Originally Posted by Eddies66 (Post 680446)

Let’s get the whole story, there were 20 Vets housed in a hotel for 30 days. They were removed after 2 weeks and placed in another hotel. They are all awaiting permanent housing. The VA and HUD work tirelessly to get low and no income housing for Vets. My office is in a 60 unit apartment complex called Veterans Village, there are vacancies here and more complexes being built. The are currently 48,000 homeless Vets in this country, this issue has not been addressed in over a decade.

Originally Posted by Eddies66 (Post 680446)

Let’s get the whole story, there were 20 Vets housed in a hotel for 30 days. They were removed after 2 weeks and placed in another hotel. They are all awaiting permanent housing. The VA and HUD work tirelessly to get low and no income housing for Vets. My office is in a 60 unit apartment complex called Veterans Village, there are vacancies here and more complexes being built. The are currently 48,000 homeless Vets in this country, this issue has not been addressed in over a decade.

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY (Post 680451)

Eddie, A BIG Thank You for your service.!!!! Why do you think the current administration caters to the POS illegals instead of the many veterans that you try to assist on a daily basis? It’s a darn SHAME …..Again, Thank You for your tireless efforts ….:confused:

Originally Posted by Randy Wells (Post 680447)

Eddie,
You just can't except the fact that this incompetent administration is destroying our country, I know liberalism is a disease so I will cut you some slack buddy. As far as the Vets no they were moved out for the illegals, hotels get twice as much of my hard earned tax dollars for Ilegals then the Vets, doesn't matter that they were housed somewhere else.

Randy Wells
I/S 5628

Originally Posted by Eddies66 (Post 680458)

How long have people been coming to this country to seek a better life and how long have the current residents been bitching about it. We are a nation of immigrants. How many administrations and Congress failed to address a standard for processing people wanting to come into this country. How many administrations have failed to recognize that the countries that these people are coming from are corrupt. I lived in Central America and seen it first-hand. Example, Standard Brands has been in Honduras for over 100 years, have they done anything for the people of Honduras...NO. When Catholic priests starting telling workers to protest wages and working conditions, they were shot and labeled "communists" by local police, who were bribed by Standard Brands. We need to look at the root causes for people leaving their countries not wait until they are backed up at or border.

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY (Post 680466)

Eddie, I read your diatribe and you still didn’t answer my question ? Why does the current administration bend over backwards for POS ILLEGALS but neglects our veterans. ?? Another thing Eddie, there is a way to enter this country LEGALLY by going thru the correct channels. Imagine that !!!!!

Originally Posted by Eddies66 (Post 680458)

How long have people been coming to this country to seek a better life and how long have the current residents been bitching about it. We are a nation of immigrants. How many administrations and Congress failed to address a standard for processing people wanting to come into this country. How many administrations have failed to recognize that the countries that these people are coming from are corrupt. I lived in Central America and seen it first-hand. Example, Standard Brands has been in Honduras for over 100 years, have they done anything for the people of Honduras...NO. When Catholic priests starting telling workers to protest wages and working conditions, they were shot and labeled "communists" by local police, who were bribed by Standard Brands. We need to look at the root causes for people leaving their countries not wait until they are backed up at or border.

Originally Posted by Eddies66 (Post 680467)

Title 8 will turn many away at the border. I really can’t answer a question that Congress continues to ignore. I would present this question your Congressional representative.

Originally Posted by Eddies66 (Post 680458)

How long have people been coming to this country to seek a better life and how long have the current residents been bitching about it. We are a nation of immigrants. How many administrations and Congress failed to address a standard for processing people wanting to come into this country. How many administrations have failed to recognize that the countries that these people are coming from are corrupt. I lived in Central America and seen it first-hand. Example, Standard Brands has been in Honduras for over 100 years, have they done anything for the people of Honduras...NO. When Catholic priests starting telling workers to protest wages and working conditions, they were shot and labeled "communists" by local police, who were bribed by Standard Brands. We need to look at the root causes for people leaving their countries not wait until they are backed up at or border.

Originally Posted by Dick Nearhoof (Post 680472)

Eddie is not going to change his position on the border, He is safe & secure in his gated enclave, where no illegals, asylum seekers or refugees dare set foot in. Maybe if the government took 25-30 percent of his multiple pensions & gave it to illegals, he just might. He spews the same talking points as all democrats on the issue, Congress needs to fix it. But they never say how to fix it. God forbid, if some illegal injures one of his family members, he will screaming bloody murder.

Originally Posted by Eddies66 (Post 680460)

Randy, "accept" is proper usage not "except". Unless you are a Mental Health specialist how do you determine what is a disease? I don't know what an "LLegal" is. I would highly recommend you stay in your swim lane and be a whiny individual that has never done anything for this country but complain about taxes.

Originally Posted by Randy Wells (Post 680478)

Everytime you put gas in your Prius with that rainbow bumper sticker, you can thank me Numb Nu*s, now go pack some sand, and find some more of that free taxpayer money you seem to enjoy.

Randy Wells
I/S 5628

Originally Posted by nickh (Post 680474)

I know Yac is in AZ and I am in Houston, Tx and this is so out of control. Our crime rates have shot through the roof here, I am locked and loaded everytime I walk out my door. Something must give, talk about putting strain on the system is lightly put.

They must stay in Mexico, I would vote in a heart beat to send our military to the border armed and instructed to keep them in Mexico whatever it takes. I am a God Fearing Man but this is taking our country down to a 3rd world country and we are better than that.

My wife and I have some wonderful friends that hispanic, they came here legally and never took a dime of help from anyone. They are prospering tax paying americans. The people that are coming over are not welcomed, they have to return back to their home countries. My and our tax dollars are going to help them, we must take care of ourselves and our country first!!

