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Independent Critical thinker. Equally hated by both the radical L and R. Brian Taylor Cohen Pcast Listener Promoter of Intellectual Honesty &.Capitalism No DM's

Palm Springs, Ca เข้าร่วม Nisan 2016
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Wiseguy@wiseguywiseguy1·
No matter what ProFascist MAGAs claim about the No Kings rally, whether it be who funded or sponsored the event, you can’t escape the fact that the reason millions and millions of people were protesting because they don’t approve of Presidents Trump’s leadership and the complicit Republican Congress Spin as you wan, but among their grievances… Higher prices with tariff declarations by one person Job losses for not pledging loyalty to the President, Pardons for guilty Congressional Members because they voted “Republican” A CDC we can no longer Trust, Diseases like The Measles and Polio making a comeback due to misinformation to the General Public, tax cuts for Billionaires, Healthcare Premiums Doubling, American Citizens getting detained and many arrested for looking like "an illegal", DEI Cabinet Members who have no experience running their areas, Weaponized DOJ who spend their days going after Trump's enemies A President covering up the Epstein List and calling it a "Democratic Hoax A President who has pardoned 100's of violent criminals back onto the streets (many which have been arrested for other crimes), Controlling and suing the media for any story that's unflattering, A weaponized FCC cancelling comedians for any joke that's unflattering.. I'm sure there is more, but the rational middle gets it even if the Rafical MAGAs don’t.
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Natalie@NatalieRyans7·
@XzanderNM @wiseguywiseguy1 @FunnyGu31492803 @CalltoActivism Where would you direct the spending cuts? Would you support cuts that don’t harm our most vulnerable citizens or do you think social safety nets are the problems? Simply looking for shared understanding, not an argument.
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CALL TO ACTIVISM
CALL TO ACTIVISM@CalltoActivism·
🚨BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: MAGA billionaire donors are about to MELT DOWN as Senator Mark Kelly unveils a plan to ELIMINATE federal income tax for Americans earning under $46,000 - and slash taxes up to $161,000. And here’s what rich Republican donors don’t want you to see: It’s fully paid for by people making over $1 million a year. Not working families.
Not the middle class. The millionaires and billionaires sitting on more wealth than they could ever spend. Kelly laid it out to CTA Media Network’s Joe Gallina: "billionaires…have more money than they… can spend in multiple lifetimes while we have people (who) can't afford a place to live and can't send their kids to college and never go on vacation. It’s just not right.” This isn’t a tweak. This game-changing bill takes a sledgehammer to a broken system - and forces a reckoning with the affordability crisis Donald Trump made worse.
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Wiseguy@wiseguywiseguy1·
@jasoninthehouse @LakerMomOf3 @Reagan_Airport Dear Jason, Stop blaming Democrats for the long lines. They proposed a bill to fund TSA and you rejected it. The long line experience is courtesy of you and your “do nothing but make life unaffordable” party. x.com/i/grok/share/2…
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Mike Lee
Mike Lee@BasedMikeLee·
Just left the Senate chamber after another long day and speaking for the last 90 minutes At the end of the second full day of debate, I still haven’t heard Senate Democrats make even a single persuasive argument against the SAVE America Act I have, however, heard a lot of lies We’re winning We can’t stop debating this until we’ve won If we keep this up, we will win
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MAGA Voice
MAGA Voice@MAGAVoice·
Raise your hand if you think Congress SHOULD BE forced to stay until the Save America Act is passed
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Wiseguy
Wiseguy@wiseguywiseguy1·
@SaltyGoat17 Yes, now that we have lower prices, no wars, better healthcare and immigration reform..... oh wait.. 🙄
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SaltyGoat
SaltyGoat@SaltyGoat17·
Everyone agree?
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Rick Scott
Rick Scott@SenRickScott·
Senate Democrats oppose the SAVE America Act because they want illegal aliens to vote so they can win elections. The future of our country is at stake. We must pass the SAVE America Act and SECURE OUR ELECTIONS TODAY! 🇺🇸
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Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats@OccupyDemocrats·
BREAKING: Trump attacks Texas Democrat James Talarico — and gets a FIERY sermon in response that he won’t forget Donald Trump thought he could score cheap political points by calling James Talarico an “insult to Jesus” because the Texas Democratic Senate candidate is “beyond woke” and believes that God does not discriminate on the basis of gender. Unfortunately for Dementia Don, he picked the wrong person. Standing in a Black church in Texas, Talarico didn’t just clap back — he delivered a moral reckoning. “The president of the United States just said that I insulted Jesus,” Talarico began. “You want to know what insults Jesus? Kicking the sick off their health care while cutting taxes for billionaires.” And that was only just the start. “You know what insults Jesus?” he continued. “Deporting the stranger and separating babies from their mothers.” Then he went even further — taking aim at war, corruption, and hypocrisy. “You know what insults Jesus? Bombing innocent school children in Iran and sending our brave men and women off to die in another forever war… Covering up the Epstein files and then refusing to prosecute a single person in them.” This wasn’t politics as usual. This was a full-on moral indictment. Talarico — who has been attacked by Trump for supporting transgender Americans and saying “trans children are God’s children” — flipped the script entirely. Instead of backing down, he grounded his message in the very teachings Trump tried to weaponize. “I am not a perfect Christian,” he said. “There’s only been one perfect Christian and he was crucified on a cross 2,000 years ago.” And then came the line that hit hardest: “Jesus told us to love our neighbors as ourselves… Can we imagine war in heaven? Can we imagine bigotry in heaven? Can we imagine poverty in heaven? Then why do we tolerate these things on earth?” That’s how you respond. Not with insults. Not with fear. But with clarity — and conviction. Trump tried to smear him. Instead, Talarico delivered a sermon that’s now echoing far beyond that church. Please like and share James Talarico’s inspiring words!
