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US PoliEra 2020 |OT 1| THE ANTI BENGHAZI (Read Staff Post)
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He's still a Trumper after being thrown under the bus? What a grifter.
Trump tax cut hands $32 billion to big banks
[my note: worth remembering that the federal deficit is over $1 trillion now, up a massive 74% since Obama three years ago]
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., Wells Fargo & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley posted earnings this week showing they saved $18 billion in 2019, more than the prior year, as their average effective tax rate fell to 18% from 20%.
Growth in their outstanding loans slowed to 1% last year, down from 3% in 2018, which was unchanged from 2017.They collectively shrank their workforce by about 1,200 people by the end of 2019 from two years earlier.
Shareholders were big beneficiaries. After banks cleared the Federal Reserve's mid-year stress tests, the group announced plans to boost stockholder payouts by $21.5 billion, an increase of 14%.
The tax savings have spurred the banks to record profit. The six firms posted $120 billion in net income for 2019, inching past 2018's mark. They had never surpassed $100 billion before the tax cuts.
[my note: worth remembering that the federal deficit is over $1 trillion now, up a massive 74% since Obama three years ago]
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., Wells Fargo & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley posted earnings this week showing they saved $18 billion in 2019, more than the prior year, as their average effective tax rate fell to 18% from 20%.
Growth in their outstanding loans slowed to 1% last year, down from 3% in 2018, which was unchanged from 2017.They collectively shrank their workforce by about 1,200 people by the end of 2019 from two years earlier.
Shareholders were big beneficiaries. After banks cleared the Federal Reserve's mid-year stress tests, the group announced plans to boost stockholder payouts by $21.5 billion, an increase of 14%.
The tax savings have spurred the banks to record profit. The six firms posted $120 billion in net income for 2019, inching past 2018's mark. They had never surpassed $100 billion before the tax cuts.
Nuttycombe's a bit of a crank IIRC but I more or less agree with this.
Of course, North Carolina's a swing state and Tillis' unpopularity bolsters that. I'd put it just ahead of Iowa in terms of flipping and lightyears ahead of Alabama holding blue. There is a very good chance it ends up as seat #50.
I think Sabato's Tilt D for Senate is probably where it is for Presidential too. Trump's always had issues there due to the feud with McCain.
Apparently being on fighter jets makes you call a reporter a "liberal hack"
Despite thrown under the bus, still supporting him to this day
J*E B*DEN IS FUCKING OVER
The way BERNIE WON
CNN TRIED
Last IPOS Poll was Jan 8-9 (pre debate) here's the movement since then. Still need more polls however! :)
Sanders +1
Biden -4
Warren -3
Bloomberg +1
Buttigieg -1
Yup, I glossed over who posted that last map.
I believe Nuttycomb, then.
I could definitely see that.
Fingers crossed that Kelly wins. Fuck McSally.
nice! sanders is doing great!
it's a shame warren isn't doing better but as long as one of the two win, i'm really happy about that
though of course it's just one poll
J*E B*DEN IS FUCKING OVER
The way BERNIE WON
CNN TRIED
Socialism just entered the chat:
Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Shame on Anderson Cooper for attacking the troops. Shame on him.
Yeah I would wait until we get NBC, WAPO, CNN and even YouGov polls to see if there's a pattern. But nice to see Biden flopping.
This is iconic wow
Code Geass' OP slaps so hard.
well that's terrible, sorry you are going through that. Money makes some people make some very bad decisions.
Ya know, if you're a guy flipping on your buddies, coming right out and saying "its not like organized crime" probably isn't the way to do it.
We have no choice though, really. It's like Ideology vs No Ideology. Morals and Ethics vs No Morals and Ethics.
Mikey, honey...look at this last week. This is ASKING for a a lightning bolt of exposure.
Compromise, then exploit, then toss aside. Wipe off and reuse if needed.
We have no choice though, really. It's like Ideology vs No Ideology. Morals and Ethics vs No Morals and Ethics.
Mikey, honey...look at this last week. This is ASKING for a a lightning bolt of exposure.
Compromise, then exploit, then toss aside. Wipe off and reuse if needed.
Ok, I'd support Biden if Beto is his running mate. Beto one term away from Presidency?! Be still my heart 😍😭
That looks to be the case. Seems to have made him more popular. If he gets the nomination I'm probably avoiding this site altogether until after the election. His hardcore fans are very similar to trump supporters and I find that irritating.
I still think a Warren presidency would be better long term for the progressive cause.
Bernie would get in there, get resistance from all sides, get nothing donehis first 2 years, lose a bunch of seats in 2022, and then lose re-election to some R fuckface in 2024.
Bernie is talker
Warren is a doer.
the same way Trump is gonna set conservativism back 20 years after his presidency, Bernie will do for progressivism
Bernie would get in there, get resistance from all sides, get nothing donehis first 2 years, lose a bunch of seats in 2022, and then lose re-election to some R fuckface in 2024.
Bernie is talker
Warren is a doer.
the same way Trump is gonna set conservativism back 20 years after his presidency, Bernie will do for progressivism
Biden's basically bragging that he can choose anyone at this point.
I'm dumbfounded that Trump felt like lying about injury numbers in a missile strike. Like. What?
The only thing I can even remotely consider is that he has one wise advisor left that told him that mentioning them would increase pressure for a counter-attack.
The only thing I can even remotely consider is that he has one wise advisor left that told him that mentioning them would increase pressure for a counter-attack.
He surrounds himself with truly awful people and is a massive egotist even for a politician, probably only rivaled by trump when it comes to ego. He will try to leave identity politics aside in order to appeal to racists who will only spit on his face when they realize that he happens to be Jewish. Truly it will completely break apart the democratic party and republicans are the only ones who have everything to gain.
Also I will support any democratic candidate even Sanders but I am under no illusion that he is not good for the Democratic party or for progressive values.
My guess is that the smarter folk told him that he could not retaliate. In his mind if there were injuries he would have to retaliate, so he had to lie
Since that appointed senator is in the news for being an utter shitheel, I feel we need to balance out the pathetic with some good:
Like come on Arizona. COoooooome on Arizona. Don't fuck this up.
Also, I just wanted to post this reply:
Like come on Arizona. COoooooome on Arizona. Don't fuck this up.
Also, I just wanted to post this reply:
If Trump's plan was for no one to ever know, man, that regional command press office sure fucked this up pretty bad.
I was going to make a joke about these not being injuries by NFL standards, but concussions are serious fucking business.
I was going to make a joke about these not being injuries by NFL standards, but concussions are serious fucking business.
No, but really, if these soldiers still have manifested physical symptoms after more than a week, these are bad bad concussions.
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