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Did you miss the part where I said WHEN THE DEBT IS 2X to 3X the GDP? Also, what is do different about this Country NOW vs under Eisenhower when people paid the higher tax rate because people KNEW we HAD to(and we STILL had massive wage growth and an economic boon)? What do you think becomes of the US at that point? This is quite literally a matter of National Security. I don't WANT to pay another 10K in taxes, but if it were to help the United States eliminate the deficit and THEN start to work to pay down the debt...I would absolutely do that...because there's really no sense in leave your children 10M dollars when that FIAT currently is destined to fail given the path we're on. This used to be something the Republicans PRETENDED to care about(though only the Democrats did something about). The cut to the Estate Tax was made permanent as well as the amount of money you could gift tax free were also made permanent. Taxes that overwhelmingly favor the rich. Oh, and the 529 tax break for K through 12 was made permanent. AGAIN, another that is something the rich OVERWHELMINGLY us vs everyone else. People invest money in a 529 so they can save for their child's College education. The wealthy put money in it so they can pay for 20,000 dollar a year private school. Things like the child tax credit and individual tax rates were not made permanent. This OVERWHELMINGLY favored the top .1%, 1% and top 5%. Right, and they sunset those, but they made the corporate tax rate(which was already a joke. Mind you the effective corporate tax rate prior to the 2017 cuts was 9%. So an already lower tax rate than any employee at a company that makes tens of billions a year. That's permanent. Again...this isn't political beyond NOT wanting to see the United States go the way of the Soviet Union and spend itself into the ground. There will be no Nation that will step up and help us out as we did then. Taxes suck. For the first time ever I actually bought a few BTC this year. Average lifespan of a Fiat currency 40 years. Do the math. Look how long it's been since we were taking off the Gold Standard(thereby making the dollar a Fiat currency). You also have to realize that when even corporations are largely in favor of repealing the permanent tax cuts from 2017 because they see the downgraded credit from Moody's and the ticking time bomb that is the bond market, they realize paying that 9% in taxes vs 6%...is worth it. Now if corporations payed ANYWHERE NEAR 21%...hell, even if they actually paid 15%, this would largely eliminate he problems we have with the deficit. Listen to what Buffett is saying here? Edit-forgot to link the video;

That's a good point. Scout and Jimmy post post incoherent posts, just copy and pasting Twitter content and are unable to stay on topic.

Kid, you are obviously another poster on this board. I've educated you and shown you the economic collapse that would happen to the United States if you were to be able to Thanos your way and eliminate all "illegal immigrants." You're talking 1.5 TRILLION in lost tax revenue and econmic impact...and that's before you get to ANOTHER 1.6 Trillion if Trump deports as many as he claims(though he's doing it haphazardly, arresting German Tourists who are on legal visas, Native American, PUERTO RICANS...who I have no doubt you are unaware are not Americans). The problem with you Jimmy, you're never actually reading what the other person says. You're simply thinking about what stupid posts you're going to say 3-4 times in a row and ignore any actual evidence you don't like. The United States benefits from undocumented workers EXPONENTIALLY more than it costs them....and that's why Trump is making a big show of it and doing such a poor job of it. I take it you never looked into the crisis in Nebraska due to a lack of farm hand? You want to Make America Great AGAIN...this time, skip the segregation and racism like we had in the 1950s, the more prosperous nation in the Countries History, you raise taxes, and you increase work Visa by at LEAST 1-2 MILLION or... we're going to stay on the same path the Republicans have taken us toward bankruptcy(no Republican has cut the deficit since Eisenhower who was not really a Republican or a Democrat as he considered running for either party, but he would definitely be more of a Democrat in TODAY'S political landscape). EVERY SINGLE DEMOCRAT has cut the deficit (I erroneously stated Carter had no, but he'd taken the deficit, which ws at 4%and cut it to 2.5% by the time he left office. And then you have Reagan, Bush Jr and Trump who MASSIVELY increased it and Bush Sr who increased it and tried to address it with tax increases and was booed and lost the election). (and yes, I know this is too much information for you to absorb in one post...then again...it seems as though it all is).

