Politics The Trump Crazy Train! (4 Viewers)

[Phatguysrule]

But, but.....Trump is the Peace President. Or so the small cadre of S2 MAGAts have told us repeatedly. No wars on Trump's watch. But then, knowing the current White House view from their newly created Department of Semantics, Rationalization and Falsehoods, we'll soon hear that bombings are NOT "war", they are simply a training or diplomatic exercise.....wondering where the right wing bleeding hearts will be when it is Iranians who are dying instead of Russians or Ukrainians.......

These bombings are simply police actions in order to promote peace.

 

[Phatguysrule]

IRS braces for $500bn drop in revenue as taxpayers skip filings in wake of DOGE cuts at agency

Individuals were ‘wagering that auditors will not examine their accounts’ amid DOGE’s plans to downsize the IRS by nearly 20 percent ahead of tax filing season

The IRS is bracing for a $500 billion drop in revenue as an increasing number of taxpayers could skip submitting their filings in the wake of Department of Government Efficiency layoffs, according to a report.

Taxpayer behavior has changed since President Donald Trump took office and implemented sweeping federal cuts through Elon Musk’s DOGE. As a result, the IRS has “noticed an uptick of online chatter from individuals declaring their intention to not pay taxes this year,” the Washington Post reports, citing three people with knowledge of tax projections.

It added that individuals were “wagering that auditors will not examine their accounts” amid DOGE’s plans to downsize the IRS by nearly 20 percent by May 15.

New hires in taxpayer services and enforcement divisions have been targeted and the agency has dropped investigations of high-value corporations and taxpayers, according to the newspaper. The agency employs roughly 90,000 workers total across the U.S., according to the IRS data.

Treasury Department and IRS officials are predicting a decrease of more than 10 percent in tax receipts by the April 15 deadline in comparison to 2024 filings, which would amount to more than $500 billion in lost revenue, according to the Post. The newspaper said it spoke with officials who shared nonpublic IRS data.

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[Chris Craig]

IRS braces for $500bn drop in revenue as taxpayers skip filings in wake of DOGE cuts at agency

Individuals were ‘wagering that auditors will not examine their accounts’ amid DOGE’s plans to downsize the IRS by nearly 20 percent ahead of tax filing season

The IRS is bracing for a $500 billion drop in revenue as an increasing number of taxpayers could skip submitting their filings in the wake of Department of Government Efficiency layoffs, according to a report.

Taxpayer behavior has changed since President Donald Trump took office and implemented sweeping federal cuts through Elon Musk’s DOGE. As a result, the IRS has “noticed an uptick of online chatter from individuals declaring their intention to not pay taxes this year,” the Washington Post reports, citing three people with knowledge of tax projections.

It added that individuals were “wagering that auditors will not examine their accounts” amid DOGE’s plans to downsize the IRS by nearly 20 percent by May 15.

New hires in taxpayer services and enforcement divisions have been targeted and the agency has dropped investigations of high-value corporations and taxpayers, according to the newspaper. The agency employs roughly 90,000 workers total across the U.S., according to the IRS data.

Treasury Department and IRS officials are predicting a decrease of more than 10 percent in tax receipts by the April 15 deadline in comparison to 2024 filings, which would amount to more than $500 billion in lost revenue, according to the Post. The newspaper said it spoke with officials who shared nonpublic IRS data.

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Ouch

 

[Phatguysrule]

IRS braces for $500bn drop in revenue as taxpayers skip filings in wake of DOGE cuts at agency

Individuals were ‘wagering that auditors will not examine their accounts’ amid DOGE’s plans to downsize the IRS by nearly 20 percent ahead of tax filing season

The IRS is bracing for a $500 billion drop in revenue as an increasing number of taxpayers could skip submitting their filings in the wake of Department of Government Efficiency layoffs, according to a report.

Taxpayer behavior has changed since President Donald Trump took office and implemented sweeping federal cuts through Elon Musk’s DOGE. As a result, the IRS has “noticed an uptick of online chatter from individuals declaring their intention to not pay taxes this year,” the Washington Post reports, citing three people with knowledge of tax projections.

It added that individuals were “wagering that auditors will not examine their accounts” amid DOGE’s plans to downsize the IRS by nearly 20 percent by May 15.

New hires in taxpayer services and enforcement divisions have been targeted and the agency has dropped investigations of high-value corporations and taxpayers, according to the newspaper. The agency employs roughly 90,000 workers total across the U.S., according to the IRS data.

Treasury Department and IRS officials are predicting a decrease of more than 10 percent in tax receipts by the April 15 deadline in comparison to 2024 filings, which would amount to more than $500 billion in lost revenue, according to the Post. The newspaper said it spoke with officials who shared nonpublic IRS data.

