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superrific said:
If Trump eliminates taxes on tips, then I'm eliminating my tips. Somebody has to stand up for non-tipped workers.
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I could see a compromise where there is a cap, like say the first $10k of tip income is not taxable. I can't see Congress signing up for an unlimited tip exemption.

If they do, my hourly rate will be cut in half and I'll have a new suggested gratuity payment system with my clients.
 
Calheel said:
I could see a compromise where there is a cap, like say the first $10k of tip income is not taxable. I can't see Congress signing up for an unlimited tip exemption.

If they do, my hourly rate will be cut in half and I'll have a new suggested gratuity payment system with my clients.
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Well in that case I'm decreasing my tips by 30%. I'm not interested in giving the wait staff a better tax deal than the janitor who clean up after.
 
ZenMode said:
3. They didn't care then, just as we handed out citizenship to anyone who reached out shores, so it didn't matter of they gave birth. The people giving birth were immigrating here, and already getting citizenship, not just vacationing.

We also had a population of less than 40 million.
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Yeah, what Super said.

You are simply arguing for a constitutional amendment. If you think birther tourism is a huge issue (and a better example is probably Chinese nationals taking birth vacations in Hacienda Heights, CA) then advocate for an amendment.

But you can't just rewrite the express language of the 14th amendment because the world has changed - especially when you aren't dealing with a nebulous concept like "due process" or "cruel and unusual punishment." Birthright citizenship is a very black and white issue. You can't rewrite it via Executive Order.
 
Decades ago, in the ‘86/‘87 tax “reform” bill, restaurant/bar service staff (the people who were tipped) were required to report all tips……cuz billions and billions and billions in unreported income
 
Bobfripp said:
"That's a lie and their actions so far prove it. Stop being a chicken little. Regardless of how horrible you think the US is, the line to get in gets longer and the line to leave doesn't exist." -@Badbehavior1015

Well, actually, it's a not a lie.

nij.ojp.gov

Advancing Justice Through Science

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is dedicated to improving knowledge and understanding of crime and justice issues through science.
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Well, yes it is. This article was written 5 months ago, well before Trump and Homon took over.

Buffoons gonna keep buffooning.
 
ZenMode said:
3. They didn't care then, just as we handed out citizenship to anyone who reached out shores, so it didn't matter of they gave birth. The people giving birth were immigrating here, and already getting citizenship, not just vacationing.

We also had a population of less than 40 million.
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And? We're scarcely overcrowded now.
 
superrific said:
That's right. So why did you write this:

"It's just not possible for them to be able to see into the future. They don't know what they don't know. There are just simply things that they could not have foreseen."

The 14th Amendment was an intentional choice to confer citizenship upon everyone who was born here, other than diplomats. If you don't like that choice, then you're free to advocate for changing the amendment. Personally, I think there are many, many changes to the constitution that are of much higher priority. If you want to focus on weird hypotheticals of pregnant women wandering the desert, go ahead. It's your right, just as it's my right to draw the conclusions that inevitably follow.
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By saying "They don't know what they don't know" means they couldn't have foreseen the changes in our ability to travel via airplane, making birth tourism possible.

What I hope, a think, will eventually happen is there there will be a debate about the spirit of the 14th Amendment. It seems to me that BRC was intended for those who desired to migrate here permanently, not fly here for "vacation", waddle across the border at the 11th hour just to have a kid or were temporarily living here for work (diplomats).

That debate will surely include a reconsidering of what "under jurisdiction of" means.
 
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Zoo_View said:
Fortunately, my parents will never be Trumplicans (or, so I hope. As people age and the brain changes……who knows?!!).

They certainly supported Bernie in 2016. They’re left-wing; but, they’re not LEFTISTS. I completely disagreed with their support of Bernie in 2016 and 2020 - he wasn’t wining the general election.

My parents are aged……not aging…..aged……they’re mid-late-octogenarians. I wouldn’t rub anything in either’s face.

As someone you love ages, things happen.

My Dad and I have great conversations daily and we work on projects most days. He’s 86 - still sharp. As sharp as ever? No.

Mom. She has dementia. It’s accelerating. She’s 85. She’s still functional - just don’t ask her who she just met or what she just ate.
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I'd give my first born child if the worst I had to endure was my parents supporting Bernie Sanders or any other halfway sane republican (not that many of them out there) and not this full blown in your face MAGA cult mentally they now project. My parents are also well aged but their minds are both plenty sharp enough to know exactly what they are getting with their support of Trump and are all in on the cruelty.... I rarely if ever bring up politics with them but they are quick to let me know what's going on in MAGA land after their day spent watching Fox News, so a little "I told you so" here and there is often needed to help try and balance some of the crazy.

I'm fully aware that it sounds pretty shitty for a son to look forward to saying "I told you so" to their parents, but this is where Trump, MAGA and rightwing media have taken our relationship. We are well past the point of being able to have reasonable political discussions and the only thing that brings the MAGA fever down a few degrees are results that you can point to and say "I told you so" - and then it's almost impossible to get that to resonate with their 24/7 Fox News brain rot.
 
Eliminating birthright citizenship aims to take away what is attracting immigrants to the US, but it's really not addressing. MAGA likes this because they want to punish the immigrant (and not affect the white man). Thing is the real magnet is jobs. The enforcement on the persons hiring illegals is lax as heck, but that's an inconvenient action for the MAGA crowd.
 
ZenMode said:
By saying "They don't know what they don't know" means they could have foreseen the changes in our ability to travel via airplane, making birth tourism possible.

What I hope, a think, will eventually happen is there there will be a debate about the spirit of the 14th Amendment. It seems to me that BRC was intended for those who desired to migrate here permanently, not fly here for "vacation", waddle across the border at the 11th hour just to have a kid or were temporarily living here for work (diplomats).

That debate will surely include a reconsidering of what "under jurisdiction of" means.
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If immigrants, documented or not, aren't under the jurisdiction of the United States, how come we can charge them with Federal crimes?
 
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