tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post1863126074009557825..comments2024-03-29T08:28:46.369-05:00Comments on Jackson Jambalaya: Ben Shapiro: Punishing Achievement Is Punishing EveryoneKingfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-13543791876585368682021-10-31T21:29:55.580-05:002021-10-31T21:29:55.580-05:00"Hey, y'all keep supporting the Epstein&#..."Hey, y'all keep supporting the Epstein's buddies and Russian oligarchs and the Xi's " citizens" buying our property."<br /><br />Oh, man, thanks for the information. When those guys in shiny suits showed up, introduced themselves as "Chang and Ivan from Waynesboro," kept calling me "comrade," and produced an aluminum briefcase filled with Euros saying they wanted to buy us out, I wondered what was up. Now I know.<br /><br />If the Chinese are stupid enough to take Jackson off our hands, sell it to them. Within 48 hours, they'll beg us to take it back for pennies on the dollar. Use the proceeds to fix at least one problem and then it's only a whole lot left to fix. In other words, people in Madison don't even want much to do with Jackson, why would the Chinese?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-34706149351090747642021-10-31T15:08:45.764-05:002021-10-31T15:08:45.764-05:00Hey, y'all keep supporting the Epstein's b...Hey, y'all keep supporting the Epstein's buddies and Russian oligarchs and the Xi's " citizens" buying our property.<br /><br />When you figure out you've been played, if you are middle class or less , you'll be storming the Bastille. If you are a mere upper middle class or measley millionaire these days,<br />the angry hoards will , as in all of history, want what you have.<br /><br />Your right wing flags and sympathy won't save you. They want to your " stuff" and to be you.<br /><br />That's why benevolent despots last longer.<br /><br />Your history 101 lesson of the day.<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-35503123596702079072021-10-31T08:55:38.338-05:002021-10-31T08:55:38.338-05:00"2:18 - Can you tell me why my homeowners pus..."2:18 - Can you tell me why my homeowners pushes me to insure my home at a rate that, in case of loss by fire, would also replace the foundation and dirt upon which the house sits?"<br /><br />Er, no, I can't, but maybe, ahem, your agent or your company can. <br /><br />I will offer this, but it is admittedly merely guessing from someone who has had homes built, not built homes, and applying some reasoning: if by "foundation," you mean slab-on-grade, chainwall, etc. and not pier and beam, and the current structure on such a foundation were burned so badly as to be considered a total loss, I would guess - but do not know - that unless you wanted an exact duplicate built and the various sewer, water, etc. through the foundation were salvageable, it would be more cost-effective to remove the heat-stressed foundation, subsurface, etc. and start fresh. If it was a pier and beam and a total loss, you'd have to replace it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-35744763476222660952021-10-31T05:32:24.675-05:002021-10-31T05:32:24.675-05:002:18 - Can you tell me why my homeowners pushes me...2:18 - Can you tell me why my homeowners pushes me to insure my home at a rate that, in case of loss by fire, would also replace the foundation and dirt upon which the house sits? Talk about (just another) rip-off, although unrelated to taxes but based on tax assumptions and suggested valuations. <br /><br />PS: You are not presenting a paper to a classroom full of tax attorneys and CPAs.Our AG Once Appeared in Court on a Bond Matternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-76487280905535751122021-10-30T14:18:16.653-05:002021-10-30T14:18:16.653-05:00"...pays taxes every year on unrealized gains..."...pays taxes every year on unrealized gains in value."<br /><br />No, they do not. Property tax is, ahem, an _ad valorem_ tax, so using the current assigned value is appropriate. No one pays, is asked to pay, or expected to pay any tax on an unrealized, ahem, (capital) _gain_ on their home because until they sell, there is no capital gain. And even though property taxes are ad valorem, there are numerous credits, freezes, limitations on annual increases, etc., plus it is rare that the assessed value is the true market value, although the former often increases in tandem with the latter. <br /><br />Where the ad valorem taxes will get people into trouble is when the value of home increases so much that the taxes become a larger and larger amount and percentage of the cost of ownership - the "PITI" in the case of a mortgage - and while they could afford the PITI at purchase, they cannot afford the increased cost of ownership at present value. Insurance, which is also essentially "ad valorem" in that it is based upon the replacement cost per square foot for a similar house, will also play a role in skyrocketing values and the inability to afford the home at its current value. <br /><br />While the increases in taxes and insurance has always been true, and it wasn't unusual for the P & I portion of the mortgage to be less than the T & I portion after 20-plus years. However, the moderate increase in value normally followed along with the buyer's income increasing. But when someone buys a $200,000 home, which is "as much house as they can afford" in 2017-18 and that house shoots up to $300-400,000 by 2022, and the taxes and insurance also shoot up commensurately, things can (and will) get pretty sporty for a lot of folks.