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“post here anything you don’t want syag to see”
One thing I will say bad about Trump.
Trump Derangement Syndrome is real.
It affects both his supporters and enemies but his enemies seem to have it more acutly.
How else can you explain their obsession with him and blaming him for everything after he is long out of office?Refua Shleima to all those who have it
“How else can you explain their obsession with him and blaming him for everything after he is long out of office?״
Obama supporters blamed bush long after he was out of office and trump supporters did the same with obama
@Coffeeaddict
It is not yet 90 days since Trump is out of office, hardly a long timeLots to blame him for that Biden cannot change quickly, or at all
Start with the inept Postmaster General and bad mail system. Biden can’t fire the PG
Terrible (IMHO) appointees to the Federal Bench who serve for long period of time, and I am not talking about the Supreme Court
A local piece of garbage Trump appointed Judge, Kari Dooley, just gave the Bridgeport Police Chief only a year and a day in Club Fed and the Personnel Director who rigged the test so he could get the job only 4 months. Republicans Tough on Law and Order/ Not for white privileged political hacks.The list goes on, especially as I am about to file taxes and am limited to a $10,000 deduction for state and local taxes, a direct Republican/Trump attack on all of us who live in blue states
Hhh
“It is not yet 90 days since Trump is out of office, hardly a long time
Lots to blame him for that Biden cannot change quickly, or at all“
Most things can be “corrected” with a pen
Smerel -“How else can you explain their obsession with him and blaming him for everything after he is long out of office?”
I got news for them – M. Lindel says Trump will be President this coming August!
He claims that last year’s election was stolen for Biden by the Chinese.There’s also a prophecy that there will be 2 presidents at the same time.
I’m going for Trump.
Who are you going for?Health
“I got news for them – M. Lindel says Trump will be President this coming August!”
Is he the same wrong guy who you quoted as saying on March 18 that Trump would be President in a Month?
Or was that a different wrong guy?
@CTL
“The list goes on, especially as I am about to file taxes and am limited to a $10,000 deduction for state and local taxes, a direct Republican/Trump attack on all of us who live in blue states”
People who live in blue states choose to pay for things that people who live in red states choose to do without. There is no reason that people who live in red states should subsidize the choices of people who live in blue states. This is part of the beauty of the federal system.
Real fairness would be to have absolutely no SALT deduction at all. Federal income tax should be completely unrelated to state and local taxes.
Why am I, a lower-middle-class Rebbe who struggles to make ends meet, subsidizing the luxuries of people like CTL?
First, I will waive my intellectual property rights to the term “Trumpkopf” since I may have been among the first to use that honorific for #45, although I cannot establish that with certainty. Also, after the January 6th events at the Capital, I publicly disclaimed future reference to he who shall not be named. Having thus made the appropriate disclaimers, every incoming President is entitled to blame his predecessor for the ills of the nation and any adverse developments.
Also, TDS is no longer a reimburseable medical insurance diagnostic code under the the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) used by insurers for reimbursement of mental illness.@CoffeeAddict
Sorry, None of the items I mentioned can be corrected by a pen. UNLESS
it is the PG and terrible judges signing resignation letters and Biden signing a new comprehensive tax package passed by the Congress.Executive Action can’t rectify these situations
@Catchyourself
You are not subsidizing me.
I live in a state that sends more dollars to Washington in taxes than it receives back.
I paid full boat for my childrens’ educations and the same is said for my grandchildren (paid by my children).
I also pay far more than tuition to keep institutions such as the one who employs you alive.
I don’t complain about paying taxes. I pointed out the first year the Trump limitation on state tax deductions came into effect that it reduced $25,000 a year in disposable money that I gave to Tzedaka. It’s not about my lifestyle. My home is paid for, it has been greatly expanded over the decades with most labor done by myself and family, yes I can build, paint, plumb, do electrical. We grow food in the compound and chose to add houses to keep the family near.
I am self employed all my life, so no pension, just Social Security paying back what I paid in and continue to pay in as I work past retirement age.
I drive a 2004 Luxury car I bought new then and will probably drive it 20 years and pass it down to a grandchild. Remembering, Billig iz Tyrere…..I buy the best I can and it lasts.
We don’t buy prepared food or eat in restaurants with any frequency.
We haven’t taken a vacation in more than 10 years, the entire clan moves in with us for the summer using our facilities, no multi-thousand dollar camp fees.