I like to wait and hear what the actual facts are, but I googled and found that a trans athlete won in CIF(and in retrospect, it wasn't even track, the link was for something else). I have a strong opinion on Men who transition to Women and they compete vs Women. That's black and white IN MY opinion. Lia Thomas is a selfish person with mental health issues. Not because she's trans, but because she competed in what was obviously an unfair event. But DSD is...an ENTIRELY different thing... and it's beyond me if they should be allowed to compete. About 1 in 140 Olympians(Female) have DSD. It's normally about 1 in 20,000 I don't know how to regulate that. What about LeBron? He was born with the genetics that made him 6'8 260 and have a 4.56 40 as a Soph in HS(when he was the Nations top WR prospect). 1-Walking around in a women's locker room with your penis out 2 years after identifying as a Women=Sick and should be banned. 2-DSD after spending your whole life living as a Gender and often not even knowing? And by the way, not all DSD have little dicks. Some of them have internal testes or whatever. They don't necessarily know. So I have no opinion on this other than...I think it is cruel to talk about it in this manner or pretend to be an authority.

Ok...well, in fairness, I have no knowledge of her beyond what I saw in this video and she just seemed... frankly a little pathetic. I think you're jumping to a conclusion with the Craigs List Comment, but...I don't know. I've honestly never used Craigs List for anything....however... I AM learning via intramatwrestle how to find prostitutes. I even know some of the lingo now. Just looking for a QV...(well, that's the extent of the terminology that I've learned).

Because Trump said as much. Because Trump is on video telling a 10 year old girl he'd be dating her in 10 years(so she'd be 20, he'd be in hi 70s). No assumptions need to be made here...he's said it. He did go for an 'older' women when the 54 year old Trump started dating 28 year old Melania.

He pointed at a 10 year old girl...said he'd be dating her in 10 years...loudly and publicly and you are...just fine with that? He was also sued for raping a girl with Epstein named as a co-defendant. This was before the Epstein arrest....well, the 2nd one where he committed suicide while in custody of the Trump DOJ. Of course if you find the "he committed suicide" claim to be a lie, that's what the Trump administration has said. They've "seen the video," as Kash Patel has said and he knows Trump killed himself.

I 100% think Musk going nuclear(figuratively peaking as Scout and El Luchador will think I'm inferring he has access to the Nuclear weapons)...was definitely ketamine fueled. It doesn't mean it's not true. It's just sloppy. Like that group of girls who get too drunk and they start bickering and then one blurts out how Becky cheated on Spring Break! I still think it's hilarious, the most predictable thing ever(who thought this would end well) and it's funny how people are arguing he didn't have access to the Epstein Files...like they have a clue.

Perhaps I missed something, but can you tell me why you're fixated on Trump in this particular case rather than... the fact that you have biological Males competing against girls?

Ok...well, was this thread about Trump or the absurdity of a biological male competing against girls in the California State Track tournament series? I would also bet you have a different opinion about abortion, right? You likely think that it's wrong that this issue was sent back to the states vs the Federal Govt? Correct me if I'm wrong here.

Ok. I don't think a marginally higher tax rate will matter as much to people when our debt is 2X then 3X our GDP. Also, who's tax cuts are expiring? I seem to remember some were made permanent and some...were temporary...

I thought that was just an assumption... Why is "Craiglist fight club" in quotes? You really think she went over there as a prostitute? And it's not a very good job of selling herself as a badass role model. She says she lost that fight that you're dubious about and she talks about how inexperienced she is in Wrestling.

Not "unwilling" to articulate your point, unable as the facts don't match up. I don't know what you would need to "code" here on a message board. And what "challenge" have I refused?

The Nazi's. Keep up Boy. -People focused on Racial Purity. Ie, an ethnocentric nationalist. -An ideological authoritarian. No wonder you keep saying 'watch the video, watch the video,' like a poorly trained parrot.

Yeah, I don't think you understand what the word "Strawman" means either as I CONTINUALLY addressed your point in depth. Your specialty is trying to find someone who thinks what you do, but unlike you is smart enough to articulate it and then say, 'go listen to HIM, HE is smart!' By the way, while you bring up "Strawmaning," you quite literally DID bring up Pol Pot when talking about the biggest threats to Domestic Terroris!

