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Highmark

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  1. So the GOP wants to double the govt budget with UHC? Again, lack of understanding of what makes up the budget.
  2. Reality is without 60 votes in the Senate its impossible to be fiscally sound and not enough American's like govt shutdowns. Same people who cry about spending cry about govt shutdowns. People also have to understand that mandatory spending makes up 60% of the budget. Takes an act of God to get that reduced.
  3. Sadly the GOP is no longer fiscally conservative but honestly the other side is worse when it comes to spending. Still love to see a Rand Paul/Ben Crenshaw ticket in 2024.
  4. Not sure this is as damaging as other things he has said especially if just talking about politics. If he meant more like culture I could see it upsetting some but not significant.
  5. The other issue with that is that it went on with vehicles for over 10 years of models. Toyota didn't recognize the issue at some point really early and make changes? Nope.
  6. Not saying that some people don't pay lower rates thru certain methods but your example isn't exactly accurate. Musk owns 19% of Tesla so 19% of their income tax is really his. If Tesla was an S-Corp they would simply be filed on his returns. Well Elon might not make a great example because Tesla rarely makes money. There have been some good articles debunking Buffett's claim that his secretary pays a higher rate detailing this exact same thing.
  7. Honestly I'm starting to get a bit concerned about Northern, Wi. I have a place to stay but if the hotels and bars shut down again so will the grooming. I can handle trail beers and eating at the cabin but if the grooming money dries up then the sport is fucked. Could seriously push Cat and Yammie out of the sport. That would suck.
  8. Sadly the powers in charge are only focused on the virus which kids under 19 aren't impacted any more than the flu. They take ZERO consideration of the other impacts lack of activities and being with one another does. Its fucking ridiculous.
  9. Yep. Works perfect. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/over-80000-mail-in-ballots-disqualified-in-nyc-primary-mess The mail-in ballots of more than 84,000 New York City Democrats who sought to vote in the presidential primary were disqualified, according to new figures released by the Board of Elections. The city BOE received 403,103 mail-in ballots for the June 23 Democratic presidential primary. But the certified results released Wednesday revealed that only 318,995 mail-in ballots were counted. That means 84,108 ballots were not counted or invalidated — 21 percent of the total. One out of four mail-in ballots were disqualified for arriving late, lacking a postmark or failing to include a voter’s signature, or other defects. The New York Post reported Tuesday that roughly 30,000 mail-in ballots were invalidated in Brooklyn alone. A federal judge ruled Monday that thousands of voters were disenfranchised because of the tardy mailing and processing of the ballots. The mess included votes not being counted because the pre-paid ballot envelopes were not postmarked. Manhattan Judge Analisa Torres ordered that ballots received by June 25 be counted, though the state Board of Elections said it is appealing the ruling. Aside from tardy mailings and processing, Schwartz said scores of ballots were tossed out because the voters failed to sign the interior envelope that came with it. But he said it wasn’t the voters’ fault.
  10. A wealth tax is a fancy Capital Gains tax and they are economy killers. Nothing more...nothing less. I'm not opposed to a reasonable AMT or minimum tax for those that hid behind capital gains as their only income.
  11. Just not that simple. Extraordinarily difficult to fairly assess net worth every year. That would cause huge issues. Only people to benefit from that would be tax attorney's and accountants. I'm sure they would love it. Whatever route the US takes it must start with a reasonable BBA. It can't be open ended and must have strict ceilings on how much the govt can tax. If we can cut spending and balance the budget while growing the economy at 3% annually that should be the main focus. You know as well as I do neither a BBA or taxes that actually pay down the debt is even remotely possible in this country. Part of Clinton getting close to balancing the budget was significant reductions in CG's taxes. Almost the direct opposite of a wealth tax.
  12. So far football has dropped from 9 games to 7. Not sure with Volleyball and CC.
  13. Don't care what you say. Toyota has a great reputation for solving what's known as likely the largest frame issue in automobile history. Good for them doesn't take away from the size of the problem.
  14. You don't actually think we will pay off $21+ trillion in debt do you? You are so naive its almost cute. Total wealth of the 400 richest in the US is under $3 trillion and most of that is in things other than cash. Tax them at 5% of TNW and you come up with.......$150 billion or 7% of the ND. Not to mention what its negative consequences on economic activity are. We need a balanced budget amendment with reasonable tax collection based off GDP. Always love how more taxes is always the solution over less spending. Bottom end of 1% net worth holders in the US is about $10 million. How much would you like to tax them? Say its 1%. That's $100K. You don't think that $100K going to pay off govt debt isn't going to hurt economic activity? Say they don't have the cash and have to sell assets. Great those assets might just go to someone much wealthier. Great plan.
  15. 2 pack.
  16. At most they simply will register in another state. Surprised they haven't already. If some fraud needs cleaned up then so be it. The NRA isn't going anywhere.
  17. They always seem to draw the line just above themselves.
  18. Sorry no excuse. Toyota's quality requirements of the supplier is the end controller. You are what you put in your product. Its like Yamaha owners complaining issues are a Cat problem and not Yammie's. If your name is on it its yours.
  19. Not saying Toyota didn't step up. They did but those vehicles had the reputation as some of the worst frames in history.
  20. That's not just it.
  21. Steve Perry has to be included.
  22. K. One example. Toyota recalled over 800,000.
  23. Read the post and again our point is right over your head. Do you think sending out ballots not on request will work?