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This women is so clueless it defies the imagination. The wealthy don't pay estate taxes. Upper middle class people who own a great house and a successful business pay estate taxes. The wealthy put their money into private charitable foundations, tax free, and the children get the foundation tax free. All income the foundation generates is tax free. The creator of the foundation can continue to put unlimited amounts of tax deductible (and free of estate tax) money into the foundation. The only requirement is to spend 5% a year of the assets on charity, which is almost always less then the income of the foundation so the foundations grow tax free. Even better foundations can deduct the expenses of running the charity, aka the children's "salary", as part of the 5% distribution. Neat trick. There are no limits on how much directors, aka the children, can be paid or how money is distributed. It gets better still. Private foundations can fund any tax exempt organization. Which, starting in the 70's (the koch brothers figured this out), is where the funding for all these institutes, astro turfs, think tanks, organizations, societies etc, etc. that exploded from nowhere comes from. The ultra wealthy can give unlimited tax deductible money to foundations they control to be charitable donations to fund political activities by organizations they created and control all totally in secret (organizations like clinton and soros foundations are public foundations which means funding sources must be reported). Really, really neat trick. The proverbial having you cake and eating it too. These private foundations and their incestuous tax exempt organizations dancing partners are almost all libertarian. They are also very well coordinated to support their goals. The koch annual get together of the ultra rich makes sure of that. The amount of money involved is staggering.

A couple good books have come out in the last 10 years or so that are starting to expose how this all works. This being how a very small group, literally no more than a few hundred ultra rich, are driving politics far to the right for the entire country for the last 40 years. A new one called Dark Money is the best researched and most extensively documented I've read. It's a really, really heavy read. It's also totally depressing, but very enlightening.

All of the estate tax elimination proposals over the years are strictly for pandering to the anti tax base not serious policy proposals. It's political theatre, except people who aren't insiders don't get a copy of the program.

curious2 says

Considering how that appointment worked out for him and his legacy, I wonder if he might have done better to name her or Bill Ambassador to the UK. For the current transition and the next Chief of Staff, former Mayor Giuliani or someone from within the Trump family might have been more encouraging.

It was necessary for Obama to give her that, so she would drop out of the nomination race prior to the Convention. And she would build a "Foreign Policy Experience" portfolio to run in 2016 and leverage the position for $$$, the former of which didn't work.

We also learned in this election that GIGO.

It was also on a private server, and there's nothing sillier than a soulless candidate being guided by a computer later being blamed for lack of Warmth by her boosters.

That already is happening. Inequality has boomed under Blairite-Clintonista neoliberalism.

This is what new leaders always do: they get a hold of the guys who know where the money is. In a democratic government, the public money is already accounted for, but the money available for campaigning and securing your power infrastructure belongs to the party and must be wheedled or seized from it if the new President is to have either true political power or a second term.
Picks like this are reassuring to me, because they show me that Trump knows how to secure the power to accomplish his stated goals.
Mind you, once he has the money, Trump will quietly "retire" Priebus for someone much more loyal as his chief of staff. I doubt Priebus will last the year.

I will not be surprised if Bannon ends up being chief of staff at a later time.

Trump's immediate problem is Paul Ryan, who is insisting that there will be 'no deportations'. Reminder: Ryan does not have 218 votes to remain speaker.

Thunderlips is Tovbot2 says

That already is happening. Inequality has boomed under Blairite-Clintonista neoliberalism.

Been hitting tenpoundass's dope? Inequality booming is squarely in the neocon/libertarian corner starting with reagan. Nice job with doublespeak.

bob2356 says

Nice job with doublespeak.

Rep/Con/Teas using only two words is guaranteed to be double speak.

Paul Ryan reminds me of Zach Woods (The Office, Silicon Valley).

The establishment is congress. You can't remove it.
So he has to make deals with it.
He also took Steve Bannon as "chief strategist" and Priebus counter weight.
It's a bit too early to claim Trump will suddenly align with all republican "Koch approved" positions.

