Part of being reasonable is knowing who has the power to increase taxes.tragabigzanda wrote:Look I’m sorry the US will not be turning into Denmark as you had hoped but be reasonableMickey wrote:No you don't understand, we're going to have bipartisanship, for reasons.4/5 wrote:How could he do that without the Senate?tragabigzanda wrote: Reverse of Trump’s golden handjob, and his plan for increased taxes on those making over $400K (without waiting for the Senate to debate it)
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VinylGuy wrote:its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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McBain.jpegtragabigzanda wrote:I think life in denmark looks quite nice!
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Seriously, did you hit your head???tragabigzanda wrote:Ah, thanks for the clarification. Maybe after the midterms.4/5 wrote:Is EA an executive order? Either way, Congress has the power to tax, presidents do not. Any executive order attempting to raise taxes would be struck down.tragabigzanda wrote:I believe he could do it through EA, unless taxes can’t be changed that way?4/5 wrote:How could he do that without the Senate?tragabigzanda wrote: Reverse of Trump’s golden handjob, and his plan for increased taxes on those making over $400K (without waiting for the Senate to debate it)
VinylGuy wrote:its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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macphisto, do you have any proof? or are you just blindly reiterating the desperate conspiracy farts of that foul piece of absolute shit?
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For how smart you are you’re kind of dumb sometimes. Even I knew that !tragabigzanda wrote:Or simply admitting when I’m wrong, thanking 4/5 for setting me straight, and promptly moving onMickey wrote:Part of being reasonable is knowing who has the power to increase taxes.tragabigzanda wrote:Look I’m sorry the US will not be turning into Denmark as you had hoped but be reasonableMickey wrote:No you don't understand, we're going to have bipartisanship, for reasons.4/5 wrote:How could he do that without the Senate?tragabigzanda wrote: Reverse of Trump’s golden handjob, and his plan for increased taxes on those making over $400K (without waiting for the Senate to debate it)
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To be a little fair to Trag, there are some paths a president could take (which both Trump and Obama reportedly considered) to change tax code through executive action. The arguments are that you can cut taxes by directing the treasury and IRS not to collect or enforce them (Trump floated doing this with the payroll tax) and you can increase taxes by directing them to eliminate certain loopholes (Obama floated doing this with certain corporate taxes, and Sanders had included this in some of his plans). But AFAIK it hasn't actually been done before, and it seems like it would mostly be nibbling around the edges rather than actual tax increases. More importantly, it's not clear to what extent it would hold up, especially if the opposition controls the Senate AND SCOTUS.
VinylGuy wrote:its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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There's definitely some fuckery afoot.tree_ wrote:macphisto, do you have any proof? or are you just blindly reiterating the desperate conspiracy farts of that foul piece of absolute shit?
https://texasscorecard.com/federal/vide ... r-at-4-am/VIDEO: Wagons, Suitcases, and Coolers Roll Into Detroit Voting Center at 4 AM
Poll watcher raises alarms over suspicious activity in Detroit during early morning.
A new video provided to Texas Scorecard from a poll watcher in Detroit shows wagons, suitcases, and coolers moving in and out of a vote-counting center during the early morning.
In a video taken by Kellye SoRelle—a Texas lawyer and member of Lawyers for Trump—a white van is seen parked in front of the location at 2:40 a.m. A box is taken out of the van and placed into a red wagon, which is then pulled inside the facility. SoRelle is raising alarms that the box may have been a ballot box that arrived long after all ballots were expected to have been received at the counting facility.
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macphisto, take it to the qanon thread
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What is the problem here?macphisto wrote:There's definitely some fuckery afoot.tree_ wrote:macphisto, do you have any proof? or are you just blindly reiterating the desperate conspiracy farts of that foul piece of absolute shit?
https://texasscorecard.com/federal/vide ... r-at-4-am/VIDEO: Wagons, Suitcases, and Coolers Roll Into Detroit Voting Center at 4 AM
Poll watcher raises alarms over suspicious activity in Detroit during early morning.
A new video provided to Texas Scorecard from a poll watcher in Detroit shows wagons, suitcases, and coolers moving in and out of a vote-counting center during the early morning.
