Team Trump wipe their butts with the US Constitution every day.
Do you really think they care about another sternly worded letter from Neal?
Empanel a select committee to consider drafting articles of impeachment NOW.
Best thing would be to get the tax returns by other channels, even illegal ones, and publish them all over the internet.
Likely TrumpGOP would scream and squeal and use the DOJ to try and punish democrats, but WTH. Let 'em.
Tell him, if heād obeyed the law the tax returns would have remained private.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) On Saturday wrote to IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig with a new deadline
Well, that ought to do it.
set a new deadline of April 23
Thatās the day Shakespeare died.
(I died a day before he did.)
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What exactly do you advise for action?
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70+ years old water guns.
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Brava! I like your style.
Thanks! (means a lot coming from you)
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What would the Republicans do?
We donāt have to follow suit but surely the analysis can begin there!
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Stay strong, my brotherā¦
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I remember feeling shocked when CEO pay was shown to commonly be 300~400 times the lowest paid employee. Dimon and Chase took that to a whole new level. 1,000 times?? This is one of those times I think, āThere ought to be a lawā¦ā
Because, Iām sorry, but thatās just so wrong. Iāve founded and run 9 companies over the past 30 years, and at no time could I ever say to myself, āIām 1,000 times more valuable than āthe most juniorā employee in my company.ā Everyone I ever hired brought value to the company that couldnāt be measured exclusively in $$$. The most Iāve ever earned over a lowest-paid employee was 4 to 5 times their salary. But thatās only counting the most junior. On average, I earned less than twice what my more senior staff earned.
When a company is profitable, everyone in it should be raised up. After all, itās their productivity that is generating the bulk of the revenue. That, combined with good management and strategic planning, enables success for a company. Everyone who participates in that success should be rewarded accordingly. Thatās my philosophy, at least.
Chase execs can justify earning millions a year. But not at the expense of their ālesserā underpaid employees, and at a 1,000 times rate? Thatās ludicrous. More evidence that our āfree marketā Capitalist system is brokenā¦
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Exactly. Neal is basically giving them rope to hang themselves with if they donāt comply. And they wonātānot even in the face of a subpoena. Then what happens? Is Rettig held in Contempt of Congress?
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āBefore the IRS failed to meet itās deadlineā¦ā
I expect better from actual writers who have gone past the fourth grade.
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Mnuchinās letter allowed Neal to make stronger legal arguments in support of disclosure should the matter come before the courts. The Dems have the stronger legal argument and it wouldnāt be close if you assume a fair minded judge.
My only disagreement is in extending the deadline to the 23rd. I donāt see any reason why their argument would be less strong if they had just extended it to this coming Thursday or Friday.
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The Queen of the Donor Class, Good on you george.
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Isnāt the House in recess next week?
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Yeah the GOP wanted unrestrained Capitalism and that broke Capitalism. Again. Weāve been through this now several times. 1929, 2008 - I donāt understand why they donāt get that Capitalism requires a strong middle class to work the way itās supposed to work for everybody.
FDR tried to protect us from another Depression and the laws they passed worked. And then the GOP started rolling them back. And they simply wonāt acknowledge how wrong they are economically even when everyone can look at Kansas and see the result of their nonpolicy policy.
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It probably doesnāt matter much anyway. AOC, Omar, Sanders, Harris, Warren, Buttigieg and so onā¦ these are the vanguard of what I think will become a new party. Either a new āDemocratic Socialistā party (which actually more resembles a European āSocial Democraticā model), or a new āProgressive Partyā that folds those āsocial democraticā tenets into itself.
Either way, the momentum is building toward transforming us (kicking and screaming in some quarters) into a more egalitarian and socialized society.
Either way, the GOP loses, so I"m fine with that. Iām just hoping we get more progressive policy into the core of the Democratic partyā¦ so far so good, but it still feels half-assed and ineffective. I want to see more aggression from the left side of the aisle. Bernie style. Step up, speak plainly, donāt be distracted or thrown off message. Hammers, people, we need lots of hammers.
Itās Whack-a-Mole time!
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I think so. I want to see a little more sense of urgency and a willingness to frame the political argument. Itās not the end of the world if itās the 23rd, but what matters is the follow-up. Nancy has to set the tone with the WH/Executive Branch and say that her committeesā demands will be respected.
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The House isnāt in session for two weeks. Nothing happens until they back some time after Easter. But Iād have say the sternly worded letter Nealās R predecessor was certainly stronger than his. Oh. No. There wasnāt one in the two years Rs ran the House. Silly me.
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