VectorVictor

Why? This is exactly what Pillen, Ricketts, and the Peed family want. They want an unstable University they can dismantle, and leaving it rudderless and in the hands of incompetent lackeys on the BoR helps their cause. Frankly, a lot of Nebraska voters that *supposedly* love Husker athletics and the University need to realize that voting for the current (read: non-moderate) GOP candidates means undermining the University and its mission, which includes athletics. Also, it’s not a coincidence that some of the best runs the University *and* this state had is when we had moderate leadership at the helm, and not the incompetence we have now at Governor. Elections have consequences.

People choosing to disparage Alberts or say he went for more money are doing so because they realize their vote helped put the University and it’s Athletic Department in the position it’s currently in (rudderless, lacking leadership, full of in-fighting and regent incompetence). Your vote has consequences—Terry Pettit has already called this out. Ricketts, Pillen, the Peeds—they’re systematically attacking the University by slashing its budget, and the regents they backed should be sued for malfeasance they’re so incompetent. But hey, blame Trev going for more money (which he didn’t get) or moving to another red State (that keeps their leadership) if that helps you cope with the fact that your vote for Pillen and Ricketts is helping kill the university.

Except that property taxes are ~30% higher down there. I know this first hand, as I’m doing a LOT better with taxes up here than I was in Texas. People need to drop the myth that by not having state income tax Texas is some great Tax shelter. If you own any property you pay substantially for it. Plus let’s not overlook the 8.25% state sales tax (which is higher in certain cities). And add to the fact that property valuations are skyrocketing and while there’s a 10% cap, your valuation can change every year (opposed to every two years in NE), property owners are guaranteed a 10% increase in valuation EVERY YEAR…likely for the next decade or two until valuations catch up to actual values. Now car renewal taxes…those are the only taxes in NE I find to be ridiculously excessive.

Or maybe someone who was born on third base, acts like they hit a triple with their daddy's money, and looks like this:

Because it causes the poor to pay significantly more in taxes and the rich significantly less. The tax we have is a progressive, tiered tax that helps maintain a middle class. Honestly, a good rule of thumb is, if Pillen suggested something similar, it's probably not a good idea on account of Pillen being a f****** idiot.

Let's be clear, though, MAGA Boomers do suck. But considering the amount of lead they consumed in their life, it may not be totally their fault. 144.5m people file tax returns--divide that by 80,000 people having to go through that mass and it takes a while. Plus if you have deductions to claim, expenses to claim, dabble in real estate or stocks, etc., a single tax filing can get complicated in a hurry, especially the more someone makes. Also, you're seeing the staffing levels *RETURN* to 80,000 since the funding was allocated for this year. The ultimate goal is ~100k employees, IIRC. For perspective, normal staffing levels of the IRS were, in the 1980s to 1990s, from 95k to 110k full time employees (with additional contract/temp help hired as needed). And don't forget that the defunding also means the IRS could not replace or improve its technology because of the lack of budget. There are likely automated advances that could help reduce the number of headcount in the future (or at least keep it steady), but with no budget, the IRS can't explore those options.

And the political power play to move AD decisions to the regents also doesn't sit well. That happened late last year or earlier this year... This is going to be a thread where Politics is going to crash head-long into athletics, and it's not going to be pretty, because one of the main reasons for the dysfunction is sitting in the Governor's chair and was sitting in that chair in the previous term. And people can make up boogeymen all they want, but at the end of the day, when your state pushes policies that push kids away from the University (not just athletically-gifted kids--all kids), take the decision-making process for important functions out of the AD's hands, and you prop your friends up via cronyism to be Regents without having a fecking clue what needs to be done to maintain or support a state institution...it's not a shock you have dysfunction and a lack of vision. Elections have consequences, and the MAGA crowd in their myopia may have the (unintended?) consequence of killing off one of the prize jewels of the state and its Athletic Program.

Because the graph is only detailing net imports vs. exports of only coal, oil, and natural gas and is only half of the equation. The other half is the generation of electricity, which we're getting from alternative sources (I don't want to aggravate your windmill cancer, so I'll just say 'alternative' instead of 'green') and not having to use coal-fire or natural gas-fire plants to generate. Seriously--all you had to to was open the article and read.

Because people keep saying it's a spending problem when it's simply a revenue problem caused by the GOP. People keep wanting to tiptoe around this, but things like Social Security and Medicare would be fine if the GOP would have left them alone (also see, the USPS and the money taken from their budget and never returned). As Guy already pointed out, the top marginal tax rate was 91% in 1960. It actually went up to 92% before Ike took office, and his campaign promise was to get it to 90% or lower--he got it to 87% before he left office and those that followed him from the GOP continued to gut that percentage until it literally is less than a third of what it was. Kick the tax rate back up to 90% for the top income tax bracket, fully fund the IRS, and you won't have a revenue problem. Full stop. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/02/29/tax-returns-irs-millionaires/ This article covers the 150k that haven't filed in years. 25k of those make $1m annually or more. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tax-irs-says-unpaid-tax-gap-at-record-688-billion/ Funny what happens when the IRS is underfunded.

