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Mulberry Heel said:
LOL. Trump accusing anyone of grifting and stealing money is beyond rich. If there is something he's world-class at other than lying and stupidity, it's grifting.
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FTR, the way those types of disclosures work, she actually disclosed a net worth of between $6 - $30 million. When you look at the details, it is mostly due to her husband’s (Tim Mynett) business. He left a partnership at a large political consulting firm to start his own firm not long after they married. His firm started with little value (about $51,000 in her 2023 disclosures) but is listed as worth between $5 - $25 million now.

Maybe there is something illegal or otherwise nefarious about how Mynett made his money after starting his own firm as the husband of a left wing House member, I dunno, but the available details are being distorted by Trump and others.

As an aside, Ilhan has had an interesting personal life — Mynett is technically her fourth marriage, though she married (at least by religion if not legally) the same guy twice, before meeting Mynett as her paid consultant when she ran for Congress for her second term.
 


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Not to derail again but this type of policy passage is an example of what I meant- and what I did a poor job of articulating yesterday- about it being a huge problem that our Congress is so geriatric. All those 65 and over working families with young children will be very appreciative, I'm sure!

Happy to start a different thread if anyone wants. Don't mean to derail this one.
 
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Not to derail again but this type of policy passage is an example of what I meant- and what I did a poor job of articulating yesterday- about it being a huge problem that our Congress is so geriatric. All those 65 and over working families with young children will be very appreciative, I'm sure!

Happy to start a different thread if anyone wants. Don't mean to derail this one.
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Honestly I would rather my kids get a tax break............
 
CFordUNC said:


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Not to derail again but this type of policy passage is an example of what I meant- and what I did a poor job of articulating yesterday- about it being a huge problem that our Congress is so geriatric. All those 65 and over working families with young children will be very appreciative, I'm sure!

Happy to start a different thread if anyone wants. Don't mean to derail this one.
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Not every senior gets a full $6000 deduction. There is a phase out beginning at a MAGI of 75k for singles and 150k for couples.

So millionaires will not be getting a full $6000 deduction and many will receive no benefit at all, and that is a good thing. Moreover the deduction expires in 2028 so if those under 65yo are concerned, then join me and other Boomers and vote for a Congress that will modify and target the deduction to lower income seniors only.

But you make a good point and I think the concerns you have been posting ( and with no need for apology I might add ) deserve a separate thread for us to become more aware of how and why politicians are appealing to those groups that turn out and vote and ignore the nonvoting groups that do not turn out and vote.
 
Have to say that @Rock adding the clown emoji has been very useful and on point, especially on threads like this one. It really does encapsulate the vast majority of what comes from this administration. Sure there are many things that just make you mad enough to chew nails 😡 But the clown emoji 🤡 really is all encompassing.

ETA: the 💩 emoji is not too far behind 😀
 
heelinhell said:
Not every senior gets a full $6000 deduction. There is a phase out beginning at a MAGI of 75k for singles and 150k for couples.

So millionaires will not be getting a full $6000 deduction and many will receive no benefit at all, and that is a good thing. Moreover the deduction expires in 2028 so if those under 65yo are concerned, then join me and other Boomers and vote for a Congress that will modify and target the deduction to lower income seniors only.

But you make a good point and I think the concerns you have been posting ( and with no need for apology I might add ) deserve a separate thread for us to become more aware of how and why politicians are appealing to those groups that turn out and vote and ignore the nonvoting groups that do not turn out and vote.
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That’s all true, but $75,000-$150,000 could very easily be non-W2 retirement income from someone with an investment portfolio of ~$1.8M to ~$3.8M assuming a ~4% withdrawal rate. I just figure that if we are going to hand out $100B in tax breaks it should probably be for actual working families who are squeezed hard by housing costs, childcare costs, elevated grocery costs, etc.

I definitely want us to take care of our aging citizenry as well, don’t get me wrong. I absolutely do believe people deserve dignity in retirement and in their twilight years.
 
Not Trump but the way they have a whole of government approach to brazen lying and boorish behavior insulting host countries is absurd.



Bessent: I think we almost reached a SNL moment a few years ago when it was “you’re not going to own anything, you’re going to eat insects.” I mean, it was just—the inmates were running the asylum at that point

Dasha Burns: You’re not into the bugs?

Bessent: Well, I can tell you—after a few days of Swiss German food, I may switch to bugs.
 
heelinhell said:
Not every senior gets a full $6000 deduction. There is a phase out beginning at a MAGI of 75k for singles and 150k for couples.

So millionaires will not be getting a full $6000 deduction and many will receive no benefit at all, and that is a good thing. Moreover the deduction expires in 2028 so if those under 65yo are concerned, then join me and other Boomers and vote for a Congress that will modify and target the deduction to lower income seniors only.

But you make a good point and I think the concerns you have been posting ( and with no need for apology I might add ) deserve a separate thread for us to become more aware of how and why politicians are appealing to those groups that turn out and vote and ignore the nonvoting groups that do not turn out and vote.
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I doubt my parents annual income is close to $150K. Their net worth is north of $2.5 million.

They don’t need any part of the $6,000.

I hope more than just income is being used to determine eligibility.
 


Flashback:

Trump loves it when Ivanka calls him daddy​


“… “Daddy, can I go with you?” Trump said, quoting his daughter.

At first, Trump said Ivanka called him “Dad.” But the president — rarely known to correct his own inaccuracies — felt the need to clarify. He paused the story to twice mention that Ivanka had referred to him specifically as “Daddy.” Trump “liked that,” he added.


While the exchange felt slightly untoward, it was far from the first time the president has gone out of his way to mention his daughter calls him “Daddy.”

Perhaps these moments would be less cringe-worthy without Trump’s history of comments about his daughter’s sexuality. In the past, he’s referred to his daughter as “voluptuous” and said she has “the best body.” In fact, Trump once declared, “If Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her.”…”

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Trump loves it when Ivanka calls him daddy

Trump says he likes it when Ivanka calls him daddy.
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