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And the salaries from the IRS cutting 18,000 jobs at an average salary of $61,639 would equal about $1.1 billion in "savings" per year.

And that will cost the US government $500 billion in lost revenue.

This is what Musk and Trump consider "efficient government".

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

What a clueless dumbshit. I'll drive my 10 year old, low mileage Japanese car till the wheels come off. The only American car I would ever drive is a Ford…..and then only if it was gifted to me. I suspect many, many more Americans feel the same way.

 

[Chris Craig]

He doesn't know what he is doing and he doesn't care who it hurts.

 

[riverman]

The idea is that if you're not part of the millionaire club...go away and let them buy your property. More and more chatter on political comment sections are flexing classism and leaning heavily into white privilege which was the intention of MAGA all along. Now that the middle class is replaceable with AI, who needs poor people?

 

[Chris Craig]

The idea is that if you're not part of the millionaire club...go away and let them buy your property. More and more chatter on political comment sections are flexing classism and leaning heavily into white privilege which was the intention of MAGA all along. Now that the middle class is replaceable with AI, who needs poor people?

The rich need the poor. They need consumers. They need the economy. Without those things their money isn't worth the paper it's written on.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[e_blazer]

Unfortunately, most Americans have a lower opinion of him and his ass would never fit.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[crandc]

DUI hire is visiting military academy tomorrow. In preparation, library removing any books not about white Christian men so he won't be upset, including biography of Jackie Robinson.
Hegseth shining example of merit based hiring.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[Chris Craig]

 

[MickZagger]

People don’t want to buy your tickets either at so..,I think Trump realized that so he don’t care about your spiel

 

[Phatguysrule]

Presidents can be elected twice. Trump could try end runs around that, experts say

President Trump speaks to members of the press aboard Air Force One on Sunday.

President Trump has once again floated the idea of testing the Constitution's presidential term limits by seeking a third term, as his administration continues to challenge constitutional provisions and push an expansive view of executive power.

After telling NBC News that he's "not joking" about the possibility and that there are "methods" that would allow him to serve a third time, Trump declined to confirm to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday that he's planning to leave the White House after his second term ends on Jan. 20, 2029.

The 22nd Amendment prohibits a person from being elected U.S. president more than twice. The states ratified the restriction in 1951 in the wake of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's controversial third and fourth terms during World War II, which bucked a two-term norm set by George Washington.

Changing presidential term limits with a new constitutional amendment would need support from three-fourths of the states.

But some legal experts point to plausible strategies for attempting end runs around the 22nd Amendment under unusual scenarios.


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[DaLong]

23 Democratic led states suing admin over loss of public health funding.

So if they win do only those states get the funding back? Because I’m sure tired of Republican states (who need it more) not saying anything that would upset this administration and getting the benefits of people willing to put their neck on the line and say something.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[DaLong]

23 Democratic led states suing admin over loss of public health funding.

So if they win do only those states get the funding back? Because I’m sure tired of Republican states (who need it more) not saying anything that would upset this administration and getting the benefits of people willing to put their neck on the line and say something.

As I think about it more it’s clear the Democratic states are standing up for the impoverished in the Republican states as well. Republicans who gerrymandered, threw money into elections and suppressed voting rights certainly don’t want or need the public health funding and couldn’t care less if the poor moved out of their state, besides losing their businesses minimum wage workers who were forced into existence.

 

[e_blazer]

Is Trump stupid enough to think that he can bring down prices while jacking up tariffs on imported goods that are the mainstay of our economy, or is this just another case of him counting on the stupidity of MAGA world in accepting his continuous stream of crazy bullshit? Yeah, I know, it's most likely both.

 

[Chris Craig]

Is Trump stupid enough to think that he can bring down prices while jacking up tariffs on imported goods that are the mainstay of our economy, or is this just another case of him counting on the stupidity of MAGA world in accepting his continuous stream of crazy bullshit? Yeah, I know, it's most likely both.

That and I think he has this fantasy that it's a good idea and that it's going to work. That fantasy is being fed by people who want to see the government collapse.

 

[Everything Beagle]

I think he honestly thinks American companies won’t just raise their prices to be the same as the imports.

 

[barfo]

At the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, some employees who were laid off were told to contact Anita Pinder, former director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights, with discrimination complaints. Pinder died last year.

 

[Chris Craig]

At the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, some employees who were laid off were told to contact Anita Pinder, former director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights, with discrimination complaints. Pinder died last year.

Well that's a cruel joke