bill is taking care of sports stadiums and tax-exempted construction.

#WINNING!

[Sgt.Squarehead]

On ‎02‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 8:34 PM, Sturgeon said:

 

Mate, y'ever even been here?

 

Yes, loved it too.....Have close friends in a few states, my cousin is in Austin (actually no, IIRC he's in Edinburgh right now, but when he goes 'home' it'll be Austin).

 

To be utterly candid (and I hope not impolite) it's the change from what I remember that underlies my comment.  9/11 really fucked you guys up.

[Sturgeon]

2 minutes ago, Sgt.Squarehead said:

 

Yes, loved it too.....Have close friends in a few states, my cousin is in Austin (actually no, IIRC he's in Edinburgh right now, but when he goes 'home' it'll be Austin).

 

To be utterly candid (and I hope not impolite) it's the change from what I remember that underlies my comment.  9/11 really fucked you guys up.

 

Well Cromwell fucked you guys up too, but you don't see me telling you folks what to do.

[Sgt.Squarehead]

Just looked back to my original comment.....I was actually thinking more in terms of radical financial redistribution ie: making Wall Street give the money back, it's not like they earned it honestly is it?

 

You are right about Cromwell, he made a right mess in our cathedral:

 

[LostCosmonaut]

1 hour ago, Sgt.Squarehead said:

 

 9/11 really fucked you guys up.

Actually, tearing up the 4th amendment and wasting over a trillion dollars on Operation Useless Dirt was a reasonable response to some brown people flying a plane into a building.

[LostCosmonaut]

[Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect]

[Jeeps_Guns_Tanks]

Politicians must really have a love hate relationship with social media. 

[Collimatrix]

29 minutes ago, Jeeps_Guns_Tanks said:

Politicians must really have a love hate relationship with social media. 

 

Because they're bad at using it.  Trump is a leading indicator of the trend towards more social media savviness, but eventually someone will come up with an even more refined model.

 

In other news, thousands of Americans will scream at the sky because Trump.

[Donward]

I wasn't in politics when Twitter was a "thing" but for many politicians, I expect their accounts are handled in house by their spokesperson.

[Jeeps_Guns_Tanks]

The newsweek website gave me aids. 

[LostCosmonaut]

The shitshow continues; https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/brazile-i-considered-replacing-clinton-with-biden-as-2016-democratic-nominee/2017/11/04/f0b75418-bf4c-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html?utm_term=.4c1ec7674144

 

Bonus mention of Seth Rich included.