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Paul MaudDib posted:We didn't "allow" the emergency manager thing to happen, though. We actually voted it down in 2012 but Snyder just passed it again a week later (this time with funding for something-or-other attached so that it couldn't be subject to another referendum). Occupy and Sit Down. This is Michigan birthplace of the UAW. People are so beat down anymore, with such little sense of community, its unlikely to happen but people are also getting seriously fed up. I'm honestly surprised noone's taken a potshot at Snyder or anyone else yet, this is the state where the first day of deer season is a holiday.
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Are you ready for another debate about unaccompanied minors? Because it looks like we're on track to have another debate about unaccompanied minors.
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The benefits extension for 9/11 first responders made it into the omnibus.
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What debate is there to be had? It was serviceable, but on the low end of Louis Black movies.
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USPOL Dec: "The power, the devastation of nuclear weapons is very important to me"
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Oracle posted:Occupy and Sit Down. This is Michigan birthplace of the UAW. People are so beat down anymore, with such little sense of community, its unlikely to happen but people are also getting seriously fed up. I'm honestly surprised noone's taken a potshot at Snyder or anyone else yet, this is the state where the first day of deer season is a holiday. Hahahahahahaha, you really think Labor means anything in this godforsaken state anymore? It amazes me how quickly the assholes around here forget what their fathers fought and died for. Michiganders are loving infuriating, this whole state is infuriating, and I'd leave in a heartbeat if I could convince my wife (a Michigan native and UofM alum) to do so.
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You idiot poo poo headsquote:WASHINGTON -- After weeks of closed-door meetings and late-night negotiations, Republicans and Democrats finally reached an agreement Tuesday night on a $1.1 trillion bill to fund the government until October 2016. Lawmakers also agreed on a robust package of so-called tax extenders, which would make expired tax provisions permanent. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/congress-omnibus-deal_5670c8cee4b0dfd4bcbfe05f The Democrats are the worst.
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Oracle posted:Occupy and Sit Down. This is Michigan birthplace of the UAW. People are so beat down anymore, with such little sense of community, its unlikely to happen but people are also getting seriously fed up. I'm honestly surprised noone's taken a potshot at Snyder or anyone else yet, this is the state where the first day of deer season is a holiday. The only thing that sucks more than Michigan are the people who live in this god forsaken shithole. Edit: myself included Nostalgia4Infinity fucked around with this message at 05:27 on Dec 16, 2015 |
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Sharing economy poo poo is probably headed for a big round of regulatory scrutiny due to the potential for lending an air of "legitimate business activity" to the aggregation of illicit funds. What kind of validation process do they have in place for assuring the rental isn't just a guy in a studio apartment booked up for 6 months solid by shills with dirty money?
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AmericanBarbarian posted:USPOL Dec: "The power, the devastation of nuclear weapons is very important to me" 
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Hollismason posted:You idiot poo poo heads It is why I'm leaning towards voting straight R. Why die a death of a thousand cuts when we could just burn in nuclear fire? I know accelerationists are looked down on here and I get it, but seriously Hillary will be 4 more years of grand bargains and a couple of social changes that equal out to not lifting people up but dragging then into poverty. Edit: I know Supreme Court picks! Guess what they won't go through ig the D'a do not take the Senate. Mr Hootington fucked around with this message at 05:46 on Dec 16, 2015 |
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Dec 16, 2015 05:43
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If your employer offers a transit plan as an employee benefit, you can put away $250 a month pretax salary to use for parking but only $130 a month pretax salary to use for transit (bus, rail, trolley, subway, ferry or van pools). The tax extenders deal includes a parity for commuters, raising that up to $250.
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Joementum posted:If your employer offers a transit plan as an employee benefit, you can put away $250 a month pretax salary to use for parking but only $130 a month pretax salary to use for transit (bus, rail, trolley, subway, ferry or van pools). The tax extenders deal includes a parity for commuters, raising that up to $250. Good, that would actually cover my commuter rail pass in full
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Hollismason posted:You idiot poo poo heads so wait a minute, what bad is happening here? expired tax cuts are made "permanant"? they're already expired, what difference would that make?
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Mr Hootington posted:It is why I'm leaning towards voting straight R. Why die a death of a thousand cuts when we could just burn in nuclear fire? I give up, what spectacular crime against humanity in here is worth destroying the entirety of civilization and voting for the party that wants to purge the USA of muslims.
