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Sinema’s Tax-Rate Blockade Prods Democrats Left Toward Billionaires’ Tax

Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s refusal to accept corporate, individual or capital gains tax rate increases has led Democrats to consider proposals once championed by the party’s most liberal flank.

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I have put in quotes for the TL;DR folks.

What they "want" to do:
Democrats had hoped to pay for much of their social policy and climate spending with by raising low capital gains tax rates for those earning at least $400,000, lifting the top personal income tax rate back to 39.6 percent from the 37 percent level that President Donald Trump secured in 2017, and increasing the corporate income tax rate from 22 percent to 25 percent or 26 percent. That corporate rate would still be far less than the 35 percent rate that Mr. Trump slashed, while the top personal rate would be back to where it was for most of the past 25 years.

What they are saying is in the way:
But in the 50-50 Senate where all Republicans are opposed, they cannot afford to lose even one Democratic vote on the legislation, giving Ms. Sinema effective veto power over its contents.

This is a game they play where they put all these road blocks in place to justify not doing anything for the people. One minute it's the Republicans, then it's not having enough seats in Congress, and next it's a lone ranger Democrat holding everything up. We saw Nancy Pelosi get straight gangster on AOC and made her change her vote but that's not going down here? They gonna use this as justification to either gut the bill or make the average person pay for it.

It's smoke and mirrors Joe.

What concerts have you gone to?

Have you ever seen any bands/artists live in concert? I went to a 50 Cent concert when I was in my teens that was awesome. I also saw Smash Mouth against my will one time, but was with friends so it was bearable. Other than that I saw Kendrick Lamar a little while back and that was one of my favorite shows.

What bands and artists have you seen live?

Black Female police officer asked to have an abortion to keep her job

Man, this world is just out of whack right now. When she was pregnant as a cadet, she was told by her superiors to have an abortion or risk losing her job. Supposedly this is an ongoing this in DC, as 9 other former and current black police officers have joined forces to file a $100 million lawsuit against the MPD.

You can read more about this below. But I hope she and the 9 other women win this.

Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and two people on a movie set (one died)

Crazy. My heart goes out.
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The name of the movie is “Rust“ (a western). I guess they were still going with such an old school method of filming guns in order to have authenticity.

China streaming service pulls Celtics games after Enes Kanter calls China's Xi 'brutal dictator'

And wait, I bet the NBA will have a word with Enes Kanter about his words. The NBA won't allow anything bad to be said about China. Because if they do, they lose air time over there, as you can see. They decided to take down a Celtics game because Enes Kanter called China's leader Xi a "Brutal Dictator" and I agree with them 100%.

All the NBA cares about is money. They don't care how awful China is to their own citizens. The fact that NBA, and companies like Disney and others are so hell bent at protecting their relationship with China is quite sad to me. China is a dictatorship. Think they care about their citizens?

Now, I wonder if Kanter will somehow be fined for this. I don't think the NBA can do anything about this, because if they do, it will draw backlash in the states. So to me I think the NBA is stuck here. They can't agree with Kanter, but they also can't fine Kanter for his freedom of speech.

Read more on this below.

Think Trump is going to end up running in 2024?

Honestly I don't care about the presidency. It just seems like whoever is president, becomes a puppet for the people running the show behind the scenes. With that being said though, Trump has been saying he's going to re-run for president in 2024, and honestly I don't care anymore. Do you think he will run in 2024? Do you see him winning if he does? I won't vote for him or Biden, so there's that.

Anyway, what happens if Trump does win? Or Biden wins his second term? Or do you hope someone completely different wins?

Would you let a friend live with you for a while?

Have you ever had a friend who needed to stay with you for a while? How was that for you? I normally don't allow any friends to stay over. I have allowed friends to stay over for a few days while they got back on their feet. But I always make it apparent that it would be a certain period of time and he/she would have to leave.

But, I have had friends who wanted to stay even longer and I don't like that idea. I would allow some friends to stay for a few days, but I try not to have them stay more than a few days to a week.

How do you deal with friends who won't leave though? Have you ever had a friend who overstayed their welcome?

Do you think schools teach enough on black history?

I feel as if schools don't do enough to teach people about black history. I feel like kids these days, aren't taught all the depressing details of the civil rights movement, slavery, hate and more. Do you think schools should do more to include the truths of our past? I know they teach some aspects, but I feel like they overlook a lot of it.

Makes me wonder what schools in white dominated areas taught their kids. I could see many going the route of teaching very little.

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