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Pathetic. "Moderate" Dems Beg Trump to Play Nice so They Can Compromise

Submitted by Steven D on Tue, 02/28/2017 - 10:50am

Has any political party been more worthy of scorn than the Democrats. The Remora fish to Wall street sharks have outdone themselves with this absurd and farcical letter to Trump begging him to play nicer with them before his first address to Congress.

In Desperate Need of Help - Updated

Submitted by RantingRooster on Tue, 02/28/2017 - 6:49am

Rent is due and I haven't worked in such a long time I looking at being homeless quite shortly. I've got to generate $425 by the 5th of March, or I'm toast. (yikes!)

The good news is I finally qualified for SNAP benefits, but you can't buy toilet paper or paper towels with it. Gee go figure, I can get Alaskan King Crab, but not toilet paper. (I hate crab meat, any kind...)

Open Thread - Rants, Muses, Books & Music (and Some Cooking Too).

Submitted by Mark from Queens on Tue, 02/28/2017 - 6:00am

It's good to see you. Come on in, leave your shoes in the hallway, we've got fire on the stove preparing lunch for later. In the meantime, browse the bookshelves and plunk down on the sofa with one, or pick out some tunes from the music library or come in to the kitchen to help with the cooking. Our special blend of tea is steeping and will be right up.

Anybody catch the Oscars last night?

Submitted by native on Tue, 02/28/2017 - 5:38am

Say what you will about the movie industry, there's no denying its financial and political clout. For me, watching this parade of celebrities congratulate one another was anything but inspirational. I suppose these hard-working movie makers deserve their day of formal recognition, but I found it a little hard to reconcile an actress wearing a $20K gown with whatever noble aspirations her current project might be associated with.

Disability Caucus 2/27/2017: What Jobs? They're Lying.

Submitted by The Aspie Corner on Mon, 02/27/2017 - 8:33pm

Today I went on yet another car ride with the employment specialist across the county to follow up on jobs I know I'll never even be considered for.

Stop being negative, she says. Bah. I've spent 15 fuckin' years with Voc Rehab and despite spending years in college completing 2 degree programs, holding several intern and volunteer positions over 3 years during and after college, I still can't get a single god damned employer to take me seriously.

Is The Income Tax Unfair To Rich People?

Submitted by James Kroeger on Mon, 02/27/2017 - 8:14pm

One of the hallmarks of the ideological Left since the late nineteenth century is the shared belief that it is more than fair to tax the incomes of rich people at much higher rates than wage earners are asked to pay.

Generally speaking, Leftists believe that a country's tax code should be based on the principle of 'equality of sacrifice.' As guiding principles go, I have long believed that this one is intellectually unassailable.

But in spite of the virtue that I and others have seen in it, the bottom-line political reality we are dealing with is that most rich people believe that the Income Tax is unfair to people like them.

I have recently published an article on my website which directly addresses this head-scratching phenomenon of self-pity among the ranks of the privileged elite: "Is The Income Tax Unfair To Rich People?"

Here is a rather informative excerpt:

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