O-Trap;1881687 wrote:Kids steal.

Kids get caught and detained.

Trump pulls strings so kids face no punishment for stealing.


That's winning? Getting people off the hook for crimes they committed? How are you not a neo-Democrat if you think that's winning?

I would hope Alford will take care of the punishment...

mega sarcasm ......sorry you could not recognize it.



Of course, helping young, under-privileged, minorities will go unrecognized also.

QuakerOats;1881702 wrote:mega sarcasm ......sorry you could not recognize it.



Of course, helping young, under-privileged, minorities will go unrecognized also.

Ah, so you don't think that was winning, then?

As for underprivileged ... what? LiAngelo Ball's dad is worth $4MM, he's getting college paid for, he'll probably get at least one NBA contract (he is the least talented of the three Ball kids), and he gets national media attention and star treatment.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying he's never had to deal with discrimination or anything, but "underprivileged" might be the wrong word for it.

Have you seen the Ball family's house? If that's underprivileged, sign me up!

Haha under privileged. They’re loaded!

Have you seen Jalen Hill's house or Cody Riley's?


My guess is all 3 will be sending Mr. Trump a thank you note. And Mr. Ball Sr. may be putting a Donald logo on the next iteration of hoop shoes.

QuakerOats;1881724 wrote:Have you seen Jalen Hill's house or Cody Riley's?


My guess is all 3 will be sending Mr. Trump a thank you note. And Mr. Ball Sr. may be putting a Donald logo on the next iteration of hoop shoes.

LOL! Cody Riley is from Chatsworth, CA. I don't know what house is his, but the odds are good that he wouldn't qualify as "underprivileged" either, just like pretty much everyone else from Chatsworth.

And Jalen Hill is from Corona, CA. Still a pretty decent place to live.

But hell, even if they'd grown up in Compton, they're still celebrities now. He's helping kids who are getting college paid for and who have star power.

I'm not saying he shouldn't have done it, but let's hold off on pretending this was to help "underprivileged minority youth."

He could wave a magic wand ending gang violence in Chicago and he would be chastised and ridiculed.

I guess that's the point. Sorry it went over everyone's head; let's lower the hoop to 8 ft.

QuakerOats;1881734 wrote:He could wave a magic wand ending gang violence in Chicago and he would be chastised and ridiculed.

I guess that's the point. Sorry it went over everyone's head; let's lower the hoop to 8 ft.

Holy shit you’re dumb.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tax-senate/u-s-tax-bill-should-include-repeal-of-health-insurance-mandate-senate-republican-leader-idUSKBN1DE2QD



Thank you; eliminating the mandate is imperative. Now, get it done!

QuakerOats;1881734 wrote:He could wave a magic wand ending gang violence in Chicago and he would be chastised and ridiculed.

I guess that's the point. Sorry it went over everyone's head; let's lower the hoop to 8 ft.

You absolutely sucking at making points says more about you than it does anyone else.

Hope this helps.

QuakerOats;1881734 wrote:He could wave a magic wand ending gang violence in Chicago and he would be chastised and ridiculed.

I guess that's the point. Sorry it went over everyone's head; let's lower the hoop to 8 ft.

Not saying that isn't true, but if THAT was the point you we're trying to make, you've gotta try harder.

https://www.atr.org/senate-tax-reform-bill-provides-massive-middle-class-tax-relief

79% of Households Hit With Obamacare Mandate Tax Make Less Than $50,000

The Senate’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act repeals Obamacare’s individual mandate tax penalty. Repeal of the Obamacare individual mandate tax penalty gives further tax relief to middle class families. Repeal also ensures that the Senate’s Tax Cuts And Jobs Act allows permanent tax reduction for families and businesses in the form of a permanent, 20 percent corporate rate and a $2,000 child tax credit.
Official IRS data for tax year 2015 compiled by the office of Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) indicates that low income Americans shoulder the burden of this tax:

• In tax year 2015 -- 6,665,480 households paid a total of $3,079,255,000 in individual mandate tax penalties
• 79% have a yearly income of less than $50,000
• 37% have a yearly income of less than $25,000

Please, free the middle class from the marxism that is obamaKare

House Passes Tax Reform Bill. The Wall Street Journal (11/16, A1, Rubin, Hughes, Subscription Publication) reports that on Thursday the House of Representatives passed tax reform legislation by a vote of 227-205, in a key victory for House Republican leaders and the Trump Administration.