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icantfindaname posted:so wait a minute, what bad is happening here? expired tax cuts are made "permanant"? they're already expired, what difference would that make? Tax credits that were going to expire at the end of the year now have no expiration date. This benefits people who pay taxes who tend to be wealthy. In some cases it benefits things Democrats like, for instance tax credits for commuter transport and green energy.
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Mr Hootington posted:It is why I'm leaning towards voting straight R. Why die a death of a thousand cuts when we could just burn in nuclear fire?
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Cabbit posted:I give up, what spectacular crime against humanity in here is worth destroying the entirety of civilization and voting for the party that wants to purge the USA of muslims. Token Bipartisanship
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if you're an accellerationist and you're not suicidal or an alcoholic then you're a coward imo
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Wait did they just extend tax cuts to the wealthy in perpetuity for ever and ever.
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Joementum posted:Tax cuts and credits that were going to expire at the end of the year now have no expiration date. This benefits people who pay taxes who tend to be wealthy. In some cases it benefits things Democrats like, for instance tax credits for commuter transport and green energy. still seems irrelevant to me. if the Rs are going to use threats of shutdown every 6 months like clockwork they would just get the tax cuts extended when they were set to expire anyways. it's not like the Ds would have the congressional strength to block making them permanent in a year anyways
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Hollismason posted:Wait did they just extend tax cuts to the wealthy in perpetuity for ever and ever. They extended tax credits that were due to expire at the end of the year in perpetuity. Of course, Congress can change those at any time they want, they just won't automatically expire.
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I like how they set it up to expire in October. Neither side sees the fight over the budget as something that hurts them.
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Joementum posted:They extended tax credits that were due to expire at the end of the year in perpetuity. Of course, Congress can change those at any time they want, they just won't automatically expire. That pretty much means for ever and ever.
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Here's the full text for the tax extenders: http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20151214/121515.250_xml.pdf A few are permanent, a few are through 2019, most are through 2016. The biggest (in dollar terms) are the Cadillac healthcare plan tax moratorium (mostly benefits union members) and the medical device tax moratorium.
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Bizarro Kanyon posted:I like how they set it up to expire in October. Neither side sees the fight over the budget as something that hurts them. October 1 is when the FY for the Federal government traditionally starts.
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Popular Thug Drink posted:if you're an accellerationist and you're not suicidal or an alcoholic then you're a coward imo what if i'm all four?
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By my count we got 5 more Republican Debates. Is that correct? Did that beginning of Jan. debate rumour come true? edit: Oh Hey, Fiorina may have leaked classified information as wel: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/carly-fiorina-may-have-revealed-state-secrets-by-bragging-about-helping-the-nsa Hollismason fucked around with this message at 06:28 on Dec 16, 2015 |
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Chard posted:what if i'm all four?
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Hollismason posted:At this point they prob should not be President because they easily leak classified info. it's a good thing there was never any chance of that happening then
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Mr Hootington posted:It is why I'm leaning towards voting straight R. Why die a death of a thousand cuts when we could just burn in nuclear fire? Maybe you could start by killing yourself. It can even help your accelerationist goals. Just shoot up a school and claim you're doing it in the name of Bernie Sanders and/or Hillary Clinton. People will be flocking to Trump in no time.
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Hidden Under a Hat posted:I don't see anything about lifting the CDC ban on studying effects of gun violence, did Democrats not get that or are there other riders not listed? Yes I'm sure the Democrats fought long and hard for something like lifting that CDC ban.
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If only Democratic elected officials had the negotiating skills of D&D poster, then everything would be perfect and Republican control of the house and senate would be meaningless!
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Hidden Under a Hat posted:I don't see anything about lifting the CDC ban on studying effects of gun violence, did Democrats not get that or are there other riders not listed? It's a huge amount of political capital for an ultimately pretty small piece of the agreement. It might be important to us, but there's a lot of people who would simply refuse to negotiate in its presence, and it's not that important compared to getting a deal in place at all.
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Those dastardly Democrats, selling out America by making enhancements of the EITC and the child tax credit permanent! 
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Joementum posted:Those dastardly Democrats, selling out America by making enhancements of the EITC and the child tax credit permanent! Well you see conservatives got something out of it so-
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