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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Dec 27, 2017 - 07:19pm PT
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Lituya, did you figure in California's low property tax rates?
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Dec 27, 2017 - 07:38pm PT
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It's the trickle down I tell ya.
If the state [California]
Was considered separately, it would rank as the sixth largest economy in the world, behind rest of the United States, China, Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that California's GDP was $2.5 trillion in 2015, up 4.1 percent from a year earlier.
Love it or leave it bitches
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Dec 27, 2017 - 07:45pm PT
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I don' want nutin to trickle down on me bro!!!!
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Dec 27, 2017 - 09:10pm PT
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Why should Washington State, where I live, subsidize choices made by you?
This is a fair question.
In the case of California, we feed the nation. Part of the cost of that, is the State Water Project, which we paid for, but you did not. You get the benefit of that in the form of a vast diversity of available food, at cheap prices.
We also have Silicon Valley, which was built up in a somewhat deliberate way. It costs us in HUGE inflation of home prices in the Bay Area, which we pay, but you don't. You better be hoping that SV comes up with solutions to many problems that our country faces. I imagine you like computers.
I grew up in the Bay Area, so know it pretty well. I feel less comfortable discussing NY, but it immediately occurs to me that NYC is one of the financial centers of the world, from which we all benefit from a stable, trustworthy system. We all benefit from the Stock Market, and so do the companies that are listed on the exchanges.
These are pretty huge benefits, that have direct impact on the lives of all Americans, and without which we'd all be much poorer as citizens, no matter where we live.
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WBraun
climber
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Dec 28, 2017 - 08:00am PT
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SO ........
Why is your obsession with Nixion STILL going on?
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dirtbag
climber
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Dec 28, 2017 - 08:53am PT
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I agree with Ken— it’s a fair question, but I would also ask why those folks in California, New York and elsewhere will pay more when folks with greater income would get a break. One example: rich kids inheriting a boat load of money.
My taxes will likely go up, though I haven’t done the math. I actually wouldnt mind this if the “pain” would be spread more equitably. But it won’t be.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Dec 28, 2017 - 02:30pm PT
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Trump White House Saw Record Number of First-Year Staff Departures
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-white-house-saw-record-number-of-first-year-staff-departures/ar-BBHreeD?li=BBnb7Kz
According to Kathryn Dunn-Tenpas, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who has tracked White House turnover rates over three decades, the Trump administration’s 34% turnover rate—21 of the 61 senior officials she has tracked have resigned, been fired or reassigned—is much higher than that of any other administration in the last 40 years, which is as far back as Ms. Dunn-Tenpas’s analysis goes. The presidency with the next-highest first-year turnover rate was Ronald Reagan’s, with 17% of senior aides leaving the administration in 1981.
“Not only is the percentage double, the seniority of people leaving is extraordinarily high,” said Ms. Dunn-Tenpas. “That’s unprecedented to me
I'm surprized White House turnover hasn't been higher than this currently record-setting pace. Just wait till next year, when the Trump-swamp empties enough to expose the skeletons.
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dirtbag
climber
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Dec 29, 2017 - 08:52am PT
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I’ve read excerpts—I’ll read the whole thing when I work up the nerve to do it.
It’s horrifying to think he’s in charge of the most powerful nation on earth, and still shocking to realize that tens of millions of Americans think this self-centered babbling moron is fit for the job.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Dec 29, 2017 - 06:33pm PT
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Trump has a pet that masquerades as a trophy wife
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Lennox
climber
in the land of the blind
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Dec 29, 2017 - 06:53pm PT
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A scorpion?
The Scorpion and the Frog
—A Parable for our Republic—
One day, a scorpion looked around at the mountain where he lived and decided that he wanted a change. So he set out on a journey through the forests and hills. He climbed over rocks and under vines and kept going until he reached a river.
The river was wide and swift, and the scorpion stopped to reconsider the situation. He couldn't see any way across. So he ran upriver and then checked downriver, all the while thinking that he might have to turn back.
