T&C Posted 21 hours ago Posted 21 hours ago 1 hour ago, nedboy7 said: Tesla saved half a billion in taxes last year using accelerated depreciation. Tax breaks for executive stock options shaved a quarter billion off the company’s tax bill. Unspecified “U.S. tax credits” were good for $300 million of tax savings. Musk’s company also used net operating losses to offset current year income, although it’s hard to know how much of that affects U.S. income rather than the company’s far-larger foreign income. Congress might give Tesla even more tax breaks. A bill passed by the House of Representatives in the previous Congress would have retroactively reinstated a provision allowing full expensing of research and development expenses which could save the company up to $2.4 billion in taxes. Wealthy individuals use legal tax avoidance strategies to minimize or eliminate their tax liability, resulting in an effective tax rate far lower than their earnings would suggest . While the top federal income tax bracket is high, most billionaires do not earn a traditional salary. Instead, their wealth comes from the appreciation of assets like stocks and real estate, and they can borrow against these assets to fund their lifestyle without generating a taxable income There it is...
SectionC3 Posted 20 hours ago Posted 20 hours ago 2 hours ago, JDHillFan said: Like this? Exactly, anus man!
JDHillFan Posted 20 hours ago Posted 20 hours ago 15 minutes ago, SectionC3 said: Exactly, anus man! Nobody likes to be known as a stalker so let’s just say that you are following me very closely. It’s kind of like I’m an influencer and you are checking in all the time. Unless you actually prefer stalker. Let me know.
SectionC3 Posted 19 hours ago Posted 19 hours ago 20 minutes ago, JDHillFan said: Nobody likes to be known as a stalker so let’s just say that you are following me very closely. It’s kind of like I’m an influencer and you are checking in all the time. Unless you actually prefer stalker. Let me know. Classic projection there, anus man.
Joe Ferguson forever Posted 19 hours ago Posted 19 hours ago This is why we have MAGA https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/03/the-wealth-of-the-top-1percent-reaches-a-record-52-trillion.html
B-Man Posted 15 hours ago Author Posted 15 hours ago 1 hour ago, Royale with Cheese said: "Teacher, what's an example of TDS?" And his same threads, even when the new post doesn't match the thread. Deranged. MEANWHILE in the SCHUMER SHUTDOWN THREAD.
Joe Ferguson forever Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago (edited) 11 hours ago, B-Man said: And his same threads, even when the new post doesn't match the thread. Deranged. MEANWHILE in the SCHUMER SHUTDOWN THREAD. Emergency services are generally provided by hospitals. Illegal immigrants will still get sick and show up in ER's. Stopping payment for emergency services will result in nearly $9 billion in unreimbursed care for hospitals and providers. This is on top of the medicaid cuts in the big, bad bill which will result in unreimbursed care. So hospitals and providers will be the ones punished by stopping payments for these patients. They must provide care for anyone showing up to an ER because of EMTALA laws. It's almost as if trump wants some hospitals to go broke. At least, that will be the effect. Edited 4 hours ago by Joe Ferguson forever 2
Wolfgang Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago 29 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said: Emergency services are generally provided by hospitals. Illegal immigrants will still get sick and show up in ER's. Stopping payment for emergency services will result in nearly $9 billion in unreimbursed care for hospitals and providers. This is on top of the medicaid cuts in the big, bad bill which will result in unreimbursed care. So hospitals and providers will be the ones punished by stopping payments for these patients. They must provide care for anyone showing up to an ER because of EMTALA laws. It's almost as if trump wants some hospitals to go broke. At least, that will be the effect. That's how it goes Mr. Open Borders... Someone has to pay for that kind of stupidity... 1
AlBUNDY4TDS Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago 1 hour ago, Joe Ferguson forever said: Emergency services are generally provided by hospitals. Illegal immigrants will still get sick and show up in ER's. Stopping payment for emergency services will result in nearly $9 billion in unreimbursed care for hospitals and providers. This is on top of the medicaid cuts in the big, bad bill which will result in unreimbursed care. So hospitals and providers will be the ones punished by stopping payments for these patients. They must provide care for anyone showing up to an ER because of EMTALA laws. It's almost as if trump wants some hospitals to go broke. At least, that will be the effect. How much would it be without illegal aliens?