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Wiseguy
Wiseguy@wiseguywiseguy1·
Get your head outta the sand and embrace reality instead of hurling baseless insults .. dolt Billionaires' wealth primarily grows through unrealized capital gains (stock values rising without selling), low/no dividends from their companies, borrowing against assets (untaxed), and strategies that minimize taxable income. When studies include a broader definition of "economic income" (wealth growth + realized income), the effective rates drop sharply at the very top. Recent key findings (from 2025 research and data): - A major 2025 NBER paper (by Berkeley economists including Saez and Zucman) matched Forbes 400 data to IRS/administrative records. It found the top ~400 wealthiest Americans paid an average total effective tax rate (all federal, state, local taxes relative to economic income) of ~24% in 2018–2020. - This compares to ~30% for the overall U.S. population. - And 45% for top earners relying on wages/salaries (not wealth/capital). - The rate fell from ~30% (pre-2017 tax cuts) to 24% after the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. - Earlier analyses (e.g., ProPublica 2021 using leaked IRS data) showed the 25 richest Americans paid a "true" tax rate of just 3.4% on $401 billion in wealth growth (2014–2018), far below typical middle-class rates (~13–14% on wages). - A 2021 White House study estimated the top 400 families paid ~8.2% average federal individual income tax rate (2010–2018), lower than many teachers, nurses, or average taxpayers. Some counter-analyses argue these ultra-low figures undercount certain taxes (e.g., corporate taxes borne by owners, estate taxes), pushing estimates higher (e.g., one critique suggested ~38% for the top 400, still below some middle-class all-in rates when including payroll/state taxes). But even adjusted views show the very top often pays less as a percentage than average or middle earners when wealth growth is the base. ### Why This Happens - Wages are taxed immediately and at ordinary rates. - Capital gains are taxed only when realized (often at lower long-term rates: 0–20%). - Much billionaire "income" is never realized or reported as taxable. - Strategies like charitable donations, business deductions, and deferral reduce liability. ### Bottom Line - Lower-class/poor → Very low effective rates (often single digits or near zero after credits). - Middle-class/working people → Typically 15–30%+ all-in (federal income + payroll + state/local), especially on wages. - Billionaires/ultra-wealthy → Often lower effective rates than average or middle earners when measuring against true economic income/wealth growth (frequently 3–24% in key studies), despite paying large absolute dollars in some years. The U.S. tax code is progressive for most, but regressive at the extreme top due to how wealth is taxed (or not). This is a widely debated issue, with sources from Oxfam/Progressive think tanks highlighting the low rates, while others (e.g., some conservative analyses) emphasize the high absolute contributions and progressivity in standard reported income. The most comprehensive recent academic work leans toward billionaires paying a lower percentage than claimed in simple bracket comparisons.
