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Masha/Babi - Home activities #12
Thestarider replied to Noldus's topic in Masha (10/13/15 - 08/22/24)
Not with Bigtime Boring Babi !!!! that you can count on. -
John Kerry’s possible defense in Iran leak uproar could show he undermined Trump. Senate Republicans step up pressure on Kerry to resign over alleged leak to Iran. Kerry denies allegations from leaked Iran tapes. IMPEACH THE BASTARD, SHIT CAN THE LYAR, Iranian's have bought his ass off. Oh Shit they are rubbing off on me and I am starting to sound like a democrat.....God help me.
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Even the New York Times knows Democrats are giving handouts to the rich. Even a broken clock is right twice a day, and even the New York Times is sometimes forced to tell the truth. The truth, in this case, is that the Democratic Party is currently “pushing a tax cut for the wealthy” by trying to get rid of the cap on state and local tax payment deductions, also known as SALT. In an editorial published this week, the New York Times correctly notes that Democrats’ defense of the SALT deduction contradicts the party’s pledge to make wealthy people pay their fair share, since SALT deductions primarily benefit the rich. In fact, the top 1% of earners in the United States would receive 54% of the benefits of the change, and the top 20% of earners would receive 96% of the benefits. “A tax cut with such a skewed distribution of benefits ought to be unacceptable to any politician genuinely concerned about the rise of economic inequality,” the editorial reads.
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Reject Biden's envy-based tax hikes The argument for raising taxes in the middle of a recovery is a very thin one. And so the media, in their great zeal to promote Biden and praise his administration, have falsely attempted to frame his proposed tax hikes as a means of paying for Biden’s infrastructure, stimulus, and other plans. This assumption has no factual basis. First of all, none of the money raised by this tax hike will be hypothecated to any specific use, so why play the silly game of claiming it is? Second, Biden’s tax hikes, unless they are altered significantly, will not come anywhere close to paying for his spending plans. Only a broad-based tax that brutally punishes the middle class could come anywhere close to bridging the gap between what the government is spending now and what it takes in. If Biden intends only to squeeze those with the highest incomes, the take will be far too small. Moreover, it is likely that an increase in the capital gains tax rate, which Biden specifically proposes, will decrease tax revenue. Note that in 1997, when President Bill Clinton signed into law a 29% cut to the top capital gains tax rate, the resulting surge in investment and trading caused the tax to continue bringing in more revenue, not less, right up to the implosion of the technology bubble three years later. More importantly, it helped usher in a post-bubble era in which investors were far less hesitant to realize taxable long-term gains. The amount of capital gains realized annually by investors between 1997 and 2007 increased by 153%, and the amount of annual capital gains tax collected by the IRS rose by 73%, according to Treasury Department data compiled by the Tax Foundation. A massive hike to the capital gains tax — Biden wants high-income investors to pay a combined 43% federal rate on all gains before state taxes even come into play — would create a massive disincentive for high-income investors. But this won’t significantly increase revenue. What’s more, it could depress the value of equity-based retirement portfolios held by the middle class. Biden, similar to his free-spending predecessors, is blessed by the fact that there is no mathematical relationship between government spending and revenues — there hasn’t been in decades. This means that Biden’s tax hike and his spending plans are really totally unrelated measures. They are bound together by two considerations. First, the Senate must pass both together through reconciliation so as to avoid supermajority rules on ordinary legislation. Second, and more importantly, Biden’s left-wing base just wants tax hikes on the rich, no matter the consequences, because its entire ideology is based on a seething hatred for and resentment of those who earn high incomes and succeed. After all, it reasons, the United States is an irredeemably racist, unfair, and evil nation. If you succeed in a place like the U.S., then the Left believes it is because you did something wrong. This is why it desires punitive taxes even if those taxes cause revenues to decrease. This is the very definition of envy — not that you desire what your neighbor has but that you would actually be willing to give something up of your own in order to make the neighbor have less. Envy, it should go without saying, is not a sound basis for tax policy. The economy is in the middle of a fragile recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. It needs to be given time to heal. It's never a good time to impose tax hikes based on resentment and envy, but this is an especially bad one.
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Democrats are the party of the wealthy, IRS data shows. Democrats are the party of the wealthy, a flip from decades ago when it was the party of the poor and middle class. Democrats represented 65% of taxpayers with a household income of $500,000 or more in 2020, according to IRS data, while 74% of taxpayers in Republican districts have household incomes of less than $100,000. The data comes as some Democrats push to end former President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax law that caps the federal tax deduction for state and local taxes at $10,000. The beneficiaries would predominantly be the 1% of the U.S.’s wealthiest households, where property owners in high-tax states will benefit from the relief on federal taxes. Democrats who won previously Republican districts campaigned on restoring the deduction, especially in states such as New York and New Jersey, where a handful of red districts were flipped blue in 2018.
