Posts Made By: David Cotterell

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

..... men can suddenly become women by tapping their red speckled shoes together and citing "there's nothing like being a woman, there's nothing like being a woman", and that is supposed to magically turn them into women.......   

That crap has NO place on the United States Supreme Court.

Period!

 

Your sublimely nuanced view of an extremely complex topic is duly noted.

Dave

And, where in the following is gender/sex/male/female ever mentioned?

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

Dave

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Why do you personally  hold such animosity against young girls and young women in society that you support taking away their ability to compete on a level playing field with other girls/women by forcing them to compete with boys/men who call themselves women?  

Why do you believe that men/boys should be allowed to take away the possibility of girls being awarded scholarships to college because they aren't biologically able to compete with men who are simply stronger due to the way nature designed men to have bigger bone structures, and more musculature?

Why do you hate young girls/women so much that you are willing to take away their ability to compete on a level playing field in athletics, by allowing men to compete with them.

Do you not believe in fair play?  

Why are you against title IX when it comes to sports?

Is it due to your inner misogyny coming forth and exposing itself?  

I hold no such positions.  I have never said so.  Why do you try to attach them to me?

The problem of sports vis à vis transgender issues is one of the areas where nuance and a great deal of honest thought is required and where cut and dried 'A or B only' solutions may not work any more.  Maybe a third category of competition for born males ---> females would be a solution for things like that Penn swimmer.  I'm open to new ideas and thinking on this topic.

But there is so much, much more to the broader issue of sex/gender that need to be looked at.

I think the simplistic 'either you're a boy or a girl' stance is on its way out and society will adjust just as we have adjusted to many other social changes.

Dave

I've just ordered a 2022 Toyota Camry Hybrid (52mpg!!) so I'm one of the ones moving away from the gasoline side of things.  Not as 'committed' as someone who goes full electric but, still...  My vehicle will arrive in June....

The sooner we get our transportation and home-heating off of fossil fuels the better.  This transition may take 100 years to accomplish but it is well under way.

Dave

Originally Posted by Mel Maki

Does your government help the electric car cause with very much money?

Yes, $2500-$5000 per but only for pure electric cars.  My Hybrid does not qualify...

Link

Dave

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Why does your "hybrid" not qualify? Because it is not a plug-in hybrid.

You posted the link.

The link You posted says this:   

Tier One: Tier One vehicles can receive up to $5000 in rebate and include:

    Battery-electric vehicles
    Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles
    Longer-range plug-in hybrid vehicles

Tier Two: Tier Two vehicles can receive up to $2,500 in rebates and include:

    Shorter range plug-in hybrid vehicles

Is the reason yours doesn't qualify because you paid less than $45K for it? No, so therefore the rest of you post, below, becomes a load of used hockey pucks.

If so then these rebates are geared towards helping the wealthy or the rich in Society.

Can you tell us why it always seems that liberals claim they are working "for the little guy" when virtually everything they do benefits the wealthy?

Now then, not only does the legislation and the tax credit benefit the very wealthy, it also hurts the poor, so it is a double whammy on the little guy because he can't afford the cost of a new electric vehicle, which means he has no tax benefit, and also the little guy pays taxes into your system.

Think you can answer either of those questions above?

Your socialism there in Canada sure doesn't seem to work on behalf of the POOR in Canada now does it?

It appears that the wealth transfer there in Canada benefits the wealthy as the tax credits they receive benefit them and are paid for by all taxpayers in Canada.

Can you explain how that works to benefit the POOR since I'm obviously confused about the WONDERS of Socialism?  

Dave

New Lithium sorces in USA...

...from the geothermal energy industry....

The gist is that they drill down and frack then send water down which comes back up heated for turbines.  The 'return' water has enough Lithium salts dissolved in it to supply the needs of the  battery industry..

New ways are being found every day....  

Dave

 The wealth of the top 1% increased by $6.5 trillion last year, mainly driven by soaring stock prices and financial markets, according to the Federal Reserve.
   
The stock portfolios of the top 1% are now worth $23 trillion, and they own a record 53.9% of individually held shares, according to the central bank.
  

“Rising wealth inequality drives the stock market, which then drives more wealth inequality,” said Edward Wolff, professor of economics at New York University.

Think of what a 20% tax on all those trillions would mean....  without materially affecting those taxed.  Medicaid for all, better schools, infrastructure, libraries, the arts, better LIFE...

Q: What's the difference between a millionaire and a billionaire? A: A billion dollars ......

Dave

"Recall that America’s 704 billionaires have increased their wealth by $1.7 trillion since the start of the pandemic in February 2020, while most Americans have struggled to make ends meet. That means the billionaires could theoretically pay for everything Joe Biden and House Democrats have proposed — from childcare to climate measures — and still be as wealthy as they were at the start of the pandemic.
Elon Musk’s pandemic gains alone could cover the cost of tuition for 5.5 million community college students and feed 29 million low-income public-school kids, while still leaving Musk richer than he was before Covid.
A billionaire tax is a no-brainer."   Robert Reich


And trickle down has never worked.  Ever.  Anywhere.   The wealth goes up and stays there.   "Job-creators" indeed.

Then there are the corporations who don't pay a single dime of taxes. Their pre-tax income is the first number after their name, in Millions of dollars...