Suddenly, he saw a frog sitting in the rushes by the bank of the stream on the other side of the river. He decided to ask the frog for help getting across the stream.
"Hellooo Mr. Frog!" called the scorpion across the water, "Would you be so kind as to give me a ride on your back across the river?"
"Well now, Mr. Scorpion! How do I know that if I try to help you, you wont try to kill me?" asked the frog hesitantly.
"Because," the scorpion replied, "If I try to kill you, then I would die too, for you see I cannot swim!"
Now this seemed to make sense to the frog. But he asked. "What about when I get close to the bank? You could still try to kill me and get back to the shore!"
"This is true," agreed the scorpion, "But then I wouldn't be able to get to the other side of the river!"
"Alright then...how do I know you wont just wait till we get to the other side and THEN kill me?" said the frog.
"Ahh...," crooned the scorpion, "Because you see, once you've taken me to the other side of this river, I will be so grateful for your help, that it would hardly be fair to reward you with death, now would it?!"
So the frog agreed to take the scorpion across the river. He swam over to the bank and settled himself near the mud to pick up his passenger. The scorpion crawled onto the frog's back, his sharp claws prickling into the frog's soft hide, and the frog slid into the river. The muddy water swirled around them, but the frog stayed near the surface so the scorpion would not drown. He kicked strongly through the first half of the stream, his flippers paddling wildly against the current.
Halfway across the river, the frog suddenly felt a sharp sting in his back and, out of the corner of his eye, saw the scorpion remove his stinger from the frog's back. A deadening numbness began to creep into his limbs.
"You fool!" croaked the frog, "Now we shall both die! Why on earth did you do that?"
The scorpion shrugged, and did a little jig on the drowning electorate’s back.
"I could not help myself. It is my nature."
Then they both sank into the muddy waters of the swiftly flowing river.
Self destruction - "Its my Nature", said the Trump...
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Dec 29, 2017 - 07:36pm PT
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I don't know if this will work, as I pulled it off FBook, but it's good for a giggle. Unless, that is, you're still holding on the the DT idea for dear life. Then...probably not so funny.
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Dec 29, 2017 - 08:28pm PT
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For some reason, my Screenshot thing isn't working, so bear with me(and if someone cares to make shots and post, that would be cool).
So here's Dear Leader's most recent post(as of this moment)
Donald J. TrumpVerified account @realDonaldTrump
Many reports of peaceful protests by Iranian citizens fed up with regime’s corruption & its squandering of the nation’s wealth to fund terrorism abroad. Iranian govt should respect their people’s rights, including right to express themselves. The world is watching! #IranProtests
10:42 PM - 29 Dec 2017
5,448 replies 6,896 retweets 21,759 likes
Buuuuuut.....
This is the post Saran Sanders, Press Secretary made 3 hours ago.
Sarah SandersVerified account @PressSec
Reports of peaceful protests by Iranian citizens fed up with the regime’s corruption and its squandering of the nation’s wealth to fund terrorism abroad. The Iranian government should respect their people’s rights including their right to express themselves. The world is watching
7:52 PM - 29 Dec 2017
2,315 replies 5,889 retweets 16,584 likes
Can Trump supporters REALLY actually believe that it is normal and acceptable that the president, who supposedly is very proud of his speaking directly to his public via Twitter, and who DOES seem to understand how the ReTweet function works, copied his PS's post, changed the 1st words in each sentence and added a hashtag, and put it off as his own?
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Dec 29, 2017 - 08:40pm PT
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In a word, Happi,
YES
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Dec 30, 2017 - 10:24am PT
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24 false or misleading claims in a 30 minute interview. DON'T GASLIGHT ME DUDE!
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TLP
climber
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Dec 30, 2017 - 04:15pm PT
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Iranian govt should respect their people’s rights, including right to express themselves.
...though interestingly he doesn't think it's OK for US citizens to do the same if they happen to be football players.
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