Wuss Trump folds under pressure

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Jersey Girl wrote:You didn't read and respond to my whole post. Here it is:

Ya, the same post I read the first time in which you asked how much money they're really making after deductions. I obviously did answer that and you respond by saying I can't read.

Well, I give up and I've learned my lesson. I'll never respond to you again.
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In case you didn't know, Trump's move was a brilliant masterstroke according to some pundits:

Sean Hannity wrote:Trump "right now holds all the cards. He will secure the border one way or another.

Lone Ranger: Yes kemosabe, we've got those Indians right where we want them, on all four sides of us.

Tonto: What's this Kemosabe BS, White Man?
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Kevin Graham wrote:
Jersey Girl wrote:You didn't read and respond to my whole post. Here it is:

Ya, the same post I read the first time in which you asked how much money they're really making after deductions. I obviously did answer that and you respond by saying I can't read.

I've never paid into a 401K. Does that include matching funds by the employer and wonder what that would leave you from the 10 crappy bucks after state and federal are taken out of it?

Like 5?

Well, I give up and I've learned my lesson. I'll never respond to you again.

I'll take you at your word.
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Jersey Girl, 401k contributions are not taxed. Withdrawals are taxed.
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ajax18 wrote:I think the president was just demonstrating that he's serious about getting the wall built, and to demonstrate the lengths to which Democrats are willing to go to keep the border open and the flow of illegal immigrants unimpeded. He's got other options to make it happen.


So serious he never tried to force a shut down with the republican house and senate for the last two years. I wonder why they didn't want a wall?
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Res Ipsa wrote:Jersey Girl, 401k contributions are not taxed. Withdrawals are taxed.


Apparently you didn't get the memo. Her point is that he doesn't pay a "living wage."

So join the club of those who can't read.
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Kevin Graham wrote:I love how they offer "free golf" to the housemaids, something they're likely to rarely if ever take advantage of.

Conservative pundits and Fox talking heads often complain that poor folks can't be called poor if they own luxuries such as a refrigerator, so the house maids probably have a set of clubs tucked away somewhere as well, to reflect their moneyed status.
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MeDotOrg wrote:In case you didn't know, Trump's move was a brilliant masterstroke according to some pundits:

Sean Hannity wrote:Trump "right now holds all the cards. He will secure the border one way or another.

Lone Ranger: Yes kemosabe, we've got those Indians right where we want them, on all four sides of us.

Tonto: What's this Kemosabe ____, White Man?


Sean Hannity also stated that President Trump will eventually get the money for his wall.

Fox News host Sean Hannity on Friday defended President Trump's decision to reopen the government without securing money for his border wall, insisting that Trump is still "going to" get money for the wall.

Speaking on his radio show after Trump made the announcement at the White House, Hannity took a wait-and-see approach to news that Trump agreed to a three-week funding deal without money for a border wall.

"Some of you say 'He didn't get any money for the wall,' " Hannity said on his radio show in a clip first reported by Mediaite. "No he didn't, but he's going to."

Hannity noted that the deal Trump accepted Friday had been in the works for weeks, and that Democrats have been "begging to get an opportunity to fix the problem."


https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.co ... -get%3famp

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5c4c ... a6d3bd6dfd
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Kevin Graham wrote:We pay two Brazilian women roughly $200 when they clean our house every month or so. They're usually done in 3 hours so if you break it down by hour, we pay them each $30-40/hour. Of course this isn't including benefits.

Roughly? how are you unable to provide an actual pay?

and clearly you are content with them finding their own way with regards to benefits, protections, and job security. Nice bit of capitalism you have cooked up there...exploit labor in any other parts of your life?
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