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The state of the republican party

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by NewRoxFan, Feb 21, 2021.

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    A good way to make fun of them is to stick to the original talking point before the goal posts moved such as the FBI planting evidence. Just respond to them as if you are confused why we are even discussing this when the FBI just planted evidence.
     
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  3. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Trump has yet to say it was his lawyer's fault. At least I haven't seen it as one of the myriad of exercise yet. And the complaint he just filed makes no mention of a miscommunication.

    And you know... if our accountants make a mistake on our tax returns, they aren't the ones punished by the IRS, I am.
     
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    True and this has always worried me, because I know nothing about taxes. Sometimes you just have to trust your people and hope for the best. Hiring 85,000 new agents isn't exactly comforting in this regard.
     
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    No, it's not hard. It was a subpoena. He was there when the agents visited the property. He was there when he shipped back the other documents which he had damaged and tore.

    Claiming it was political is ignorant of the facts. Had Donald Trump not posted about the raid, we might not know about it at all. The FBI/DOJ didn't make it public. Donald Trump did. This raid didn't come from the IRS.
     
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    The judge is a Republican appointed by Trump. You either don't know the facts or you are just making them up as you go along.
     
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    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Repeat after me. The IRS is not hiring 85,000 new agents. Over the next 10 years the IRS has budget money to hire UP TO 87,000 EMPLOYEES . Some will be technicians, some will be computer programmers, some will be management, some will do secretarial work, some will be accountants, some will be custodians, some will be agents, etc.

    Many of these employees will replace a number of employees who are expected to resign in the next 5 years.

    The IRS is currently over 20,000 employees short of where they used to be. Some of the new employees will fill those slots.

    From personal experience the IRS is woefully understaffed. Even though our taxes are paid, we received at least 3 notices that our 2020 taxes had not been paid. According to our accountants, many of their clients were experiencing the same, as returns and payments were slow to be processed. The accountants would call the IRS and just put their phones on speaker and set them down and do other work. 3+ hours later, they may have the chance to talk with someone.

    Quit spreading and believing #fakeness.
     
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    or…Trump lied to his lawyers, told them all had been turned over, not realizing there was an informant in his midst, thinking he would never ever get caught… then oops, informant and search warrant.

    I guess we should really want to find out which story is true because is one of the other. I bet it won’t be long before Trump throws his lawyer under the bus.
     
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    fake news be like

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    Imagine sitting through 1-2 hour segments blasting the same thing for the past 14 days while amping up your blood pressure that compounds the innate loathing for taxes and the IRS.

    I gotta hand it to #fakenews.

    They hate schooling and project its worst fears upon it because it's not structured in the way they do it to their "captive" audience.
     
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    LMAO at your excuses for the millions of uninsured people in this country who can't afford healthcare. Trump didn't do squat, and the GOP votes against everything Biden tries to do. Believe me, people like you and the rest of the GOP simply don't give a damn. The greed is disgusting. Hell, I don't have to worry about healthcare as a 20 year Vet, but I'm sure not that selfish about Americans in need of healthcare.
     
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    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Didn't Trump promise to repeal and replace Obamacare? Wasn't that one of his broken promises? Didn't Trump promise to unveil his health care plan numerous times over the course of his Presidency? Did that ever happen?
     
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    Not really uppity is more about not being subservient or knowing your place, where arrogance is thinking you are better than others.

    You can be uppity and not be arrogant, but you can also be both.
     
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    Wow, talk about throwing out all the red meat.

    I bet he thinks blacks will vote for him just because he is black.
     
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    The Deep State corrupted the judge.
     
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    Langworthy pleaded guilty to five counts of gratification of lust related to incidents in Mississippi from 1980 to 1984 and was sentenced in 2013 to a total of 50 years but avoided prison under a plea deal. He died in 2019.

    WTF?

    How is this possible?
     
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    Guess he feels like he has to in order to win support among rural republicans?

    So sad that with all the big problems in the world today that some would like nothing better than to take us backwards and/or make life even harder on others.
     
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