After 5 generations in America we do have some accumulated wealth. We don’t make landlords rich, but instead bought homes at young ages and have added property to our portfolio. That said we charge fair rents and don’t increase every year. I’d rather have a good tenant stay decades and make a small amount, than change tenants every couple of years and make a lot of money.That said, no one is subsidizing my lifestyle. I take my own garbage to the curb and pay for pickup, I shovel my own snow and cut my own lawn. I don’t object to my tax dollars supporting public schools, libraries, hospitals, police, fire, transportation whether I use them or not.
I do object to the Trump tax breaks for billionaires and corporations who pay no US Tax.
I object to Trump paying $750 in US income tax in 2017 and Paying $15,000 in income tax to Panama the same year….that’s not a blue state versus red state issue@CTL
Your personal wealth does not interest me in the slightest, and I find your penchant for flaunting it distasteful, to say the least.
It is also irrelevant to the current conversation.
The fact that your state “sends more dollars to Washington in taxes than it receives back” is equally irrelevant.
Residents of your state and locality pay lower Federal taxes than do residents of my state and locality. This deduction subsidizes state expenditures which are paid for by state and local taxes, and disproportionally burdens my state for the Federal budget.
In other words, the SALT deduction enables you to pay for things with my money. Whether you personally benefit directly from these expenditures or not has no bearing on this fact.
I agree that too many loopholes exist in the tax code.
Participant -“you said on another thread they get their prophecies from hashem (thank goodness). did you ask them for a mopheis? ”
I don’t know them personally.
But if their prophecy comes true – they are real.
One prophet said that they will Impeach the the President. He said Impeach Impeach, two times.
This came true with Trump!Participant -“in fact they’ve disproven themselves. Biden is in office now? remember what you used to drivel not so long ago?”
That was a different guy.
Btw, he just said in 15 days – Biden won’t be President.
So you got the wrong count when the 30 days started.
We’ll see if this guy is real or Not.Ubiq -“Or was that a different wrong guy?”
Mike Lindel is a businessman and not a Prophet!
He owns My Pillow.
He’s a patriot and that’s why he decided to show the World how the DemonCrats Stole last year’s election!@catchyourself
Sorry,
residents of your state can’t pay higher Federal Taxes than residents of my state. The Federal tax rates are uniform across the country. Whether an individual avails themselves of Federal deductions has nothing to do with it. Loads of residents of my state don’t itemize or aren’t affected by the 10K cap on state tax deductions.
We pay state income tax (there is no local tax), property tax on both real estate and automobiles and sales tax (which like motor vehicle fees may be deductible after a certain amount). I also pay fire district taxes, Water Pollution Control Authority Taxes (so we don’t send wastewater untreated down stream to red or blue states or the ocean).and I gladly pay these taxes to be able to live here….. Like Trump, I could have changed my official residence to Florida (I’ve owned a home there longer than him) to avoid state income taxes. But, I don’t also have to avoid state prosecution as he might
“But if their prophecy comes true – they are real.”
what if, hypothetically a person predicted that , I don’t know , say that the Supreme court will dismiss a case as moot. If that were to come to pass, would that predictor be a prophet?
AFAF
“But if their prophecy comes true – they are real.“
I don’t think you understand what a נביא שקר is
Ubiq -“what if, hypothetically a person predicted that , I don’t know , say that the Supreme court will dismiss a case as moot. If that were to come to pass, would that predictor be a prophet?”
Now you’re claiming you said that because you are a Prophet!
This I could believe, because Nevuah in our Generation was given to Deaf, Kids & Crazies.
I don’t think that you’re deaf or a kid.
That leaves one Choice!CA -“I don’t think you understand what a נביא שקר is”
I understand, but maybe you should go Learn some Chumash.
It says clearly what it is!CTLAwyer >> I live in a state that sends more dollars to Washington in taxes than it receives back.
It pains me to observe that TDS virus affected our esteemed, and otherwise very rational, CTLawyer despite following SD to the T. Maybe TDS is transmitted wirelessly via internets….
SALT is a good example. There is no argument that this deduction was favoring rich people in states that chose to have high tax rates. You may disagree with the effect, you may disagree with other thing Pres Trump did, you may claim that CT pays extra taxes in some other aspects, but you can not disagree that this reform helps poor people and makes states more competitive between each other as their citizen understand what they are paying. All in all, a good thing.
Disclaimer: it affected me too, but was compensated by increase in standard deduction and no-upper-limits on deduction for children (thanks, Ms. Kushner-Trump!). It somehow warmed up my heart that the Feds appreciate our effort spent on educating our children even as we work hard – more than just some buildings. I guess I were to have as much RE as CTlawyer, I may think differently.
So, y
“That leaves one Choice!”
That may very well be
At least you don’t have to reinvent wordsAnd So which one is Mike Lindel and the False prophets you kept believing so far ?
