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Old 01-20-2025, 07:28 PM   #4001
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Remember when Dubya was Hitler but now people kinda like him like a lovable goof.
Many people forget that he is a war criminal.

But he did some great things in helping with AIDS epidemic in Africa. And although not a flawless policy, No Child Left Behind was overall good for American society.

But he also encroached on Americans' rights with the Patriot Act.

So... yeah. Not a great person.
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Old 01-20-2025, 07:29 PM   #4002
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The employers idea generates them revenue and they give a piece of their revenue to you for a specific service and pays the goverment a tax from their revenue for employing the employee.
Or the employer makes profit from the blood sweat and tears of the employee. It can be seen as both ways or a little bit of both. When most entrepreneurs die, someone comes in and fills the void. Everyone is expendable to a certain extent. Many business owners are true innovators to be sure but many also just got lucky along the way. Not a single one of them could do it without their employees.
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Old 01-20-2025, 07:31 PM   #4003
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https://twitter.com/user/status/1881504964331373020

That drawer probably would have remained unopened for 4 years.
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Old 01-20-2025, 07:32 PM   #4004
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He signed withdrawing from the WHO.
No tariffs.

...so far.
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Old 01-20-2025, 07:35 PM   #4005
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The employers idea generates them revenue and they give a piece of their revenue to you for a specific service and pays the goverment a tax from their revenue for employing the employee.
Then why does the government contact the individual and not the employer when they calculate that there was either too much or too little tax remitted?
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Old 01-20-2025, 07:40 PM   #4006
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That drawer probably would have remained unopened for 4 years.
He doesnt look good, kinda shaky. Holds that sharpie like a toddler holds a crayon.
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Old 01-20-2025, 07:41 PM   #4007
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Or the employer makes profit from the blood sweat and tears of the employee. It can be seen as both ways or a little bit of both. When most entrepreneurs die, someone comes in and fills the void. Everyone is expendable to a certain extent. Many business owners are true innovators to be sure but many also just got lucky along the way. Not a single one of them could do it without their employees.
The 1860s called they want their capitalism critique back.
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Old 01-20-2025, 07:41 PM   #4008
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Then why does the government contact the individual and not the employer when they calculate that there was either too much or too little tax remitted?
Because the goverment took too much or too little of your cut of the employers revenue.
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He doesnt look good, kinda shaky. Holds that sharpie like a toddler holds a crayon.
It’s been a long day for him. Someone should check his diaper.
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Old 01-20-2025, 07:42 PM   #4010
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Because the goverment took too much or too little of your cut of the employers revenue.
There you go. You figured it out!
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Old 01-20-2025, 07:48 PM   #4011
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Just not the sharpest tool in shed, despite a legal precedence that cost ABC 15 million dollars, AOC just can't help herself.



https://www.rollingstone.com/politic...on-1235241333/




https://apnews.com/article/abc-trump...2a85f4c1a56d68

Hopefully misinformation merchants like her, are sued out of office!
I mean if you differentiate between found civilly liable of sexual abuse vs rapist I think you have lost the plot.

Be better
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Old 01-20-2025, 07:50 PM   #4012
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Well if those billionaires create millions of jobs, pay trillion in taxes, drive innovation and generate wealth to anyone who invests, which they do! I am all for protecting them!
LOL...I had a whole post planned out and then I realized who I was about to respond to. No point in getting into a bad faith argument with a classic internet troll...

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Old 01-20-2025, 07:52 PM   #4013
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“I will immediately begin the overhaul of our trade system to protect American workers and families. Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich other countries, we will tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens,” Trump said.

I think I can just hear the wheels turning in an American Trump supporters head as they try to figure out how this will enrich them.
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Old 01-20-2025, 07:53 PM   #4014
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LOL...I had a whole post planned out and then I realized it was full of strawmen and false equivalences. No point in getting mopped up by the mighty Mel..

Fixed it for ya or you might say truthified it for you
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Trump plaza coming to Gaza.
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Fixed it for ya or you might say truthified it for you
haha... you really think you're dunking on all of us, don't you? You genuinely believe it...amazing.

You know we're all laughing at you, right?
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Old 01-20-2025, 07:59 PM   #4017
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Why hasn't anyone though of this. A few beach chairs and umbrellas, problem solved.
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Old 01-20-2025, 08:01 PM   #4018
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haha... you really think you're dunking on all of us, don't you? You genuinely believe it...amazing.

You know we're all laughing at you, right?
Oh i am sure the socialist faction is "laughing" at me...? But who gives a flying ####? they're socialists lol
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Old 01-20-2025, 08:01 PM   #4019
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No tariffs.

...so far.
Thanks in large part to our Premier (?)

Handling Trump ain't easy, I think Smith did the right thing compared to the (arguably right) feelings and approach by 'Team Canada'
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Thanks in large part to our Premier (?)

Handling Trump ain't easy, I think Smith did the right thing compared to the (arguably right) feelings and approach by 'Team Canada'
Did Smith negotiate for Mexico too? Laughable take, I think some adults got a hold of Trump’s ear for a few hours and then he forgot and blasted about tariffs again.
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