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In which state do you live? What are you hiding from? Warrants?
It sure does
California’s poverty rate is still the highest in the nation, despite state efforts
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article218270905.html
The newly formed TJAW Polling group will consider using the Jem algo when the polls get real a few weeks before the election. Until then the polls are mostly garbage in, so garbage out.
However Truth and Justice Polling has a sentiment indicator. At the moment it shows the Dems will take the house and the Senate is a toss up.
Trump has come very close to self impeaching. The dems will turnout. However, Trump has taken his base for granted. No one we know is talking or writing about what a great job Trump and Congress have done. No one is saying Ryan and McConnell must continue their great work. Trump had a chance to win with the Freedom Caucus. He screwed up.
The current report card... (hopefully there is still room for improvement)
Unsatisfactory
1. No wall or sealed border for safety.
2. Not enough done to end immigration.
3. Obamacare was not repealed and replaced.
4. Taxes were not lowered for most of his base.
5. He did not drain the swamp.
6. He should have done better with replacing establishment and ant Trumpers in the administration.
7. We all want to see Ryan and McConnell go and Trump did not stand with the one group in the house who shared his stated goals... the Freedom caucus when he should have.
Above Grade Performance
1. The economy, especially for blue collar Amercans
2. His Supreme Ct picks... (A plus so far)
3. Creating a reset with Iran and North Korea and not getting into a world war with Russia over Syria.
However Truth and Justice Polling has a sentiment indicator. At the moment it shows the Dems will take the house and the Senate is a toss up.
Trump has come very close to self impeaching. The dems will turnout. However, Trump has taken his base for granted. No one we know is talking or writing about what a great job Trump and Congress have done. No one is saying Ryan and McConnell must continue their great work. Trump had a chance to win with the Freedom Caucus. He screwed up.
The current report card... (hopefully there is still room for improvement)
Unsatisfactory
1. No wall or sealed border for safety.
2. Not enough done to end immigration.
3. Obamacare was not repealed and replaced.
4. Taxes were not lowered for most of his base.
5. He did not drain the swamp.
6. He should have done better with replacing establishment and ant Trumpers in the administration.
7. We all want to see Ryan and McConnell go and Trump did not stand with the one group in the house who shared his stated goals... the Freedom caucus when he should have.
Above Grade Performance
1. The economy, especially for blue collar Amercans
2. His Supreme Ct picks... (A plus so far)
3. Creating a reset with Iran and North Korea and not getting into a world war with Russia over Syria.
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19 percent of the fifth largest economy in the world live in Poverty.
Leftist policies cause the issues, then leftist complain about SJW issues like income disparity.
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article218270905.html
The Truth in Accounting report only looks at state liabilities. California Policy Center, for instance, found that California’s total state and local debt may be closer to $1.3 trillion, which puts the total per-taxpayer burden above $100,000.
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California is known for its progressive tax rates, meaning that the wealthiest people here pay the bulk of the state’s income taxes. Gov. Jerry Brown often warns during his budget presentations that the state’s reliance on capital gains tax receipts makes the general fund vulnerable to recession. If the economy dips, revenues fall precipitously, thus leading to large deficits. He cautions the Legislature against approving permanent spending programs that can’t be sustained if the economy goes south.
Despite such progressivism, the poorest Californians are not off the hook. The governor this year signed a large increase in the gasoline tax, averaging 12 cents a gallon. He also signed an extension of the state’s cap-and-trade system, which imposes new costs on manufacturers and refiners to force them to reduce their carbon emissions. The program’s extension is predicted to add as much as 63 cents on a gallon of gasoline by 2021, according to the well-respected Legislative Analyst’s Office.
These are “regressive” taxes that fall heavily on the poor.
California also has high sales and use taxes. The standard sales-tax rate is 7.25 percent. Many cities have local add-ons that increase those taxes to as much as 10.25 percent on most purchases, which is among the highest in the nation. These, too, are regressive taxes that boost the cost of living for everyone, but harm the poor most because they eat up a larger proportional share of their budgets.
Fiscal problems also hit poor people the hardest. Some of the state’s poorest cities (Stockton, Vallejo, Richmond and San Bernardino) have struggled under burdensome pension debts. When Stockton went bankrupt, for instance, local officials responded by increasing sales taxes as part of their “work-out plan.” High-paid public employees had their full salaries and pensions protected, while low-wage residents had to pay more in sales taxes.
But the biggest poverty problem involves housing costs. Even the state Legislature has recognized the degree to which soaring housing costs have become a statewide “crisis.” Yet the housing package that passed in the waning hours of the legislative session is likely to exacerbate the “cost of living” problem.
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The housing issue by the way has been caused by the fact we have probably close to 20 million "new" people living here in the last few years. Many of whom are that 19 percent who live in poverty.