<br /><br />In any case, even if the feds collected 100s of billions in taxes under whatever taxation rules from all the billionaires in the US, that won't matter one bit to homeowners in the above situation in Madison, MS or anywhere else. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-24009103988152583212021-10-30T13:45:31.499-05:002021-10-30T13:45:31.499-05:00@10:09 AM - Liar, liar, pants on fire. The EITC w...@10:09 AM - Liar, liar, pants on fire. The EITC was proposed by DEMOCRAT Russell Long. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_income_tax_credit@10:09 AM is a Liarhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_income_tax_creditnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-77424380409790505022021-10-30T12:34:16.962-05:002021-10-30T12:34:16.962-05:00No country has ever been taxed into prosperity. I...No country has ever been taxed into prosperity. It makes me feel so good to say that I haven't paid one penny to the IRS since 1999. FJB and his IRS.Let's Go Brandon High Schoolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-36128351272496569802021-10-30T07:59:38.808-05:002021-10-30T07:59:38.808-05:00Every person in Mississippi who owns real estate, ...Every person in Mississippi who owns real estate, including their homestead, pays taxes every year on unrealized gains in value. When your house or other real property is reappraised by the tax assessor your taxes go up, even though all that gain is unrealized. Taxing unrealized gains in other assets should be treated no differently. The moneyed class has bamboozled (or bought off) legislators in order to get special treatment for their investments. This makes no sense whatsoever, not to mention unfair to homeowners.Bill Deeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05783439083705405079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-69770171511480331562021-10-29T14:33:15.052-05:002021-10-29T14:33:15.052-05:00@9:34 -- try again. They can call it an excise tax...@9:34 -- try again. They can call it an excise tax, no problem. Do it all the time. Over contribute to your retirement account and you'll see what an excise tax looks like.<br /><br />"The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-12569954324361125872021-10-29T12:24:20.149-05:002021-10-29T12:24:20.149-05:0011:53 : These fellows aren't billionaires for ...11:53 : These fellows aren't billionaires for nothing and making profit off a childhood dream would seem pointless to mention because it's a given. No matter what, these guys are pushing humanity forward and are doing a good bit with their own scratch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-44860135633489292732021-10-29T12:21:02.306-05:002021-10-29T12:21:02.306-05:00@9:01 Yes - The language, as proposed, would permi...@9:01 Yes - The language, as proposed, would permit taxes on unrealized gains as well as credits for unrealized losses that could be used to offset future gains.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-90488298303499671502021-10-29T11:53:33.624-05:002021-10-29T11:53:33.624-05:0010:24 am DUH...you know the trips were paid for b...10:24 am DUH...you know the trips were paid for by the travelers and that they are thinking about a new kind of air travel, not discovery to aid mankind.<br />How naive are you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-72042033929381206402021-10-29T11:51:08.737-05:002021-10-29T11:51:08.737-05:00Check how much is taken out of a minimum wage payc...Check how much is taken out of a minimum wage paycheck for taxes. <br /><br />Then check the last taxes that are public now that President who claims the last election was "stolen" from him paid.<br /><br />Most of you never see more than the money in hundreds of dollars he paid. You don't get to depreciate much of anything you own at the amounts he did even if you are over depreciating it.<br /><br />What is true is that some people can make good money and not know crap about our existing tax code.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-80472878041882932452021-10-29T11:44:51.713-05:002021-10-29T11:44:51.713-05:00It's not punishing achievement, it's punis...It's not punishing achievement, it's punishing privilege other citizens can't enjoy.<br /><br />It's reforming the tax code.<br /><br />And, Lord Have Mercy, how much money does one really need to insure their luxurious life style AND that life style for their children? <br /><br />There's nothing conservative or democratic or economically rational about creating an oligarchy and such disparity between the rich and poor AND the rich and middle class.<br /><br />We are talking about taxing INCOME, not profits!!!<br /><br />Y'all are SO gullible and so is Ben Shapiro or else he's being financially reward to spout this drivel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-62099727305271098792021-10-29T11:35:44.643-05:002021-10-29T11:35:44.643-05:00Anyone ever think about how funny this all is?
