Politics

[Tundra Tiger]

"All you do is sit back and bitch and complain about it, and anyone outside of your little bubble of sanctimony."

 

[Brent in Az]

"All you do is sit back and bitch and complain about it, and anyone outside of your little bubble of sanctimony."

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I can always rely on the forum man-child to pile on to an argument that is not his.

 

[Brent in Az]

Interesting theory

 

[steve white]

Yet another reason why a ceasefire is just a bandaid if Iran cannot bring themselves to say "Israel has a right to exist. We will stop calling for the death of Israel/death of the US. Without that, nothing so far has significantly changed. I say blast them for every infraction, even by proxies, until they reach that point of conciliation. JMO

 

[Hunt anything]

Looks like New York is going to follow Londons lead and elect a “democratic socialist” as mayor unless Eric Adams can beat him in the general election. How in the world can someone that preaches the enfatata (excuse the spelling) get elected in this country.

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

Looks like New York is going to follow Londons lead and elect a “democratic socialist” as mayor unless Eric Adams can beat him in the general election. How in the world can someone that preaches the enfatata (excuse the spelling) get elected in this country.

Maybe intifada? Agreed. Insane

 

[Brent in Az]

Looks like New York is going to follow Londons lead and elect a “democratic socialist” as mayor unless Eric Adams can beat him in the general election. How in the world can someone that preaches the enfatata (excuse the spelling) get elected in this country.

It's NYC. The stenchy leftist armpit of the USA.

 

[Hunt anything]

It's NYC. The stenchy leftist armpit of the USA.

Yep, been there a lot but don’t need to go back. Actually I enjoyed it when Rudy was the mayor but pre and post Rudy not so much

 

[Hunt anything]

Launch this woman over the wall....via catapult

She needs to read up on her Mexican history, I believe Mexico gained their independence from Spain around 1821 or so, that makes the US 45 years older than Mexico.

 

[skydiver386]

She needs to read up on her Mexican history, I believe Mexico gained their independence from Spain around 1821 or so, that makes the US 45 years older than Mexico.

Most of the of the loudest are also the dumbest. The Dunning-Kruger effect in action.

 

[Altitude sickness]

Looks like New York is going to follow Londons lead and elect a “democratic socialist” as mayor unless Eric Adams can beat him in the general election. How in the world can someone that preaches the enfatata (excuse the spelling) get elected in this country.

This isn’t too hard to figure out.

He promises free everything.

This is a major concern in the Big Beautiful Bill. The Feds now allowing up to $40k in deductions for paying SALT in places like New York Chicago LA all failing cities the federal taxpayer is bailing out

“taxpayers who itemize can deduct no more than $10,000 from their federal taxes for SALT. The SALT deduction provides a federal subsidy to states, which incentivizes higher taxes and bigger state and local governments”

So if this socialist gets elected, we will all share in his free giveaways

 

[spike.t]

Looks like New York is going to follow Londons lead and elect a “democratic socialist” as mayor unless Eric Adams can beat him in the general election. How in the world can someone that preaches the enfatata (excuse the spelling) get elected in this country.

Yeah....looking to give a lot of stuff for free....as said with a Muslim communist mayor...welcome to the UK club

Zohran Mamdani stuns Andrew Cuomo in NYC mayor primary

The 33-year-old democratic socialist would be the first Muslim to lead the nation's largest city if elected.

www.bbc.com

 

[spike.t]

Iran's nuclear programme is damaged but is it destroyed?

Fordo probably is probably the most spied on place on the planet - and work to understand what is happening there is set to intensify further.

www.bbc.com

US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites only set program back by months, Pentagon report says

Findings by Defense Intelligence Agency suggest Trump’s declaration that sites were ‘obliterated’ may be overstated

www.theguardian.com

 

[Altitude sickness]

Then every New York tax payer gets to deduct $10k for paying for these programs. The B.B. Bill increases that deduction to $40k.

So in other words, we all will subsidize this and every Democrat run city.

 

[Russ16]

Then every New York tax payer gets to deduct $10k for paying for these programs. The B.B. Bill increases that deduction to $40k.

So in other words, we all will subsidize this and every Democrat run city.

People in states like that get the biggest benefit but in fairness there are a lot of people in places like Texas that hit the cap on their property tax. If you’re in a place with expensive housing it is easy to hit that cap. Especially if you don’t have a state income tax and property tax is a higher rate.

I agree we shouldn’t subsidize states but we should be realistic that it isn’t just dem cities being impacted by the cap.

 

[HookMeUpII]

Then every New York tax payer gets to deduct $10k for paying for these programs. The B.B. Bill increases that deduction to $40k.

So in other words, we all will subsidize this and every Democrat run city.

I'm in NJ, but lets back up for a second here. First off, I agree, unlimited SALT couldn't (can't) continue. However, $40k SALT deduction cap is fair.

States like NY, NJ, CT, CA pay more in federally than almost 75% of the other states. Some of it is for BS social programs, some for schools (to which we have some of the best, nationally), and a lot is for infrastructure which a lot of people nationwide, can't even fathom the cost to maintain. In NJ alone, the cost to maintain the roads, is like $1.5 billion in just maintenance.

To be fair, TX and FL recently made that list as well by virtue of population explosion post-COVID, corporate moves, etc.

I was initially pro-SALT elimination until I learned more about it.

With the standard deduction basically ~$30k or so (married filing jointly), that's only leaving basically another $10k on the bone which isn't exactly a lot. Back to what I said: Unlimited is a bit ridiculous, $40-$50k is fair. You're really only allowing people with high SALT tax expenses to deduct $10k. There are people in states like TX, FL, which would qualify as well.

I wrote all my NJ GOP reps and told them if it comes back than a penny less than $40k penned in for SALT...kill it. One of them, actually responded to me personally (I've met him several times, Recreational Fishing Alliance) said he fully intends to.

NYC, that's a different story, I'll cover in another post.

 

[HookMeUpII]

I agree we shouldn’t subsidize states but we should be realistic that it isn’t just dem cities being impacted by the cap.

This^

 

[Altitude sickness]

Paying the most in total federal taxes because you have the highest percentage of the population. should not allow you to deduct what we cannot.

In other words, the places you listed pay more because you have more citizens.

that should not allow you to deduct and subsidize socialist programs. Your states voters should pay for what they’re elected politicians give them we shouldn’t have to pay for that.

 

[spike.t]

Interesting.....

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/06/24/ukraine-swamps-russian-tanks/

 

[HookMeUpII]

Looks like New York is going to follow Londons lead and elect a “democratic socialist” as mayor unless Eric Adams can beat him in the general election. How in the world can someone that preaches the enfatata (excuse the spelling) get elected in this country.

NYC is done. DeBlasio set it in motion. To be fair, Adams tried. He realized the problems when he first got elected, began to fix it, and the radical-left essentially submarined him for going against Biden's immigration policy.

Zohran is literally going to set it back to the 80s and early 90's.

I don't think Adams will beat him.