In a video taken by Kellye SoRelle—a Texas lawyer and member of Lawyers for Trump—a white van is seen parked in front of the location at 2:40 a.m. A box is taken out of the van and placed into a red wagon, which is then pulled inside the facility. SoRelle is raising alarms that the box may have been a ballot box that arrived long after all ballots were expected to have been received at the counting facility.
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Mac's pivot to being a full-on, pigeon-brained conspiracy wingnut happened faster than I could have predicted.
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Did you?macphisto wrote:Fixed.JuanHamm wrote:A record number of dead people voted, so I'd say it was a success.macphisto wrote:We should do 100% mail-in next time. What an overwhelming fucking success. No funny business at all. None.
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I did. You're welcome.JuanHamm wrote:Did you?macphisto wrote:Fixed.JuanHamm wrote:A record number of dead people voted, so I'd say it was a success.macphisto wrote:We should do 100% mail-in next time. What an overwhelming fucking success. No funny business at all. None.
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Republicans banned MI Wi and PA from counting the early votes as they rolled in. Why? So that people could claim "funny business" when Trump lostmacphisto wrote:We should do 100% mail-in next time. What an overwhelming fucking success. No funny business at all. None.
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Your brain just doesn't have enough holes in it to see the obvious connection between people moving items around and voter fraud.B wrote:What is the problem here?macphisto wrote:There's definitely some fuckery afoot.tree_ wrote:macphisto, do you have any proof? or are you just blindly reiterating the desperate conspiracy farts of that foul piece of absolute shit?
https://texasscorecard.com/federal/vide ... r-at-4-am/VIDEO: Wagons, Suitcases, and Coolers Roll Into Detroit Voting Center at 4 AM
Poll watcher raises alarms over suspicious activity in Detroit during early morning.
A new video provided to Texas Scorecard from a poll watcher in Detroit shows wagons, suitcases, and coolers moving in and out of a vote-counting center during the early morning.
In a video taken by Kellye SoRelle—a Texas lawyer and member of Lawyers for Trump—a white van is seen parked in front of the location at 2:40 a.m. A box is taken out of the van and placed into a red wagon, which is then pulled inside the facility. SoRelle is raising alarms that the box may have been a ballot box that arrived long after all ballots were expected to have been received at the counting facility.
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goddamn it it fucking blows my mind there are so many people like macphisto in this god forsaken country. macphisto, you are the problem, you fucking moron
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This is why I originally asked the question. FDR even issued an executive order that attempted to essentially establish a 100% marginal tax rate by establishing a salary/wage cap of $25,000.Mickey wrote:To be a little fair to Trag, there are some paths a president could take (which both Trump and Obama reportedly considered) to change tax code through executive action. The arguments are that you can cut taxes by directing the treasury and IRS not to collect or enforce them (Trump floated doing this with the payroll tax) and you can increase taxes by directing them to eliminate certain loopholes (Obama floated doing this with certain corporate taxes, and Sanders had included this in some of his plans). But AFAIK it hasn't actually been done before, and it seems like it would mostly be nibbling around the edges rather than actual tax increases. More importantly, it's not clear to what extent it would hold up, especially if the opposition controls the Senate AND SCOTUS.
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#RADIOFLYERGATEmacphisto wrote:There's definitely some fuckery afoot.tree_ wrote:macphisto, do you have any proof? or are you just blindly reiterating the desperate conspiracy farts of that foul piece of absolute shit?
https://texasscorecard.com/federal/vide ... r-at-4-am/VIDEO: Wagons, Suitcases, and Coolers Roll Into Detroit Voting Center at 4 AM
Poll watcher raises alarms over suspicious activity in Detroit during early morning.
A new video provided to Texas Scorecard from a poll watcher in Detroit shows wagons, suitcases, and coolers moving in and out of a vote-counting center during the early morning.
In a video taken by Kellye SoRelle—a Texas lawyer and member of Lawyers for Trump—a white van is seen parked in front of the location at 2:40 a.m. A box is taken out of the van and placed into a red wagon, which is then pulled inside the facility. SoRelle is raising alarms that the box may have been a ballot box that arrived long after all ballots were expected to have been received at the counting facility.
is he going through the front door?