Trump/Admin Policies

Halifax2TheMax · November 11

Gern Blansten said:

my god this trump speech is more stupid than I could have imagined

* The following opinion is mine and mine alone and does not represent the views of my family, friends, government and/or my past, present or future employer. US Department of State: 1-888-407-4747.

They’ll get stupider as the biggest scam ever perpetrated by the Deep State continues right before our very eyes.

Gern Blansten · November 11

Halifax2TheMax · November 11

Gern Blansten said:

* The following opinion is mine and mine alone and does not represent the views of my family, friends, government and/or my past, present or future employer. US Department of State: 1-888-407-4747.

Imagine what happens when CCOOTWH is alone in a room for 10 minutes with an attractive 16 year old.

HughFreakingDillon · November 11

even the shark tank doosh disagrees with the mortgage thing.

a lesbian couple a friend is good friends with were travelling by car to the states last week.

US Border Agent: what is your opinion on president trump
Canadians: we have no opinion on him, we don't really follow US politics
US border agent: are you a lesbian couple?
Candians: yes
US border agent: turn around and try again in 4 years

yes, this really happened, and no, it's not missing context.

Halifax2TheMax · November 11

* The following opinion is mine and mine alone and does not represent the views of my family, friends, government and/or my past, present or future employer. US Department of State: 1-888-407-4747.

Since tariffs are such great things, Mexico, Canada, the UK/EU and Japan should slap a $1,000 tariff on those arriving via a port of entry with a US passport and then credit CCOOTWH for the genius of tariffs. Maybe the streets will be a little less crowded and the price of AB&B and hotels will come down.

Halifax2TheMax · November 11

HughFreakingDillon said:

even the shark tank doosh disagrees with the mortgage thing.

a lesbian couple a friend is good friends with were travelling by car to the states last week.

US Border Agent: what is your opinion on president trump
Canadians: we have no opinion on him, we don't really follow US politics
US border agent: are you a lesbian couple?
Candians: yes
US border agent: turn around and try again in 4 years

yes, this really happened, and no, it's not missing context.

* The following opinion is mine and mine alone and does not represent the views of my family, friends, government and/or my past, present or future employer. US Department of State: 1-888-407-4747.

Or the young woman who is on break from her university studies, currently unemployed but wanted to travel to Flo Rida to spend 6 weeks with her grandparents. Despite having a return airline ticket she was denied entry because CBP thought she was trying to "illegally immigrate". Fortunately she was denied entry in Toronto and hadn't flown yet to Flo Rida or that oasis of free things that is NYC, and then denied entry and forced to return. 'Murikkka, land of the brave.

Gern Blansten · November 11

A $150,000 mortgage at 7 % has a payment of $998 over 30 years

over 50 years the payment is $903

MONUMENTALLY STUPID

Lerxst1992 · November 11

Halifax2TheMax said:

Lerxst1992 said:

Halifax2TheMax said:

josevolution said:

Lerxst1992 said:

Halifax2TheMax said:

* The following opinion is mine and mine alone and does not represent the views of my family, friends, government and/or my past, present or future employer. US Department of State: 1-888-407-4747.
Two examples, or should I say “media anecdotes”, of the irreparable harm CCOOTWH is doing to both domestic and international relations and norms. It’s going to take generations to recover, if ever.
Just read the rationale and defense of this POS. Guaranteed that justice is subverted.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/politics/tina-peters-pardon-push-trump
I wish a number of things in response but I’d be wasting my time.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/10/donald-trump-ugly-american

As opposed to the cult on the left? I guess you’re waving the white flag and saving the world from that voodoo economics in the thread you wanted. A million bucks per being a bridge too far is something you finally agreed with!

really? You think the left is the same as the MAGA cult because we want Trump to be exposed for the con that he is? That makes the left the same?

* The following opinion is mine and mine alone and does not represent the views of my family, friends, government and/or my past, present or future employer. US Department of State: 1-888-407-4747.
AI logic. It’s a thing.