You can bring in millions of new people and expect them to be able find cheap housing. That is not how things work. But, don't try and tell that to a leftist.
Leftist policies cause the issues, then leftist complain about SJW issues like income disparity.
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article218270905.html
The Truth in Accounting report only looks at state liabilities. California Policy Center, for instance, found that California’s total state and local debt may be closer to $1.3 trillion, which puts the total per-taxpayer burden above $100,000.
....
California is known for its progressive tax rates, meaning that the wealthiest people here pay the bulk of the state’s income taxes. Gov. Jerry Brown often warns during his budget presentations that the state’s reliance on capital gains tax receipts makes the general fund vulnerable to recession. If the economy dips, revenues fall precipitously, thus leading to large deficits. He cautions the Legislature against approving permanent spending programs that can’t be sustained if the economy goes south.
Despite such progressivism, the poorest Californians are not off the hook. The governor this year signed a large increase in the gasoline tax, averaging 12 cents a gallon. He also signed an extension of the state’s cap-and-trade system, which imposes new costs on manufacturers and refiners to force them to reduce their carbon emissions. The program’s extension is predicted to add as much as 63 cents on a gallon of gasoline by 2021, according to the well-respected Legislative Analyst’s Office.
These are “regressive” taxes that fall heavily on the poor.
California also has high sales and use taxes. The standard sales-tax rate is 7.25 percent. Many cities have local add-ons that increase those taxes to as much as 10.25 percent on most purchases, which is among the highest in the nation. These, too, are regressive taxes that boost the cost of living for everyone, but harm the poor most because they eat up a larger proportional share of their budgets.
Fiscal problems also hit poor people the hardest. Some of the state’s poorest cities (Stockton, Vallejo, Richmond and San Bernardino) have struggled under burdensome pension debts. When Stockton went bankrupt, for instance, local officials responded by increasing sales taxes as part of their “work-out plan.” High-paid public employees had their full salaries and pensions protected, while low-wage residents had to pay more in sales taxes.
But the biggest poverty problem involves housing costs. Even the state Legislature has recognized the degree to which soaring housing costs have become a statewide “crisis.” Yet the housing package that passed in the waning hours of the legislative session is likely to exacerbate the “cost of living” problem.
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The housing issue by the way has been caused by the fact we have probably close to 20 million "new" people living here in the last few years. Many of whom are that 19 percent who live in poverty.
You can bring in millions of new people and expect them to be able find cheap housing. That is not how things work. But, don't try and tell that to a leftist.
It sure does
California’s poverty rate is still the highest in the nation, despite state efforts
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article218270905.html
LOL Tony and I both liked it. How rare is that? I thought the report card was an accurate reflection of the feelings of Trump voters. I also believe they reserve most of their anger, not for Trump, but for the establishment congressional republicans who have blocked Trump. Trump has to straddle a thin line here. He would like them gone but not if replaced by more crazed democrats.
This infantile tantrum of his is epic
https://elitetrader.com/et/threads/leapup-up-still-posting-racial-slurs-in-p-r.271874/#post-3840407
Dis Hella Tru!
I can't stress enough how little pro Trump or pro Republican talk I am hearing. Polar opposite of last election. Non political and even half democrat friends and relatives were talking Trump all the time. They really wanted to teach the SOBs in D.C. a lesson. They wanted D.C. to represent them and their goals for keeping this country great.
Trump and the liars running for Congress has let that group down in a major fashion. They are not talking so I doubt many of them will be voting.
I fear there is a 20 percent chance of a really big blowout. House and Senate going to Dems bigly is a serious risk at the moment. What has Congress given the base that was so fired up? Most already had jobs and paid taxes. So the economy improving is a benefit but not a massive motivator.
Trump and the liars running for Congress has let that group down in a major fashion. They are not talking so I doubt many of them will be voting.
I fear there is a 20 percent chance of a really big blowout. House and Senate going to Dems bigly is a serious risk at the moment. What has Congress given the base that was so fired up? Most already had jobs and paid taxes. So the economy improving is a benefit but not a massive motivator.
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Things are really beginning to stink: No wall (though I personally didn't care), Puerto Rico, The Budget deal, pulling the rug out of a last minute Canadian negotiation, and now going through with $100 billion in Chinese tariffs 20 minutes after Manafort is reportedly going to talk even after his guilty plea.
I can handle and little Trump - Stormy side action, some illegal Trump business practices, Trump not being so bright overall, and Trump being a major A-Hole to people.
When Trump appears to try to use the Global Economy as some sort of negotiating or punishment tool, he needs to go. If Trump were smart and stable, he would have focused on fulfilling on his campaign promises and have taken advantage of his opportunities such as with Canada, when he had them.
"Mr. Trump, you're fired!" Is a phrase the Republican's may want to consider. They have the negotiating advantage against him: Resignation or jail.
Edit: Trump also never got around to repealing Obamacare
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