US Politics Megathread

[princeofcarthage]

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If you are bad at something, you improve, chickens run, is the so called greatest country on Earth a chicken after all?

If you're bad at something for 20 years and show no signs of improvement, you should stop

You realized you are bad at something just now... also it means that you are something wrong. So you should take outside help. Maybe ask Russia or China, or even India!

Again, feel free to lobby your government to liberalize Afghanistan. I won't stop you

Why should we bear the burden to clear your mess and incompetence. Sure if US gives about 100 Billion usd per year, we can think of it.

[harcha]

If you are bad at something, you improve, chickens run, is the so called greatest country on Earth a chicken after all?

If you're bad at something for 20 years and show no signs of improvement, you should stop

You realized you are bad at something just now... also it means that you are something wrong. So you should take outside help. Maybe ask Russia or China, or even India!

it's not that they realized it only now. they knew for some time but chose to ignore it.

[lejend]

the ISIS-K terrorists killed by the US army in the 29 August drone strike:



the first guy was an aid worker, filling up the car with water jugs. the second was an engineer also involved in the aid operation.
all the others were ISIS-K fighters, obviously.

thoughts & prayers etc

[Snuden]

A really big kek is the "My pillow guy"
wtf

[Jam]

Hey Americans I just voted and the whole process took me about 6 mins.

[fightinfrenchman]

It's just gonna be one of those days I guess

[Jam]

[princeofcarthage]

Joe Biden may owe up to $500,000 in back taxes, according to government report

https://flip.it/hIf3Fl


Let's see if Biden is grilled as much as Trump.

[iNcog]

Biden's entire campaign was run on not being trump and here he is being a fat fucking failure and an asshole. fuck washington tbh

[fightinfrenchman]

Biden's entire campaign was run on not being trump and here he is being a fat fucking failure and an asshole. fuck washington tbh

Not really

[fightinfrenchman]

Joe Biden may owe up to $500,000 in back taxes, according to government report

https://flip.it/hIf3Fl


Let's see if Biden is grilled as much as Trump.

What are you talking about, Trump was barely grilled at all

[princeofcarthage]

Joe Biden may owe up to $500,000 in back taxes, according to government report

https://flip.it/hIf3Fl


Let's see if Biden is grilled as much as Trump.

What are you talking about, Trump was barely grilled at all

Sucks that people from native English speaking countries have such piss poor control over the language. I mean I always knew Americans sucked at English, even at their own version of it.

Sigh

As much as, it is a comparison. If trump got grilled for x unit of measurement then will Biden get grilled for same or not. It doesn't state an opinion about whether it is barely, too much or whatever.

[princeofcarthage]

Man, first learn the language. Not that I care but it's the required language on forums.

[fightinfrenchman]

It doesn't state an opinion about whether it is barely, too much or whatever.

It very clearly implies it, which is a function of language I guess you don't understand for some reason

[princeofcarthage]

It doesn't state an opinion about whether it is barely, too much or whatever.

It very clearly implies it, which is a function of language I guess you don't understand for some reason

It doesn't, it simply compares 2 parts of the statement. If I had said media grilled trump too much, let's see if they grill Biden as much, then you would be correct.

[fightinfrenchman]

You're so fucking stupid

[princeofcarthage]

At least you got that correct.

[duckzilla]

Maybe I misunderstand something, then please correct me.

The fact that we know about potentially problematic tax avoidance means that the public at least has access to his tax records, much in contrast to Trump who didn't want to publish them. Biden is unlikely to do his taxes himself. I guess he paid some accountant to do this for him properly and, assuming that everything was done well, publishes his records.

[Dolan]

Maybe I misunderstand something, then please correct me.

The fact that we know about potentially problematic tax avoidance means that the public at least has access to his tax records, much in contrast to Trump who didn't want to publish them. Biden is unlikely to do his taxes himself. I guess he paid some accountant to do this for him properly and, assuming that everything was done well, publishes his records.

I made exactly the same argument about Trump when this was discussed here. Could probably be easily found with a well-placed search. Since Trump is from a richer family, it's likely he has lots of employees managing his taxes, so he probably doesn't even know how much and what exactly is paid or owed to their IRS.

I think this shows that these people who live in high places don't think of themselves as ordinary, they don't think rules apply to them. That's valid for both Trump and Biden. They just think they're part of the elites, so they operate on separate rules. They pay lawyers to deal with this stuff and to sort things out in a way that makes them pay as few taxes as possible.

[duckzilla]

The difference to Trump would be, that he did not publish his tax records, thereby giving room for speculation.

[Dolan]

He didn't probably because it would show that his companies owe a lot of money and that would look bad for his typical triumphalist image.

[fightinfrenchman]

He didn't probably because it would show that his companies owe a lot of money and that would look bad for his typical triumphalist image.

Do you believe that Trump is still under audit, and do you believe that being under audit means you can't release your tax returns?

[Dolan]

Do you believe that Trump is still under audit

It depends when the audit started. From what I'm seeing here (US lawyers association: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/busi ... 8/06_wood/), normally an audit can last about 3 years, or 6 if they detect understatement of income. Anything beyond that means no return or a fraudulent one was filed, in this case your IRS seems to reserve the right to have an audit without any time limit (no statute of limitations).
So if his audit started more than 6 years ago, there are probably no reasons not to have been completed by now.

do you believe that being under audit means you can't release your tax returns?

If you're under audit, there's nothing to release, imo, because the tax returns are not recognised yet as legally cleared.

[fightinfrenchman]

Do you believe that Trump is still under audit

It depends

No

[Dsy]

What do you think of Anglo-Saxon electoral system? Where the votes and seats not proportional for more decisive government.