You call them “prophets” are they Deaf, Kids or Crazies?@Always
eliminating how many children you can deduct is useless to senior citizens with grown children
Raising the standard deduction helped lower middle class, more than upper middle class. It didn’t do me much good.What has happened is that many of us have formed or are forming LLCs to own each piece of property to get around the tax changes. But we could not do this retroactively. The tax change affected tax years already underway.
Now I won’t bear legal expense to form LLCs, just filing fees, but it can be costly for others.
I would much prefer a flat tax. Everyone pays a set percentage of income, no deductions. I also would like inheritance tax thresholds lowered, too much is exempt since the Reagan years.
Health,
The פסוקים in דברים י״ג:ב-ד says “when a prophet comes in your midst and gives a sign and says let’s go worship other gods don’t listen to him because ה is testing you”
And rashi says “why did ה let the נביא make an אות, the reason is to test you”
And you say “But if their prophecy comes true – they are real.“
It seems like you’re failing the test
@CTL
“residents of your state can’t pay higher Federal Taxes than residents of my state. The Federal tax rates are uniform across the country.”
You’re smarter than you pretend to be with this argument. Obviously, Federal tax rates are nominally uniform across the country. However, people who pay SALT and deduct accordingly from their Federal taxes, practically speaking, pay a lower rate than similar taxpayers in other states. This is a Federal subsidy to your state, paid for (in part) by mine.
“Loads of residents of my state don’t itemize or aren’t affected by the 10K cap on state tax deductions.”
Your initial complaint belies this argument.
The people who pay most of the taxes most likely do itemize, and presumably more people itemized when there was no cap on the SALT deduction.
Here’s the bottom line: With no cap on the SALT deduction, people who pay SALT don’t really pay SALT, they simply shift money from the Federal government to their state. With a cap, this is still true, albeit to a lesser degree. This means that of two people in identical financial positions, the one in Texas pays a higher amount in taxes to the Federal government than does the one in California. This may not show in an analysis of “tax dollars sent to Washington” versus “money received back,” but it is effectively a Federal subsidy to California, paid for by the people of Texas.
If California wants to offer high pensions to its employees and expensive services to its residents, that’s fine with me. The people of California can do whatever they want. The people in my state have chosen not to pay for these things, which is our prerogative. If we don’t pay to have these things here, why should we pay to have them in California?
CA -“The פסוקים in דברים י״ג:ב-ד says “when a prophet comes in your midst and gives a sign and says let’s go worship other gods don’t listen to him because ה is testing you”
“It seems like you’re failing the test”It’s obvious that you nothing about evangelical xitians!
They believe in Judaism and Xitianity.
They never said Jews should leave their beliefs.
If I were you, I’d be more Scared about Liberal Jews who are pushing more & more Jews to the Left!
(That means that they are doing more & more against the Torah.)Ubiq -“You call them “prophets” are they Deaf, Kids or Crazies?”
Well one prophet I answered -“Btw, he just said in 15 days – Biden won’t be President.
So you got the wrong count when the 30 days started.
We’ll see if this guy is real or Not.”And I answered about another prophet -“But if their prophecy comes true – they are real.
One prophet said that they will Impeach the the President. He said Impeach Impeach, two times.
This came true with Trump!”So the only prophet that we know for sure is crazy – is You!
“Well one prophet I answered”
no you didn’t
Here is my question
you called these people “prophets”
you also said that the prophets are either “deaf kids or crazy”question about 2 prophets:
1) the prophet who correctly predicted that Trump will be impeached twice. Was he deaf a kid or crazy?
2) The prophet who you quoted on 3/18
that “within a month, Trump will be President again.”
This prophet was wrong. Is he still a prophet? Is he a liar?
At the time when you thought he was worth listening to, that he might be a real prophet.
given that prophets are deaf kids or crazy, At the time which did you think he was ?Health,
How do you believe both religions
Ubiq -“The prophet who you quoted on 3/18
DEMOCRATS CHEATED, BIDEN WON
that “within a month, Trump will be President again.”
This prophet was wrong. Is he still a prophet? Is he a liar?
At the time when you thought he was worth listening to, that he might be a real prophet.
given that prophets are deaf kids or crazy, At the time which did you think he was ?”I hate repeating myself, but for you – Why Not?
“That was a different guy.
Btw, he just said in 15 days – Biden won’t be President.
So you got the wrong count when the 30 days started.
We’ll see if this guy is real or Not.”“1) the prophet who correctly predicted that Trump will be impeached twice. Was he deaf a kid or crazy?”
Who said any of those?
Maybe that Gemorrah is only by Jews, not by Goyim?!?