The...Anyone ever think about how funny this all is?<br />The people who are trying to tax the rich are the same people who made laws that allow rich people to avoid taxes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-39015013787860352102021-10-29T11:15:58.338-05:002021-10-29T11:15:58.338-05:00@9:34 said…
It’s sad to watch Shapiro descend fro...@9:34 said…<br /><i> It’s sad to watch Shapiro descend from a moral, principled conservative to a water carrier for his billionaire bosses. Sounds like a few of the local activists here, actually</i><br /><br />No, you just got duped by a grifter. <br />And hopefully you learn a lesson. <br />When you trust a grifter, you lose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-77342033730434712702021-10-29T10:24:15.064-05:002021-10-29T10:24:15.064-05:00Bottom line is that humanity in general IS NOT REA...Bottom line is that humanity in general IS NOT READY for a NWO when it comes to currency and how it's used ! We are finally seeing several billionaires finally using their wealth to advance humanity with these trips to space ! This is a good thing ! You think by taking half their wealth this will continue ? No, it will not. Instead they will use the resources to tangle the Feds up in court...move the wealth out of country and totally crash the system forever. That is the "shit hit fan" moment no one wants. Many Democrats and a good many Republicans need to be got got.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-49589951141215593452021-10-29T10:09:25.714-05:002021-10-29T10:09:25.714-05:009:01, just go to the Babylon Bee. You can go ahead...9:01, just go to the Babylon Bee. You can go ahead and lie to the IRS about making unrealized charitable deductions. Say, to the Poor, Poor Brett Favre Foundation. Good luck with that. <br /><br />In reality, you can already slap GOP or Tea Party stickers all over your truck when paying zero Federal Income Tax yet get an Earned Income Tax (wink, wink, nod nod) CREDIT (EITC) tax "refund." Pay NOTHING and get a refund check. That's great math. Hell, it's better than the "Free" Biden Bill. The GOP created that one, sticking it to the middle class, and the Dems laughed and approved it.<br /><br />Walmart plans huge inventories for the EITC "refund" joke every year, which helps pay for all their lobbyists. While we pay welfare and benefits to their underpaid employees. <br /><br />Working class get tax breaks just like the Rich. And the folks in the middle get stuck with the tax bill, thanks to the Tea Party, RINOs, and Dems. All the same, tax dodgers. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-87816323138304174672021-10-29T09:35:15.758-05:002021-10-29T09:35:15.758-05:00It's coming;
"In the name of the general...It's coming;<br /><br />"In the name of the general welfare, to protect the people's security, to achieve full equality and total stability, it is decreed for the duration of the national emergency that -- "<br />It goes on to list several 'points' which are the action directives that Directive 10-289 will employ and enforce (which just so happen to greatly benefit the conspirators making them:<br /><br />"Point One. All workers, wage earners and employees of any kind whatsoever shall henceforth be attached to their jobs and shall not leave nor be dismissed nor change employment, under penalty of a term in jail. The penalty shall be determined by the Unification Board , such Board to be appointed by the Bureau of Economic Planning and National Resources. All persons reaching the age of twenty-one shall report to the Unification Board, which shall assign them to where, in its opinion, their services will best serve the interests of the nation.<br />"Point Two. All industrial, commercial, manufacturing and business establishments of any nature whatsoever shall henceforth remain in operation, and the owners of such establishments shall not quit nor leave nor retire, nor close, sell or transfer their business, under penalty of the nationalization of their establishment and of any and all of their property.<br />"Point Three. All patents and copyrights, pertaining to any devices, inventions, formulas, processes and works of any nature whatsoever, shall be turned over to the nation as a patriotic emergency gift by means of Gift Certificates to be signed voluntarily by the owners of all such patents and copyrights. The Unification Board shall then license the use of such patents and copyrights to all applicants, equally and without discrimination, for the purpose of eliminating monopolistic practices, discarding obsolete products and making the best available to the whole nation. No trademarks, brand names or copyrighted titles shall be used. Every formerly patented product shall be known by a new name and sold by all manufacturers under the same name, such name to be selected by the Unification Board. All private trademarks and brand names are hereby abolished.