tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post4599641727708785675..comments2024-03-29T06:35:11.321-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Update on Iran NegotiationsDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-71753835447942903052015-07-10T01:57:52.460-04:002015-07-10T01:57:52.460-04:00What a lovely guy!What a lovely guy!Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-69174855733248799872015-07-09T23:08:28.144-04:002015-07-09T23:08:28.144-04:00Constant as the North Star, he is. :)<a href="http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/11/09/trump.rich/index.html?_s=PM:ALLPOLITICS" rel="nofollow">Constant as the North Star, he is. :)</a>Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-90708565906712218142015-07-09T23:06:33.235-04:002015-07-09T23:06:33.235-04:00Trump would exempt the value of an individual'...Trump would exempt the value of an individual's principal home from the net worth total. <br /><br />"By my calculations, 1 percent of Americans, who control 90 percent of the wealth in this country, would be affected by my plan," Trump said. <br /><br />"The other 99 percent of the people would get deep reductions in their federal income taxes," he said. <br /><br />Eliminating the national debt would save the federal government $200 billion a year in interest payments, Trump said. He proposes to earmark half the savings for middle class tax cuts, and the other half for Social Security. <br /><br />Trump said depositing $100 billion annually in the Social Security trust fund would generate $3 trillion "over the next 30-years, when the trust fund is scheduled to go broke" and instead keep the fund "solvent through the next century." <br /><br />The tax also would lead to the repeal the current federal inheritance tax "which really hurts farmers and small businessman and women more than anything else," Trump said. <br /><br />Trump, whose own net worth is an estimated $5 billion, says the wealthy would not suffer if his economic plan were enacted. <br /><br />"Personally this plan would cost me hundreds of millions of dollars, but in all honesty, it's worth it," Trump said. <br /><br />Trump predicts his debt elimination combined with his tax cuts would trigger a 35 to 40 percent boost in economic activity, with more business start-ups, more jobs, and more prosperity. <br /><br />"It is a win-win for the American people, an idea no conventional politician would have the guts to put forward," Trump said. <br /><br />Last month, Trump formed a committee to explore seeking the presidential nomination of the Reform Party, which will automatically be on the ballot in 21 states next year. <br />Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1466598206981407272015-07-09T23:05:17.564-04:002015-07-09T23:05:17.564-04:00Trump proposes massive one-time tax on the rich
B...<br />Trump proposes massive one-time tax on the rich<br /><br />By Phil Hirschkorn/CNN<br /> <br /> <br /><br />November 9, 1999<br /> Web posted at: 6:24 p.m. EST (2324 GMT)<br /><br /><br />NEW YORK (CNN) -- Billionaire businessman Donald Trump has a plan to pay off the national debt, grant a middle class a tax cut, and keep Social Security afloat: tax rich people like himself. <br /><br />Trump, a prospective candidate for the Reform Party presidential nomination, is proposing a one-time "net worth tax" on individuals and trusts worth $10 million or more. <br /> <br />By Trump's calculations, his proposed 14.25 percent levy on such net worth would raise $5.7 trillion and wipe out the debt in one full swoop. <br /><br />The U.S. national debt decreased by $9.7 billion in September but remains at $5.66 trillion, according to the latest U.S. Treasury figures. <br /><br />The net worth tax is the cornerstone of Trump's economic plan released Tuesday morning. <br /><br />"No one has put forward a plan to make this country entirely debt free as we enter the next millenium," Trump said in a written statement. <br /><br />"The plan I am proposing today does not involve smoke and mirrors, phony numbers, financial gimmicks, or the usual economic chicanery you usually find in Disneyland-on-the-Potomac," Trump said. <br />Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-86916077417836782032015-07-09T22:57:40.626-04:002015-07-09T22:57:40.626-04:00.
Has he changed his positions?
..<br /><br />Has he changed his positions?<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-86690482673385032562015-07-09T22:55:54.236-04:002015-07-09T22:55:54.236-04:00.
