Primate @ 28/4/2017 9:28

I have gotten a kick out of the media takes with their different biases. NYT and WP basically thinks it's the end of the world. Fox trying to spin it and say it will actually lower the deficit instead of bloating it further. WSJ careful to highlight the positives. Reuters and Forbes seem to offer a fairly balanced take on the good and the bad, plus I love the term "Zombie Tax Plan"

Typical media reaction to anything, sadly.

Anybody else think it is funny that the Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House, but *still* can't pass a spending bill without potentially shutting down the government?

At least they have the extra week now to work on a bill to fund us through September.

vladykins @ 28/4/2017 9:52

Herm @ 28/4/2017 9:55 I'm kind of curious how things work with very low taxes, do you just leave construction and infrastructure up to private companies? While I'll have to analyze it, the low business taxes won't actually have a huge revenue hit ultimately, since many companies already have pretty low effective tax rates. The brackets on the personal income side are going to swing some things around, with the "middle class" having a bigger burden ultimately.

Same as it ever was.

vladykins @ 28/4/2017 12:54

Anybody else think it is funny that the Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House, but *still* can't pass a spending bill without potentially shutting down the government? At least they have the extra week now to work on a bill to fund us through September.

Getting things done has never been the goal for either party.

Primate @ 28/4/2017 20:32

vladykins @ 28/4/2017 12:54 Anybody else think it is funny that the Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House, but *still* can't pass a spending bill without potentially shutting down the government? At least they have the extra week now to work on a bill to fund us through September. Getting things done has never been the goal for either party.

Not true- the current crop of Republicans have been specifically anti-government, so it is not surprising when they can't for the life of them do basic governing.

lol

Barron and Tiffany are my favorite Trump kids.

One of my friends noted that he probably just ignores any of his kids that he can't make money off of because they are too young.

Colbert going to town on Trump is killing me.

"You've had more people marching against you than cancer!"


http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/trumps-mouth-is-only-good-as-vladimir-putins-cck-holster-colbert-brutalizes-trump-in-2-minute-blitz/

Yeah- the Andrew Jackson stuff has me rolling on the floor.

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/historical-tragedies-and-the-people-who-might-have-prevented-them-had-they-not-died-sixteen-years-prior

vladykins @ 3/5/2017 10:34

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/historical-tragedies-and-the-people-who-might-have-prevented-them-had-they-not-died-sixteen-years-prior

"Hitler Invades Poland: Warren Harding (d. 1923)"

"Great Chicago Fire: Charlotte Brontë (d. 1855)"


These two especially made me lol for some reason.

Charlotte Bronte should have done more.