The short answer is that when Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republican Misleadership put back the Alternative Minimum Tax for Corporations (which they had to do to pay for other bribes to their caucus) they didn’t lower the rate and it remains at 20%, exactly the same as the base rate! What this means for …
December 2017 archive
Dec 05 2017
The Russian Connection: Shoes are Dropping Fast
The Special Counsel Robert Mueller is moving right along. Former Trump campaign manager Paul Maanfort had come to a bail deal that acceptable to the court and Mueller’s office. Problem is that these guys have such huge egos they think they can flout the rules: Former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was, as recently …
Dec 05 2017
Pondering the Pundits
Pondering the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from> around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important. Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on …
Dec 05 2017
The Breakfast Club (The Money Cage)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:00am (ET) (or …
Dec 04 2017
The New Revolution
Never let it be said I don’t post anything positive. GOP Tax Bill Would Reorder Society & Create “Hereditary Aristocracy” for Rich What the Republican Tax Bill Portends for the Future by Ian Welsh 2017 December 2 The idea that it will “pay for itself” is ludicrous, and no one with a shred of intellectual …
Dec 04 2017
Too True
I am at a loss for words. Fortunately Charlie Pierce has some. Trump Is Not to Blame for the Devastating Republican Tax Bill By Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Dec 2, 2017 I confess. I gave up on the whole exercise Friday night around midnight when the Republican majority in the Senate passed an amendment to …
Dec 04 2017
Pondering the Pundits
Pondering the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from> around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important. Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on …
Dec 04 2017
The Breakfast Club (Weight)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:00am (ET) (or …
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