Member ls of the face eating leopard party being surprised “I didn’t mean violence against my political party”

Clippy was always the symbol of my hatred toward technology companies . How did he get redeemed?

And beyond …. Your view of infinity is blocked because the speed of light is so slow

My teen observed …… guys are more likely to appreciate edgy, crude or offensive humor. Guys are more likely to be entertained by those assholes, even if they don’t agree with their message

You could argue we finally started making some of those investments in 2022. Over the long run they likely would have increased us manufacturing in key future industries …. But that was all passed been it wasn’t trumps term, so it all had to go

Yeah that’s bs. I remember feeling like this many years ago but eventually realized it was NOT liberals making it not ok to be a white man, but the conservative picture of liberals. This is all from people in the wrong echo chamber internalizing the propaganda from the other side

I was going to make a similar point. More people with college degrees is a big win for any society. And lots of degree programs are incredibly valuable even if they aren’t training for a specific job. The problem is we’ve set it up as a direct profit choice for the individual.

And before anyone thinks we should try the new irs now that auditing and collections have been purged, that won’t work for us. The vast majority of us have long since faced automated auditing. The computers are still there.

It’s only the wealthy with vastly more complex tax situations requiring teams of auditors to look at, that now have more opportunity to cheat on their taxes

Nope, you’re the only one who knows what’s going on!

I was repeating the number from the person I replied to - it did cross my mind that there’s a higher bracket, but I took the number - the existence of one more bracket doesn’t really change anything. Why do the brackets end when there are so many people so much wealthier? While I understand wealthy people tend to get money through other types of income, and that’s an even bigger issue, we should have more brackets. It seems like everyone agrees to have a partly progressive income tax (disregarding other types of income) with brackets so wealthier people pay a higher percentage, it shouldn’t end at what may be considered the lowest income of the wealthy.

Edit: 37%

• https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/2025-federal-income-tax-brackets-and-other-2025-tax-rules/

Certainly a bigger problem is how someone who can afford over $1M private jet would be in only the 35% bracket

It’s not too bad as long as you’re not a dick about it. One year I marked myself as head of household instead of single. I’m not even sure why I did it. I only thought “huh, this saved a lot on my taxes”, and really had no idea what I was doing. They sent back a correction and how much i owed. I paid and that was it. Not scary at all.

Of course in today’s world all about spite and punishment I could imagine it being much worse

Does it require them to itemize? Most cant

Truly the “worst of the worst”, violent criminal”, made member of el tren de aragua drug cartel. A real danger to the country and everyone in it. /s

I can definitely see a preference for resolving over this

I started using Libby during pandemic and for a while I was reading more than I have in years! But the wait times got me. As I read more of the easy choices, my typical wait time got longer and longer until I lost interest again

I definitely get this, but sometimes I decide it must be meant as a joke because it’s easier to respect them as a person if it is

Even for ebooks, libraries are limited to how many they can lend out, plus the ebook has an imposed end of life.

I’ve read claims that ebooks are more expensive for libraries than physical books, because of those limitations

I hope current scouts in your country can still treat such things as normal. Here in the US, any patriotic symbolism has been taken by the crazies.

Wait until he finds out our old pack burned flags!

Back when patriotism was “normal”, Scouts along with veterans helped organize and run a regional event to properly and respectfully retire worn flags. It was a huge deal

But this is a fairly recent thing that Boy Scouts has become more inclusive.

My kids were just moving up when they were opening cub scouts. As a parent I thought it was great that it made it more family oriented. No one complained about the girls, no one complained that women were now able to run camping events, no one complained that there were entire families at camping events.

I have no idea how they approached it for Boy Scouts.

But the thing is, this is change, recent change. And change is scary. Regressives want to hold back change, even to a past more mythical than real