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The Liberal Left at it's best: So I am at Walmart scanning and bagging my almost $300 worth of groceries while the employee that wants $15 an hour "monitors" and then this happened. Her - why are you double bagging all of your groceries? Me - excuse me? Her - you are wasting our bags! Me - if you don't like the way I'm bagging the groceries, feel free to come on over here and bag them yourself. Her - that's not my job! Me - okay, then I will bag my groceries how I please if that's all right with you. Her - why are you using two bags?! Me - because the bags are weak and I don't want the handles to break or the bottoms to rip out. Her - well that's because you are putting too much stuff in the bag. If you took half of that stuff out and put it in a different bag then you wouldn't need to double bag. *10 seconds of me just staring at her. Me - so you want me to split these items in half and put half of them in a different bag so that I don't have to double bag. Her - exactly. Me - so I would still be using two bags to hold the same number of items. Her - no because you wouldn't be double bagging. *me pressing two fingers to my left eye in an attempt to make it stop twitching. Me - okay so here I have a jug of milk and a bottle of juice double bagged. If I take the milk out and remove the double bagging and just put the milk in the single bag and the juice in that single bag I'm still using two bags for these two items. Her- no because you are not double bagging them so it's not the same number of bags. *me looking around at about 10 other customers who at this point are enjoying the show. Me- is this like that Common Core math stuff I keep hearing about? Her- never mind you just don't get it. And with that, she went back to her little Podium so she could continue texting or playing games on her phone or whatever it was she was doing before she decided to come over and critique my bagging skills.
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His name was Bubba, he was from Mississippi ... And he needed a loan, So ... he walked into a bank in New York City and asked for the loan Officer. He told the loan officer that he was going to Paris for an International Redneck Festival for two weeks and needed to borrow $5,000; and that he was not a depositor of the bank. The bank officer told him that the bank would need some form of security for the loan, so the Redneck handed over the keys to a new Ferrari. The car was parked on the street in front of the bank. The Redneck produced the title and everything checked out. The loan officer agreed to hold the car as collateral for the loan and apologized for having to charge 12% interest. Later, the bank's president and its officers all enjoyed a good laugh at the Redneck from the South for using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral for a $5,000 loan. An employee of the bank then drove the Ferrari into the bank's private underground garage and parked it. Two weeks later, the Redneck returned, repaid the $5,000 and the interest of $23.07. The loan officer said, "Sir, we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out on Dunn & Bradstreet and found that you are a Distinguished Alumni from Ole Miss University, a highly sophisticated investor and Multi-Millionaire with real estate and financial interests all over the world. Your investments include a large number of wind turbines around Sweetwater, Texas. What puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow $5,000?" The good 'ole boy replied, "Where else in New York City can I park my car for two weeks for only $23.07 and expect it to be there when I return?" His name was BUBBA.... Keep an eye on those southern boys! Just because we talk funny does not mean we are stupid.
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Masha/Babi - Home activities #12
Thestarider replied to Noldus's topic in Masha (10/13/15 - 08/22/24)
Nothing sparks my interest in this place since Masha left to go to Barcelona, just Bigtime Boring Babi and Tanya the not so temping temptress these days without Masha. Not very impressed so far for sure !!! All they seem to do is sit at the stove and smoke out the vent, then lay in bed with the covers up to there necks watch some shit on the laptop. real life for the real life lovers out there. -
Martina and Alberto - home activities #17
Thestarider replied to Noldus's topic in Jade & Alberto (04/15/17)
Man you sure a read a lot into that post especially between the lines, Nelly did kind shove Masha into the picture and most likely is why she didn't want her to visit, on the other hand it was Masha that brought up the whole 3 way with Sophia, and knowing the way Masha is, she probably couldn't wait to bring that up with Martina. So If I was Martina I would let Masha and Nelly know that she too has had a lot of fun in her life and that Nelly is not the only one to find her fancy. Once again all is fair and in love and warfare. An eye for and eye and stone for a stone so to speak. Maybe next time Nelly wont drink herself into oblivion and leave Martina to fend for herself with little Megan. Some would say that Masha is there to spice things up, well she has failed measurably at that task. Babi has done no better at her place in Italy, Masha just needs to GTHO and go home where she belongs. -
Martina and Alberto - home activities #17
Thestarider replied to Noldus's topic in Jade & Alberto (04/15/17)
Here is my opinion on the whole Martina and Nelly thing, If I was Martina I would invite Marta to join me the next time Nelly has a party, and I would kind of shove Marta down Nelly's throat, just like Nelly did to Martina with Masha. I am sure that Marta can tell Nelly some stories about Martina that would make her head spin. You know what they say, all is fair in love and warfare !!! 😈😎🤣 -
Martina and Alberto - home activities #17
Thestarider replied to Noldus's topic in Jade & Alberto (04/15/17)
The topic is unlocked, please post away and stay on the topic. -
Martina and Alberto - home activities #17
Thestarider replied to Noldus's topic in Jade & Alberto (04/15/17)
Lets cool it.... -
Martina and Alberto - home activities #17
Thestarider replied to Noldus's topic in Jade & Alberto (04/15/17)
I agree, she brings a lot thought to her posts. -
B1 Girls on Vacation - General Topic 2021 #22 (April)
Thestarider replied to Noldus's topic in B#1 Chilli, Savaira (09/16/18)
I am always here in the background Harley 😎 -
B1 Girls on Vacation - General Topic 2021 #22 (April)
Thestarider replied to Noldus's topic in B#1 Chilli, Savaira (09/16/18)
Now Harley ole' buddy, have you been drinking again ? You know that Ilona made far more money from her real job than she ever made while she was in the view of the RLC cameras. 😉 -
LMAO I am sure you can't HAHAHAHA, you need to speak Russian and of course Diana is not her real name.
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Martina and Alberto - home activities #17
Thestarider replied to Noldus's topic in Jade & Alberto (04/15/17)
Those two could care less about the money !!!! If you think that is all it is then you are very naïve and have not been paying attention !!!! -
For the longtimers here, do you remember Diana and Efim use to sing that same song at thier parties. "Hit the road Jack" Efim on his base and Diana's lovely incredible voice.