https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/R47332.pdf

Wow. 70% as of 2022.

We don’t need tax credits.

We need Private equity out of the housing market.

We need better safeguards for tenants.

Financial moves like tax credits and incentives always end up benefitting the haves.

Chatgpt high level summary:

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce received an $800,000 donation from billionaire Hank Meijer shortly after endorsing his son, Peter Meijer, in a 2022 primary. This donation and subsequent ad spending for Peter Meijer have highlighted the issue of “dark money” in U.S. elections, where the ultimate sources of funding are not disclosed. Although the Chamber followed legal requirements, the timing raised questions about the transparency and motivations behind such contributions. The article underscores the broader problem of undisclosed political donations and their impact on voter information and trust in the electoral process.

Also with taxes going to the government… There is a lot of corruption designed to bring those taxes back in the form subsidies, projects, funding etc. No guarantee taxes end up where they are needed.

In Mercia?!

Link

Neither Trump or Biden will reduce the power of the federal government. Some departments may take a hit and others will get a boost but it won’t be reduced. Way too much money to be made be keeping the beast of corruption for the rich moving.

Trump who you are voting for by not voting for Biden, absolutely is a globalist… With just the shittier parts of the globe.

Wasn’t trump the president who moved the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem? A move done to rally his base. Trump is absolutely pro israel and would love to see college kids shipped to a war zone so they can witness the atrocity of the war they are protesting…

Trump has actually… Proved he’s a foreign asset. Put in literally cannot wait for him to retake power so he can absolutely steamroll a legitimate democracy.

Fuck it wouldn’t shock me if Trump sold our military to the highest bidder.

Trump is absolutely an elitist… He has a fucking skyscraper with his name on it in downtown Chicago… What part of that screams… Salt of the Earth? What planet are you living on?

Thank you.

Not arguing any of that. The point here is that I find Musk repulsive enough that the Tesla, for all of its superior software, was never even in my decision making process.

Same.

We just bought the ev Blazer this weekend. Fuck Tesla.

You never heard a sound like the rubberbad man…

I get different answers.

“It’s too late now”.
“They’re (Dems) are just trying to save face.”.
“That bill is so packed with other things… You can’t trust it.”.

They will just always give their party the benefit of the doubt.

Link to his accounts:

https://grndcntrl.net/links/

Millenials can’t afford cars…

Most Americans have voted for a democrat since 2004. So that’s probably true.

Capital gains is always taxed at your normal bracket for holdings less than a year old and fall under special long term brackets for holdings >1 year. Those brackets are much smaller than income.

Capital gains isn’t the issue. The issue is people taking out loans against their securities or other assets at often very affordable rates (until recently). Those loans are their income, the interest on those loans are deductible and they never have to sell their assets.

As long as interest paid is lower than taxes on capital gains the behavior will never shift.

What about no WFH, Hybrid or back to office and just use common sense.

Stop treating peoplw like they can't choose whats best for them.

I go into the office… When I need to. It's a pretty radical idea.

Could be 0 days a week? Could be 5. It depends what I'm doing and who I'm working with.

Sadly hybrid often means (2-3) days in the office. Why? Why must we bucket things? It's stupid.

Housing prices don't crash. Not really. People don't want to take the loss. The nominal price may stay flat and the real price may go down as a result… That feels more likely

WoW: ill never forget it. This was BC expansion and as a Druid I had just recently unlocked flight as part of a huge questline. I was hopping around mining nodes farming for my Jeweler profession when I encountered a Druid nightelf. They had the upgraded bird form (320% speed vs 60%). I must have pissed this guy off or he was bored but he was just stalking me. Eventually he starts fighting me and we had a substantial level difference. I think he was 70 and I was 60. He was going to kill me but eventually I escaped out of combat into bird form. Of course he's several times faster than I am. I had a sliver of health and a single moonfire would've killed me. I am just holding down space bar… Climbing into the sky. He fires off his moon fire. It should have killed me, but as luck would have it my headpiece gem had a 1% chance to reflect a spell. I had to read the combat logs to figure out what happened, but the spell hit him. The damage caused him to lose bird form and as he was now in combat he plummeted to his death. I landed. Danced around his corpse and went on my way. I could not believe what had just happened.

Posts like these are why I'll drive my stupid Chevy Volt until the battery dies.