I'm just curious how obsessed with Starocci and his...apparent lack of Wrestling ability he can be. He started numerous threads about 'Cstal' because he wanted to make sure a 5X National Champ wouldn't "pre-emptively" end up on the...Mr Rushmore of Wrestling. He's been talking about him for the last couple years and now he's still randomly bringing him up when the topic has nothing to do with him. You'd think with all the 4X Champs Iowa has, he'd worry about the....oh... ok, now I'm seeing it...

Every topic doesn't have to be about Trump's legislative agenda. You said you thought it was wrong. Why not agree...and end it there. Now questioning the knee jerk reaction to see if she even is trans is fine. Didn't dawn on me....I looked but the picture was too far away. But, it appears legit and based on that, you're arguing just to argue. Kinda like Scout or Jimmy(not as obnoxiously). But you know this is wrong. Who cares how many "rocks" they looked under? And CIF Sprinting is probably one of the best avenues to a women's Scholarship. Doesn't matter where it should rank for Trump, not about Trump, it's about basic fairness and right and wrong. This...is wrong and there's something wrong with this person in the head. The need for attention or what, I don't know. Lets just eliminate women's sports. They're pointless if we're doing this.

**Caveat, I do not know Ben Askren...or at least I don't talk to Ben Askren, but I know SOME people who are in his circle. Acute Pneumonia is what I've heard. I asked about the staph infection and apparently he had one, but that's not a pressing issue at the moment. While acute pneumonia can be deadly, it is GENERALLY only deadly for people who have pre-existing conditions or who are not in good shape. Knowing what I know of Ben, he could go out and run a marathon(well...just prior to this he could have) and wrestled a full 7 minute match. I couldn't understand if he was in a medically induced coma, if he was given something to help him sleep or if he was non-responsive from the pneumonia. It sounded like he was unresponsive because the Drs had given him something... but to make VERY-VERY clear, this is someone I know who is tangentially related to AWA and who may or may not have spoken to someone who's in the know. But the key here and the only thing I got that I have confidence in, is that it was acute pneumonia and the dangers of that are mostly impacted by your pre-existing conditions. So...the type of thing you would think a world class athlete like Ben Askren could suffer from.... but I would suspect the way he lives and how he takes care of himself will make all the difference here. Here's hoping he's on Flo or something in a couple months talking about how much this sucked and what a fluke thing it was. I wouldn't bet against Askren.

Definitely not going with 1, 3, 5 or 6... but I DO have to say... I'm not sure why people care so much! This is a girl who Dad(presumably... I default to the Dad, but it could be the Mom) shot his wife and then hit Conrol/Alt/Delete on himself... and she knows she's not good, she's just trying something. She was terrible, BUT...at least she's trying(there's 1) and who is she hurting by wrestling(there's the 2nd)? Raygun used her Marriage, husband to take another deserving person's spot on the team, and then just embarrassed an entire nation. If Crocodile Dundee came out now, nobody would care, but she cost Australia ALL their swagger. But a sad white girl who is REALLY bad at Wrestling losing two quick tech's? It's funny, but I'm not really outraged about it. It actually reminds me of a story. My Dad used to always screw with me and say, "did you see the kid from Pennsylvania who transferred to____" High school, that was always in our conference. And he'd say he was a 2X place winner, a runner up and a Champ. And my Jr year, there WAS a kid who transferred from PA, and this time it was my coach(who my Dad got in on the joke...and who you wouldn't think would screw with me like that) And I'm thinking....'great, this was supposed to be an easy season.' So I get him first round and he is...awful. Like...shoots in, falls to his back bad. I think he'd have ended up on his back losing his balance just on a penetration step. So I'm talking to him after the match, and I'm asking him...'so....you Wrestled in Pennsylvania? What level?' And he just says, 'oh, no, I never wrestled before today.' By maybe someone should tell me why I should hate Eve Barrington so badly!

What in the...f#$ are you talking about? You clearly just heard this expression but last the historical knowledge to apply it appropriately. What type of Economy did we have early in the Great Depression, in WWI, WWII, the Civil War? Lets give you ANOTHER example where you look up "Planned Economies," and they specifically cite the Nazi Party as a EXTREME RIGHT WING PARTY; So when you're a NATIONALIST Regime that focuses on Racial purity OR a theological authoritarian Government, THE-ARE-RIGHT-WING.

