Politics Thread

[Xville]

Well he presumably released them to the IRS, so if there were any problems they would have presumably dealt with it.

I'm no fan of Trump. Like...not at all. But I never got all the handwringing over his tax returns. Of all the things to give a fuck about, that just didn't seem like it should have even made the list.

Agreed. I could not care less. We know that rich people skirt paying their taxes thru a whole lot of different means. That’s government’s fault. Maybe they should fix that? I dunno call me crazy

[GoMuskies]

Anyone else getting the sense that DOGE isn't actually getting rid of financial waste in Washington, but really just getting rid of the programs that Trump and his minions don't like under the guise of "reducing spending?" Yes, I'm a cynic, but this is what politicians have done for decades.

Trump's DOGE gets rid of the programs he doesn't like. AOC's DOGE goes in next term and gets rid of the programs she doesn't like. Boom, problem solved in 6-7 years!

Also, I think it's way too early to know on DOGE. Hopefully there is a lot of deep work being done beyond the headlines and Musk's goofy tweets.

[xuphan]

Agreed. I could not care less. We know that rich people skirt paying their taxes thru a whole lot of different means. That’s government’s fault. Maybe they should fix that? I dunno call me crazy

I’ll call you crazy!! Kidding but both parties have been in charge yet neither has fixed the tax loopholes. Why? Could it happen to be how much these rich people donate to these political puppets and political unions?

[paulxu]

It seems Musk doesn't work for DOGE, and can't give orders. (Wink, wink)

Wonder which 22 year old is really in charge?

[Xville]

Trump's DOGE gets rid of the programs he doesn't like. AOC's DOGE goes in next term and gets rid of the programs she doesn't like. Boom, problem solved in 6-7 years!

Also, I think it's way too early to know on DOGE. Hopefully there is a lot of deep work being done beyond the headlines and Musk's goofy tweets.

Full proof plan except for either side will just add whatever they want, and so the money just goes from Republican programs to democratic programs back and forth. The government never actually saves in money. Again call me a skeptic/cynic whatever but this is what I think is going to happen

[noteggs]

You would have to be an idiot not to take advantages of tax right offs. I get it, some people call them loopholes.

For example, the last few years I’ve been converting my 401k into a Roth. To eliminate some of my tax burden, I opened up a donor advised fund.

It is so refreshing to be able to give money to my favorite 501c3’s and seeing it go to a good cause vs to potential governmental fraud and waste. I’m sure Xavier is not complaining!

[paulxu]

700 former federal prosecutors sign a letter to support their colleagues who are fighting back against political pressure.

https://www.thejusticeconnection.org...2-18-2025_.pdf

[xuwillie]

https://www.reuters.com/business/hea...ys-2025-02-18/

so much for trump limiting ivf

[XU_Lou]

OMG...

Dr. Deborah Birx:

"The Covid vaccines were nothing like the childhood vaccines ... That is not what the COVID vaccine was designed to do. It wasn’t designed against infection.”

“The messenger RNA vaccine should have been rolled out for the people that were at risk for severe disease because that’s what the vaccine was developed for."


https://x.com/VigilantFox/status/1891712563756331119

She just admitted the whole thing was a total lie. We closed the whole damn world down over a complete lie. Nearly everything the skeptics told you was correct.

[Xville]

https://www.reuters.com/business/hea...ys-2025-02-18/

so much for trump limiting ivf

Credit where credit is due. Absolutely love this, and good work!