deuce-ish: never mind that spending continues be the issue and nobody wants to touch

MAJOR UPDATE: house is voting on the big beautiful bill now... - auto July 2, 2025, 21:00:02

A facebook friend posted this. - AceFrehley July 9, 2025, 12:19:29
- I think if some rural nursing homes and hospitals close there will be some... - haighter July 9, 2025, 12:35:30
  - little hint - AceFrehley July 9, 2025, 12:38:52
i keep finding things to like about the bill - it effectively repealed CAFE standards... - auto July 9, 2025, 12:09:39
But morons still blame trump. - AceFrehley July 6, 2025, 19:43:20
Why is this ok? - AceFrehley July 6, 2025, 18:55:23
Ari riled up the “teachers are underpaid” crowd on the deuce - WesMantooth July 5, 2025, 16:21:27
- the dumbest people. at least most republicans understand the system and how it works - Superman July 5, 2025, 20:23:54
- If you asked them about compensation packages for experienced teachers, what would they guess? - Potomac July 5, 2025, 16:33:16
  - the early teacher retirements are indefensible... - auto July 7, 2025, 9:14:36
    - When something is too good to last; it won't. - osklister July 7, 2025, 12:13:39
    - Agreed. - Learning_and_Labor July 7, 2025, 10:46:31
- Much like the three keys to real estate: location, location, location. * - osklister July 5, 2025, 16:31:09
Pritzker - WesMantooth July 5, 2025, 16:07:33
- From YouTube: Census data: IL losing 18 and under at faster rate than NY, CA. - osklister July 5, 2025, 16:36:19
  - it really sucks what democrats have done to illinois.* - arthurkirkland July 6, 2025, 9:46:20
    - they get what they deserve. fuck em * - Pooter July 6, 2025, 13:19:42
      - agreed, but there are a lot of people downstate who suffer greatly just because - arthurkirkland July 7, 2025, 10:45:46
  - I’m expecting population losses of 100k and 150k each of the next 2 years - WesMantooth July 5, 2025, 22:55:38
    - we're already starting to see the impact... - auto July 6, 2025, 19:40:56
ATL gets called out. - Rantucky July 5, 2025, 8:11:45
- Larue says tens of thousands of kids are dying because of trump’s policies - AceFrehley July 5, 2025, 13:43:36
  - Wtf is he on about?* - Learning_and_Labor July 6, 2025, 10:07:11
  - That old wind bag is senile* - WesMantooth July 5, 2025, 16:08:26
    - and hopefully sterile* - Superman July 5, 2025, 20:36:25
  - Americans? From what?* - Potomac July 5, 2025, 15:42:10
  - And Trump's tariffs caused a recession and destroyed the economy. - Lexillini July 5, 2025, 15:30:58
- Can we deport him?* - villain July 5, 2025, 10:42:50
  - it sucks he was able to find a way into this country.* - arthurkirkland July 5, 2025, 14:28:23
  - does beheading count?* - Superman July 5, 2025, 10:46:53
    - yes, it's allowed * - Pooter July 5, 2025, 13:04:40
- So many sacks of shit over there* - WesMantooth July 5, 2025, 10:13:02
  - we've watched their descent into madness in real time over 20 years.* - arthurkirkland July 5, 2025, 14:15:31
    - it really is remarkable. and what a pathetic shell remains. a handful of the most disgusting - Superman July 5, 2025, 20:39:25
- oh if everything was legal for just 1 day. * - Superman July 5, 2025, 9:16:31
Double Down - WesMantooth July 5, 2025, 6:50:44
- Keep those tears flowing, haters!* - Lexillini July 5, 2025, 8:31:18
All of WW II cost American taxpayers maybe $6T in current dollars - Potomac July 4, 2025, 20:08:53
Might not be a perfect bill. And I don’t sgree with it all. But fuck yeah! - AceFrehley July 3, 2025, 18:52:46
- Build the wall !! * - osklister July 3, 2025, 22:36:24
Hakeem Jeffries, LOL, he’s about as useless as Tirki’s penis * - kokomojo July 3, 2025, 17:07:26
- LBK has a worthless cunt - Superman July 4, 2025, 2:57:58
- No one will remember his antics* - AceFrehley July 3, 2025, 18:54:04
  - Called it a fillibuster last time, but he wasn't arguing against a bill. - osklister July 3, 2025, 22:38:11
    - He is like a robot programmed with talking points* - JeffFrank July 4, 2025, 3:30:30
      - agreed. he doesn't seem at all suited for public speaking.* - arthurkirkland July 4, 2025, 11:13:19
woohoo. trumps 9 year economic juggernaut rolls on! - Superman July 3, 2025, 13:56:49
- he's just an all-time winner.* - arthurkirkland July 3, 2025, 14:02:18
  - Who’s got them by the balls! - AceFrehley July 3, 2025, 18:50:00
  - with a huge assist to the dems.* - Ari Gold July 3, 2025, 14:16:06
So, on the Senate side: all the "reading" and various amendments were just delay tactics? - osklister July 3, 2025, 11:24:11
- I think largely they needed the time to significantly pork it up for holdouts... - haighter July 3, 2025, 11:28:14
It's a bad bill. Nothing fundamentally strong would ever pass though. - Potomac July 3, 2025, 9:02:50
- never mind that spending continues be the issue and nobody wants to touch - Ari Gold July 3, 2025, 13:48:30
- despite democrats best efforts, we sit on the verge of having a border for the first time in my life - arthurkirkland July 3, 2025, 9:18:39
  - Is my firefighter neighbors 90K of overtime last year tax exempt now? * - haighter July 3, 2025, 9:22:36
    - There are limits* - AceFrehley July 3, 2025, 18:55:04
    - but that raised SALT limit might come in pretty handy* - Potomac July 3, 2025, 9:33:06
      - I am a huge fan of the raised SALT limit. * - haighter July 3, 2025, 10:14:10
        
        It will save me money, but it’s way too costly* - Potomac July 3, 2025, 12:35:38
        
        And it excuses you from your repsonsibility to insist upon lower tax rates . . . - Lexillini July 3, 2025, 12:55:40
        
        Which in Maryland is always futile - Potomac July 3, 2025, 13:17:34
        
        I know. Which is why the SALT cap is needed.* - Lexillini July 3, 2025, 13:33:04
        
        Higher cap may let me itemize and thus lower my Maryland tax bill - Potomac July 3, 2025, 14:33:00
        
        it's f***ing bulls**t... - auto July 3, 2025, 10:41:07
        
        I'm a huge fan of its 5 year sunset. - Lexillini July 3, 2025, 10:14:49
        
        It’ll be adjusted upward to mark with inflation for another 5 years. * - haighter July 3, 2025, 10:18:09
    - probably not. - arthurkirkland July 3, 2025, 9:27:05
      - Ah…looks like he would phase out via the 150k/300k threshold as well. * - haighter July 3, 2025, 10:17:29
        
        Either way...seems like a massive union gift in non-municipal vocations. * - haighter July 3, 2025, 10:31:40
        
        And ripe for so much fraud, just like tips* - Potomac July 3, 2025, 12:36:38
- Zip it, commie!* - Lexillini July 3, 2025, 9:05:25

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