When you posted your post about SCOTUS – you just posted that you’re a Novi.
So are you deaf or a Kid?!?
Or the other one???CA -“How do you believe both religions”
They believe in Xianity, but they acknowledge that we are the Chosen people.
Maybe they think that Jews will one day recognize that Yoshka is Moshiach.
I’m just guessing; I don’t know everything about other Religions.But one thing I see in Posters here – they don’t know a lot about our religion!
So they don’t believe our religion is right
Health
You haven’t repeated yourself.
In fact you STILL haven’t replied t oa straight forward simple question.Whether I got the timing you meant right or wrong is completely irrelevant (I don’t listen to fake prophets I was going by what YOU said)
Bottom line is the prophet you quoted (and said you thought might be telling the truth) was wrong (exactly what dat you realized he was wrong doesnt change the fact that he was wrong)My question is when you though he might be right, did you think he was deaf, a child or Crazy?
“Maybe that Gemorrah is only by Jews, not by Goyim?!?”
Is that what the Gemara says?
And at any rate so that leaves a 4th possibility for me !CA -“So they don’t believe our religion is right”
Why would they?
They have a different religion.Ubiq -“Whether I got the timing you meant right or wrong is completely irrelevant (I don’t listen to fake prophets I was going by what YOU said)
Bottom line is the prophet you quoted (and said you thought might be telling the truth) was wrong (exactly what dat you realized he was wrong doesnt change the fact that he was wrong)”Obviously I got the timing off.
We’ll have to see if the “so-called” prophet is right or wrong.
The time is Not up yet!CTLawyer > flat tax
Me too. But it is not a religion. It depends on how honest/corrupt politicians are. Taxing could be a good policy or it could be an earmark to favorites. I just posted in daf yomi Yoma 9 that it seems like Rabbis are giving bakers tax exemptions to compensate for executive branch price controls. There is a similar idea in Bava Basra that butchers are allowed to form a union – and enforce it by slashing stuff – but only if there is no talmid haham in town. If there is one, you should ask him to establish a fair system. That is, if we trust government, then we want them to use various instruments. Generally, an American idea seems to be not to trust government, thus flat tax is generally preferable.
“CA -“So they don’t believe our religion is right”
Why would they?
They have a different religion.“Health you contradicted this statement of yours
They believe in Judaism and Xitianity.
I know this is semantics, but people don’t believe in their religions, they practice their religions’ precepts, customs, dogma, etc, that revolve around a belief in a deity. That deity may be mono or polytheistic or tripartate.
I am on a local commission made up of adherents of various faiths. Every time a ‘religious leader’ attempts to start the meeting with a ‘universal’ prayer and a statement that their is only one ‘god’ I challenge it and say there is no universal prayer and while each of the 3 major religions stemming from Avraham may be ascribed by you to have the same ‘god’ there are members of this commission who are Buddhist, Hindi, Sikh and Native American who worship multiple gods. Lets leave all religion out of the government commission.
Health
“The time is Not up yet!”
when is it up?
On 3/18/21 you said “One Goyishe Prophet said that within a month, Trump will be President again.
I believe it’s possible, but not probable.”When did that month (or 15 days start) ?
Someone says there’s one Gd and you challenge them??!!
He’s right, there is not consensus among the members of the commission that there is One G-d. Even people who serve Avoda Zara may serve only one god, but I would never want to join them in a “universal prayer.” This has nothing to Achduso Yisborach.
The phiosophers questioned, G-d is all good, so how can there be any bad? The answer is that the fault is not in the giver but in the taker. The sun is good but some get burned.
agree with DY.
I thought we are supposed to be ohr l’goyim in understanding Hashem, not in maintaining god-equities.My grandmother O”H once happened to get into an Italian hospital. A priest walked around, asking where people are from. My grandmother barely raised her ONE finger up. “Uno”, “Ebreo”, said the priest and agree to it.
Ubiq -“when is it up?
On 3/18/21 you said “One Goyishe Prophet said that within a month, Trump will be President again.
I believe it’s possible, but not probable.”
When did that month (or 15 days start) ?”I’m not sure.
The same guy said it will be up in 15 days a few days ago.
So give it some time.Btw, I’m not him.
You can post to him on his You Tube channel.CA -“Health you contradicted this statement of yours
They believe in Judaism and Xitianity.”I answered this already!
I explained their beliefs.
From my post Above:
“They believe in Xianity, but they acknowledge that we are the Chosen people.”
This was an explaination of my previous post.You gotta read all my before questioning them!
It’s like saying “I’m a democrat but I think Trump did everything right”
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