Thank you. Now if the senate can add to the bill the elimination of the obamaKare mandate, and pass it, the American economy will begin to roll.

Progress: Bill to Fix Joint-Employer Rule Passes House.
Manufacturers scored a major victory last week when the House, by a vote of 242–181, passed the Save Local Business Act. In 2015, the National Labor Relations Board decided a business owner who has &#8220otential” or even “reserved control” over the practices of another company’s employees, such as a contractor’s, could be considered a “joint employer” and therefore held responsible for compliance with key labor laws. The bill, which the NAM strongly supported, changes the definition to a much more reasonable one so that a company is a joint employer only if it directly, actually and immediately exercises significant control over the essential terms and conditions of employment.




Thank you. Yet another reversal of an asinine obama rule. One by one the onerous, obama-era, BIG government rules and regulations are getting rolled back. More winning, for The People.

QuakerOats;1882064 wrote:House Passes Tax Reform Bill. The Wall Street Journal (11/16, A1, Rubin, Hughes, Subscription Publication) reports that on Thursday the House of Representatives passed tax reform legislation by a vote of 227-205, in a key victory for House Republican leaders and the Trump Administration.



Thank you. Now if the senate can add to the bill the elimination of the obamaKare mandate, and pass it, the American economy will begin to roll.

Pretty sneaky, lowering taxes while drump is in office but raise them significantly after he's gone.

salto;1882129 wrote:Pretty sneaky, lowering taxes while drump is in office but raise them significantly after he's gone.

I assume this has to do with the scoring necessary to pass this via budget reconciliation. The future tax increases get you there, but of course someone else will come along and then want to lower those taxes.

It wouldn't matter if you had a balanced budget amendment. Of course, failing that you could have a cap on a debt ceiling (which is so worthless they might as well just permanently get rid of it).

salto;1882129 wrote:Pretty sneaky, lowering taxes while drump is in office but raise them significantly after he's gone.

Kind of like having all the Obama care mandates and "taxes" coming due after Obama left office.....

Spock;1882145 wrote:Kind of like having all the Obama care mandates and "taxes" coming due after Obama left office.....

You had insurance and didn't have to pay a fine. Also, how many people do you know who claimed an exemption from the mandate?

What mandate are you speaking of that effected you?

salto;1882162 wrote:You had insurance and didn't have to pay a fine. Also, how many people do you know who claimed an exemption from the mandate?

What mandate are you speaking of that effected you?

first off its not a fine remeber....its a tax.

As for what affected me....all of it.

Spock;1882145 wrote:Kind of like having all the Obama care mandates and "taxes" coming due after Obama left office.....

This is how you seem respond to defend everything Trump does. “Well, Obama did it too.” If you bitched about Obama for 8 years, why is it now okay?

Just getting a chance to catch up on this thread and it did not disappoint. Lol at praising Trump for getting the UCLA kids released. Especially when:

A) If it happened four years ago, it'd be "why is Obama wasting time negotiating the release of over-privileged, entitled, spoiled athletes!"
B) OP continually brags about boycotting the NFL when a handful of players consistently peacefully protest, but praises Trump for getting athletes who actually committed a crime released.

friendfromlowry;1882175 wrote:Just getting a chance to catch up on this thread and it did not disappoint. Lol at praising Trump for getting the UCLA kids released. Especially when:

A) If it happened four years ago, it'd be "why is Obama wasting time negotiating the release of over-privileged, entitled, spoiled athletes!"
B) OP continually brags about boycotting the NFL when a handful of players consistently peacefully protest, but praises Trump for getting athletes who actually committed a crime released.

I'm not a Trump leg humper but keeping three young men out of communist work camp is a good thing. Maybe if Obama had cared as much about white people, Otto Warmbier would still be alive.

superman;1882180 wrote:I'm not a Trump leg humper but keeping three young men out of communist work camp is a good thing. Maybe if Obama had cared as much about white people, Otto Warmbier would still be alive.

Oh cool I was hoping someone would make irrelevant comparisons between prisoners in China and North Korea, bring up Obama (and his disliking for whites?), and seriously suggest those three were going to prison. Also, the bolded part is probably wrong.

friendfromlowry;1882182 wrote:Oh cool I was hoping someone would make irrelevant comparisons between prisoners in China and North Korea, bring up Obama (and his disliking for whites?), and seriously suggest those three were going to prison. Also, the bolded part is probably wrong.

Oh, so you can't read, cool.