Or, not ai but spreadsheets downloaded from the state department of taxation to demolish your point causing you to abandon a line of joke fueled silly arguments. Good to see you waved the white flag and agree ZMs voodoo economics will fail

* The following opinion is mine and mine alone and does not represent the views of my family, friends, government and/or my past, present or future employer. US Department of State: 1-888-407-4747.
For the last time, an average does not a policy make. Someone who earns $1M pays $20K more while someone who earns $10M pays $200K. Those two facts are not $117K or $120K each in your fucking simple average.
I’ll put in a way you might understand. If a millennial buys one Starbucks a week and puts the money he would have used the rest of the week into the stock market and another millennial buys two Starbucks a day each week and puts no money in the stock market, does that mean both millennials bought 7.5 Starbucks a week and can afford a down payment on a house in 5 years? According to you, the answer is yes.
I can’t wait for NYC to collapse.
The Bus Driver’s policy hasn’t been implemented yet, something you don’t seem to understand, particularly NYC/NYS politics. “Taxation without represent” and all.

We don’t need an anecdote about “someone who earns” I posted the exact categories of the income class over $1m and at that moment, you disappeared for two days. Hopefully you enjoyed the football!

We know for a fact over half of income is earned by elite wealth, incomes over $10m. ZM needs to generate $2b from those taxpayers, that a million bucks per year . A few at the top leave, his system crashes. But that’s not the only way.

what makes it worse is most of their elite income is cap gains. The point of this plan is to drive down cash flows from these assets, putting the tax base at risk of declining,with the related tax.

messing with a socialist system that targets very few and risks their income source is very risky, and not a joke. If their income source declines, the tax disappears and the city defaults... It’s happened before.

glad to see you hate America. That’s why Dems lose. It’s becoming obvious.

Tim Simmons · November 11

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Tim Simmons · November 11

No one who is wealthy that lives in NYC will leave NYC. They choose to be there for a reason and the current tax rate doesn't bother them a new one won't be the breaking point.

Tim Simmons · November 11

Also, unless you are ultra wealthy, you don't need to carry their water. they don't give a shit about you.

Halifax2TheMax · November 11

Lerxst1992 said:

Halifax2TheMax said:

Lerxst1992 said:

Halifax2TheMax said:

josevolution said:

Lerxst1992 said:

Halifax2TheMax said:

* The following opinion is mine and mine alone and does not represent the views of my family, friends, government and/or my past, present or future employer. US Department of State: 1-888-407-4747.
Two examples, or should I say “media anecdotes”, of the irreparable harm CCOOTWH is doing to both domestic and international relations and norms. It’s going to take generations to recover, if ever.
Just read the rationale and defense of this POS. Guaranteed that justice is subverted.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/politics/tina-peters-pardon-push-trump
I wish a number of things in response but I’d be wasting my time.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/10/donald-trump-ugly-american

As opposed to the cult on the left? I guess you’re waving the white flag and saving the world from that voodoo economics in the thread you wanted. A million bucks per being a bridge too far is something you finally agreed with!

really? You think the left is the same as the MAGA cult because we want Trump to be exposed for the con that he is? That makes the left the same?

* The following opinion is mine and mine alone and does not represent the views of my family, friends, government and/or my past, present or future employer. US Department of State: 1-888-407-4747.
AI logic. It’s a thing.

Or, not ai but spreadsheets downloaded from the state department of taxation to demolish your point causing you to abandon a line of joke fueled silly arguments. Good to see you waved the white flag and agree ZMs voodoo economics will fail

* The following opinion is mine and mine alone and does not represent the views of my family, friends, government and/or my past, present or future employer. US Department of State: 1-888-407-4747.
For the last time, an average does not a policy make. Someone who earns $1M pays $20K more while someone who earns $10M pays $200K. Those two facts are not $117K or $120K each in your fucking simple average.
I’ll put in a way you might understand. If a millennial buys one Starbucks a week and puts the money he would have used the rest of the week into the stock market and another millennial buys two Starbucks a day each week and puts no money in the stock market, does that mean both millennials bought 7.5 Starbucks a week and can afford a down payment on a house in 5 years? According to you, the answer is yes.
I can’t wait for NYC to collapse.
The Bus Driver’s policy hasn’t been implemented yet, something you don’t seem to understand, particularly NYC/NYS politics. “Taxation without represent” and all.

