Politics

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Kevin McCarthy is now in Buffalo Bills 1990s land: five in a row lost.

And nobody wants to be friends with George Santos.

 

[Irish#1]

A reduction of the military budget could be had simply by better oversight on the defense contractors. I suspect the $75 hammers and $3,000 toilets still find their way into invoices. Our company is a supplier to L3-Harris which is about the 4th or 5th largest defense contractor. When they buy industrial vending or tool cabinets, they get allocated to a specific government contract. They are not allowed to use those purchases for other contracts or they have to get a special provision. A lot of those get moved to storage after the contract and just sit. They have some pretty slick tool cabinets that have internal cameras driven by software that video records who took what and when it was returned. Those alone start at $30K a piece. One area had about 25-30 of them just sitting in storage.

 

[Irish#1]

You'll find this bizarre but I agree with lower personal taxes. The only rates that should be increased should be corporate rates, it's easier for an individual to relocate based on individual tax regulations but for businesses it's much tougher and obviously brick and mortar costs.

Strengthen residency guidelines and modernize tax treaties with other countries would be my first aim if I wanted an IRS overhaul.

For small business perspective this incentivizes people to distribute the income out the business as salary to lower their corporate taxes, keeping the economy humming with workable capital. Also if a company doesn't want to move money out of the business to it's owners it can re-invest profits into the business to lower it's taxable income too increasing innovation. All the while keeping money inside of the US rather than these ridiculous Ireland or Bahama corps.

WTF!? I thought you were for open borders?

 

[Irish#1]

Kevin McCarthy is now in Buffalo Bills 1990s land: five in a row lost.

And nobody wants to be friends with George Santos.

People didn't like the last Speaker from Cali so it makes sense.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

People didn't like the last Speaker from Cali so it makes sense.

What in the name of Marcus Freeman are you talking about?

 

[TorontoGold]

WTF!? I thought you were for open borders?

No I'm just for free basing heroin and mandatory neuralink chips.

*tax residency needs to be strengthened.

The financial return on strengthen tax residency I think could be higher than the return on southern border strengthening.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Six votes and counting now. Still no speaker.

The historical significance of what we're seeing should not be lost on anyone.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

I deem people in the working class who are struggling to be less fortunate. Formula and tylenol are nice, but if mom and dad are struggling everywhere else it would be nice to help them too. If you're going to cut war spending (actually good) and spend it on items like baby formula to help the less fortunate (actually good too), why does that stop? I mean the military budget is $1.6T and SNAP cost $182.5B, lower the military spending to $1.4T and put an extra $200B into SNAP to expand nutrition funding for the poorest. That would still be $200B higher than what the budget was for 2020.

Formula is a must have, not nice to have. Every baby doesn't need tylenol but we're talking about basics here.

 

[GoIrish41]

GOP being ‘Manchined’ by dumbasses in their own party.

 

[TorontoGold]

Formula is a must have, not nice to have. Every baby doesn't need tylenol but we're talking about basics here.

You'll be shocked to find out that many don't have access to basics. Do you support providing more basics to poor people?

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

GOP being ‘Manchined’ by dumbasses in their own party.

You could also say he's getting Liz Chaneyed. Consequences, but of a different nature.

It's only been 100 years since we've failed to elect a speaker. No big deal.

 

[jprue24]

"The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it." - PJ O'Rourke

Still fits 30+ yrs later.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

You'll be shocked to find out that many don't have access to basics. Do you support providing more basics to poor people?

You're painting a picture that looks like we do nothing for the poor, no safety nets, no entitlements, no WIC programs, medicaid, etc. and that isn't the case. That is actually a different topic unto itself relative to what the feds should or shouldn't provide to the less fortunate.

You took my argument down an entirely different path and ignored the actual issue, which is to be expected I guess. I started the conversation with the idea that American babies should not be without formula and medicine while we're sending billions to Ukraine for a war that isn't ours.

 

[sixstar]

A reduction of the military budget could be had simply by better oversight on the defense contractors. I suspect the $75 hammers and $3,000 toilets still find their way into invoices. Our company is a supplier to L3-Harris which is about the 4th or 5th largest defense contractor. When they buy industrial vending or tool cabinets, they get allocated to a specific government contract. They are not allowed to use those purchases for other contracts or they have to get a special provision. A lot of those get moved to storage after the contract and just sit. They have some pretty slick tool cabinets that have internal cameras driven by software that video records who took what and when it was returned. Those alone start at $30K a piece. One area had about 25-30 of them just sitting in storage.

The problem is that organizations have a budget for the year. If they don't spend it all, they typically get a lower budget next year. Nobody wants that. There's a flurry of spending at the end of the year to obligate uncommitted funds so next year budgets don't decrease.

I think we can all see the issue with this.

