Only the best and brightest.
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NiftyNiblick
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T. A. Gardner
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And, it is their choice in a free society to do something or not. Only in dictatorships is altruism forced.
I can see the next line after what you wrote above being...
We should make them do it if they won't do it voluntarily.
H
He did not fuck over NC. You fell for it.
Nomad
Every trumper is a N4T.
QP!
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I am not looking for forced altruism.
Just fair taxation.
Guys who make billions a year should not pay less taxes then their secretary because they bribed gov't to give them loopholes.
Just put in a minimum pay out tax at some level that no matter how many loopholes you try to apply you still pay X.
Dutch Uncle
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Sure, Terry. Just like you know that if the Navy cuts the number of electrician's mates, the lights will fix themselves. LOL
T. A. Gardner
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QP!
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I don't really care what they set but fairness would dictate that they look at the basic median rates the lower class, middle class and upper middle class pay and put that minimum rate proportionally above that.
T. A. Gardner
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- The top 1 percent’s income share rose from 22.2 percent in 2020 to 26.3 percent in 2021 and its share of federal income taxes paid rose from 42.3 percent to 45.8 percent.
- The top 50 percent of all taxpayers paid 97.7 percent of all federal individual income taxes, while the bottom 50 percent paid the remaining 2.3 percent.
Summary of the Latest Federal Income Tax Data, 2024 Update
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) made many significant, but temporary, changes to the individual income tax code to lower tax rates, widen brackets, increase the standard deduction and child tax credit, and more.
taxfoundation.org
How much more do you think they should pay?
Guno צְבִי
We fight, We win, Am Yisrael Chai
Bull shit from someone who lives in NC you dirtbag
Taichiliberal
Shaken, not stirred!
Personally, I'd like to know what Florida's Three Stooges (Rubio, Scott, DeSantis) are saying and doing privately regarding how their state is getting it's ass handed to it via the unprecedented frequency/intensity of storms and hurricanes that have been recently happening (nope, no climate change here. Nothing to see, move along) ... now that their Cheeto Jeezus is basically trying to decimate FEMA. 
Nomad
Every trumper is a N4T.
Teflon Don
I'm back baby
You mean a democrat governor sucked up to a democrat president? shocking
ask the people there and they will tell you a different story
christiefan915
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Just when you think trump can't go any lower...Trump loyalist's astonishing rise at age 22: From grocery store worker to anti-terrorism chief
Longtime counterterrorism officials have been irked by the appointment of a 22-year-old Trump loyalist to a position overseeing a critical Department of Homeland Security function.
- A former Trump campaign worker with no terrorism experience is in charge (
(best and brightest indeed?)
Thomas Fugate, 22, a former gardener and grocery store worker who graduated college last year, is reportedly overseeing one of the main U.S. counterterrorism hubs.
The University of Texas at San Antonio graduate landed a position on Donald Trump's campaign in 2024. He was subsequently hired by DHS in February, according to his LinkedIn page.
Serving now as a special assistant at DHS, Fugate is reportedly running DHS' Center for Prevention Programs Partnerships, commonly referred to as CP3.
It is DHS's main platform to fight terrorism within the U.S. CP3 also boasts an $18 million grant program, which Fugate will have responsibility over. The Trump administration fiercely defended the move, praising in particular Fugate's work ethic.
'It sounds like putting the intern in charge,' one counterterrorism researcher with years of experience at CP3 told ProPublica, who first reported Fugate's growing influence.
'Maybe he's a wunderkind. Maybe he's Doogie Howser and has everything at 21 years old, or whatever he is, to lead the office. But that's not likely the case,' the source added.
Fugate's LinkedIn profile, which may not be exhaustive, does not show experience in counterterrorism or any related security-related fields.
However, he does have an impressive internship history, having worked for the conservative Heritage Foundation and in the House of Representatives.
Also listed on the Fugate's professional page are stints running a gardening and landscaping business as well as experience working as a grocery store associate.
'We’re entering very dangerous territory,' a DHS official claimed to ProPublica.
Another likened meetings with the 22-year-old to 'career counseling' sessions for the Trump appointee.
The White House pushed back on the ProPublica report, saying that CP3 is not responsible for all counterterrorism functions.
'Combatting terrorism is a government-wide effort under the Trump Administration,' White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told the Daily Mail in a statement.
'The notion that this single office is responsible for preventing terrorism is not only incorrect, it’s ignorant.'
CP3 is the same office that stood up the Disinformation Governance Board during the Biden administration, one Trump official told Daily Mail, making it a target for the new administration.
According to the report, staffers say CP3 is down to about 20 employees from a maximum of 80.
The federal worker's official portrait shows Fugate in a suit in front of a U.S. and DHS flag.
'Tom Fugate has performed well in his current role as a Confidential Assistant in our Immigration & Border Security suboffice,' a DHS official told the Daily Mail.
'This is a credit to his work ethic and success on the job.'
'Due to his success, he has been temporarily given additional leadership responsibilities in the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships office (CP3).'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14784285/thomas-fugate-rise-grocery-store-worker-anti-terrorism-chief.html
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“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.
He's really scraping the bottom here.
Nomad
Every trumper is a N4T.
Translation: "ask the ignorant, low-educated hillbilly trump voters who live there and they'll lie straight through their teeth (both of them) about how "thet thar danged ol' Biden jes fergot about us'ns 'n jest left us h'yere to rot in our own shit!!!!"
Funny how the same people who scream about getting the gub'mint out of their lives, ending gub'mint waste and spending and shutting down all them danged ol' gub'mint agencies, are the same ones who scream and cry foul about the same gub'mint not doing stuff for them.
You trumpers are just a sad joke.
Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
When the US is hit by a major terrorist attack, the MAGAts will blame Biden.Just when you think trump can't go any lower...
He's really scraping the bottom here.
Thousands will die and Trump will say "I take no responsibility. It's all Sleepy Joe's fault".
Sammy Jankis
Was it me?
Sammy Jankis
Was it me?
basket of deplorables. -- Hilary clintonTranslation: "ask the ignorant, low-educated hillbilly trump voters who live there and they'll lie straight through their teeth (both of them) about how "thet thar danged ol' Biden jes fergot about us'ns 'n jest left us h'yere to rot in our own shit!!!!"
Funny how the same people who scream about getting the gub'mint out of their lives, ending gub'mint waste and spending and shutting down all them danged ol' gub'mint agencies, are the same ones who scream and cry foul about the same gub'mint not doing stuff for them.
You trumpers are just a sad joke.
QP!
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Trump is ceding basically all areas of advanced engineering to China by gutting our research departments and ending, even many ongoing projects that were nearing completion.
He is also ensuring China will dominate education as they have the mass numbers of engineers but could not compete with the US who had their base but also drew most of the best from around the world to move to the US. Most of the US awards for science and technology including the most prestigious are earned by immigrants who trained in top US universities and then became citizens.
But do not fear as Trump has his eye on ensuring we rebuild Steel and basic manufacturing.
Trump is the gift China always wanted as he tries to destroy america's greatness in the future with a vision of returning the US to the past.
He is also ensuring China will dominate education as they have the mass numbers of engineers but could not compete with the US who had their base but also drew most of the best from around the world to move to the US. Most of the US awards for science and technology including the most prestigious are earned by immigrants who trained in top US universities and then became citizens.
But do not fear as Trump has his eye on ensuring we rebuild Steel and basic manufacturing.
Trump is the gift China always wanted as he tries to destroy america's greatness in the future with a vision of returning the US to the past.