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I hope they are. I fear we may one day have Michelle or Chelsea running for prez.
Damn, sorry I asked.I knew Henning. Henning was a friend of mine. And sir, you are no Henning.
Lets see, I have an expired SCCA license, haven't raced in decades, never made a dime - but spent a fair amount. I do work on my own cars, rarely on others. I do sell used cars that I've restored, not commercially. Yep, I just completed building a platform that goes on my truck to build the rest of my hangar, so machinist(amateur), fab, welder. No to rail insp. No to strip club/bartender(but I do like to go there sometimes). Photographer no, just for my own stuff of course. No photo lab tech. Hehe - I did pound nails in house construction a long, long time ago when I was a teen, but barely a temp job, not a supe. I can sail, but not for profit, just with me and the wife. Captain - no(yes, if it's my own boat?). Aircraft mech - again I work on my own planes, but not commercially. Cranes no, diver yes(open water, wreck), pilot yes, project mgr yes, boat builder no(but have restored a couple small ones; google Glastron CV-23). I've done some interesting things, in interesting places. Already been called a liar, so meh - doesn't bother me.
Edit: I have worked in and around the nuclear field for some years, but it's not something I discuss. Had a few close calls there. Pantex, Lawrence Livermore, Gulf/Gen Atomic, and a few others were some of my stops in a different career(google 'nuke plant jumper', something similar).
Technically it was not repealed, the penalty was set at zero.
An interesting twist here - the new tax bill included a repeal of the individual mandate from the ACA. You can no longer be punished if you don't buy health insurance.Starting January 1, 2019. So there’s one more year of taking it up the ass by FedGov. Love those brave Republicans. They sure know how to be spineless pussies.
There's more talk of obstruction of justice with the firing of Comey, and Trump knowing that he lied to Pence, and possibly the FBI. Nevermind obstruction - I have been wondering about misprision of felony. If Trump became aware of Flynn lying to Pence and the FBI and not only did he not report it to authorities, he actually asked Comey to go easy on Flynn for personal reasons. I'm no lawyer, but Trump had to know that lying to the FBI is against the law.That’s one way to spin it.
There's more talk of obstruction of justice with the firing of Comey, and Trump knowing that he lied to Pence, and possibly the FBI. Nevermind obstruction - I have been wondering about misprision of felony. If Trump became aware of Flynn lying to Pence and the FBI and not only did he not report it to authorities, he actually asked Comey to go easy on Flynn for personal reasons. I'm no lawyer, but Trump had to know that lying to the FBI is against the law.
.Why is it that Conservatives feel the need to hide their beliefs from their liberal relatives?
I have rabid Leftist cousins. They have the Obama family picture on their refrigerator. I send them my old copies of the NRA's "American Rifleman" magazine I get each month. I send it anonymously, and they don't know much about my politics, so it must drive them nuts. If I ever have to go over there for a family event, I will bring some to mix in with their magazines in the can. Yes, I remove the mailing info on the mag.
We are all being killed by high Federal rates. But just because some people live in a State that chooses to tax the shit out of them doesn't mean you should pay less tax than those in low tax states.The state tax deduction has been in the Code since the inception of the Sixteenth Amendment in 1913, and was even in the law in 1862 when the Congress tried to impose its first income tax to fund the Civil War.
But thanks for not resorting to name calling and insults.
As for Stan, YES, I do think Federal tax should be fair. Which is completely different than the liberal mantra of everyone paying their "fair share, which has nothing to do with fairness. Let me ask you, Stan, Other than greed, why do you think your State taxes deserve to be deductible on your Federal return?
I could discuss this in further depth, but I don't like the tone the discussion took.
True, but they are some of the ones that are trying to defeat tax reform because it infringes on their tax deductions, when their taxes have nothing to do with the rest of the country.Your language, just like the language of Paul Ryan, is the language of the left. Your premise is that the government owns the fruits of our labor, and a deduction ("loophole" to people like you and Ryan) takes from the mouth of FedGov. How twisted.
They are perfectly justified in taxing themselves, but they have no right to expect the rest of the country to subsidize those taxes.
But wait - he's sorry, and he's a liberal. So that's ok, no harm and no foul.And that's why the Senate Ethics committee wants to do an "investigation." So they can say that he's sorry, thus no ethics violation.
This is the double standard that passes for ethics.
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