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Escopeta
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Idaho
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Here is some legislation Bernie supporters and jealous freeloaders can get behind. Tax the millionaires!!
http://laist.com/2016/06/02/in_order_to_pay_for.php
**L.A. County Is Proposing To Tax Millionaires In Order To End Homelessness
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In order to pay for its pricey plan-of-attack to eradicate homelessness in Los Angeles County, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors is audaciously attempting to place a 'millionaire's tax' on the November ballot for the voters' consideration. The proposed tax would take a half-percent of personal incomes exceeding $1 million annually countywide, and devote the revenue towards funding the county government's 47-point plan for ending homelessness in Los Angeles.
According to a poll conducted for the county government, a whopping 76 percent of L.A. County residents favor the proposed tax on L.A.'s many millionaires. The proposed tax is estimated to produce anywhere from $250 million to $300 million annually. While this isn't enough to fully fund all the programs the county wants to enact to fight homelessness, it's enough to fund significant progress.
Actually getting the proposed tax onto the ballot, however, is far easier said than done. Under present California law, county governments do not have the authority to levy direct income taxes, which the proposed tax fundamentally is. In order to gain the authority to tax income, state lawmakers in both houses of the legislature, as well as Governor Jerry Brown, need to approve the county's proposal. This is a very hard sell, but dozens of county workers and lawmakers are acting quickly to turn the pitch into reality.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Gross or AGI? 1/2 percent of amount over $1,000,000?
Will it be deductible on Fed return?
One half percent of $500,000 is $2500. Hardly a big amount on $1,500,000 AGI.
Most any of them would pay 10 times that to keep the homeless out of Malibu.
Babs Streisand will move from Pt. Dume to Rosarito (along with Sheen).
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Escopeta
Trad climber
Idaho
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Bernie is guaranteeing a contested convention?
How awesome would that be after all the folderol the libtards made about the prospect of a contested Repug Convention.
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August West
Trad climber
Where the wind blows strange
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There won't be a contested convention. H will have an outright majority and will easily win on the first vote.
That doesn't mean Bernie can't still a spoiler. He can graciously concede and work to get his supporters to defeat Trump, or he can continue to attack her and weaken her for the general.
He seems to have delusions of grander from all the adulation of his fans. Perhaps one similarly with Trump.
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August West
Trad climber
Where the wind blows strange
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I am psyched to see if Senator Warren get the nod for VP -that would be a great outcome of the Bern campaign along with nuking Wasserman. She brings the ideals of the Bern with the ability to do the math, something he sadly doesn't have.
Possibly, but I kind of doubt it. Choosing Warren would help bring over Bernie supporters, but it would open Clinton up to attacks from the R's that she wouldn't get with a more centrist candidate. I'm not sure Clinton and Warren particularly like each other and I'm not that convinced Warren would accept the offer. For what she wants to do, Warren has a very good job. She is focused on a consumer-centric, domestic agenda and trying to tame Wall Street. Being VP isn't really going to help her do that. She doesn't seem interested in foreign affairs, something VPs usually do a lot of. And I don't think she would be interested in running for POTUS in 2024. For starters, she would be 74 in 2024.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Bernie needs to change his name to Ralph....he's certainly doing a good Nader impersonation..
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