Joe Ferguson forever Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago (edited) 1 hour ago, Wolfgang said: That's how it goes Mr. Open Borders... Someone has to pay for that kind of stupidity... I'm not a paid provider, hospital employee or stock holder. That dog won't hunt. The potential for hospital closures threatens everyone to one degree or another. 5 minutes ago, AlBUNDY4TDS said: How much would it be without illegal aliens? No idea. likely billions, lots of Americans without any health insurance. It's mostly the working poor. look it up and let me know the number. Edited 2 hours ago by Joe Ferguson forever
Wolfgang Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago 16 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said: I'm not a paid provider, hospital employee or stock holder. That dog won't hunt. The potential for hospital closures threatens everyone to one degree or another. Remove the illegal aliens as soon as possible is the obvious solution...
AverageAllensSuspensor Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago So when is the president going to show some leadership/strength and solve this?
Wolfgang Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago I have a simple solution... The Democrats have a Trump Card that they could play on Monday, and Trump would be forced to surrender to their demands... All they have to do is begin the process of releasing the Epstein Files... Since a great number of people believe that he is a raging pedophile in cahoots with Epstein... I would think that Trump would capitulate to the Democrats' demands... So tell me Democrats, how is this Trump card not being played yet by your leadership?
B-Man Posted 57 minutes ago Author Posted 57 minutes ago The shutdown exposes 3 critical weaknesses for Democrats by Liz Peek Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer says that there’s only one party that wants to shut the government down. He’s right: it’s only Democrats who won’t allow the Senate a few more weeks at current spending levels to agree on a new budget. The shutdown highlights three weaknesses undermining the Democrat Party as we head toward next year’s midterm elections. First, the left wing of the party is running the show. Schumer is terrified of being primaried by New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC); his obstinance is a matter of survival, not conscience. Second, President Trump has pushed Democrats to burrow into their far-left rabbit holes by occupying the all-powerful center. Third, Democrats are pushing endlessly to spend more money; voters think that’s a mistake. Schumer, battered by angry Democrats after he worked with the Republicans in March to keep the government running, learned his lesson. He was accused of “surrendering” to Republicans by Democrats furious at the impotence of their party. After he cast that fateful vote, many on the left pushed for progressive darling Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to challenge Schumer in the 2028 Senate primary. This is not an idle threat. In the fury that followed the March face-off over spending, polling by left-leaning Data for Progress found that “Democratic voters nationwide want him to fight harder against President Donald Trump and the Republican agenda.” It also found that Schumer had the “lowest favorability of all New York Democrats” among primary voters, and that he trails Ocasio-Cortez by 19 points in a hypothetical primary. {snip} A survey from the CATO Institute earlier this year showed Americans estimate that 59 cents of every dollar spent by the federal government is wasted. That’s why 89 percent “support an audit and evaluation of all federal government spending to identify and eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse.” Additionally, CATO reported that “62 percent support cutting the number of federal employees to reduce spending.” Those common-sense Americans may get their wish. Trump has warned Democrats that he may take advantage of the current shutdown to terminate a sizeable number of federal employees. Just think: Ocasio-Cortez may have set in motion the biggest downsizing of the federal government in history. Now that would be a reason to cheer the shutdown. https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5535517-democrats-government-shutdown-weaknesses/?tbref=hp 1
Joe Ferguson forever Posted 55 minutes ago Posted 55 minutes ago 1 hour ago, Wolfgang said: Remove the illegal aliens as soon as possible is the obvious solution... It's part of the solution. The other is to stop medicaid cuts.
Wolfgang Posted 43 minutes ago Posted 43 minutes ago Just now, Joe Ferguson forever said: It's part of the solution. The other is to stop medicaid cuts. There is only one solution... Remove ALL of the illegals... No more housing shortage either... You might even get some homeless Americans off the streets in such a scenario... As for medical insurance... That is what re-shoring jobs can accomplish without the government welfare model as a long term solution... Then again, the people who benefit from cheap domestic illegal alien labor are also the same people that love investing in companies that off-shore even more US industry, and they would not be pleased...
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