Miscellaneous And Off Topic Subjects

[Whitley]

Sure, fine. But he'll never be worse than Dick Cheney. We may need to have a truth commission on that one too. Can't have his bust in the capitol and still consider ourselves against corruption.

well it is just a bust and not a shotgun/rifle.

[hack]

If symbols were meaningless we wouldn't have them. I would settle for a scarlet letter.

[millenwasmyfavorite]

And here you go. We're reaching a crisis point and he really may try to fire Mueller soon

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...63071361683456

First time he has been willing to name mueller in a tweet.

Coincides w/ Mueller sending Trump the questions he'd like to have answered.

I think subpoena is the boiling point. Trump won't have guts to do what he thinks needs to do before it's too late

[Kapture1]

McCabe said that he pressured Rosenstein to appoint Mueller. The theroy of that insurance policy Page and Peter Strzok discussed in Andy's office is looking more and more likely.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Gowdy to John Dowd: If your client is innocent, start acting like it

http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/03/18/trey-gowdy-trump-if-youre-innocent-act-it-after-lawyer-rips-mueller-mccabe-russia-probe

EDIT: I should note that Mike Conaway, the Intel Chair with Nunes recused, told tv this morning that just because his Committee found no evidence of collusion, that doesn't mean they proved no collusion took place. He added that there are significant witnesses the Committee never talked to that Mueller has.

This is a significant walk back from the Committee's original announcement and I'd suggest it's a more subtle push back on attacks against Mueller than what Gowdy said. "Don't think you can do anyhting you want now, Mr. President, just because you think we cleared you".

[Kapture1]

[Dr. Strangelove]

Interesting local politics article...the Oklahoma state Senate (one of the most conservative legislatures in the country) has voted to eliminate the state's capital gains deduction. They did a study which found that the tax break (86% of which is given to people who make over $200,000 annually) has cost Oklahoma nearly $500 Million over 5 years while generating a mere $9 Million in extra revenue. As some here might know, Oklahoma's school system is broke and has switched to 4 day weeks in some places.

"As well-intentioned as it may have been, it hasn't been good for our state," said the bill's author, state Sen. Dave Rader, R-Tulsa. "As far as credits, deductions and exemptions go, it hasn't brought in jobs or economic expansion."

http://newsok.com/article/5587260

[Kapture1]

Bet that 9,000,000 revenue goes down as people will leave their money invested.

[AlabamAlum]

Interesting local politics article...the Oklahoma state Senate (one of the most conservative legislatures in the country) has voted to eliminate the state's capital gains deduction. They did a study which found that the tax break (86% of which is given to people who make over $200,000 annually) has cost Oklahoma nearly $500 Million over 5 years while generating a mere $9 Million in extra revenue. As some here might know, Oklahoma's school system is broke and has switched to 4 day weeks in some places.

"As well-intentioned as it may have been, it hasn't been good for our state," said the bill's author, state Sen. Dave Rader, R-Tulsa. "As far as credits, deductions and exemptions go, it hasn't brought in jobs or economic expansion."

http://newsok.com/article/5587260

I love how it's stated: "has cost Oklahoma nearly $500 million over 5 years"; as opposed to saying "has saved taxpayers nearly $500 million over 5 years."

Perspective: it's what's for breakfast.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Well, at some point you can't keep 'saving taxpayer money' and preserve govt services at the same time. Like I said, in Oklahoma, their schools have been devastated and the 'economic activity' that this tax credit was supposed to generate never materialized. Much in the same way when Kansas dramatically slashed taxes, the Laffer Curve-loving politicians there swore Kansas' economy would boom. It didn't. Now they're scrambling to figure a way out and are raising taxes again.

Obviously we all have a different line where essential govt service becomes govt waste.

[Dr. Strangelove]

AP investigation finds that Kushners Companies filed at least 80 applications with NYC that contained false information, leading to quicker property sales. In every single application, Kushner's companies reported having zero rent-controlled tenants, when in facts they had hundreds.

Kushner's family is blaming a subcontractor who handled the forms for them.

https://apnews.com/002703e70347481cb993027d04f543cc?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP_Politics

Also on the Kushner front and overlooked this week, he met with Shinzo Abe (PM of Japan) just days after Trump won the election. Two months later a firm controlled by the Japanese Government invested $100 M in a Kushner property that had been desperately seeking a buyer for over a year. Surely a conincidence. SWAMP DRAINING SO FAST U CAN'T BELIEVE IT!

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-13/kushner-conflict-cloud-hovers-over-brooklyn-sale-linked-to-japan

[AlabamAlum]

Well, at some point you can't keep 'saving taxpayer money' and preserve govt services at the same time. Like I said, in Oklahoma, their schools have been devastated and the 'economic activity' that this tax credit was supposed to generate never materialized. Much in the same way when Kansas dramatically slashed taxes, the Laffer Curve-loving politicians there swore Kansas' economy would boom. It didn't. Now they're scrambling to figure a way out and are raising taxes again.

Obviously we all have a different line where essential govt service becomes govt waste.

DSL,

My comment was less about the capital gains taxes and more about the partisan rhetoric of how such things, re: taxes, are couched. I just find it funny.

That said, there are some fundamentally unfair things about cap gains taxes, imo. That discussion is for another day, though, because I have no idea idea how fair or unfair Oklahoma's overall tax structure is, and have no compunction to investigate it while March madness is in play.

You have been served!

[Kapture1]

I guess broke Baltimore needs to raise them taxes too

[Dr. Strangelove]

Trump made all senior staff sign NDA's which last indefinitely. Unclear if this is even legal or enforceable to require of Federal employees

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-nondisclosure-agreements-came-with-him-to-the-white-house/2018/03/18/226f4522-29ee-11e8-b79d-f3d931db7f68_story.html?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.883455768344

[millenwasmyfavorite]

good lord