I can sense Miura's blood pressure rising

Also...Biden says

border crisis happens every year this time of year. Is that true? It does not seem like it happens every year, but could be lack of coverage some years.

people who make a billion dollars pay a lower tax rate than the average person. What BS. Total BS. Does he really believe that? Is he playing games with capital gains rates vs ordinary income? If he is, he should say that because 90% of 'mericans who believe him know nothing about capital gains.

83% of Trump tax cuts went to top 1%. What type of math is that? No way that is true.

He is claiming republican voters support him. That's a lie. Why does he think that?

He wants to increase R&D. Sounds good until you figure out what he means is that he is going to fund liberal universities even more to indoctrinate USA's youth into liberalism.

Wants to rebuild physical and technical infrastructure and create good paying jobs. Really? The government has to do this?

60% of homes in the US use lead pipes. Really?

Suggests in many schools you can't drink the water, have poor ventilation, use asbestos. Really?

*****

Cecilia Vega did press him hard on migrating children. Good for her.

Unity: I suppose he has given up. He directly insulted Trump and republicans many times.

It seems he believes the USA is a rotting POS place and country, but there is a lot of potential.

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Re: Biden is running again

Mar 25, 2021, 7:07 PM [ in reply to Re: Biden is running again ]

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I thought I would take your questions one by one

border numbers - if you look at the numbers by the month, I think you will see that they increase every year during the spring and summer months. This was one of the reasonable concerns about the number in February. They were not as high as some months under Trump, but the expectation was that they would be going up in April, May, etc. We will have to wait and see if they climb - and if the Biden administration can get ahead of that curve.

billionaires paying lower rates - if you look at EFFECTIVE rates then this holds water.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/10/08/first-time-history-us-billionaires-paid-lower-tax-rate-than-working-class-last-year/

For the first time in history, U.S. billionaires paid a lower tax rate than the working class last year

The analysis sets the stage for a new book by economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman on tax avoidance among the rich.

83% of tax breaks go to the top 1%. This is a bit misleading. Here is an excerpt from Factcheck.org

"In 2018, according to an analysis by the Tax Policy Center, the top 1 percent of income earners would glean 20.5 percent of the tax cut benefits — a sizable chunk, but far less than the figure that’s preferred by Democrats. And in 2025, that percentage would be 25.3 percent, with the top 1 percent (those earning above $837,800) getting an average tax cut of $61,090.

Just two years later, in 2027, the percentage of tax benefits to this income group jumps to 82.8 percent, “because almost all individual income tax provisions would sunset after 2025,”

So the 83% is not true immediately but it will be true as part of the permanent cuts - and will remain true going forward from there.

Republican voters support him - there are two ways he might be looking at this. 1. There are a number of Biden policy position that have some bipartisan support. 2. About 7% of Republicans voted for Biden. It is NOT a particularly high % but they are Republicans.

After that, you start to break down into assumptions, opinions, and innuendo, so I'll leave it at that. There is some nuance to some of the statements, but not enough to justify your complete incredulity about them.

IOW, it seems like the reality is somewhere in the middle. I promise not to defend the imprecision if you will not react defensively.

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