There was this Russian in an other forum. He kept arguing that "The cure to Washington ills is measured in megatons, Comrades".

Oh Forbes is rewriting common knowledge is they?

You think Reince can tell Bannon and Gingrich "Not now Trump is the middle of a Taco bowl."?

Trump appoints Outsiders: "See jackasses, nothing will get done because Trump is too stupid to appoint people who can talk to DC People to get things done. They don't have PEOPLE SKILLS!!!"
Trump appoints Insiders: "Haw haw, Trump's a Traitor!"
Appoints a Mix: "Confused Cabinet picks, doesn't know what he's doing"

The big laugh is Time and others saying Trump is going to wage war on Legalized Marijuana, Gay Marriage, and Abortion. If MSM and DC Insiders were 80s rappers, their name would be Tone Def.

Trump: Same-sex marriage is 'settled,' but Roe v Wade can be changed

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/14/politics/trump-gay-marriage-abortion-supreme-court/index.html

The GOPe hates Newt Gingrich, never liked Rudy, and hates the horse Breitbart and any of his editors and contributors rode in on. Lindsey Graham coordinated a 'coup' attempt against Speaker Gingrich in 1997.

Hillary would have appointed somebody like criminal friend Robert Rubin or even Larry Summers. Obama was thinking of criminal Jon Corzine for the Treasury spot. As it was, we have had a criminal Goldman Sachs exec who presided over so much fraud that the firm had to make a $5 billion settlement with the USG.

It would have been interesting to see who Bernie would have chosen.

The swamp cannot be drained. Florida will still be Florida.

"Drain the Swamp" is a clever linguistic weapon. It might have a hand in delivering Florida.

Almost everyone in this election voted themselves into serfdom.

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What was my correct course of action?

What is TBN's annual revenue? I'd base the sale price on that.

Tenpoundbass says

He represented every Republican not just Donald Trump. He did not allow a few man committee unilaterally railroad Donald Trump in spite of the Primary voters.

Seems like Donald is rewarding Priebus' fairness in resisting proposed RNC rule changes specifically to block one candidate: Trump.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/14/politics/republican-rules-delegates-trump/

Now if we can only get Ford to ditch their crappy dual clutch "automatic" transmission and put in something good like a regular automatic transmission with a torque converter.

TPP dead.

Ford abandoning plans to move factories/jobs to Mexico.

Peaceful, constructive relations with Russia.

Trump has not even been sworn in yet.

#Winning (Big League)

zzyzzx is deplorable says

dual clutch "automatic" transmission and put in something good like a regular automatic transmission with a torque converter

Complicated crap like this is going to be the early death of these cars. They'll be so expensive to repair when the car is ten years old, it'll never be a decent beater. I think it's called accretion. Once a system is made complicated, there's is no end to its expansion. You had four-speed automatics, so then you had five, then six, then seven and now eight. You got air bags, but now you have air bags here and air bags there and air bags where the sun doesn't shine and like Ed Wallace said since they first came around in 1991, there has never been a six monthe period in which there wasn't some kind of bad press about them. All cars have to have a tire pressure warning light, et al and et al.
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P N Dr Lo R says

You got air bags, but now you have air bags here and air bags there and air bags where the sun doesn't shine and like Ed Wallace said since they first came around in 1991

Yeah, but if your air bags don't work, you can at least disconnect them. It's not like you need them.

P N Dr Lo R says

I think it's called accretion

An internet search does not confirm this???? I do not doubt that there is a word of phrase for this.

P N Dr Lo R says

They'll be so expensive to repair when the car is ten years old, it'll never be a decent beater.

If you get one with a manual transmission, then that would eliminate that as a point of early failure. Yes, but I suspect that touch screens and infotainment systems will prove to be a much weaker link in a lot of cars. I also wonder how DIY friendly CVT repairs are as well. Yes, I occasionally fix automatic transmissions, but so far they have all been regular 4 speed automatic transmission with lockup type torque converters.

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rando says

Seems like Donald is rewarding Priebus' fairness in resisting proposed RNC rule changes specifically to block one candidate: Trump.