We don’t need an anecdote about “someone who earns” I posted the exact categories of the income class over $1m and at that moment, you disappeared for two days. Hopefully you enjoyed the football!

We know for a fact over half of income is earned by elite wealth, incomes over $10m. ZM needs to generate $2b from those taxpayers, that a million bucks per. A few at the top leave, his system crashes. But that’s not the only way.

what makes it worse is most of their elite income is cap gains. The point of this plan is to drive down cash flows from these assets, putting the tax base at risk of declining with the related tax.

messing with a socialist system that targets very few and risks their income source is very risky, and not a joke. If their income source declines, the tax disappears and the city defaults... It’s happened before.

glad to see you hate America. That’s why Dems lose. It’s becoming obvious.

* The following opinion is mine and mine alone and does not represent the views of my family, friends, government and/or my past, present or future employer. US Department of State: 1-888-407-4747.

You used an average, first $117K per and then $120K per, in an oversimplification of The Bus Driver's policy. Speaking of which, where is the link to "straight from his policy"? I "disappeared" for two days? No, I'm trying very hard to ignore your AI rot and scare tactics from a faux dem. I don't believe in the ignore button, just like I don't believe that you're a dem, or that CCOOTWH and repubs will propose a better healthcare plan, or that there's going to be $2,000 tariff checks or credits for every 'Murikkkan, or that inflation has been tamed, or that NYC will return to 1975, or that CCOOTWH and repubs have any policy proposals or solutions to all of the different ills that average 'Murikkkans face.

Tell us more about the "taxation without represent". Like I said, I look forward to NYC's collapse. Just like Seattle's.

Mamdani The Bus Driver, the very best Mayor-Elect in history! Better be looking in the Sunday real estate section.

PS: Please, I'm begging you, keep The Bus Driver of NYC, the greatest Bus Driver ever elected, subject in the thread I created.

Gern Blansten · November 11

NY tax is 10.7% of taxable income if you live in NYC

Could be worse

mickeyrat · November 11

The U.K., which controls some territories in the Caribbean, operates an intelligence network in the area. In a major break between longtime allies, it has stopped sharing this intelligence with the U.S. government. https://trib.al/RNH3Xo5

mickeyrat · November 11

The EPA has proposed easing some reporting rules for “forever chemicals,” known as PFAS man-made compounds found in many products that don’t break down in the environment. The plan would exempt certain cases, like very small amounts of PFAS (under 0.1%), chemicals made only as byproducts, and finished goods that simply contain PFAS, such as clothing or cookware. The agency says this change would reduce costs for businesses.

Loosening the rules could hide important information about where PFAS are used and how they spread. Because these chemicals can linger in water, soil, and even the human body. The public will have less data about potential exposure. The EPA will take public comments for 45 days before deciding whether to finalize the new exemptions.

Halifax2TheMax · November 11

mickeyrat said:

The EPA has proposed easing some reporting rules for “forever chemicals,” known as PFAS man-made compounds found in many products that don’t break down in the environment. The plan would exempt certain cases, like very small amounts of PFAS (under 0.1%), chemicals made only as byproducts, and finished goods that simply contain PFAS, such as clothing or cookware. The agency says this change would reduce costs for businesses.

Loosening the rules could hide important information about where PFAS are used and how they spread. Because these chemicals can linger in water, soil, and even the human body. The public will have less data about potential exposure. The EPA will take public comments for 45 days before deciding whether to finalize the new exemptions.

* The following opinion is mine and mine alone and does not represent the views of my family, friends, government and/or my past, present or future employer. US Department of State: 1-888-407-4747.

It’s really too bad that dem candidates and dems in general don’t have any policies that address this to run on. Might as well run on eliminating the EPA and any environmental, health and safety laws and regulations.