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January 31st, 2025 at 2:02:16 PM permalink

Evenbob

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Quote: AZDuffman
Just told you the probable reason.

From the Press briefing

“To help lock up even more criminal illegal aliens, President Trump signed a memorandum this week to detain them at Guantánamo Bay,” she said, explaining that
the action will “expand the migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantánamo Bay to full capacity to provide critical extra detention space for high priority criminal illegals.”

If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.

January 31st, 2025 at 2:04:40 PM permalink
missedhervee Member since: Apr 23, 2021 Threads: 160 Posts: 5504	Quote: AZDuffmanOnly snooty types cite their education credentials after age 30, unless they are in academia or maybe a physician. That you had to ask makes your legal knowledge suspect.[/q I only asked because of your ongoing comically lame statement that I graduated from the Univ. of Samoa. But yeah, I am quite snooty.

January 31st, 2025 at 2:41:17 PM permalink

SOOPOO

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Stock Market Today: Dow drops 250 points, S&P 500 and Nasdaq fall after White House says tariffs on Mexico, Canada, China to begin Saturday

Will the "Trump bump" become the "Trump slump" due to this ham-fisted, idiotic move?

Hello price hikes...greetings, proof that his promise to drive prices / inflation down was just more gaslighting.

Stay tuned to The Trump Channel for the next installment of "As the Stomach Churns."

So finally someone has a plan to add funds to OUR government! Tariffs are taxes. Taxes fund the government. Until we cut spending enough to make a difference, any increase in any taxes is a GOOD thing. We can fool ourselves that a 30+ trillion dollar national debt is ok only for so long.

January 31st, 2025 at 2:43:47 PM permalink
Gandler Member since: Aug 15, 2019 Threads: 30 Posts: 5271	https://abcnews.go.com/US/federal-employees-told-remove-pronouns-email-signatures-end/story?id=118310483 It looks like pronouns are now banned in email signatures. This is quite crazy. Out of all the odd things I see in Federal signatures, I don't actually recall seeing pronouns (I have seen countless bible quotes and religious propaganda, which I guarantee Trump will not ban....)

January 31st, 2025 at 2:45:14 PM permalink

AZDuffman

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Quote: SOOPOO
So finally someone has a plan to add funds to OUR government! Tariffs are taxes. Taxes fund the government. Until we cut spending enough to make a difference, any increase in any taxes is a GOOD thing. We can fool ourselves that a 30+ trillion dollar national debt is ok only for so long.

Time to repeal the right to collect an income tax and go back to tariffs and excise taxes.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength

January 31st, 2025 at 3:13:30 PM permalink

Gandler

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Quote: AZDuffman
Time to repeal the right to collect an income tax and go back to tariffs and excise taxes.

We are not going back to tarriffs only (that was a much different time,) if we repeal the income tax it will be replaced with a national sales tax (and tarriffs,) and probably other things (probably a VAT also.) Which seems to be what some are pushing for.

This combination will destroy the economy and the markets, and shift the tax burden to the lowest class (and by lowest class I don't just mean poverty, I mean even low end millionaires, it would basically only help the super wealthy.) I am perplexed that anyone thinks this is a good idea.

January 31st, 2025 at 3:53:07 PM permalink

AZDuffman

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Quote: Gandler
We are not going back to tarriffs only (that was a much different time,) if we repeal the income tax it will be replaced with a national sales tax (and tarriffs,) and probably other things (probably a VAT also.) Which seems to be what some are pushing for.

This combination will destroy the economy and the markets, and shift the tax burden to the lowest class (and by lowest class I don't just mean poverty, I mean even low end millionaires, it would basically only help the super wealthy.) I am perplexed that anyone thinks this is a good idea.

Taxing consumption instead of productivity is a good thing.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength

January 31st, 2025 at 3:56:43 PM permalink

rxwine

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Quote: SOOPOO
So finally someone has a plan to add funds to OUR government! Tariffs are taxes. Taxes fund the government. Until we cut spending enough to make a difference, any increase in any taxes is a GOOD thing. We can fool ourselves that a 30+ trillion dollar national debt is ok only for so long.

Word is getting out which red states for Mexico and Canada to target.

"Trumpsplain (def.) explaining absolute nonsense said by TRUMP.

January 31st, 2025 at 4:13:57 PM permalink
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 217 Posts: 22946	Quote: Canada liberal party candidate Chrystia Freeland, 100% all Teslas, specifically. And yes, this is because of Tesla CEO's financial and operational support of Trump, Freeland said. "Trumpsplain (def.) explaining absolute nonsense said by TRUMP.

January 31st, 2025 at 5:15:54 PM permalink
missedhervee Member since: Apr 23, 2021 Threads: 160 Posts: 5504	Leer jet crashed in Philly. Who will Trump blame this one on?

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