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Post subject: Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Wed January 23, 2019 10:40 pm
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McParadigm wrote:
bune wrote:
Bi_3 wrote:
We’ve reached the point where friends who are federal employees are starting to feel it. None are trumpsters, but I’m starting to hear “just give him the wall and defund it in next cycle”
Isn't that worse, strategically speaking?
When an unruly child says “give me what I want or I’ll burn the house down,” everyone knows that if you give them what they want you’ll never have another problem.
Totally agree, I think people are just getting scared they won’t make next months bills.
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Post subject: Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Wed January 23, 2019 10:48 pm
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Bi_3 wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
bune wrote:
Bi_3 wrote:
We’ve reached the point where friends who are federal employees are starting to feel it. None are trumpsters, but I’m starting to hear “just give him the wall and defund it in next cycle”
Isn't that worse, strategically speaking?
When an unruly child says “give me what I want or I’ll burn the house down,” everyone knows that if you give them what they want you’ll never have another problem.
Totally agree, I think people are just getting scared they won’t make next months bills.
Very hard to blame them for embracing any path that doesn’t end with that.
Post subject: Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Wed January 23, 2019 11:20 pm
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pretty wild when you think about it
working for the federal government means your boss is guaranteed to change at least every 8 years, but sometimes 4; and depending on who that is at the time they may have a stated goal of firing you
i guess a corporation isn’t much different but at least they would never furlough every employee just to prove an ideological point
markets would tank the company and shareholders would throw out management and the Board
here you have to wait at least 2 more years to throw out the CEO
not a great employment situation
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Post subject: Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Wed January 23, 2019 11:22 pm
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Used to be the stable choice, not so much right now.
I worry from time to time about what my retirement will look like. I mean, I get that my 401k should be OK from gov't mishaps but the pension itself? Who pays me if the gov't is radically changed by events between now and then?
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Post subject: Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Thu January 24, 2019 1:10 am
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bune wrote:
Used to be the stable choice, not so much right now.
I worry from time to time about what my retirement will look like. I mean, I get that my 401k should be OK from gov't mishaps but the pension itself? Who pays me if the gov't is radically changed by events between now and then?
Your 401k can be seize at any time, don’t kid yourself.
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I was all excited about some tax deductions and benefits from buying a home this year. 0. Nadda. Nothing. ZIlch.
My dad told me that once upon a time you could deduct credit card % too? I assume the government has been slowly taking away that which helps regular people for quite some time.
Post subject: Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Thu January 24, 2019 1:32 am
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401ks are particularly vulnerable. There are trillions in defined contribution plans and the inequality gap between intersections is larger there than in income or other savings rates. IIRC during the last election Sanders (or was the green candidate?) proposed eliminating many of the tax advantages of them in favor of some government run plan as well. Just understand what you are supporting when you vote progressive.
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Post subject: Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Thu January 24, 2019 1:38 am
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well if they intend to properly replicate the CPPIB then we won't need DIY equity cock-rocket shithole 401(k)s anymore now would we
they were designed to be a compliment to a traditional defined benefit pension plan
but because corporations no longer offer defined benefit pension plans, all we are left with is his spritzy teenage sidekick
that said I do not favor a U.S. CPPIB-style plan because every 4-8 years some alternate governing party will de-fund it and after not long it will resemble the state of illinois / new jersey pension plans (totally unsalvageable)
so you know what?
fuck bernie sanders
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Post subject: Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Thu January 24, 2019 2:10 pm
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He’s basically stopped negotiating the shutdown at all, though, which is worrisome. He’s only meeting with Republicans, and Republicans are not coming out of those meetings with any sort of toolkit for forward momentum.
Meanwhile, the administration is making inquiries into the effects of a shutdown that runs as long as May.
Post subject: Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Thu January 24, 2019 2:59 pm
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Does Mitch McConnell get to be the hero at some point? I mean congress could end the shut down at any time right? Right now nobody seems to be blaming him but, is there some point in time where the political calculation is such that he's better off going against Trump?
Post subject: Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
Posted: Thu January 24, 2019 5:11 pm
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Breaking: yarn has cat right where it wants it
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The presidential son-in-law is “repeatedly assuring Trump that he can personally strike a deal with Democrats,” reports the Post. Kushner, fired up by faith in his deal-making prowess, believes he is on the cusp of breaking apart the Democratic caucus and delivering a ransom to Trump. “A person familiar with Kushner’s strategy” — i.e., Kushner himself — tells the Post “he has been focused on targeting Democrats who may want to break from leadership and has had positive conversations with many of them.”
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