Shhhhh. Math doesn’t work here.

Raising taxes on everyone is how that happens. That’s the template. That was literally the plan Bernie Sanders ran on. You guys around here don’t seem to understand that a significant portion of the population (read: not just millionaires and billionaires) aren’t interested in seeing their taxes raised significantly…

If a company has to “make it seem like you’re for sure going to make six figures” or any sort of figures for that matter it probably means that you’re not going to make six figures.

A few years ago the same people were complaining that Dodd-Frank was useless, had no teeth, and was just political theater. Now Dodd-Frank is some sort of critical bulwark that can’t be toyed with lest we fall off the financial cliff.

Making the changes to the individual tax code permanent is decent election year policy. Realistically that’s something that’s likely to happen sooner or later but maybe the Republicans can’t find it in themselves to keep that one in their back pocket. If Republicans can score points for something that was likely to…

Racing is a money pit for everyone involved. Even at the highest levels. Most race tracks that aren’t brand spanking new have “character”. The only question is how much.

I don’t know about law enforcement officers or their protocols but that’s how a lot of people that concealed/open carry carry. It’s not unusual.

I went to school in a system that required mesh or clear book bags that were checked by security upon entry as well as having metal detectors at entry points into the buildings. They did that quickly after Columbine. The world didn’t end.

Fixed that for you.

America has politicians that do whatever because the electorate isn’t engaged, the electorate isn’t informed, and the electorate doesn’t hold politicians accountable. Those are fundamental responsibilities of participants in a democracy. Whose fault is that?

No. It isn’t.

There’s a difference between income and wealth and everyone discussing this matter would do well to familiarize themselves with it.

All Trump needed to do was quietly sit on his hands until 2020 and he likely would have been able to point to the stock market and the tax cut to win re-election...

My rule has always been that if you care about reciprocity then the people you’re buying stuff for aren’t really your friends. It works both ways too.

Probably worth mentioning that leaving your employer voluntarily or involuntarily will likely trigger repayment and/or tax implications.

18, 18, 18, and 18? Looks like those are white men to me and should be charged as such.

No. You are not. Car operation on public roads requires insurance or some sort of proof of financial responsibility. Car ownership does not. You are talking about requiring insurance for ownership.

Yeah I’m pretty sure that’s victim blaming regardless of what you think of the security setup. If someone steals something from you (and legally theft doesn’t make concessions for how securely the item was stored) you’re a victim. Period. You’ve deployed the firearm version of the “well she shouldn’t have been dressed…

I wonder if they’ll point to Atlanta and how they killed Freaknik with this sort of thing as a defense.

We have a domestic terror problem. We have a certain group of people that have always had a thing for domestic terror but they don’t seem to have an “acceptable” outlet for their degenerate behavior anymore.