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@Mik said in Funny Pics:

Snort

Turns out he’s actually a 70’s-80’s era Democrat.

https://nypost.com/2025/03/28/us-news/white-house-weighing-tax-hikes-for-the-rich-to-pay-for-trumps-no-tax-on-tips-promise-report/

Still, better than the alternative we were given.

George normally takes a little time off following a new presidential term starting off. The vitriol levels are a little excessive during that time. I had a quick conversation with him last week. He’ll be back.

@jon-nyc said in Trumpenomics:

Thanks! I want to share that. I wonder if I can find the non-X video?

We see you!

https://www.foxnews.com/us/trans-student-assaults-conservative-activist-bike-lock-unsettling-video-wanted-kill-me

Maybe tomorrow he’ll announce this has all been a big April Fool’s Prank?

@Horace said in Did they go woke?:

Just last week Ben Shapiro was telling everybody how their balance sheet was awesome and the Boering thing was unrelated to finances.

Yeah, Klavan had a weird segment where he addressed the audience about Boering stepping down that was meant to sound like it was no big deal, but made it sound like it was a big deal…

@Mik said in Snow White and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

@Horace said in Snow White and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

Disney is now getting sued by 'little people' for excluding them from appearing as the dwarves.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14527443/snow-white-movie-dwarfs-lawsuit.html

The chain of events went something like "Peter Dinklage decided to call it bigotry to use real little people -> Disney relents and removes real little people -> real little people sue for being excluded".

I suspect they’ll come up short.

That was small of you.

@Axtremus said in Your idea for a polymarket topic here.:

@LuFins-Dad said in Your idea for a polymarket topic here.:

It is remarkable to consider the fact that this guy is this incompetent and damaging, but was still better than the alternative?

It's been quite clear to me that the alternative was better.

Then you should have been spreading the good word on larger mediums than this. You failed us all, Ax.

Wow. It is remarkable to consider the fact that this guy is this incompetent and damaging, but was still better than the alternative? FFS, what are we doing here?

Next summer I was supposed to get my mid-life crisis car… There goes that…

@Axtremus

1. I’m not your google daddy. While the CBO estimates are good on an annual basis (+/- 1% GDP), their long range projections have always been very off. It’s well documented and has been discussed. It’s not due to any bias but the simple fact that it’s impossible to really determine how the private sector responds to that +/- 1% as it adds up over 3 or more years.

2. They can’t take into account deregulation that hasn’t happened yet. They can’t only project on current policies.

3. What a load of absolute bullshit. Let’s start with the tax cuts for the rich. You know that the majority of the savings from the tax cuts were for the middle class, right? https://heartland.org/publications/measuring-the-effects-of-the-republicans-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act-on-personal-income-taxes/ Meaning they will be the ones hit the hardest when the tax cuts expire. Beyond that, we’ve already established that the $19T long term projection is horseshit. The CBO can not project 10 years out worth a damn, only 12-18 months.

Wonder if that has anything to do with Jeremy stepping down?

@Jolly said in Doge sits down with Bret Baier. Worth a watch.:

TINSTAAFL.

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1. It seems to me that the CBO pretty routinely underestimates the effects that tax breaks add to growth and underestimate the effect that tax increases slows growth.

2. Those projections also don’t take into account the effect that deregulation will have on growth.

3. Yes, these spending cuts do nothing without fixing FICA and then the cost of servicing our debt, but we’re looking at the Dave Ramsey debt snowball effect. Cutting spending in all of the other areas will allow us to start reducing the outstanding debt. When that number goes down you should see economic growth increase again.

4. The elephant in the room is still the FICA programs, and that will need to be addressed by removing the cap, but you need to earnestly show that you are taking steps to address your profligate spending before asking the bank of the 5% to give you more money…

Please let me know how it works. My wife keeps stealing my Lodge, which is meant for outdoor cooking…

“My brothers are gay, all my friends are gay…”

What are the odds of that happening randomly?

But the toadying is nauseating, and the refusal of those on the right to criticize Trump and his gang for their obvious mistakes is ridiculous.