Moiraine

If the Top 1% was paying 70% of taxes and now they’re paying 80% of taxes, with a lower tax rate now than before, that means their piece of the pie increased by a lot. That isn’t a reason to lower their rate further. They are making more money than before. And I don’t think BRB is suggesting we increase minimum wage further to address the wealth gap.

That’s 2 people making an avg. of $37,500. That was hard before inflation. Keep in mind this isn’t just for the midwest.

I should amend would I said and say the statement is disingenuous, and I don't know why they're highlighting what they're highlighting. The top 25% made 72.1% of the income and paid 89.2% of income taxes. When you bring sales tax into play, since sales tax is regressive (and income tax is progressive) what happens to the numbers?

I get tired of dumb people who end their thoughts with stupid trailing words that don’t mean anything. WTF does “but democracy and everything” mean? Democracy is a form of government. Nowhere in the description/definition does it state how taxes will be done in a democracy. They can be as “fair” or “unfair” as whatever the people or the people they vote in decide. Also, Devo, do you not see any problem with the stat they’re sharing that makes it stupid? Income tax is progressive, which I believe is your problem, but the numbers they’re sharing make the problem look worse than it is. The proper numbers to share are the income compared to the income taxes, not the # of people vs. the income taxes. 23% of people pay 98% of income taxes. Okay, neat, how much of the income do they make? Here is what someone who’s not a disingenuous a$$h@!e would Tweet: The top 5% make 38.1% of income and pay 62.7% of income tax The top 25% make 71% of income and pay 88% of income tax. But sales tax is regressive.

It's now safe to cancel my Hulu subscription until football season, because the last month of the sub will last through 4/13 which is after Nebraska's last game of the season, which I assume will be on 4/8.

It wasn’t a dream. But the creators failed to explain it properly.

A lot of people interpreted the ending to mean none of the stuff on the island ever happened. But it all did happen (and that's been confirmed by the creators). So if that was your take, maybe it'll help. I think I know why it was confusing but I don't want to spoil any of the in between stuff you forgot. If you wanna discuss when you're done, @ me.

How did you get to them? Did you tell them their mama was fat?

I've only gone to a movie theatre like twice in the past 5 years. I don't know why a famous person would go. They sell projectors and theatre seats for normal people now, also you can buy popcorn too.

It's fine don't worry

I agree when it comes to presidential voting. But I think Lara's involvement in the RNC will be harmful to the GOP in other elections. If we're an autocracy by 2029, maybe that won't matter. But I'll take something.

Was hard to watch them lose an 8 pt lead but they had already done it earlier in the game so I’m hopeful they can pull out the win.

Iowa’s coach is so entertaining. I just heard her screaming in the background “are you kidding me!?” after Clark had an offensive foul.

Damn…

Hopefully we hold on. Being 2 of a 28-4 team’s losses would be nice. (Oh and winning the championship too).

I’d only do that if there was a good chance NATO would approve them for membership before Russia invades again.

He's a big ole teddy bear. (Seen here hugging the ref who disqualified him for the ear biting incident).

The problem is it doesn't take body composition into account. The only exercise Trump gets is golfing and doing rallies, by his own admission.

I don't know why I felt the need to google it, but his last exam in office showed 243, which is slightly obese for his height. He claimed recently he's 215 now. He does look like he's lost weight, but I'm guessing he's more like 230 now, which is overweight. Edit: woops, I was looking at the overweight ranges not healthy. He's merely overweight now.

She’s like a dumber, depressed Sarah Palin.

I think the insanity might be here to stay but hopefully upon his death things fracture and the crazies won’t be able to figure out who to get behind.

He’a scum of the earth.

Pretty sure the US’s downfall will be more infamous than Rome’s.