Advanced Micro Devices $1,208.00 - 0.0% Computers, office equip, software, data
Akamai Technologies $40.00 $−2.00 −4.4% Computers, office equip, software, data
Albemarle $42.00 $0.00 −0.3% Chemicals
American Electric Power $2,163.00 $−138.00 −6.4% Utilities, gas and electric
Archer Daniels Midland $438.00 $−164.00 −37.4% Food & beverages & tobacco
Ball $193.00 $−33.00 −17.1% Miscellaneous manufacturing
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding $561.00 $−3.00 −0.5% Computers, office equip, software, data
Cabot Oil & Gas $240.00 $−32.00 −13.2% Oil, gas & pipelines
Charter Communications $3,680.00 $−7.00 −0.2% Telecommunications
CMS Energy $885.00 $−35.00 −4.0% Utilities, gas and electric
Community Health Systems $323.00 $−1.00 −0.3% Health care
Consolidated Edison $1,227.00 $−2.00 −0.2% Utilities, gas and electric
Danaher $1,583.00 $−321.00 −20.3% Miscellaneous manufacturing
Dexcom $265.00 $0.00 0.0% Pharmaceuticals & medical products
Dish Network $2,532.00 $−231.00 −9.1% Telecommunications
DTE Energy $1,531.00 $−247.00 −16.1% Utilities, gas and electric
Duke Energy $826.00 $−281.00 −34.0% Utilities, gas and electric
Ecolab $95.00 $−50.00 −52.6% Chemicals
Evergy $722.00 $−27.00 −3.7% Utilities, gas and electric
FedEx $1,218.00 $−230.00 −18.9% Miscellaneous services
FirstEnergy $1,108.00 $−14.00 −1.3% Utilities, gas and electric
Fiserv $1,100.00 $−25.00 −2.3% Financial data services
Hologic $887.00 $−62.00 −7.0% Health care
Howmet Aerospace $86.00 $−2.00 −2.3% Miscellaneous manufacturing
HP $861.00 $−24.00 −2.8% Computers, office equip, software, data
Interpublic Group $284.00 $−53.00 −18.5% Miscellaneous services
Jacobs Engineering Group $213.00 $−37.00 −17.4% Engineering & construction
Kansas City Southern $327.00 $−2.00 −0.6% Transportation
Kinder Morgan $654.00 $−20.00 −3.1% Oil, gas & pipelines
Lincoln National $423.00 $−61.00 −14.4% Financial
Michaels $322.00 $−11.00 −3.5% Retail & wholesale trade
Mohawk Industries $87.00 $−34.00 −38.9% Miscellaneous manufacturing
Nike $2,873.00 $−109.00 −3.8% Miscellaneous manufacturing
Nucor $1,220.00 $−177.00 −14.5% Metals & metal products
Owens & Minor $74.00 $−4.00 −6.0% Retail & wholesale trade
Penske Automotive Group $505.00 $−78.00 −15.5% Motor vehicles and parts
PPL $878.00 $−9.00 −1.0% Utilities, gas and electric
Qurate Retail Group $687.00 $−8.00 −1.2% Internet services & retailing
Salesforce.com $2,630.00 $−12.00 −0.5% Computers, office equip, software, data
Sanmina-SCI $95.00 $−1.00 −1.0% Computers, office equip, software, data
Seaboard $136.00 $−50.00 −36.8% Food & beverages & tobacco
Sealed Air $323.00 $−14.00 −4.4% Miscellaneous manufacturing
Telephone & Data Systems $284.00 $−175.00 −61.6% Telecommunications
Textron $278.00 $−1.00 −0.4% Aerospace & defense
Treehouse Foods $8.00 $−96.00 −1,167.1% Food, beverages, tobacco
Tutor Perini $96.00 $−36.00 −37.7% Engineering & construction
Tyler Technologies $176.00 $−11.00 −6.0% Computers, office equip, software, data
UGI $420.00 $−85.00 −20.2% Utilities, gas and electric
Unum Group $923.00 $−98.00 −10.7% Financial
Verisign $447.00 $−124.00 −27.7% Computers, office equip, software, data
Voya Financial $195.00 $−9.00 −4.6% Financial
Westlake Chemical $227.00 $−208.00 −91.6% Chemicals
Williams $278.00 $−29.00 −10.4% Oil, gas & pipelines
Xcel Energy $1,465.00 $−13.00 −0.9% Utilities, gas and electric
Xilinx $140.00 $−2.00 −1.5% Computers, office equip, software, data
Total, All 55 Companies $40,482.00 $−3,497.00 −8.6%


There's no one coming after your TV set, Richard.  Taxing all the above won't cost you or anyone else in the middle class a dime.  But it will improve your life...

And they come after Heather's TV at their peril.  Feisty one, my partner...

Dave

Jim, Rich:  The point I'm getting at is that there is vast income that is not subject to income tax. As you correctly point out, under the current scheme of things, they are only taxed when they sell.  This provides a great incentive to NOT sell but to hoard instead..and the hoardings get bigger and bigger...

And there are dozens of corporations who are coining it every day and pay no income tax on these earnings.  See my list from a previous post.

20% of the gain in value of a portfolio is not at all the same as taking 20% of  the portfolio.  Having this apply only to portfolios that are more than $100 million in value will protect the vast majority of people.   Making sure that pension funds are exempt from this tax to protect mom and pop....other regulations can be written...

As for the 14th amendment - "equal protection" is currently NOT what is happening in terms of personal taxation.  You and I and pretty much everyone we know pays income tax because we don't make enough money while folks with high income get to  hide it offshore or in a portfolio or some other fancy accounting scheme so as not to pay income tax.   Highly unequal protection it seems to me...

Dave