US Politics 3 - Trump found guilty on all 34 counts

PostRe: US Politics 3 by **Prototype** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 8:33 pm

Tomous wrote:
Prototype wrote:
Alvin Flummux wrote:Sex addiction doesn't lead to mass murder, but white supremacy sure does.

Turns out 2 of the 8 people killed were white.

Doesn't necsssarily mean he isn't a white supremacist though.

Totally.

PostRe: US Politics 3 by **Trelliz** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:33 am

Donald Trump plans social media comeback, says adviser

Former US President Donald Trump will soon return to social media "with his own platform", his adviser has said.

"I do think that we're going to see President Trump returning to social media in probably about two or three months," Jason Miller told Fox News.

He said the platform "will be the hottest ticket in social media" and would "completely redefine the game".

The adviser said Mr Trump had already had "high-powered meetings" with various teams regarding the venture at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

"Numerous companies" had already approached the former president, Mr Miller said.

"This new platform is going to be big," he added, predicting that Mr Trump would draw "tens of millions of people".

This is entirely unsurprising, what are the odds it had a paid subscription model as a new grift. I can imagine them selling things like shiny animated gold MAGA profile badges etc for exhorbitant prices for people to show off their devotion/how much they've owned the libs etc.

PostRe: US Politics 3 by **Tafdolphin** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:46 am

The natural evolution of Trump TV

PostRe: US Politics 3 by **Squinty** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 8:07 am

Cool. More reasons to laugh at how gullible Trump supporters are.

PostRe: US Politics 3 by **Oblomov Boblomov** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 9:25 am

It'll just be one giant echo chamber of madness – unfortunately it will enjoy an audience several times beyond the critical mass required for survival and will be a genuine cause for concern, essentially an enormous virtual terrorist radicalisation camp.

PostRe: US Politics 3 by **Victor Mildew** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 9:27 am

NOT A TWEET, TOTALLY ORIGINAL CONCEPT DO NOT STEAL. SAD!

PostRe: US Politics 3 by **VlaSoul** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 9:32 am

I for one look forward to reactionary radio, hosted by god emperor trump

Corazon de Leon · PostRe: US Politics 3 by **Corazon de Leon** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 9:46 am

I wonder if he'll basically just become J Jonah Jameson from Spider-Man 2018. "SPIDER-MAN, err, I mean BIDEN IS A MENACE!"

PostRe: US Politics 3 by **Hexx** » Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:21 pm

twitter.com/JStein_WaPo/status/1374325400621449217

PostRe: US Politics 3 by **VlaSoul** » Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:46 pm

That actually sounds, like, good, or rather a step in the right direction
I don't understand the second to last point tho, and it's interesting to note how comparatively low their top wealth bracket taxation is

PostRe: US Politics 3 by **Moggy** » Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:48 pm

VlaSoul wrote:That actually sounds, like, good, or rather a step in the right direction
I don't understand the second to last point tho, and it's interesting to note how comparatively low their top wealth bracket taxation is

State And Local Tax (SALT).

PostRe: US Politics 3 by **VlaSoul** » Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:52 pm

Moggy wrote:
VlaSoul wrote:That actually sounds, like, good, or rather a step in the right direction
I don't understand the second to last point tho, and it's interesting to note how comparatively low their top wealth bracket taxation is

State And Local Tax (SALT).

Sorry I meant the tax investment gains one, though actually I didn't know what SALT meant either so thanks
I assumed the SALT was like uh, literally salt

PostRe: US Politics 3 by **<]:^D** » Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:53 pm

salt is bad in large quantities to be fair

PostRe: US Politics 3 by **Moggy** » Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:55 pm

VlaSoul wrote:
Moggy wrote:
VlaSoul wrote:That actually sounds, like, good, or rather a step in the right direction
I don't understand the second to last point tho, and it's interesting to note how comparatively low their top wealth bracket taxation is

State And Local Tax (SALT).

Sorry I meant the tax investment gains one, though actually I didn't know what SALT meant either so thanks
I assumed the SALT was like uh, literally salt

Ahh. I'm not 100% sure on that one. I assume it means any investment gains over $1m will be treated in the same way as wages?

PostRe: US Politics 3 by **VlaSoul** » Tue Mar 23, 2021 10:13 pm

Moggy wrote:
VlaSoul wrote:
Moggy wrote:
VlaSoul wrote:That actually sounds, like, good, or rather a step in the right direction
I don't understand the second to last point tho, and it's interesting to note how comparatively low their top wealth bracket taxation is

State And Local Tax (SALT).

