In New Statement, Romney Rewinds Infrastructure Talks Back To April | Talking Points Memo

[castor_troy]

Soros is on it, just as soon as he finishes writing his check for the nine cents he owes in taxes.

[libthinker]

This republican party is incapable if reaching any kind of reasonable bargain on legislation so long as Trump retains his influence. That is just an obvious fact of life. Lucy doesn’t even have a football to pull away.

Democrats know this full well, and this fact is what makes Sinema and Manchin’s positions so odious.

[thunderclapnewman]

I get the argument that millions have been fed lies by Fox & the right wing hate machine. But I see no reason to give anyone a pass because of it. In America, ignorance is an active choice. This isn’t N. Korea. Fox didn’t create the current @GOP. The @GOP created Fox.

— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) June 9, 2021

[ClutchCargo]

No more carried interest loophole for starters. And just actually enable the IRS to enforce the existing rules.

IRS chief says $1 trillion in taxes goes uncollected every year

[schmed]

I’ll take Tax Loopholes Illustrated for $500.

[LeeHarveyGriswold]

“We’re willing to accept money for infrastructure projects, but we refuse to pay for it.”

[txlawyer]

In my ideal world, I would eliminate the distinctions between income, capital gains, and inheritance so as to tax all of them the same rates. The Pro Publica story also makes it clear that we also need to do something for proceeds of loans secured by assets representing unrealized capital gains.

[tena]

Yeah ignorance is an active choice. And the ones who embrace it think that they are Real America and those of us who don’t embrace it aren’t.

[fiftygigs]

We’re not raising taxes

We don’t want to either. We want to end welfare for billionaires.

[dannydorko]

@castor_troy

Let’s just eliminate some of the loopholes that allowed the 25 richest folks in America to pay as little as $0 in taxes in any given year.

“Easy, now! That’s hitting just a little too close to home.”

[castor_troy]

@txlawyer

we also need to do something for proceeds of loans secured by assets representing unrealized capital gains.

Like maybe that you shouldn’t be able to use unrealized capital gains as collateral, since that goes against the whole justification of not taxing those as assets because the true value could be zero if the company goes bankrupt.

[richardinjax]

Unless we’re giving money directly to the wealthy we aren’t going to give money at all. Those are the rules laid down by the GOP and enforced by Dino’s and the filibuster.

[castor_troy]

@dannydorko

That’s hitting just a little too close to home.

Which one of the 12?

[stradivarius50t3]

@steviedee111

Personally I like crumbling bridges.

We’re in for a whole bunch of pleasure by that standard.

[dannydorko]

@castor_troy

@dannydorko

That’s hitting just a little too close to home.

Which one of the 12?

One of the five with parking elevators.

[ClutchCargo]

The one with the car elevator.

[pshah]

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) separately shot down another Biden proposal that the President reportedly offered as a concession to Capito last week, in which the Senate would agree to impose a 15 percent floor on corporate book profits as part of a plan to set an international corporate tax minimum.

So it’s literally going to take Walmart, Amazon, and Koch Industry trucks falling off bridges before they decide to ante up. The “good” news is we’re not far off from that becoming commonplace.

[benthere]

“Romney Logic:”

It’s OKAY to increase the deficit in giving tax cuts to the uber-wealthy.

It’s NOT OKAY to revisit (and amend) those tax cuts.

It’s NOT OKAY to increase the deficit for ancient and much needed infrastructure.

[dannydorko]

@steviedee111

Personally I like crumbling bridges.

What is your preferred method of crumbling them?

[castor_troy]

That’s why Amazon is working on drone deliveries, so they don’t need to access roads anymore.