Offthemat

9 minutes ago, ionel said:

Think the idea is start the IRA a birth and parents will continue to contribute which has merit.

Couldn’t this also be a prototype to personal retirement accounts to replace social security?

7 minutes ago, Paul158 said:

Stocks are a form of gambling.

Yep, it’s called the casino for the rich.  Little effect has been made by tariffs, but the market trades on emotion.  If anything tanks, it’ll be the bond market if Congress doesn’t shave the 2+ trillion deficit they are devising for the next year’s budget. 

5 minutes ago, mspart said:

That's part of the deal.

I don’t know about every situation, but receipts from his first term showed that he had provided U.S. personnel discount rates at his facilities. 

2 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

Oh no, it's the transgressions police.

No,no,no.  Not even a referee, remember, your insolence?

8 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

You need me to keep telling

Go ahead.  You’re well past blatant now. 

2 minutes ago, Caveira said:

Elizabeth Warren too 

Don’t forget Berney

37 minutes ago, JimmySpeaks said:

I’m glad I’ll never need a public defender as bad as you are 

He tells harrowing stories about how bad the court treats his clients. 

13 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

Sorry bucko.

You’re arrogance is leading you to make transgressions that are unwise.  Especially for one skilled in the law. 

1 hour ago, uncle bernard said:

I'm sure you've applied this level of grace/benefit of the doubt to the Biden family and Obama in the past, right?

I’m extending no grace or benefit of doubt.  I’m going with reality. 

43 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

I'll cop to arrogance

Is that the art of the plea deal?  Cop to the lesser character flaw and disregard the blatant falsehoods?

4 minutes ago, red viking said:

Went up today

Well, I’m going to share my secret with you.  Try it and see if it improves your stake.  Buy low - sell high.  

11 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

Are you just playing semantics

No.  @VakAttack said $400 million.  I don’t see a dollar value to Trump.  He gets a nice plane regardless.  It would be like saying refurbishing the White House makes him richer.  

19 minutes ago, Lipdrag said:

Inverse tanking

Yeah, like tanking up. 

3 hours ago, ionel said:

RV gotta be hating those short sells this morning

Think it’d be wise to just convert to gold or take the losses?

8 minutes ago, uncle bernard said:

While removing

the possibility that Hamas will retain power over Gaza. 

2 hours ago, VakAttack said:

without actually knowing anything other than the most surface level

Oh look, somebody who’s been to law school (a considerable expense) is so arrogant that he disregards the lay person who sees the very real wrong he committed, and tries to claim accomplices when in reality he is the only one observed to actually claim a personal $400 million benefit.  I’m certain you are correct in that you’ll avoid prosecution but it’s not due to your truthfulness, it’s not due to some great number of cohorts, nor to my lack of understanding.  It’s due to the fact that it’s you who is superficial. 
 

I see now that the always dependable @uncle bernard (sarc) is joining in the calumny. 

7 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

I'm not debating semantics with you.

You mean like the definition of libel?

2 hours ago, red viking said:

Its calculated based upon your historical earnings but the money comes from current workers. 

You mean like a Ponzi?

20 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

Trump.

Is it true that your law degree came out of a box of cereal and has a picture of Tony the Tiger on it?

10 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

Someone should tell President Trump.

Who gets $400 million?

I could have sworn that plans for a 250th celebration parade were initiated during Biden’s administration. 

6 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

I said million.

Durned auto correct.  Who gets $400 million?

1 hour ago, VakAttack said:

$400 million.

You wouldn’t lie would you?  Who’s getting $400 billion?

1 hour ago, ionel said:

Wait ... did Obama fly United on golf outings and didn't Biden fly AF1 to go be a vegetable on the beach for the weekend? 

No selective outrage inspired by TDS evident here, huh?

48 minutes ago, red viking said:

Elderly retirees can sell their homes and downsize

That should be an option, not a necessity due to taxation.  Where do you get the idea that reducing property taxes, reducing the cost of owning property, benefits the rich over the lower income buyers?  I’m talking about a single residence, non-income producing property.  If a person owns two or more properties, only one qualifies.  If you sell your property to your mother to avoid taxes then you and/or her get to go to jail with Letittya James.