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- pinkfloyd0
"Trump Says He’ll Deport 2 To 3 Million Immigrants In Post-Election Interview"
He says he'll deport 2-3 million criminal immigrants. Wondering how he would do it, and what kind of backlash will result from it.
- why not?Beeswax
- This guy is absolutely brilliant, not even President and already he's the talk of the World stage, Obama is powerless and forgotten now.robotron3k
- Wanna make a bet he pardons Hillary... lol.robotron3k
- half the time I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not robo....inteliboy
- KKKfadein11
- someone please explain the logistics of this? Do illegal immigrants sign up as illegals or where a star or something? jesus - how much federal dollars is itfadein11
- going to cost to knock door to door finding them lol. sort ya fucking helathcare out 1st.fadein11
- wear*fadein11
- Can't wait to see how much this will cost. Where are the fiscal conservatives? He's gonna send debt skyrocketing.formed
- lol at Obama being forgotten and worldwide bad press and protests and mockery being confused with owning the world stage in any positive waymonospaced
- Ramanisky20
According to ABC News.
Reince Priebus - Chief of Staff
Stephen Bannon - Chief Strategist- Bannon is kinda loco but has had an amazing life, but Podesta is loco also. At least Reince likes Metallica and AC/DC.robotron3k
- Bannon has an interesting domestic violence case. Charged but case dropped through no showlowimpakt
- So much for "clearing that swamp". I don't hear is supporters saying much now (beyond criticizing other people)formed
- Musical tastes - crucial criteria for making all staffing choices. I listened to Requiem once....I'll expect to be Pope soon.see_thru
- ********3
LOL
- so you enjoy mainstream media now?fadein11
- lolmoldero
- that depends fadein11, do you trust their promises to readers to report world news more accurately from now on?********
- wasn't ... really that funny :-/PonyBoy
- it wasn't that funny. SNL is lame********
- however dave chappelle, and chris rock gets a thumbs up********
- MrT1
- BusterBoy6
Hiring Bannon...fuck me.
Donald Trump is draing the swamp and turning it into a fucking sewer.
And seriously, this Kellyanne fucking Conway...can she also go away now. The campaign is over. Calling for Clinton & Obama to 'stop the violence'. Fuck off...your hero made his fucking bed, he can fix it.
- clinton and obama have been doing just that though. anyways buster, are you suggesting that people having temper tantrums at not getting their way is somehow ju********
- -stified. Really? i understand that you are emotional but that's a fairly undemocratic stance to take********
- I think he's pointing out how people were flipping out of Clinton promising more of the same, and now are somehow okay with Trump doing the same thing.monospaced
- yes i gathered that mono, i am talking about the last two sentences of this post********
- Well he's got a point. Obama did try to stop trump before this happened ;) He's saying that the power to stop it is in Trumps hands, not Obama's.monospaced
- so then why did obama plead with the rioters to stop rioting. Obamas dogs have come off the leash********
- Well he didn't ask anyone to stop because of Kellyanne fucking Conway for Christ sake.BusterBoy
- Well that's probably true********
- Well, if Obama did plead with them to stop, it's even more reason to stop whining for him to make it stop. Trump should stop ignoring the outrage and say somethmonospaced
- are you going on pure feels here because it sounds like you are bulshitting. Trump has addressed the rioters several times********
- It's nice to see the 'passive snowflakes' with some fire in their belly - pls continue.fadein11
- clinton and obama have been doing just that though. anyways buster, are you suggesting that people having temper tantrums at not getting their way is somehow ju
- ********-4
"This has George Soros written all over it"
"Professional protestors"
"Goon driven"
- dbloc-1
Not sure how accurate this is.
Bar Room Economics.....
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing. The fifth would pay $1. The sixth would pay $3. The seventh would pay $7. The eighth would pay $12. The ninth would pay $18. The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, that's what they decided to do. The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. "Since you are all such good customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20. Drinks for the ten now cost just $80."
The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men - the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his 'fair share?' They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33, but if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.
And so:
The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings). The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings). The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings). The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings). The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings). The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).
Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings.
"I only got a dollar out of the $20," declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, "but he got $10!"
"Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got ten times more than I!"
"That's true!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!"
"Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!"
The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.
The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money among all of them for even half of the bill!
And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.
David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics, University of Georgia- pretty god damned accurate. the 'trickle down' critics struggle with the basic principles of economics. who needs practicality when you can have 'fairness'********
- http://www.snopes.co…inteliboy
- a good parable of human behavior********
- The ninth and tenth guys pay no tax and already drink elsewhere. Fifth, sixth, seventh and eight pay tax, keeping the bar open whilst one to four are excluded.monoboy
- Great analogy, just not reflective of the current system.monoboy
- Also, no mention of how federal banks work. https://youtu.be/Ndb…monoboy
- pretty god damned accurate. the 'trickle down' critics struggle with the basic principles of economics. who needs practicality when you can have 'fairness'
- youngdesigner1
Ex-Breitbart Spokesman: Bannon Ran Meetings Like a ‘White Supremacist Rally’
Kurt Bardella used to work under Stephen Bannon at Breitbart, where he served as the conservative website’s spokesman. Bardella walked away from the site in March as part of the staff protest that took place when Breitbart seemingly proved its allegiance to the Trump campaign by siding against their own reporter during the Corey Lewandowski–Michelle Fields saga.