I thought this run was just a PR stunt like the....<br /><br />I thought this run was just a PR stunt like the other times Trump has run. Now, I'm not so sure. If it is, he is losing a heck of a lot of money on his way to getting any kind of a return. And unlike the other dolts in the race, when he says something controversial, he stands behind it and defends it.<br /><br />I love to see him in his interviews with the news media, especially CNN. Everyone there considers him a doofus and it shows in the interviews and in the in-studio commentary afterwards. Anderson Cooper tried to pin the hypocrite tag on him because there were illegal workers working for some sub-contractor on a trump hotel 35 years ago. Trump only laughed at him and told him if that's all he's got he should be ashamed of himself. Cooper continued but he merely made himself look more foolish.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5312693209498434812015-07-09T22:51:37.261-04:002015-07-09T22:51:37.261-04:00Have we forgotten that De Donald was, in his last ...Have we forgotten that De Donald was, in his last iteration, Pro-Choice, and Pro-Single Payer Healthcare for All?Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-4150886599631456162015-07-09T22:48:46.525-04:002015-07-09T22:48:46.525-04:00(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – local sources in the pro...(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – local sources in the province of Nineveh announced that ISIS suffers from a severe internal crisis which led to clashes that left 45 dead and wounded.<br /><br />According to sources, “a struggle and fierce fighting took place between ISIS militants in some areas in Mosul,” pointing out that, “the fight resulted in the killing of 15 elements and injuring more than 30 others.” Indicating that, “ISIS elements have been divided into several factions in the city of Mosul.”<br /><br /><a href="http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/15-isis-elements-killed-30-others-injured-mosul/" rel="nofollow">Do They Still Get Their Virgins?</a>Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61037217301517922692015-07-09T22:16:17.095-04:002015-07-09T22:16:17.095-04:00Oops, I went redundant. Oh, well.
One Hundred an...Oops, I went redundant. Oh, well.<br /><br />One Hundred and Seventy Big'uns.<br /><br />I like Bush's end of the "adventure" better than the one of the guys with the legs and arms blown off.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-69591924004509110012015-07-09T22:14:32.526-04:002015-07-09T22:14:32.526-04:00.
If for nothing else, it is great having someone....<br /><br />If for nothing else, it is great having someone in the race that has no compunctions about telling the other players in the race exactly what they are.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-12964135634008354772015-07-09T22:12:29.985-04:002015-07-09T22:12:29.985-04:00.
I like it.
Evidently, there are others that li....<br /><br />I like it.<br /><br />Evidently, there are others that like it too.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77341671738697725172015-07-09T22:10:52.844-04:002015-07-09T22:10:52.844-04:00Former President George W. Bush charged $100,000 t...Former President George W. Bush charged $100,000 to speak at a <b>charity fundraiser for U.S. military veterans severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan,</b> and former First Lady Laura Bush collected $50,000 to appear a year earlier, officials of the Texas-based Helping a Hero charity confirmed to ABC News. <br /><br />The former President was also provided with a private jet to travel to Houston at a cost of $20,000, the officials said. <br />Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21962154227311071262015-07-09T22:10:01.363-04:002015-07-09T22:10:01.363-04:00.
