anti_dan
7mo ago
but if we have a funding shortfall, who other than the most well off should we be raising taxes on first?
Its always best to tax people who can't avoid the tax. Which means things like VATs, Payroll taxes, and sales taxes. All the most efficient taxes are flat or regressive. Taxing the rich is a waste of time and resources with little actual benefit to the treasury.
anti_dan
7mo ago
real opposition defined by what? the fact that the speaker wasn't vacated?
There has not been a 8 vote defection by democrats on any important vote in the house in a decade at least.
worse, your attempted portrayal of this is Gaetz sided with team Democrat? this isn't supportable
They voted together on one of the most important questions of the 2 year term.
anti_dan
7mo ago
None of those people could have become speaker at all given McCarthy's tiny majority and rebellious faction within it. Just for starters, no Democrat leader has ever faced real opposition intra-party in my lifetime. Second, Boehner and Ryan didn't get much done, even with larger majorities and more favorable overall situations. McCarthy was basically a head football coach at Syracuse going 8-4/7-5, which is amazing.
I also disagree with your idea of what GOP leadership wanted. This "gimping" was done by Trump and the DNC, not anyone McCarthy aligned. First. McCarthy wasn't a shoo in for the speakership. He was a front runner, for sure, but would never have liked such a small majority. The majority is small, basically against his wishes, because a lot of Trump/Gaetz-aligned candidates lost. It is best to think of what just happened in a non-US context. What happened was that there were 3 parties: 1) The Democrat Party; 2 The Republican Party; 3) The Gaetz Party. The Gaetz party chose, in this leadership election, to be team Democrat.
Sure, I agree that McCarthy probably should have anticipated the backstab by Democrats, but that doesn't make it not a backstab. He probably was getting backstabbed by someone this time around no matter what. Either it was Gaetzers or the Romney/Cheneys he was gonna get backstabbed. Such is the problem of running a coalition party without full media hegemony.
anti_dan
7mo ago
The CRA is unconstitutional because there is no clause in the Constitution authorizing it. Simple as that.
anti_dan
7mo ago
Indeed, but this also indicates a total lack of bipartisanship from Democrats. If there are all 12 passed, and 8 Republican holdouts, a good faith few Dems would go with it. Just like this motion to vacate. McCarthy has shown to be a good faith partner, even if he holds to principles. His reward was the Dems giving him zero good faith in return on the motion to vacate.
anti_dan
7mo ago
If any such statement was made in evidence a MSJ is improper because that creates a legitimate question of material fact. The judge is in a tails he loses heads trump wins situation if ever a nonbiased person reviews his order.
anti_dan
8mo ago
Probably the assassination of Lincoln marked the time where they gained a significant edge. They gained said advantage by assassinating a more prudent figure to tip the scales in their direction, then began a consolidation effort.
anti_dan
8mo ago
That is why it would be "my optimal response" not a consensus building attempt at telling others how they should feel.
Regardless. This topic seems one where the heckler's veto is overly privileged if you aren't banning people for reporting things of this nature. IMO.
anti_dan
8mo ago
Not to mention that there'd be nothing for people to do there - no access to jobs or services.
That is kind of a feature of the proposal. It shows the problem isn't housing, its lack of force.
anti_dan
11mo ago
What you are describing should actually be the job of the people making a pay to use AI. AIs should be trained not to lie or invent sources at the source. That Chat GPT lies a lot is a result of its trainers rewarding lying through incompetence or ideology.
anti_dan
26d ago
Jayapal is the chair of the CPC, but doesn't appear to reflect progressive consensus on Ukraine, which is that defeating Russia is super important.
anti_dan
26d ago
Uhh? Biden's whole Mid East policy is based on pandering to that wing. They have a lot of cachet.
anti_dan
2mo ago
Gadot has much more developed breasts and more of the overall hourglass figure through the hips. She also makes the design choice with her characters to select outfits that accentuate the hourglass figure, while Zendaya chooses to make herself look more like a young teenage boy.
Compare their two most famous roles.
A. Wonder Woman
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B. Chani
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anti_dan
3mo ago
I dont doubt that there is an aspect of ass-covering by him when he makes his testimony. That said, no one has testified under oath that he failed to request additional backup on J3.
anti_dan
3mo ago
No. My statement is Israel needs nothing, but Palestine would be zero without aid. Every dollar provided to Palestine has a significant percentage eventually funneled to terror campaigns against Israel. Without international aid Palestine would cease to exist.
anti_dan
4mo ago
The Jews have proven to be good at self government. They also do well as a minority in productivity (although their politics leaves much to be desired). Palestinians are can't do either.
With regard to war, I think most people pretend they abide by rules when they aren't pressed. Which is often now because they all have daddy ruling everything. But overall, yes, the current set of rules of war are particularly odious.
anti_dan
5mo ago
Yes I agree that the civilian/combatant distinction is useless in the vast majority of cases. I further assert most people asserted to be Palestinian Civilians would fail all but the most lenient tests if given a questionnaire with a perfect truth detector.
anti_dan
5mo ago
Oh I disagree. You can't have such a standard practice without willing participation of the vast majority of the population. Almost everyone over age 10 knows why they are there and is agreeing to it.
anti_dan
5mo ago
they're just not even active enough to spend 10 minutes writing a letter to your bank.
They certainly are. And its not even 10 minutes. They are literally just filling out a standard form. They are up on their game when they think you underpaid. That letter comes out swiftly. And if you don't pay or contest the next step isn't much more for the IRS.
anti_dan
5mo ago
I say, "nah, we're gonna wait till the Soviets and Nazis tire each other out much much more, then sweep over both of them like a puppy running over a carefully arranged house of cards." And then I'd also be like, "whats a civilian? In the future people like me are wise to such silly ideas."
anti_dan
6mo ago
You think people from the outskirts have trouble adapting to city life? IMO that is pretty much the norm. The reverse is almost always the issue.
Sure, but then its still another progressive tax. Which is also a bad type of tax. The more regressive, the less it will impact economic choices.
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