Sorry I meant the tax investment gains one, though actually I didn't know what SALT meant either so thanks
I assumed the SALT was like uh, literally salt

Ahh. I'm not 100% sure on that one. I assume it means any investment gains over $1m will be treated in the same way as wages?

Ah ok I think I get you. If that means the investment gain is taxed, then it sounds reasonable and I am surprised that it isn't a thing already

PostRe: US Politics 3 by **Moggy** » Tue Mar 23, 2021 10:18 pm

VlaSoul wrote:
Moggy wrote:
VlaSoul wrote:
Moggy wrote:
VlaSoul wrote:That actually sounds, like, good, or rather a step in the right direction
I don't understand the second to last point tho, and it's interesting to note how comparatively low their top wealth bracket taxation is

State And Local Tax (SALT).

Sorry I meant the tax investment gains one, though actually I didn't know what SALT meant either so thanks
I assumed the SALT was like uh, literally salt

Ahh. I'm not 100% sure on that one. I assume it means any investment gains over $1m will be treated in the same way as wages?

Ah ok I think I get you. If that means the investment gain is taxed, then it sounds reasonable and I am surprised that it isn't a thing already

The feds will make a fortune out of the sale of Gamestop shares. :lol:

PostRe: US Politics 3 by **sawyerpip** » Tue Mar 23, 2021 10:27 pm

VlaSoul wrote:
Moggy wrote:
VlaSoul wrote:
Moggy wrote:
VlaSoul wrote:That actually sounds, like, good, or rather a step in the right direction
I don't understand the second to last point tho, and it's interesting to note how comparatively low their top wealth bracket taxation is

State And Local Tax (SALT).

Sorry I meant the tax investment gains one, though actually I didn't know what SALT meant either so thanks
I assumed the SALT was like uh, literally salt

Ahh. I'm not 100% sure on that one. I assume it means any investment gains over $1m will be treated in the same way as wages?

Ah ok I think I get you. If that means the investment gain is taxed, then it sounds reasonable and I am surprised that it isn't a thing already

Generally investment gains are not taxed to the same level as income, for example the highest rates of capital gains tax in the UK are 28% for residential property and 20% for gains on any other assets. Seems the US are suggesting that for anything over $1m profit in a single year you would get taxed at the same rate as they do for wages, which I'm guessing from that tweet is also rising to 39.6% (which I think is still comparatively quite low).

Edit: for clarification I mean that the 39.6% is comparatively low as a higher income tax rate, not as a higher investment gains tax rate.

PostRe: US Politics 3 by **VlaSoul** » Tue Mar 23, 2021 10:32 pm

Moggy wrote:
VlaSoul wrote:
Moggy wrote:
VlaSoul wrote:
Moggy wrote:
VlaSoul wrote:That actually sounds, like, good, or rather a step in the right direction
I don't understand the second to last point tho, and it's interesting to note how comparatively low their top wealth bracket taxation is

State And Local Tax (SALT).

Sorry I meant the tax investment gains one, though actually I didn't know what SALT meant either so thanks
I assumed the SALT was like uh, literally salt

Ahh. I'm not 100% sure on that one. I assume it means any investment gains over $1m will be treated in the same way as wages?

Ah ok I think I get you. If that means the investment gain is taxed, then it sounds reasonable and I am surprised that it isn't a thing already

The feds will make a fortune out of the sale of Gamestop shares.

yo I wouldn't be surprised if that's what pushed it haha

sawyerpip wrote:Generally investment gains are not taxed to the same level as income, for example the highest rates of capital gains tax in the UK are 28% for residential property and 20% for gains on any other assets. Seems the US are suggesting that for anything over $1m profit in a single year you would get taxed at the same rate as they do for wages, which I'm guessing from that tweet is also rising to 39.6% (which I think is still comparatively quite low).

Edit: for clarification the 39.6% is comparatively low as a higher income tax, not as a higher investment gains tax.

Right I see. I suppose the idea behind the lower rate is that it encourages investment. This at least targets the richer people which is good.

PostRe: US Politics 3 by **Meep** » Tue Mar 23, 2021 11:54 pm

Some kind of transaction tax will be necessary in future, if only to prevent frivolous high frequency and short term trading.

PostRe: US Politics 3 by **Memento Mori** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:39 am

twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1376305796733153282

Being banned from Twitter has broken him.

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