Bardella spoke on ABC News’ Powerhouse Politics this week, where he described how Bannon would frequently rip on minorities, women, and immigrants during Breitbart editorial meetings.
“If anyone sat there and listened to that call, you’d think that you were attending a white supremacist rally,” said Bardella. “This is someone who has a very low moral compass, and the idea that this is the type of person that Donald Trump, as the Republican nominee, as president, would have closest to him is very disturbing.”
- Maaku0
"The whole thing lasted about 15 seconds," Koelling tells the Observer. "I was talking on the phone to my grandmother in Chicago. All I basically said was, 'Hi! How are you? I'm doing well; I'm very busy.' As I was saying this (in Spanish), these two guys who were maybe early 20s were walking past, and as soon as they got right next to me turned and said, 'Speak fucking English,' to which I replied 'excuse me?' He said, 'Much better. Now get out of my country. We won. You lose. Now get back across the wall.'"
- "not all trump supporters are racist, but all racists are trump supporters"moldero
- Christian Koelling at Braindead Brewing will do anything to creatively promote himself within the spotlight of his restaurants.********
- Racists and their interpretation of trump winning is no different radical Muslims and their interpretation of the quran. Not trumps fault and not the qurans********
- People are cunts.********
- Trump could say something.monospaced
- lots of the same people who blame moderate, sensible Muslims for not stopping radicalism, ISIS etc,Fax_Benson
- feel no need to denounce Trump's lunatic fringe. You can't blame a whole group for the actions of a few etcFax_Benson
- utopian7
Just in case you forgot how peacefully people accepted Obama's election.
- utopian3
Donald Trump's attorneys want the upcoming trial on Trump University postponed until after his swearing-in.
- I'm afraid Mr. trump cannot attend the G8 meeting as he is currently in court accused of being a conniving, lying, thieving, bastard.face_melter
- < that's the face babies make when they're taking a crapGnash
- lol gnashmoldero
- yuekit2
At the top of the Republican agenda: privatize Medicare
"Ryan Plans to Phase Out Medicare in 2017"
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edb…
If you think Trump will oppose this, you have to come to terms with the fact that he just appointed Ryan's close ally Reince Priebus to run his White House.
Keep in mind they will implement this so that the scheme won't affect today's seniors, so Baby Boomers will still get complete coverage. Instead the cost will fall on Gen Xers and millennials who will be forced to keep paying taxes for Medicare, but will receive a voucher rather than guaranteed coverage when we get to that age.
If medical costs in the U.S. keep rising past already ridiculous levels, this will mean a lot of people going bankrupt in old age or being blocked from getting care at all.
- Bennn3
Very good article to understand a lil more
What So Many People Don’t Get About the U.S. Working Class:
https://hbr.org/2016/11/what-so-…
- Ramanisky23
- Look at all these phonies who act like they've been crying their********
- hearts out and end off with a fuck you to 2016. What kind of first world problems did they have?********
- Look at all these phonies who act like they've been crying their
- Gnash0
Another article that sheds a little light. I'd heard of Hayek but never read his stuff.
https://www.theguardian.com/comm…
"He (Hayek) begins the book by advancing the narrowest possible conception of liberty: an absence of coercion. He rejects such notions as political freedom, universal rights, human equality and the distribution of wealth, all of which, by restricting the behaviour of the wealthy and powerful, intrude on the absolute freedom from coercion he demands"
- Kinda crazy premise -- and the guy got a Nobel prize for economicsGnash
- renderedred1
- cocaine's heluvah drugteh
- They should have made him take care of that sniff 1st. cant watch.teh
- chsstrump chssis chssnot chssthat chssbad, chssthe estabicshhment ischs schblah schblah schblah
hehe kidding I only watched a few minutes, no opinion :)******** - gotta love those kooky hegelian marxistsGnash
- i know he comes across very weird,but that's how he is. i started following his work a long time ago back when he was a *light* dissident in yugoslavia.renderedred
- his papers and articles were a great source of inspiration and to this day he remains one of my fav philosophers.renderedred
- BTW the incoming first lady and him are both from slovenia.renderedred
- I enjoy his lectures. He has an intellectual enthusiasm that's contagious.Gnash
- This was good too, I liked his theory about Trump and Hillary
https://youtu.be/Lbm…yuekit - ^ cheersGnash
- chukkaphob3
- "Will I get de-port?"kona
- LOLchukkaphob
- why is she squinting?pinkfloyd
- It's her reptilian heritage.monospaced
- face_melter4
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