Trump's speech to Congress

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Congress spends not the president..civics lession for the clowns

It's his party (last time, too) and this time as well.

You just can't even sound like you know what you are talking about.

 

[Lisa558]

In my thinking about the poor, I draw a sharp distinction between the working poor, and those who do not work, but often supplement their welfare checks with the gains of criminal activity. The working poor are the salt of the earth. They perform necessary tasks consciously, and play the game by the rules, but they win none of the prizes.

What does have to do with voting? You said welfare recipients don’t vote, and I showed you they do.

So your response it to talk about the working poor being the salt of the earth, etc., etc., but guess what? Democrats’ policies of importing poor, unskilled illegal aliens HURT the working poor. Their schools got worse. Their rents were driven up. Wages were suppressed.

AND THIS IS A BIG REASON YOUR SIDE LOST.

 

[Hector12]

What does have to do with voting? You said welfare recipients don’t vote, and I showed you they do.

So your response it to talk about the working poor being the salt of the earth, etc., etc., but guess what? Democrats’ policies of importing poor, unskilled illegal aliens HURT the working poor. Their schools got worse. Their rents were driven up. Wages were suppressed.

AND THIS IS A BIG REASON YOUR SIDE LOST.

My side lost barely. Your side is already in trouble with Trump's tariffs and Musk's efforts to cut nearly one third of the federal budget.

 

[Lisa558]

My side lost barely. Your side is already in trouble with Trump's tariffs and Musk's efforts to cut nearly one third of the federal budget.

Barely? You lost all 7 swing states!

And the majority of Americans are in support of stomping out all the government waste and fraud.

The tariffs, I agree, might be a mistake, but overall, SO much better:

The border is secure. Action is being taken against the liberal universities that are tolerating, if not outright condoning, antisemitism. We are moving toward a peace deal in Ukraine. Some hostages have been released. We are getting rid of the racist DEI programs. We are trimming the bloated government.

SO much winning!

 

[Jroc]

It's his party (last time, too) and this time as well.

You just can't even sound like you know what you are talking about.

Sit back and watch America first you clown

 

[otto105]

How old are you again moron? the only people getting hurt by that is Nancy Pelosi and the Chuck Schumer types who used to make tens of millions of dollars off the stock market insider trading.... Does you and your friend work the circus together,?... Dueling clowns .. do you juggle too?

WTF are you posting about idiot.

Stop parroting idiot wingnut talking points.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Sit back and watch America first you clown

It's coming for him.

Justices are empowered with judicial review.

 

[otto105]

Trump is working on that, but of course you libs are alarmed that adults should be required to have jobs before they get other people’s money for food.

Hilarious

Do you even know the makeup of people that receive either Medicaid or SNAP benefits?

 

[Hector12]

 

[Hector12]

Barely? You lost all 7 swing states!

And the majority of Americans are in support of stomping out all the government waste and fraud.

The tariffs, I agree, might be a mistake, but overall, SO much better:

The border is secure. Action is being taken against the liberal universities that are tolerating, if not outright condoning, antisemitism. We are moving toward a peace deal in Ukraine. Some hostages have been released. We are getting rid of the racist DEI programs. We are trimming the bloated government.

SO much winning!

What the world's richest man thinks are "waste, fraud, and abuse," are lifelines to most Americans.

 

[Lisa558]

What the world's richest man thinks are "waste, fraud, and abuse," are lifelines to most Americans.

Oh please. Stop with the scare tactics. You already lost the election.

Is it a lifeline to pay out millions to put on transgender opera on Nepal, a lesbian comic strip in Columbia, and promote atheism in Africa? Or to get a woman off food stamps when her “Baby Daddy” is earning $80,000? Or to have contracts still being paid out even though the contract no longer is in effect?

I worked in the government for one (miserable) year 40 years ago, and my head was spinning over the waste of money even back THEN. I’m sure it’s 10x worse now.

 

[toobfreak]

My side lost barely.

Too funny you think that. Do please double down on doing all the same things next election.

 

[Hector12]

Too funny you think that. Do please double down on doing all the same things next election.

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We lost barely in the popular vote. Since then, Trump has been declining in the polls.

 

[Hector12]

Oh please. Stop with the scare tactics. You already lost the election.

Is it a lifeline to pay out millions to put on transgender opera on Nepal, a lesbian comic strip in Columbia, and promote atheism in Africa? Or to get a woman off food stamps when her “Baby Daddy” is earning $80,000? Or to have contracts still being paid out even though the contract no longer is in effect?

I worked in the government for one (miserable) year 40 years ago, and my head was spinning over the waste of money even back THEN. I’m sure it’s 10x worse now.

First of all, and most obviously, I am opposed to all that stuff you list. Second, you can add all that together, with equally controversial expenses, and you will still have a huge national debt. The national debt only became a problem during Reagan's tax cuts for the rich. The solution is tax increases for the rich.

If you have read my posts directed toward JoeB131, who thinks illegitimacy is a legitimate lifestyle, you know that I am opposed to giving welfare checks to single mothers and their illegitimate children.

 

[Lisa558]

First of all, and most obviously, I am opposed to all that stuff you list. Second, you can add all that together, with equally controversial expenses, and you will still have a huge national debt. The national debt only became a problem during Reagan's tax cuts for the rich. The solution is tax increases for the rich.

If you have read my posts directed toward JoeB131, who thinks illegitimacy is a legitimate lifestyle, you know that I am opposed to giving welfare checks to single mothers and their illegitimate children.

The top 1% earn 26% of the income in this country yet pay 46% of the income tax. How much more disportionate should their share be?

And the bottom half pay just 3% of all the income tax, with close to half of them net “takers” - food stamps, housing subsidies, Medicaid, etc. How much less disproportionate should their share be?

Summary of the Latest Federal Income Tax Data, 2024 Update

 

[Hector12]

The top 1% earn 26% of the income in this country yet pay 46% of the income tax. How much more disportionate should their share be?

And the bottom half pay just 3% of all the income tax, with close to half of them net “takers” - food stamps, housing subsidies, Medicaid, etc. How much less disproportionate should their share be?

Summary of the Latest Federal Income Tax Data, 2024 Update

The over all tax system is only mildly progressive.

 

[Lisa558]

The over all tax system is only mildly progressive.

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We are talking about federal income tax. Don’t dilute the point by bringing in sales tax and whatnot.

So answer the question…..the top 1% earns 26% of the income and yet pays 44% of the income tax. How much more out of proportion should their tax burden be, considering that half the people pay nothing?

 

[Hector12]

We are talking about federal income tax. Don’t dilute the point by bringing in sales tax and whatnot.

So answer the question…..the top 1% earns 26% of the income and yet pays 44% of the income tax. How much more out of proportion should their tax burden be, considering that half the people pay nothing?

I am talking about the entire tax system. It is only mildly progressive, but incomes have become extremely unequal.

 

[Lisa558]

I am talking about the entire tax system. It is only mildly progressive, but incomes have become extremely unequal.

Incomes are unequal because people are unequal - intelligence, ability, motivation, education level, discipline, etc.

 

[Hector12]

Incomes are unequal because people are unequal - intelligence, ability, motivation, education level, discipline, etc.

Incomes are primarily determined by genes, which are determined at conception.

After tax income has become increasingly unequal because of Republican tax cuts for the rich.