mule74

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24 year old side piece

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Not a side piece. His actual piece. Which is even dumber. I’m 42 and couldn’t imaging talking to a 24 year old all day. Blow my brains out.

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Everyone stop believing every little headline you hear, especially from anonymous sources.

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Commerce Ministry spokesman He Yadong

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“Any claims about the progress of China-U.S. trade negotiations are groundless as trying to catch the wind and have no factual basis,” the spokesman said.

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AP News

Bloomberg

The Hill

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Tariffs have always been on China.

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Not at 140% or wherever they were last week.

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You're right, they should really be trying to squeeze more out the bottom 10%. I feel sorry for you.

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I absolutely did not say or imply that. Read.

Listen to a guy like Buffet who has openly said that we need to find ways to increase the effective rate on billionaires. Read about Elon living off loans against his stock that are not taxable.

I’m not sure how to do it, because a wealth tax seems impossible to implement effectively. Somehow though we have to increase revenue from the top .0001%.

Right now it’s the 80%-99.5% that take it in the chin.

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Social Security (22%), Net Interest (14%), Health (13%), Medicare (13%), and National Defense (13%).

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75% of the budget is social security, interest payments, Medicare, Medicaid, and defense.

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In fiscal year 2025, the deficit is projected to be $1.31 trillion

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the federal government spent approximately 25% of the nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This equates to roughly $6.9 trillion.

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We are 18.9% over budget. You would have to cut nearly 100% of all federal discretionary spending outside entitlements and military spending. Good luck.


The easiest place to cut would be the pentagon. Our military spinning is about 60% supporting our troops and national security, and 40% giveaway to large corporations and defense contractors. Let’s at least get the pentagon to a place it can pass an audit.

If you polled a beach in the Panhandle during the summer, I think it would run 90%+ Republican. Who are these liberals you are referring to?

The most Christian president in history bangs hookers? That’s my kind of religion. Maybe I should get into it.

That’s all good, but did the “dark campaign” make his text military plans to his wife and brother. That’s a self inflicted wound. Nobody made set him up for that. You want to change things … be smarter.

Why do we care about their free speech laws?

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I know a lot of that is for "research". Does anybody look into whether we are getting any bang for our buck on "research"?

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The article also cited a $60mm contract. On its face, I do not have a problem with federal contracts going to universities that can provide cutting edge value to the government.

It’s the grants that infuriate me. The irony of East Coast liberals bemoaning economic disparity in this country while supporting federal grants of billions of dollars to elite institutions is astounding

If Harvard wants to do pure research, they have the money to do it. If they want to dole out grant and aid to underprivileged kids, they have the money to do it.

In addition to their endowment, their alumni have probably a trillion dollars of net worth. Especially if you count Zuch, who famously did not graduate, but has donated to Harvard. They can easily raise $500mm per year plus gains on their endowment.