 

[TorontoGold]

You're painting a picture that looks like we do nothing for the poor, no safety nets, no entitlements, no WIC programs, medicaid, etc. and that isn't the case. That is actually a different topic unto itself relative to what the feds should or shouldn't provide to the less fortunate.

You took my argument down an entirely different path and ignored the actual issue, which is to be expected I guess. I started the conversation with the idea that American babies should not be without formula and medicine while we're sending billions to Ukraine for a war that isn't ours.

Never said there's nothing. Just find it funny that you're taking this hardline stance against military spending when it's the guy from the other team, and that this spending would be better spent on formula *this time* but every other time? Nahhhh that's entirely different path and not relevant.

At least taking a stance for poor people this one time is better than no times.

 

[jprue24]

 

[sixstar]

 

[Irish#1]

The problem is that organizations have a budget for the year. If they don't spend it all, they typically get a lower budget next year. Nobody wants that. There's a flurry of spending at the end of the year to obligate uncommitted funds so next year budgets don't decrease.

I think we can all see the issue with this.

Yep. I still remember my first experience with that back in the 80's. Boss came in and told me to buy a bunch of computer tape (the old round reels). I said we were good and he told me to buy 500 more reels. When I asked why, he said he didn't want to get his budget cut for the coming year because he didn't use it all up this year. I'm just saying if we had better oversight by big brother when approving those expenditures we could reduce military spending without effecting the military.

 

[Irish#1]

"The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it." - PJ O'Rourke

Still fits 30+ yrs later.

I guess it depends on your perspective.

“We are showing the American people that this process works,” said the Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry in rising to nominate Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida as an alternative to McCarthy. That it’s been 100 years since there was such a floor fight is a feature of the moment, Perry argued. “We have said we are not going to take any more of Washington being broken.”

That was echoed by another anti-McCarthy Republican who appeared on CNN, Rep. Dan Bishop of North Carolina.

“I really think this is democracy in action,” Bishop said. “If you’re not satisfied with Washington as it is, then you can’t be satisfied with doing the same thing as we start this Congress, I’m convinced.”

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

Never said there's nothing. Just find it funny that you're taking this hardline stance against military spending when it's the guy from the other team, and that this spending would be better spent on formula *this time* but every other time? Nahhhh that's entirely different path and not relevant.

At least taking a stance for poor people this one time is better than no times.

I can't believe how many times I have to clarify this, or you're purposely changing course. Budgeting for a new Air Force fighter or Naval vessel is not the same military spending as sending billions to a foreign country for a war that isn't ours.

My stance is that American babies of all race, ethnicity, income level, etc. should have adequate formula and medicine before we send any funds overseas for a war that doesn't involve the US. My white supremacist rant is now ended.

 

[jprue24]

I guess it depends on your perspective.

Scott Perry (post 2020 election, asked for a pardon from Trump) and Don Bishop?....ew. They want to turn the US into a country that doesn't honor elections.

Their opinions on the how the government should function do not resonate with me,

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Matt Gaetz just nominated Trump to be Speaker.

 

[RDU Irish]

I'm kind of surprised they haven't found a few Dems to vote for McCarthy and blackball the 20 who are fighting the establishment. Bi-Partisan Speaker!!

Toronto - your tax take is predictably horrible (shocker). Corporations don't pay taxes, people do. Close to $200B for SNAP is an embarrassment and probably contributes to the average American BMI level of "diabetes". Maybe cutting off the border chaos pays for itself in reduced SNAP expenditures!

Also pretty sure we could maintain a functional military for less than $1.6T. Cut 2% per year for a decade and I bet they find a way to make $1.3T work in 10 years. I really can't substantiate spending so much to defend other countries borders when ours is a complete shitshow.

 

[TorontoGold]

I'm kind of surprised they haven't found a few Dems to vote for McCarthy and blackball the 20 who are fighting the establishment. Bi-Partisan Speaker!!

Toronto - your tax take is predictably horrible (shocker). Corporations don't pay taxes, people do. Close to $200B for SNAP is an embarrassment and probably contributes to the average American BMI level of "diabetes". Maybe cutting off the border chaos pays for itself in reduced SNAP expenditures!

Also pretty sure we could maintain a functional military for less than $1.6T. Cut 2% per year for a decade and I bet they find a way to make $1.3T work in 10 years. I really can't substantiate spending so much to defend other countries borders when ours is a complete shitshow.

.....that's the point lmao. Corporate serfdom is hilarious.

 

[chisea03]

Hopefully, this is going to upload.

 

[jprue24]

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Hopefully, this is going to upload.

I appreciate this. Thank you.

 

[Irish#1]

Hopefully, this is going to upload.

Threatening to release? If true why hasn't he reported it already? Blackmailing her for a favor? Will be interesting to see what comes of this. I'm not taking a position either way, but given social media and the way it's used, I wonder if this is true or remotely close to what he is saying?

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

yep.