June 4, 2017

ANY LONDONERS HERE? OR BEEN TO ENGLAND AND KNOW ANY DOUGHNUT/BAGEL SHOPS?

I am seriously going to call tomorrow and order the London Police Department doughnuts. (Do not laugh...I am serious! lol)

I could do a Google search, but thought if any one on DU had some suggestions? I would call tomorrow and place an order for dozen of doughnuts to be delivered to the London Police Center. The police need support and understanding right now...not criticism! When someone is down, I have never seen a reason to kick them some more.

June 4, 2017

MAKE THE LIE BIG! MAKE IT SIMPLE. KEEP REPEATING IT. AND EVENTUALLY THEY WILL BELIEVE IT!

per Adolph Hitler

Sound like anyone we know? Only WE WILL NOT EVER BELIEVE IT! No matter how many times Dump says the Russia thing is a hoax!

Or all the other bullshit he throws our way.

June 2, 2017

MSNBC Chuck Todd just stated that Dump doesn't believe in climate warming

but is building up an seawall by his gulf course in Ireland.

No link yet...just heard it.

June 2, 2017

Dump reminds me of the Colonel Klink in Hogan's Heroes

https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-mozilla-002&hsimp=yhs-002&hspart=mozilla&p=hogan+heroes#id=2&vid=ed297b36c56a3ec6d471a0ae6a2719c3&action=click

Being played by those all around him, and the Colonel believing he is in control. We, the audience are allowed into the gag, which makes it even funnier, because the only one who does not realize he is being played, is the Colonel!

Maybe you younger ones don't remember....but I just want to bust out laughing when I compare the Colonel to Dump!

June 2, 2017

Joe in the Morning today

Some objective thoughts brought up with political round table.

1. Bannon is using Dump as puppet...behind leaving Paris Accord
2. Bannon has been the WH leaker on all things Jared Kushner, even bragging about not having to worry about Kushner, much longer to his friends.
3. Dump is using this as a distraction to turn attention from away from Russiagate.
4. Even before presidency, Dump never discussed ideological thought or could relate with higher intelligence...(lol!..we already found out!) He is relying heavily on Bannon for policy because he knows nothing about it.

June 2, 2017

Trump's first budget would restrict eligibility for EITC and CTC

https://www.taxprotoday.com/opinion/trumps-first-budget-would-restrict-eligibility-for-eitc-and-ctc?utm_campaign=irs%20watch-jun%201%202017&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&eid=c94537bcbb1020e6c016dd9ece3d276e

I liked the the clarification of Dump's proposal in this article.

President Trump released his budget proposal Tuesday for the 2018 fiscal year titled "A New Foundation for American Greatness." The budget would aim to cut approximately $3.6 trillion in government spending over the next decade, some of which would be attributable to eligibility changes relating to the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC), and some of which would result from specific actions undertaken by the IRS to reduce improper payments made by the government.

In addition to the budget, the Administration also released a separate document describing major savings and reform proposals in the budget, as well as a "blueprint" providing details on discretionary funding proposals.

Big picture. In his budget proposal, in addition to "reprioritiz[ing] Federal spending", the President also highlighted a number of other major legislative goals that he views as central to achieving faster economic growth, including health care reform and tax reform. The passage of the American Health Care Act and the President's tax reform proposals are assumed in the budget. It is further assumed that the tax reform proposals are revenue-neutral.

As described in the budget, the President's tax reform objectives for American families include:

• Lowering individual income tax rates;

• Expanding the standard deduction and helping families struggling with child and dependent care expenses;

• Protecting homeownership, charitable giving and retirement saving;

• Ending the alternative minimum tax;

• Repealing the 3.8 percent net investment income tax; and

• Repealing the estate tax.

The tax reform objectives for businesses include:

• Reducing the business tax rate;

• Eliminating most special interest tax breaks; and

• Transitioning to a territorial system of taxation, including a one-time repatriation tax on already accumulated overseas income.

Tightened eligibility for the EITC and CTC: In order to claim either of these credits, the budget proposal would require taxpayers to provide a Social Security Number. The budget provides that this requirement is intended to limit these credits to those who are authorized to work in the U.S.

According to the "2018 Major Savings and Reforms" document, households who do not have SSNs that are valid for work may claim the CTC under current law, and "gaps in current administrative practice" allow some people who have SSNs that are not valid for work to claim the EITC.

The budget projects that adding this requirement would result in approximately $40.4 billion in reduced spending over a 10-year period.

Reduction of improper payments: The budget proposed to "curtail Government-wide improper payments by half through actions to improve payment accuracy and tighten administrative controls." Two of the action items to achieve this goal pertain to IRS: increase oversight of paid tax return preparers (which was projected to reduce improper payments by $439 million over the 10-year period), and provide more flexibility for the IRS to address correctable errors (which was projected to reduce improper payments by $655 million over the 10-year period). "Correctable errors" were not defined in President Trump's budget, but have been defined elsewhere as essentially broadening IRS's authority to correct simple errors in certain narrow circumstances, akin to IRS's existing authority to correct math errors.

****What they neglect to say is that with a reduction in EITC or CTC, consumerism or disposable money will drop. We are a consumerism nation. Retail, grocery, malls, home stores require consumers to spend money. Who is going to buy Ivanka's line of merchandise with no money? Economics is a cycle or a pie...when I pass off a dollar to one person..they pass it on and on--but it always needs to stay in the pie.

And, if you have 100 people spending $1...they can do that much faster than 1 person can spend $100 (besides my college daughter...lol!). Dump wants to keep all the money in the top tier of the economy. However, if it is for business investment, these top tier people know how to operate lien. They are not going to move that money around the country and then the whole system becomes sluggish...and here comes another recession. (Or as I like to refer it to---constipation!)

And furthermore, a high corporate tax is good! Corporations hire tax specialists to determine before they buy or sell, how that will affect their tax owed. If at an end of a quarter, a business sees they will owe a lot of taxes, they buy or build something quickly. Who does this help? Equipment sellers and industry tradesman. Otherwise, the company would hold on to the extra...for profit or for a rainy day. This affects taxes owed overall. This forces them to invest and capitalize in their business and keep the money flowing.

June 1, 2017

Possbily start a new forum titled

"Fake News" or the "Truth"

I would like a place that I can go to and verify if a news report or video is fake or truth. I really would not want to bog down the General Discussion group, because I enjoy reading posts of general ideas and interesting bents that I had not considered before.

However, if I could immediately go to a place as a source of reference, and get immediate answers to which articles or videos are fake or which are true....this would be very welcomed!

I have an article that I did post to 'Late Breaking News', but some objected because it was 'fake' news and that I should not have posted it. But that was my ultimate question...was this article/video fake or truth. I even posted several links to prove that there was a news report...but the comments were still negative that it was fake news. So, now I am thinking...are these true DUs that are objecting or Russian trolls, to upset and cause havoc in DU? I just want a quick fact checker...is an article or video true or false?