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[quote]We had a payroll clerk that accidentally entered a $1.00 raise as $10.00 raise. When I caught the error months later and brought it the employees attention he quit. Legal Dept said we had to eat the overpayment.[/quote] I mean, there should be a process in place to check payroll registers fo...

re: FL and AZ races

Posted by Emiliooo on 11/7/18 at 7:00 pm
That's a helluva pipedream, even for this lefty. ...
I think if you look at the counties he won, then it's no surprise. I'm actually pretty shocked he won Tarrant County (Fort Worth and some pretty rural cities), that to me signals that he's willing to listen and be bipartisan. Ted Cruz is very unlikable, but he holds this state by the neck. There...

re: Texas politics going forward

Posted by Emiliooo on 11/7/18 at 6:25 pm
Who knows, I think we see the cost of higher education, the rising cost of health care, the aging population, how the government spends money, interest rates on student loans, etc. and think that the government can help control costs (if done effectively through adequate case studies and looking at ...

re: Texas politics going forward

Posted by Emiliooo on 11/7/18 at 4:21 pm
[quote]My boys are always getting in trouble spouting off about D candidates at school. My boy told some kid who was oozing about Beto that he bet he couldn't name one of Beto's policies, that the kid was only going around saying Beto because his parents told him to.[/quote] I think this is true ac...

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Posted by Emiliooo on 11/7/18 at 4:13 pm
[quote]Democrats will not help him pass stuff like mj legalization or infrastructure[/quote] I'm definitely left leaning, and screw that. I want a Congress and president that acts on the interest of its constituents. Is that too much to ask in this day in age?...

re: Texas politics going forward

Posted by Emiliooo on 11/7/18 at 3:36 pm
[quote]Demographics in the state are certainly changing and R's need a much better strategy with Latino voters(who actually have a lot more principles in common with conservatives than liberals)[/quote] I would agree with this statement as it relates to the older Latino demographic. Young latinos, ...
[quote]By 2040, most of the nation’s voters – including most liberals – will live in 15 of our 50 states.[/quote] The only source is a tweet that's saying that the population will age and the population will become more rural. Isn't the general consensus however that the population will continue to...
[link=(https://www.adweek.com/agencies/papa-johns-founder-says-ad-agency-pressured-him-into-using-the-n-word/)]LINK[/link] This article says that some other ad agency pressured him, he's just trying to dig himself out of a hole, but it's not going to work....
Even if you do go mild, lie to us and say spicy ...

re: Meet Olympic champion, Dick Butt.

Posted by Emiliooo on 2/16/18 at 7:27 pm
[img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2MrfseVQAMnu68.jpg[/img]...
[quote]Umm violence has been way up in these countries...but that is mostly due to Africans and Arabs[/quote] That's not entirely true, there have been studies showing that violence is attributed to immigration and other studies showing this is not the case. I stand in the camp where violence fo...
If you still question why weed still isn't legal, just read this thread. There's a ton of misinformation and fear mongering going on here. ...
[quote]Maybe he should invest in making his company profitable without taxpayers[/quote] What the frick are you talking about? First of all, this launch speaks to the profitability of SpaceX. Secondly, SpaceX is private, so what does this have to do with taxpayers? Thirdly, sending the Tesla Roadste...

re: Mafia...are they still around?

Posted by Emiliooo on 2/10/18 at 3:32 pm
100% Some are the following: Camorra in Campania (region of Naples) 'Ndrangheta in Calabria Cosa Nostra around Sicily La Sacra Corono Unità in Puglia (though not as big as the others) Banda della Magliana in Rome....
I was talking more in general terms, to be frank, I don't agree with the recent tax cuts that were just enacted. ...
Listen, if I wanted to have the feeling of rubbing my nuts across rusty nails, I'd visit the PoliBoard...
[quote]President Obama's healthcare law will spend about $2 trillion over the next decade on expanding insurance coverage but still leave 31 million Americans uninsured, according to an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office released on Monday.[/quote] If you are comparing this to the $940B ...
[quote]And the tax cuts are fiscally irresponsible.[/quote] Not necessarily, if the point of a tax cut is to stimulate the economy by putting more dollars in peoples pockets to spend, then go for it. You DON'T push forward tax cuts when the economy is healthy and active....
Well then, you shouldn't also make blanket statements like Obama run up the national debt 86%....