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Tim Cook to Attend Donald Trump's Tech Summit on Wednesday
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"Freddie has left the building" - Nah. There is a reason we use Elvis everywhere
The comment you are responding to was intended to be homophobic. Sadly, that's where the world is at right now.
By that warped chunk of logic, no city would be able to charge a sales tax, or even income tax.
Libertarian ideas sound all fantastical and even magical, but they fall flat on their faces when put into action.
Imagine New York City, not able to charge a sales tax. Imagine New York state not able to charge a state income tax. Imagine a country where nothing works, and there isn't any money to pay to maintain it. I think you can. It's called Iraq. It's called Pakistan. It's called Kansas...
This is on foreign income. They already charge for domestic income. Only one other country in the world does this. What else should we do with over $2T in cash stashed overseas? This is hardly a idealistic position. Stubbornness will get you nowhere.
This is the biggest red herring. The government gets plenty of tax revenue. All time highs.
Tax revenue would actually increase.
Steve Jobs was conceived out of wedlock, and in today's abortion-on-demand climate, probably would never have been born. A curious conundrum for many of the ardent SJ fans who lean left politically. Does anyone know if Jobs shared their views on abortion?
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Nail.on.the.head.
Currently the gap between free trade and fair trade is as wide as the Pacific Ocean. For decades the bicoastal elites and multinational corporations have been exporting inflation and their environmental and social responsibilities to countries like China in exchange for huge profits that benefit themselves and shareholders. Of course they see this situation as "normal" now and wonder why anyone would want to change it. The rest of the country thinks otherwise.
Election prediction is not the same as fake news. Political party "in fighting" are rumors, not news.
Why? He needs them. Imagine if none of them showed at his summit. Can't make america great again with no attendees.
yeah, it's amazing the times we live in. You wouldn't believe the black Friday abortion deals I got.
Yeah, good luck with that one. If that's what you think Trump will do, I got a bridge for you in Brooklyn.
I actually agree with pretty much all you said there. I just think the "death of US manufacturing" mantra is disingenuous. US manufacturing output is still more than 1/3rd GDP. The US is second to only China as a manufacturing country, and that was to be expected with their rise as a developing nation, population, etc.. Manufacturing is near an all-time high. Growth had certainly stalled, especially when the Great Recession hit, but we're just about back to those levels. And it is problematic that refined oil is our top manufactured good. But you're right in that we should strive for more than service jobs.
As well as manufacturing is doing as you said, we still have a massive trade deficit as exports are still not growing as they should while imports continue to grow. This is unsustainable as we can't afford to buy the things we are with more and more debt.
Maybe the right solution is to curtail our consumerist society and start living within our means again.
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I'm all for the free market. But please acknowledge that burdensome regulations and high taxes also forced manufacturers to move abroad. It wasn't just labor costs.
And much of these regulations were put in not to protect the public but by lobbyists to stifle competition.
The burden of providing a living wage, safety, environmental protection, benefits to society. Oh, they're just terrible. Meanwhile in China and other third world countries the people working are doing so in dangerous conditions and for extremely low wages (yeah ok, they might get paid better with the manufacturing than with their sustenance farming, etc.). But look, Apple still has record amounts of profit AND cash. The regulations are just so hard for Apple.
No, it's not any of that. It's that they can make more money by manufacturing in developing countries. It's not the regulations in the US, it's the LACK of regulation in the other country that makes it profitable. And THAT is why trade agreements with developing countries with jobs that Americans can do are bad for everyone - the developing nation is exploited and Americans lose jobs in the name of increased profits facilitated for by the trade agreements.
All in all, the trade deals need to be updated and renegotiated.
Things don't work in Iraq because a certain president thought they had something that they didn't.
Can't argue with that.
I'd like to know what the definition of "colluded" is according to your cool graphic.
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Which mainstream media would that be? Everywhere except FOX?
It's obvious that drumpt if fine with supporting racist ideology. He did aligned himself with Bannon and the alt right.
Seems pretty straight forward.
Bannon isn't an alt right radical. I've listened to his radio show on Sirus many times, and never heard anything racist.
Your safety pin is crooked. Need another tissue to dry those tears of unfathomable sadness?
Yes...more corporate welfare is exactly what is needed.
All those untaxed profits will just pad the bank accounts of the CEO and majority corporate share holders.
Remember trickle down economics doesn't work.
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Not even sure what you are trying to say. But if that was meant to be an insult - good try.
He was the chairman of Breitbart News, which embraced the Alt-Right movement under his leadership.