Former President George W. Bush charged $100,00....<br /><br /><i>Former President George W. Bush charged $100,000 to speak at a charity fundraiser for U.S. military veterans severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, and former First Lady Laura Bush collected $50,000 to appear a year earlier, officials of the Texas-based Helping a Hero charity confirmed to ABC News.<br /><br />The former President was also provided with a private jet to travel to Houston at a cost of $20,000, the officials said.<br /><br />The charity, which helps to provide specially-adapted homes for veterans who lost limbs and suffered other severe injuries in “the war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan,” said the total $170,000 expenditure was justified because the former President and First Lady offered discounted fees and helped raise record amounts in contributions at galas held in 2011 and 2012.<br /><br />“It was great because he reduced his normal fee of $250,000 down to $100,000,” said Meredith Iler, the former chairman of the charity.<br /><br />However, a recent report by Politico said the former President’s fees typically ranged between $100,000 and $175,000 during those years.<br /><br /><b>One of the wounded vets who served on the charity’s board told ABC News he was outraged that his former commander in chief would charge any fee to speak on behalf of men and women he ordered into harm's way.<br /><br />“For him to be paid to raise money for veterans that were wounded in combat under his orders, I don’t think that’s right,” said former Marine Eddie Wright, who lost both hands in a rocket attack in Fallujah, Iraq in 2004.</b></i><br /><br />http://news.yahoo.com/help-us-veterans-charity-george-w-bush-charged-225504539.html;_ylt=A0LEVibmJ59VSPgAsNYnnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTE0aW43YmMxBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMyBHZ0aWQDRkZYVUkzN18xBHNlYwNzcg--<br /><br />More proof of the old saying, 'They are all dicks'.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-12278326097646464792015-07-09T22:07:51.435-04:002015-07-09T22:07:51.435-04:00Refreshing, like the smell of napalm in the mornin...Refreshing, like the smell of napalm in the morning?Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-28738798057824110972015-07-09T22:06:35.778-04:002015-07-09T22:06:35.778-04:00.
The price of paints and canvas keeps climbing.
....<br /><br />The price of paints and canvas keeps climbing.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45251948000283030642015-07-09T22:06:11.859-04:002015-07-09T22:06:11.859-04:00Hey, he's got expenses dontcha know? Speech w...Hey, he's got expenses dontcha know? Speech writers, travel, food, hotels...<br /><br />...the world according to dubya - foolosophy!Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-38757425559737285602015-07-09T22:01:30.769-04:002015-07-09T22:01:30.769-04:00.
People are tired of the same old talking points....<br /><br />People are tired of the same old talking points being offered up by every candidate, all PR approved, all consultant scripted, all speaking in generalities, all saying nothing. And when they do say something that they really mean ala Bush's comments on productivity and longer work hours, they have to come back in a few hours and deny what they said was what they meant.<br /><br />Someone like Trump comes along and its refreshing. May not last too long but enjoy it while you can.<br /><br />.<br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-85774987494350107032015-07-09T21:57:48.072-04:002015-07-09T21:57:48.072-04:00George Bush charges his "fellow adventurers&q...George Bush charges his "fellow adventurers" <b>$100,000.00 Big Ones</b> for appearance at their convention.<br /><br />Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-68335853458607940172015-07-09T21:37:08.460-04:002015-07-09T21:37:08.460-04:00Yo, Deuce, the Confederate flag debate is just now...Yo, Deuce, the Confederate flag debate is just now getting interesting. What say you?<br /><br />;-)Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-9680884297840537532015-07-09T19:37:03.898-04:002015-07-09T19:37:03.898-04:00I remember thinking how bad things could be if the...I remember thinking how bad things could be if the buffoon Rob Ford was elected mayor of Toronto and things were worse when he was. I have the same feeling about Trump if, god forbid, he should win the POTUS prize.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-68315649733402803032015-07-09T19:18:27.375-04:002015-07-09T19:18:27.375-04:00Were you gone? :) :)Were you gone? :) :)Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-23711883482522928152015-07-09T19:12:55.972-04:002015-07-09T19:12:55.972-04:00I’m back. I’m back. Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77389586881894982572015-07-09T19:12:13.999-04:002015-07-09T19:12:13.999-04:00Please. Don’t even mention him. Focus on matters a...Please. Don’t even mention him. Focus on matters at hand.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2620395880533213162015-07-09T19:12:07.515-04:002015-07-09T19:12:07.515-04:00Who's Your Daddy? :) :) :)<b>Who's Your Daddy? :) :) :)</b>Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-6662488282578175142015-07-09T19:09:47.195-04:002015-07-09T19:09:47.195-04:00Numero Uno. The Big Cahuna. De Donald.Numero Uno. The Big Cahuna. De Donald.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.com