auburn41

You're old enough to have been buddies with plenty of racists as well. I am not arguing that positions have not changed. I'm saying there are plenty of racist a$$holes on the left that get a pass because they have a "D" next to their name. You, and people like you will always give a person a "pass" if they vote the correct way. How about Ralph Northam for example? Has he switched parties yet? BTW, calling people names is childish, grow up!

Pure unadulterated BS. His policies thus far are more radical, progressive, woke and socialist than the policies of any President before him.

Hell the racist Democrat that currently occupies the Whitehouse is enough example of my point. His own (current) VP called him a Racist during their primary debates. He was buddies with all the good ol boy Dem racists. He called Delaware a "slave state," said he didn't want his kids going to school in a "racial jungle," said recently that "poor kids are just as smart as white kids." Oh, and my favorite is the one where he called Obama "articulate and clean....man that is story book." I rest me case. When are you gonna start holding your current elected officials accountable for their actions and words. You personally went ape s*** over everything Trump said but you give all of your Dem friends passes. It is getting really old.

I could have sworn that Al Gore Sr and Jr, Fullbright, Bill Clinton and Robert Byrd all stayed Democrats. Who knew they switched to the Republican Party?

And of course let's not forget those that filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1964......Al Gore Sr (yes that was Clinton VP's father), J William Fullbright (Bill Clinton's mentor) and Robert C. Byrd......those damn Repub.......oh wait, those were Democrats.

Damn dude, I'm just pointing to the numbers. Those are facts. My statement about the employees of large companies, started by people that were subjects of the article, rightly point out the the US government and the US economy benefits greatly from having those jobs in the US. Is it better to have those jobs in the US or in another country? It was nothing other than a statement of fact. That is all. You can be as condescending as you want, it won't change the facts. I have expressed confusion with some of your written statements and asked for clarification. It's not my fault you are not more clear and that has nothing to do with the material under discussion.

Um, the bottom 50% are net recipients from the Federal Gov. I am not saying they should pay more. I am also not pointing to any reason why the wealthiest individuals or companies shouldn't pay more taxes. I am explaining why it is the way it is. If you want to change the current tax laws, have at it. We have an "income tax" and not a "wealth tax." And lastly, no one said anything about "we can't tax them" or "trickle down economics." Unlike others on this thread, I'm sure you at least understand what you are posting about and I wish you would quit trying to have discussions about things I never stated.

I do know what AGI means, and I'm still waiting for your explanation, McDoofus!

Oh now McDoofus, I understand it completely and stated it correctly. Here it is in chart form for you! This chart even shows how much adjusted gross income you had to earn to be in the % income category during the 2017 tax year. This chart shows that the top 5% of income earners, even though they earned only 36% of the income, paid 59% of the income tax. Now why don't you explain how YOU THINK I don't understand it! Income Category 2017 AGI Percent of All Income Percent of Income Taxes Paid Top 1% Over $515,371 21.0% 38.5% Top 5% Over $208,053 36.5% 59.1% Top 10% Over $145,135 47.7% 70.1% Top 25% Over $83,682 69.1% 86.1% Top 50% Over $41,740 88.8% 96.9% Bottom 50% Below $41,740 11.3% 3.1%

At least we have found one thing we agree on, that I was right! You're gonna have to explain this comment more. I'm not sure what you are saying. And I damn sure don't know which conservative commentators you're talking about. What those numbers say to me is that the top 50% of income earners in the US pay 96% of all Federal Income Taxes. Stated another way, if you are in the bottom 50% of income earners in the US, you virtually pay no Fed Income Tax. If you wanted to discuss Soc Sec tax you should have posted an article that discussed that. This article was trying to make normal people hate the really wealthy people. But consider this......how much income tax revenue do you think the government gets from Amazon, Blue Origin, Tesla etc. employees? Not only that, how much money in capital gains does the fed govt get from people that have earned income on dividends and stock sales from those companies and others like them. I don't give two rips for Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk. but they are doing the exact thing I do every year in trying to keep as much of their money as they can. If you really believe the US Govt knows better how to spend your money, you can always pay more than your required tax bill every year!

The average Joe making $45K per year is not paying 20% to the feds on income taxes. The tax brackets for single filers are 10% up to $9,875 of income, 12% up to $40,125 and 22% up to $85,525. So the average Joe will only pay 22% on the about $5K he makes after $40,125. All the rest of his income taxes are paid at 12% and 10% respectively. It is very similar for a married couple that both make about $45K per year. And just to make it clear.....the top 1% of income earners in the US pay almost 40% of the income taxes that are paid to the feds.......the bottom 50% income earners pay about 4% of the income taxes to the feds. So to say the rich don't pay their fair share is a big lie to pit everybody against what they perceive are "rich" people.

Hey nuance, I like it. Does that mean you would agree that one could be anti-BLM (the organization) and not be racist? How about a person that didn't support ILLEGAL immigration while supporting LEGAL immigration 100%, could they still be considered xenophobic?

Hey @augolf1716, I believe the guy in the video from J&M is actually Trey Johnston. He is Skip Johnston's brother.

All props to Glen Campbell. He was a heck of a guitarist. Here is a contemporary guy that can play the fool out of a guitar. This was recorded "Live at the Bluebird Cafe" in Nashville in 2000. This is just before he released his first solo album I believe. Keith Urban can play a guitar!!! The song is "Shelby County Jail" (but you may recognize another song or two in there if you listen to whole thing).

So I wanted to post this cover of a "Hall and Oates" song. The name of the group doing the cover is Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers. They filmed this with an iPhone while driving between shows. They call these recordings their "Van Sessions." You can hear them passing or being passed by trucks on the highway during the video. This is just very impressive to me and I hope you like it.

Here is a video of my 15 year old daughter and her "baby" horse. The horse is a Holsteiner that just turned 6 years old. He is a beast of a jumper and one day in the near future he will be worth a phone number (it will never add up to how much I've spent on horses though 😮)! These jumps are 1.2m high which is a couple of inches short of 4". My daughter makes a mistake at the end and her trainer is not happy. IMG_1474.mov