Rant Why America is descending into chaos - liberal policies against law enforcement

[MrSquished]

The Democrats knew what Lieberman was when they picked him up.

If that public option got into the ACA I think it could have had a chance to change history

 

[MrSquished]

On rye.

I propose pumpernickel

 

[feralkid]

I propose pumpernickel

Pickle or cole slaw?

 

[Brainonska511]

Short term capital gains count as ordinary income. So that extra 3.8% is added on top of the max 37% fed rate. So no, I'm paying NIIT on top of ordinary income rate, not LT capital gains rate. I'm not getting any privileged tax treatment.

So top bracket? So over half a million a year in ordinary income. Tiny violin.

 

[FelixDeCat]

n/m

 

[ivwshane]

Homelessness is much like healthcare in it's complexity and reasons it's such a problem. There's not a single problem, there's 100 different causes.
Homelessness has 4-5 different categories you can lump overall causes into, with another couple dozen factors feeding into each of those.

It's not something a single city can solve. It's a systemic problem we have no desire to address at the core.

Actually several cities have solved homelessness and as you said it wasn’t a simple solution. The solution the cities used was one that dealt with each homeless person individually and created a path forward for them.

 

[MixMasterTang]

I'm for single payer healthcare because it benefits everyone, not because it benefits me. If I was paying out the same 10% of my yearly income that I am now and we had single payer, I would have no issue with that.
I sure the fuck don't trust billionaires to do the right thing more than I trust the government to do it.

I couldn't agree with you more but I probably couldn't state it as good as you did!

 

[ElFenix]

Get rid of 3.8% NIIT, and I won't bitch about the healthcare premium I have to pay.

this is some real fucking humblebragging right here

 

[ElFenix]

Homelessness is much like healthcare in it's complexity and reasons it's such a problem. There's not a single problem, there's 100 different causes.
Homelessness has 4-5 different categories you can lump overall causes into, with another couple dozen factors feeding into each of those.

It's not something a single city can solve. It's a systemic problem we have no desire to address at the core.

homeless sleeping on park benches wasn't a thing until the 1980s, when we defunded HUD, turned metal patients out on the streets, and razed single room occupancy hotels (basically, furnished small furnished apartments) in favor of high priced condos.