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Tuesday, February 9, 2021 8:14 AM

How about one?

Comorbidities don't count.

Let me know when an AOC aged GOP congressman passes from Covid, then we'll talk.

Until then, I don't give two shits about your fake Covid death numbers. Especially not when a crooked politician is part of those statistics.




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Tuesday, February 9, 2021 5:53 PM

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

Until then, I don't give two shits about your fake Covid death numbers. Especially not when a crooked politician is part of those statistics.

I am pretty sure Trumptards don't understand numbers or statistics the way I do. To brag like always, my understanding made me rich. Here are some numbers that Trumptards misunderstand. There is something about how middle class Republicans use numbers that is keeping them from comprehending what upper class Republicans are doing :

“When is debt out of control?” To Republicans, the answer is simple: “When a Democrat is president.”

The record, of course, is almost exactly the opposite. The national debt nearly tripled under Ronald Reagan, who gave huge tax cuts almost exclusively to the top of the income ladder. (In fact, because of a substantial increase in the payroll tax, taxes actually went up for the bottom 40 percent.)

During George H.W. Bush’s single term, the national debt increased by 54 percent. To fix that, and without a single Republican vote, Bill Clinton increased marginal tax rates for the affluent at the beginning of his two terms. Instead of leading to a recession, as every Republican House and Senate member had predicted, we experienced eight straight years of marked economic growth and a balanced budget with a surplus that George W. Bush inherited.

During his first debate with Al Gore, W. touted his tax-cut proposal: “By far the vast majority of my tax cut goes to those at the bottom.” Not just “a majority.” Not “a vast majority.” But “by far a vast majority.” Not one of those was true. In fact, the vast majority of the Bush tax cuts went to those at the top. When W. took office, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan endorsed Bush’s tax cut not only as fiscally prudent, but necessary. The looming budget surpluses, Greenspan feared, would pay off the entire federal debt before the end of the decade! If the surpluses didn’t end when our debt was paid off, it could cause serious economic disruption. Large tax cuts, Greenspan said, were necessary to avoid that catastrophe.

That particular catastrophe certainly was avoided. By the time George W. Bush handed off the worst economy since the Great Depression to Barack Obama, the national debt had again doubled, and Americans were losing 800,000 jobs a month.

Like W., Trump campaigned promising a tax cut geared to low- and middle-income Americans. And like Bush, he was bullshitting.

During the floor debate on the Republicans’ 2017 tax cut, I approached Tim Scott of South Carolina, their floor manager for the bill. “You know, this is going to explode the deficit.”

Tim told me it wouldn’t because of — wait for it — dynamic scoring.

“No,” I insisted. “Your own Congressional Budget Office says it will create another $1.9 trillion in debt.” The CBO is the nonpartisan agency that provides Congress with budget and economic research. I used “your own” CBO because, holding majorities in both the House and Senate, Republicans had chosen the CBO director. And when the CBO “scored” the Republican tax cut, it estimated that it would add $1.9 trillion to our national debt.

More at https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/al-franken-
republicans-deficits-1122888
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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

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Tuesday, February 9, 2021 7:33 PM

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Originally posted by second:How many have to die before the other Trumptards stop thinking covid-19 is a Democratic/media/Chinese hoax? Is it only 50% or do all 210 of them have to die?


A happy thot!

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Tuesday, February 9, 2021 7:37 PM

Sorry, Sig, but I dont want to spend so much time sparring with you. It iz obviously just baiting anyway, so it only raizez the question uv why.

You spent a fair amoount uv time riting all that nonsens, so wut made it worth it? Iz it just to waste my time?

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Tuesday, February 9, 2021 7:42 PM

Reading Obama'z book, A Promised Land.

Its pretty neat to be able to watch videoz uv stuff he toks about.



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Tuesday, February 9, 2021 7:46 PM




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Tuesday, February 9, 2021 8:59 PM

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Originally posted by JO753:
Quote:

Originally posted by second:How many have to die before the other Trumptards stop thinking covid-19 is a Democratic/media/Chinese hoax? Is it only 50% or do all 210 of them have to die?


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Wow. You too?

*sigh*


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Tuesday, February 9, 2021 9:02 PM

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Originally posted by second:
I am pretty sure Trumptards don't understand numbers or statistics the way I do.



You're so full of shit it leaks out your ears.

We both know that you don't have any money or a business to run. You post here more than I do. You don't have a job dude.




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Tuesday, February 9, 2021 9:24 PM


Quote:

Originally posted by JO753:
Sorry, Sig, but I dont want to spend so much time sparring with you. It iz obviously just baiting anyway, so it only raizez the question uv why.

You spent a fair amoount uv time riting all that nonsens, so wut made it worth it? Iz it just to waste my time?

Now you got ME curious! You're more than happy to post - AT LENGTH - something that other people might think is a waste of time. Yet Signy read it, and is ready to discuss it with you. But now all of the sudden you can't find the time!

What gives?

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Tuesday, February 9, 2021 9:30 PM


Quote:

Originally posted by second:
How many have to die before the other Trumptards stop thinking covid-19 is a Democratic/media/Chinese hoax? Is it only 50% or do all 210 of them have to die?

Quote:

Originally posted by JO753:
A happy thot!


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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Wow. You too?
*sigh*

Was that about the COVID reference? the partisanship? or the wishing death on people he disagrees with?

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