And while we are house cleaning the following people must be convicted and sent to prison: The whole Biden family, the Obama Family, the clinton family, FBI, HHS, DEA. We need a complete sweep of our government they all should be convicted this is insane that is in corruption of our governments even state and local. IT IS WE THE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich (Post 680468)

There has been a process to immigrate to this country legally for more than a century. My grandfather did it. Tens of millions have done it. Allowing others to bypass the process is criminal discrimination. So is improperly loosening the process. The process could be improved. However, it is not in the best interest of the nation to dramatically increase the number of immigrants accepted, and certainly not to loosen the requirements. The first responsibility of the United States is to its citizens, and not to potential immigrants.No, the poem on the base of the Statue of Liberty does not mean open the borders and accept everyone. That was never the intent.

It is not the responsibility of the United States to become a refugee camp for the world. It is the responsibility of the people of a nation to resolve the issues in their nation. The United States cannot go "fix"all of those corrupt nations, either. Attempts to "police the world" have ended badly as often as not.

Originally Posted by Eddies66 (Post 680494)

Everytime you open your mouth and spew out garbage you can thank me for my 24 honorable service defending your 1st Amendment right to be a troll hiding behind your keyboard. Big Oil more than doubled its profits in 2022 to $219 billion, smashing previous records in a year of volatile energy prices, did you get any profit sharing from Big Oil?

Originally Posted by Randy Wells (Post 680498)

That machine you pushed pencils for would be dead in the water with out oil Numb N*ts. You can find me at most Div 5 races drop by and say HI. Yes I did good on BP stock. Your hero Brandon has been good for big Oil.

Randy

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich (Post 680469)

There aren't very many being "turned away at the border". There have not been since Biden took office.The country is flooded with illegal aliens, and illicit drugs, crossing an excessively porous border.

Originally Posted by Eddies66 (Post 680476)

Already there, unlike Trump my tax base is 24%.

Originally Posted by Dick Nearhoof (Post 680504)

Nice try, but only adjusted gross income above $178,150 is taxed at 24%, unless you're filing separately, then you would still need to have AGI of nearly $400k to have a effective tax rate of 24%. I think everyone in this discussion pays income taxes, I know I do. In a later thread you mentioned some possible solutions for changes to US immigration policy, which make some sense. Because every time I hear pundits/politicians say Congress needs to fix, they never say how. We were a country of immigrants, when the US growing, but large numbers of immigrants are not needed now. I know unemployment rates are low & plenty of help wanted signs posted. But big contributing factor here in NY was the "Fight for Fifteen" it was supposed to end "Corporate welfare" , now many of those same employees won't more hours if it means losing their tax payer subsidies. So it didn't fix anything, just made everything more expensive, hurting low income earners the most. SMH

Originally Posted by Eddies66 (Post 680494)

. Big Oil more than doubled its profits in 2022 to $219 billion, smashing previous records

Originally Posted by Eddies66 (Post 680503)

Alan here are some fun facts: Under a pandemic-driven public health rule, migrants have been turned away at the U.S. border 1.7 million times since Mr. Biden took office, a figure that includes some people who have attempted to cross multiple times. So far this fiscal year (through April 2023), immigration judges have issued removal and voluntary departure orders in 39.8% of completed cases, totaling 135,284 deportation orders. Granted, more needs to be done!

Originally Posted by Eddies66 (Post 680494)

Big Oil more than doubled its profits in 2022 to $219 billion, smashing previous records in a year of volatile energy prices, did you get any profit sharing from Big Oil?

Originally Posted by Eddies66 (Post 680495)

This seems strange, Texas and Arizona are gun states, why do you have any crime. Gov. Abbott moved $221 million from Health and Human Services (Mental Heath) to the National Guard. If crime is so bad why didn't he declare martial law or hire more police, oh that's right Texas police can't even defend 9 year old children. In Abbott's own words: "thoughts and prayers".

Originally Posted by Eddies66 (Post 680508)

I am about $60K over the $178k threshhold.

Originally Posted by Dick Nearhoof (Post 680517)

So about 20%, probably more than Warren Buffet, darling of the left, who takes advantage of the tax code "carried interest" clause. He could claim it as regular income & pay the rates, but why would he, it's perfectly legal, As President Trump did carrying business losses forward. I don't write the tax regs, but smart accountants take advantage of them. I know of never other country that would allow what's happening at US southern border. But maybe I'm wrong.

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone (Post 680515)

Did you think I was engaging in hyperbole in my first post here?
Better question would be ..What has the Left NOT corrupted in this country ?


https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/i...ing-was-a-lie/

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich (Post 680513)

Profit ain't a dirty word. Figure the percentage compared to the volume. Figure the government is trying desperately to put them out of business. And figure how oil is involved in everything you have, wear, use, eat, or drink.




Sorry, the cries about oil company profits only bring jeers. The profit on oil is minuscule compared to insurance, banking, securities, or government.

Originally Posted by Eddies66 (Post 680520)

Now we have to consider my wife's business, we do file separately. I do trust my CPA of 15 years. I am for a 10% flat tax with no loop holes.

Originally Posted by Eddies66 (Post 680526)

I have no problem with businesses making a profit. But when that profit affects inflation because very form of transportation used petroleum. Of coarse that cost of fuel impacts very family and the supply chain. I am less impacted by it because I am no longer commuting, store I use is less than two blocks away. Medical is two miles from the house.

Originally Posted by Randy Wells (Post 680530)

Not sure what very form of transportation and very family means. LOL.

Randy

Originally Posted by Eddies66 (Post 680531)

Let’s try every