-by NoahThere's been a lot of discussion in the media about points one, two, and four of today's meme. There's even been some about point 3, especially when it comes to the medieval opinions of science that Republicans routinely express. However, the new Republican Tax Scam has an attack on education that hasn't really received the attention it deserves.
-by NoahWhat is the price for integrity? Can you sell something you never had? Bob Corker isn't the first $enator, of any party, to sell his vote while selling out his constituents, and we know he won't be the last. But what Corker has just done is a glaring, prime example of how things get done in Washington, all too often to our detriment as individuals and as a country. Corker's action even has its own name: The Corker Kickback. It seems that Corker has not only put his party before his country but put himself first as well.
Ryan is so excited about being so close to passing his Tax Scam that he was talking about retiring from Congress this week.
Has Donald Trump ever gone to Church with an open mind and open heart? You probably know in your own heart the answer. When Jesus said "And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’ Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels...
The Pew Center's new poll came out Thursday. Top line was all about Russia-- primarily how most Americans-- though not Republicans-- now believe the Trump campaign was a den of collusion. But there was more. Trump's job approval ratings has sunk to it's lowest level yet.
The Republicans seem to have gotten away with passing Paul Ryan's egregiously class warfare tax scam-- even if the newest polls show most American voters hate it. A Gallup poll released this week shows that a majority of independent voters (56%) oppose the tax bill, as do 87% of Democrats. Only 16% of Republicans disapprove of it.
The earliest inheritance tax I could find was a 5% levy on inheritances of estates that went to people other than the deceased's grandparents, parents, children, grandchildren, and siblings towards the end of Augustus' reign. Receipts went to a fund to pay military retirement benefits. In the U.S. the first inheritance tax was passed in 1898-- but only 75 cents on each hundred dollars of an estate worth over $10,000.