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Wiseguy
Wiseguy@wiseguywiseguy1·
Simple research disproves your theory.. Billionaires' wealth primarily grows through unrealized capital gains (stock values rising without selling), low/no dividends from their companies, borrowing against assets (untaxed), and strategies that minimize taxable income. When studies include a broader definition of "economic income" (wealth growth + realized income), the effective rates drop sharply at the very top. Recent key findings (from 2025 research and data): - A major 2025 NBER paper (by Berkeley economists including Saez and Zucman) matched Forbes 400 data to IRS/administrative records. It found the top ~400 wealthiest Americans paid an average total effective tax rate (all federal, state, local taxes relative to economic income) of ~24% in 2018–2020. - This compares to ~30% for the overall U.S. population. - And 45% for top earners relying on wages/salaries (not wealth/capital). - The rate fell from ~30% (pre-2017 tax cuts) to 24% after the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. - Earlier analyses (e.g., ProPublica 2021 using leaked IRS data) showed the 25 richest Americans paid a "true" tax rate of just 3.4% on $401 billion in wealth growth (2014–2018), far below typical middle-class rates (~13–14% on wages). - A 2021 White House study estimated the top 400 families paid ~8.2% average federal individual income tax rate (2010–2018), lower than many teachers, nurses, or average taxpayers. Some counter-analyses argue these ultra-low figures undercount certain taxes (e.g., corporate taxes borne by owners, estate taxes), pushing estimates higher (e.g., one critique suggested ~38% for the top 400, still below some middle-class all-in rates when including payroll/state taxes). But even adjusted views show the very top often pays less as a percentage than average or middle earners when wealth growth is the base. ### Why This Happens - Wages are taxed immediately and at ordinary rates. - Capital gains are taxed only when realized (often at lower long-term rates: 0–20%). - Much billionaire "income" is never realized or reported as taxable. - Strategies like charitable donations, business deductions, and deferral reduce liability. ### Bottom Line - Lower-class/poor → Very low effective rates (often single digits or near zero after credits). - Middle-class/working people → Typically 15–30%+ all-in (federal income + payroll + state/local), especially on wages. - Billionaires/ultra-wealthy → Often lower effective rates than average or middle earners when measuring against true economic income/wealth growth (frequently 3–24% in key studies), despite paying large absolute dollars in some years. The U.S. tax code is progressive for most, but regressive at the extreme top due to how wealth is taxed (or not). This is a widely debated issue, with sources from Oxfam/Progressive think tanks highlighting the low rates, while others (e.g., some conservative analyses) emphasize the high absolute contributions and progressivity in standard reported income. The most comprehensive recent academic work leans toward billionaires paying a lower percentage than claimed in simple bracket comparisons.
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Wiseguy
Wiseguy@wiseguywiseguy1·
@DeeDeStefano @FunnyGu31492803 @CalltoActivism 1. No evidence of your claim. 2. Most pay zero or much lower tax rates taxes … 3. The right loves sacrificing the lower and middle class to protect billionaires. Thats why Republicans are so unpopular these days.
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Warren Hultquist
Warren Hultquist@whultquist·
Thanks for the reply. My post is not false. The a/b snapshot Peters got is germane to her own case as exculpatory, and to the new cases in GA and AZ as corroborating evidence. Here's how: Your screencap rebuttal gets the conviction and some surface facts right — Tina Peters was found guilty on breach-related charges (not fraud itself), and some copied data/passwords did later appear online. But it completely skips the reason so many call this a railroading: Judge Matthew Barrett ruled her three forensic reports (and all expert testimony about them) “irrelevant” and blocked the jury from seeing them. Those publicly available reports document ~29,000 deleted election records, unauthorized adjudication databases created in 2020-21, hash mismatches, wireless backdoors, and 14 vulnerabilities matching Smartmatic’s Venezuelan architecture. The jury never heard her core defense: she was preserving public records required by federal law (52 U.S.C. § 20701) before the state-mandated Trusted Build wiped them. Meanwhile, in 2026 the FBI (with DNI Tulsi Gabbard present at Trump’s direction) raided Fulton County’s Dominion hub and seized the exact 2020 records Peters tried to protect. Gabbard’s ongoing declassifications on Chinese voter-data access and foreign voting-system vulnerabilities are now examining the same issues her reports first flagged. The trial was narrowly about the method of access. The substance of what she found was ruled off-limits. That’s why the “no credible proof” narrative feels incomplete — the proof was excluded from the courtroom while federal authorities are now acting on the very concerns she raised. The reports are still online here: tinapeters.us/reports/
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Kyle Clark
Kyle Clark@KyleClark·
NEW: President Trump makes four false claims in a 43-word post about Tina Peters. Peters is 70 (not 73), does not have cancer, was sentenced by a judge in Mesa County (not the Governor), and did not expose fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
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Mike Levin
Mike Levin@MikeLevin·
Here is what’s really going on with regard to the funding stalemate in Congress. ICE agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens on the streets of Minneapolis. Democrats then said: before we write you another check, agree to the same rules every police department in America already follows. Judicial warrants before entering homes. Visible ID. Body cameras. No raids at schools and hospitals. We immediately pushed for votes to fund TSA, the Coast Guard, and FEMA. Republicans blocked it. We tried to fund FEMA alone. Republicans blocked that too. Their position was to fund ICE with no strings attached, or shut the whole thing down. So DHS shut down. Then yesterday, the White House sent a letter admitting we were right. But they still won’t agree to judicial warrants or to take the masks off, which means agents can still break down your door without a judge’s approval and you still can’t see their faces when they do it. We’ve been ready to fund your airport security since day one, not to mention Coast Guard, FEMA and the rest. Republicans chose to protect ICE from accountability instead. #FundDHSFreezeICE
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S David Sultzer@s_sultzer·
@OccupyDemocrats Lolllllllllllllllllllll . . . only a person on the far left could get excited over Talarico. He is the caricature of a Christian.
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