The first sentence is HILARIOUS coming from you as this ENTIRE debate started by YOU citing POL POT as "the greatest threat to Domestic Terrorism," and trying to attribute my beliefs SOMEHOW with Pol Pot. Second, you think Racial Supremacy...or a word that is apparently over your head, those in favor of an ethnocentric state is "a fundamental position of the LEFT in the US and abroad?" That's... just pure ignorance. There is absolutely no other way to interpret this at this time. You've EVEN argued that the "right" was the one who was ANTI-segregation and the LEFT was pro-slavery and pro-segregation. This tells me your knowledge extends no further than "Democrat" and "Republican," you don't understand what the Southern Strategy(which you no doubt reflexively deny) is about and MOST importantly, the fact that you STILL... STLIL after how many times that I've asked, you STILL WON'T ANSWER WHAT THE DEFINITEION OF CONSERVATIVE and PROGRESSIVE means. By definition, CONSERVATIVES would NEVER want to change a LONG established policy that would DRASTICALLY alter the way the Nation looks, operates and is economical systems. That's EXACTLY what happened. But you're so wrapped up in your inability to eve attempt to engage in anything resembling CRITICAL THINKING, that you just refuse to even engage. So either answer the question nor shut up. You've become obnoxiously ignorant and if you're this stupid, I feel bad for you. Speaking of videos though, I found one that is on your level. It's SUCH a simplistic explanation of the Nazi Party, their motivations. It's the type of thing we would have seen in World History...and wouldn't have needed two runs at College to figure out, but it's dumbed down JUST enough to your level. Cognitive dissonance. -It's effectively YOUR belief that out of something good(the right) there's no way something BAD could come out of it(which is why you've ALSO refused to give me ONE singular example of ANY bad right wing authoritarian regimes(which makes sense if you don't believe a ethnocentric nationalist is right wing by definition.

More appeal to authority because you're not able to articulate your point in your own words. I've seen his video before, it's a bias source and I've provided AMPLE evidence that I don't need to rely on someone else to tell me what is true. It is clear you do. I went to school for Finance and History. I'm well aware of the facts, I've laid them out here. You don't like them, so you just keep saying, "watch my video, watch my video."

Did you even read his view? They're questioning the narrative that this is a biological male. Only YOU could read this; SPECIFICALLY questions the veracity of FOX News reporting that she was trans, saying he's seen no evidence that she's not a women and you respond with err...'biology is a view? That's a new one.' You play to the lowest common denominator EVERY SINGLE TIME.

Ok, well...if in this particular case, the person in question is a biological women, then they deserved to win. My issue is the reflexive nature to fight on this issue. We are quick to judge and I'm guilty of it in this case.... but it was more @red viking who I think is a smart person...or @El Luchadorwho thinks in the same linear manner. Everyone bad is on the left, everyone good is on the right. We can be intellectually honest and maybe take a second. The Algerian Boxer was an example of someone who was immediately trashed unfairly. DSD is not trans... But when we see something that's just...objectively wrong... we should call it out, even if we view it as a left wing or right wing issue.

Ok. Then just start there and then the thread pretty much ENDS there. There's no need to argue when we agree. And you may have been involved in a LOT of athletics, but THIS is a MAJOR sports event. I'm a little surprised you'd make a joke and ask what even is this? Winning a State Title in California is a HUGE accomplishment. I have abused zero children in my life and I don't actually know anyone who has abused children. I do remember hearing this story about how my Aunt by Marriage had a great-great Uncle who suddenly changed parishes under questionable circumstances, but we don't know. MY BROTHER IN CHRIST....and ANECDOTE doesn't change ANYTHING!!! You've had power lifters who are trans compete in the Olympics! You just saw one of the largest track events in California. Who cares if your Niece actually knows about it? You just said you don't believe it should be allowed. That's a COMMON SENSE opinion. So...maybe just...go with that. It's pretty basic. Doesn't matter if it's 1 out of 2500...though it's more. You had a women win an NCAA NATINAL CHAMPION. Except...it wasn't a women, it was a MALE who transitioned to Female. That was 2019. That's not "under a rock."