To be honest, many of the MAGA Boomers don't rightly remember the year they want to go back to, mainly because of long-term lead poisoning. Plus there's lead in boot polish, so...it's not going to get any better soon. /s

Bull****. Quit being disingenuous. When you have over 125k households making $400k or more not file or pay taxes (with 25k of those making over $1m) in five or more years and a top income tax rate that is less than a third of what it was under Eisenhower during his administration, it's pretty evident that there isn't an income problem, you have a plutocrat problem. It's telling that the GOP was scared to fully fund the IRS and tried to prevent it. Not only does this directly impact many in their donor base who haven't paid taxes in some time, it will ultimately impact churches who have been able to skirt non-profit laws and hoard wealth. It also has the secondary impact of being able to finally bring the law down on churches that are directly preaching politics from the pulpit, which is not only dispicable, but illegal if you're a non-profit. If the GOP truly wants to MAGA, then adopting income tax rates from the 1950s (adjusting for inflation, of course) should be paramount. Then a significant portion of this discussion around the deficit would be rendered moot.

In DFW there was a direct correlation between how 'Christian' a company claimed to be and the number of complaints, either online, Yelp, or via the BBB. --- Modern day Christianity fueling the GOP is nothing more than a defective cult of personality, and these people that claim to be "Christian" or follow the "Seven Mountain Mandate" deserve to be pimp-slapped with the Bible repeatedly until they actually crack open and read the New Testament. Frankly, it's the behavior of so-called Christians in Texas, Nebraska, in politics and online, that has turned me away from the religion as a whole. Hell, even the cancer within Christianity (Southern Baptists and certain extremist-led Diocese of Catholicism...like what's in Lincoln and parts west) even admits to running ads about what Jesus taught (e.g. the foot washing ad during the Super Bowl) just to get people in the door so they can brainwash them to their perverted version of Christianity. There's a reason Christianity is at an all-time low, especially among youth. Making the USA a religious autocracy isn't going to fix that.

Caught part of the radio, and I couldn't watch any of the linked vids or anything, but glad to see we executed across the board. Too early to say that we're better in all three phases this year...but even if we take a slight step back in offense and make a large leap in pitching, we'll reap larger dividends in the long term.

This assumes a level of common sense, intelligence, and self-preservation that is lacking in the modern day GOP

Oklahoma to the B1G was in the works when Oklahoma's former President was around. But as soon as he retired, the focus on improving academics at OU went out the window, and so did any desire to shack up with the B1G. At one point the Oklahoma to the B1G chatter was so strong, OU beat writers were extolling the virtues of the academically-sound B1G, including the education consortium, and how it would benefit Oklahoma in the long run. Unfortunately their meth-addled fans wanted the SEC...and be careful what you wish for... ...at least they'll get their inter-conference discount back now that they're in a conference with Mizzery again.

Folks may have forgotten that aTm was part of the five team Big XII to Big Ten realignment from the late 00s that started this whole thing (along with Mizzery, Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma). Problem was, aTm were being b**chy prima donnas and busted the agreement up because they didn't like the payouts. But the Big Ten already did their homework on this school (and others) and were willing to accept them then. My only concern is that aTm will still be a b***hy prima donna (despite not having done anything of consequence...ever) and try to be Texass 2.0 in the B1G. Granted, I don't think Michigan or Ohio State (or USC, or Oregon) will put up with that s***, but here we are. My takeaway question with all of this is if aTm moves to the B1G, who is their moving buddy? Florida State? Clemson? Mizzery? Also, will the SEC finally lock it's current teams into a GOR to prevent them from hopping beds faster than a Southern Baptist wife if they fail to get a better contract that the B1G again (which is looking more and more likely)?

Already subscribed--that we get B1G Football and Basketball (and hopefully Baseball...) on it is great. Also, it's kinda funny/sad how quickly people forget we had to pay $39.99 for ONE FREAKIN' GAME when we were in the Big XII. One year we had something like three games (Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State IIRC) all on the Fox Sports PPV s**t. $39.99 for one freakin' game vs. $11.99 for a monthly sub that gets you a hell of a lot of quality programming? Some folks need to get some perspective...

Exactl--wait a second...

Alabama (and the SEC as a whole) is due for a correction. Unfortunately for us Nebraska fans, 'Bama's likely decline will come during Texass' climb in the (declining) SEC, so we're going to have to put up with Texass being whored out more than usual by ESPN in the near future.

I'm sure they'll just recast Kang. He's integral to the story of the Fantastic 4 (well, not initially...) I've seen suggestions about getting Denzel Washington to play an older, ruthless Kang that wins the multiversal battle. He's got the chops to play other variants too, and he's still doing action movies. Seeing him chew scenery with Thor, Loki, Cap 2 (or Captain Carter) would be great. Also, 'What If' Season 2 drops tomorrow, and supposedly we'll see more than one character brought to life as main characters from these shows, not unlike Captain Carter in Multiverse of Madness.

As long as we continue to develop our other QBs, I don't think this would be a bad thing.

It's too bad we have such inept leadership (specifically--the regents) at DoNU that we can't get our academics up to snuff to get in line in front of a 5-7 Minnesota team. What happened to the pride of our academic All-Americans? We haven't heard **** about that in some time...

Fixed for accuracy. Having worked with many aTm grads, it's a cult of perpetual ineptitude down there. Also I still remember aTm players punching our players in the scrotum (like Barney Cotton's son IIRC) in the bottom of piles during our farewell screwjob tour of the Big XII. There's nothing about College Station that a giant meteor couldn't solve.