If I went back and researched I'm sure I could dig up 10 bullet point examples of a sneaky little committees trying to meet with Reince to have him unilaterally rule in their favor that would have railroaded Donald Tump's chances. From the first straw poll to Republican convention to even entertaining Mitt Romney and his post primaries Never Trump rehash.

Nobody has watched Reince as closely as I have. I would have been ready to go Taxi Driver on him had he done what the Establishment GOP wanted him to do on numerous occasions. Even as the News hearkened that nobody was legally bound to pay Trump a never mind. The media was so 100% in on just hijacking Donald Trump's campaign and give it to someone more deserving. By time it was all over,
I really had tremendous respect for Reince, I'm sure he must have turned down Millions, Tens of Millions even.

Jamie Diamond for Secretary of Everything!

Boycott those Who think different!

The only people I'm afraid of in America are White Liberals.

Well I'm more afraid of my self, because if they pull half of the Bullshit they are pulling on people, I'll knock their damned heads off.
That's how our Dad's used to talk. "I'll knock your head off!" We were so great back then. Pussies!

zzyzzx is deplorable says

If you get one with a manual transmission, then that would eliminate that as a point of early failure. Yes, but I suspect that touch screens and infotainment systems will prove to be a much weaker link in a lot of cars.

Actually, a manual transmission today is almost impossible to find--and the clutch is considered a wear item like tires and not covered by warranty. Again, on Ed Wallace's show I remember someone calling in with a horror story about their manual shift car with a bad clutch was going to cost in the neighborhood of $3,000 to fix--they were currently wrangling with the dealer to no avail. And any kind of electronics just adds to the complexity and are likely to give trouble. Remember when people used to drive out pleased as punch with radio heater and overdrive?

P N Dr Lo R says

Complicated crap like this is going to be the early death of these cars. They'll be so expensive to repair when the car is ten years old, it'll never be a decent beater.

i've given up on buying new cars, and have turned to leasing exclusively. depreciation and maintenance cost after your typical loan term ends is just too much to handle vs. a fixed payment without any repair or maintenance bills beyond consumables.

plus, you get the new stuff every 3 years or so. my car has google earth in the dash where the gauges are supposed to be. it's amazing now, but will surely be old-fashioned in 36 months or less.

zzyzzx is deplorable says

If you get one with a manual transmission, then that would eliminate that as a point of early failure.

i like my dual-clutch auto trans, just have to tip in the right way with the pedal. or, put the car in sport mode and just drive a little harder.

had a few modern stick shifts in the recent past, and while they are more engaging they can't really pull everyday duty in populated areas. clutch wears out fast in SoCal traffic conditions, and the labor to repair is gonna cost you no matter what.

anonymous says

Need some more links ?

Nah, I need some more memes and cat pictures.

zzyzzx is deplorable says

Now if we can only get Ford to ditch their crappy dual clutch "automatic" transmission and put in something good like a regular automatic transmission with a torque converter.

I love dual-clutch cogwheel-based (steel-all-the-way-through) automatic transmissions. They are highly efficient. Hydraulic torque converters waste a lot of energy, as is clear from the lousy MPG they get.

Not sure if there is much real data on repair and maintenance costs yet.

I'm happy that Ford changed their mind about the plant. Unlike Republicans and Obama, I want Trump to succeed with policies that are good for the American worker.

Bernie Madoff for Treasury Secretary!

http://www.redstate.com/jaycaruso/2015/10/25/trump-falsely-credits-himself-ford-plant/

Saying Donald Trump has a big ego would be as revelatory as saying the sun rises in the east. That Donald Trump exaggerates his accomplishments and downplays his own failures would pretty much make him like the average politician. But there are times when a person’s hubris gets to the point where it reaches the level of the absurd. For Donald Trump, it’s taking credit for a business move made by Ford that he had absolutely nothing to do with. It’s one thing for a person who actually holds office and who is implementing policy to believe their policies have...

Barbi Benton for Secretary of Pussy Grabbing!

Yes. TRump would never do that.