<br />"Point Four. No new devices, inventions, products, or goods of any nature whatsoever, not now on the market, shall be produced, invented, manufactured or sold after the date of this directive. The Office of Patents and Copyrights is hereby suspended.<br />"Point Five. Every establishment, concern, corporation or person engaged in production of any nature whatsoever shall henceforth produce the same amount of goods per year as it, they or he produced during the Basic Year , no more and no less. The year to be known as the Basic or Yardstick Year is to be the year ending on the date of this directive. Over or under production shall be fined, such fines to be determined by the Unification Board.<br />"Point Six. Every person of any age, sex, class or income, shall henceforth spend the same amount of money on the purchase of goods per year as he or she spent during the Basic Year, no more and no less. Over or under purchasing shall be fined, such fines to be determined by the Unification Board.<br />"Point Seven. All wages, prices, salaries, dividends, profits, interest rates and forms of income of any nature whatsoever, shall be frozen at their present figures, as of the date of this directive.<br />"Point Eight. All cases arising from and rules not specifically provided for in this directive, shall be settled and determined by the Unification Board, whose decisions will be final."<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-694586090945970922021-10-29T09:33:24.820-05:002021-10-29T09:33:24.820-05:00Yet, we continue to put these folks back in power ...Yet, we continue to put these folks back in power over and over again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-74044960526171671422021-10-29T09:01:31.816-05:002021-10-29T09:01:31.816-05:00If you begin taxing unrealized gains, do you also ...If you begin taxing unrealized gains, do you also get tax credits for unrealized losses? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-45790207888600964382021-10-29T07:46:11.755-05:002021-10-29T07:46:11.755-05:00The country's current fiscal trajectory is pit...The country's current fiscal trajectory is pitchforks and torches. Period. <br /><br />We are still on Reaganomics and it clearly hasn't worked. <br /><br />Wages are low, cost of living has gone up. <br /><br />Something has to change with the economic policies in this country. <br /><br />And the policies that are necessary to level off the economy and save the middle class, are not very popular with the "Conservative" majority in this state. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-267698116742654812021-10-29T07:31:34.825-05:002021-10-29T07:31:34.825-05:00I'm sure our Massachusetts millionaire adviser...I'm sure our Massachusetts millionaire adviser to Tater and Feel and the Northeast Jerkson types will quickly tell us why taxing "wealth managers" (who sponsor and post here) as well as their clients (who sponsor and post here) is just a terrible idea. After 40 years of offshoring, tax dodges, etc. <br /><br />What Ben won't tell you is that every tax dodge, ahem "tax expenditure," increases your middle class taxes. Every EITC tax shift, every stim check that Bubba and Cletus ate up, every Restaurant Welfare check for Robert St John, increases taxes more on the middle and upper middle class, while reducing the dirty riches' taxes. That's why Dems and RINOs and LiberaL-tarians agree on tax dodges. <br /><br />There is no difference between Haley Barbour or Terry McAuliffe when it comes to GubMint spending, taxes, or the Swamp. Much less Tater and the Dope Boys of Madison.<br /><br />And we'll see how NOTHING in this new massive spending bill is "Free" and it WON'T be paid for by the rich. All these companies, often headquartered in Delaware, home of Joe Biden and US Corporations, are NOT paying even what's fair for them. <br /><br />Globalist Corporatist commies, wearing camo in Mississippi and couture on the Vineyard. And we pay for their sloth and degeneracy. Hiding their money all over the place, but posting here about state retirees or free lunches for poor kids. Going to hell for their greed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-88209530775543810772021-10-29T00:09:02.440-05:002021-10-29T00:09:02.440-05:00Was this approved by Joe Mansion?Was this approved by Joe Mansion?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-11538834720948127712021-10-28T22:47:54.429-05:002021-10-28T22:47:54.429-05:00Tax the rich! How else are we going to give illega...Tax the rich! How else are we going to give illegal aliens free money? As long as you slap a pride flag on it, X for gender on a passport, or claim something’s racist liberals are excited about it, they have no clue about reality. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com