You've voted for the party that gives rich people and companies subsidies all the damn time, and this is where you draw the line? It's sickening. Anything for the common man bad, anything for the rich, great! And don't tell me 'you don't support that', because you vote for the party that does it.I think that college debts are a contract that the person entered into and they should pay their debts as promised. The debt cancellation is just passing on the debt to taxpayers.
Granted not taxing tips would have to be well thought out and defined to prevent fraud.
I think that the overall tip process is bull shit and should be illegal. By this I mean where an employer pays his staff a bare minimum and then they have to make up the difference with tips. The employer should be made to pay at least the minimum wage and preferably a living wage for the area.
Too much time spent around volatile chemicals in an enclosed space?If that’s what you think then you totally missed his point. In other words, no one here claimed that was a bribe. For fucks sake man, we have a Supreme Court enabling corruption and your best response is, “Both sides”? What the fuck is wrong with you?
I mean loan forgiveness is essentially fiscal stimulus but given relatively high interest rates and extremely low unemployment it’s probably not doing much right now.Student loan forgiveness makes financial sense from a governmental standpoint due to the multiplier effect it has on the economy. If borrowers no longer have a payment, that money is more likely to be spent on the economy which gets spent AND taxed multiple times, more than offsetting any revenue lost from loan forgiveness.
So now we really will get the government we pay for.~The final SCOTUS decision today is Snyder v. US. Kavanaugh has the court's 6-3 decision on ideological grounds, holding that the Section 666 bribery statute does not apply to "gratuities" given for public officials' *past* acts. Jackson writes the liberals' dissent.
~The mayor of Portage, Indiana, steered over $1 million in city contracts to a truck dealership, which then wrote him a $13,000 check. The conservatives on SCOTUS—with extensive experience in being lavished with gifts after favorable rulings—say this is very legal and very cool.
Just make sure to bribe them after the deed is done though, strange technicality
And was it the “conservatives” or the “liberals” on the Supreme Court that made this ruling? Give me straight answer with no other commentary. If you have the guts.So now we really will get the government we pay for.
For a while I was confused as to why conservatives on SCOTUS wanted to make bribing government officials easier. Thomas and Alito were very helpful in clearing that up.And was it the “conservatives” or the “liberals” on the Supreme Court that made this ruling? Give me straight answer with no other commentary. If you have the guts.
And the one you voted for.So now we really will get the government we pay for.
The only problem is you have to trust that the crooks you're doing business with won't be crooks when it comes time to pay up. An honest criminal isn't all that common.For a while I was confused as to why conservatives on SCOTUS wanted to make bribing government officials easier. Thomas and Alito were very helpful in clearing that up.
What a fucking stupid comment. Will Biden be checking in on the owners of the student debt he’s excused to make sure they vote for him? No? Then how is it a bribe you fucking ignorant piece of shit?
To some extent, maybe, and to an extent that seems to have happened here. (Guy asked for $15k and they gave him $13k)The only problem is you have to trust that the crooks you're doing business with won't be crooks when it comes time to pay up. An honest criminal isn't all that common.
Speaking engagements are definitely a way for former officials to cash in. Book deals not so much as if you’re famous enough for one to make sense you can get a book deal regardless. The primary scummy book deal thing that happens is politicians write a book and then have their own campaign buy it so they can claim to have a best seller.Edit: I thought speaking engagements were the accepted form of receiving a payoff? Book deals seem to be incredibly lucrative as well.
Student loan forgiveness makes financial sense from a governmental standpoint due to the multiplier effect it has on the economy. If borrowers no longer have a payment, that money is more likely to be spent on the economy which gets spent AND taxed multiple times, more than offsetting any revenue lost from loan forgiveness.
It was my understanding that pretty much every supreme court justice got a reasonably lucrative book deal? I could be wrong, I haven't looked into it in some time.To some extent, maybe, and to an extent that seems to have happened here. (Guy asked for $15k and they gave him $13k)
Speaking engagements are definitely a way for former officials to cash in. Book deals not so much as if you’re famous enough for one to make sense you can get a book deal regardless. The primary scummy book deal thing that happens is politicians write a book and then have their own campaign buy it so they can claim to have a best seller.
People tried to use book deals to deflect when Thomas’ corruption was exposed but that’s not really how it works. Like, a Supreme Court justice would merit a book deal regardless of how they ruled. The gravy train for Thomas is very much dependent on him continuing to rule in ways conservatives like. If he ever stopped all those ‘gifts’ would dry up and right quick.
Right, but there is an actual market for books by SCOTUS justices that exists no matter how they rule in cases. Thomas and Alito have to continue ruling in ways conservatives like in order to keep the money coming in.It was my understanding that pretty much every supreme court justice got a reasonably lucrative book deal? I could be wrong, I haven't looked into it in some time.
There is serious money in books.
Here's How Much the Supreme Court Justices Made Last Year
Some of them raked in six figures in book deals and royalties.time.com
Again, a drop in the bucket compared to Thomas and, more importantly, not reliant on them continuing to vote a certain way.There is serious money in books.
Here's How Much the Supreme Court Justices Made Last Year
Some of them raked in six figures in book deals and royalties.time.com
I thought she was a Democrat? We all know...Democrat = Illegal, Republican = LEGAL.Well that's a relief.. for Oakland's mayor.
Of course you aren't. Except you're a lifelong voter for the most cartoonishly corrupt party in this country. I mean the Democrats have their corruption without a doubt, But the Republicans Have been the cartoonishly corrupt party for quite some time now.No, I am not OK with it.
“lt is a great system, and I consider myself lucky to have been born in this time and this place.”So now we really will get the government we pay for.