If the Supreme Court says that the tariffs collected must be paid back-they will go to the companies themselves. When you purchased something with an increased price as a consumer because there was a tarrif on it-no one is going to provide a refund. Also-they’ll just hold their higher price point.

Haha! I grabbed a sheet of paper and was making notes! No pecan pie, 2 oz less of cranberry sauce, no sweet potatoes, add in Mac and cheese. I started to lose my mind and I threw it away after I was like “WHAT AM I DOING? Why is my life like this now?”

Don’t worry. Amendment twelve puts the oversight of judges in the hands of the governor instead of an independent body. Nothing to see there.

I’m feeling a bit frustrated with my community today. The community who voted 85% in favor of Trump. Who blame the “DemocRATS” for them not getting food stamps and are clearly brainwashed.

Considering giving a large donation to the food bank of thoughts and prayers for them to eat.

There are 17 amendments to the Texas Constitution on the ballot in a few weeks. I plan to vote NO on all of them.

Do you have a recommended source for laymen term
explanation for each? Thanks!!

All secular online homeschool groups are currently being inundated with posts that are concealed that are for Turning Point homeschool curriculum. They are posting on any requests for a SECULAR history curriculum. Even if people don’t get it once they click through-they are increasing ad revenue.

I truly wish there was a sarcasm font. Need a button to push. I speak sarcasm, I see and hear sarcasm in person. But in reading if you don’t know the writer well-difficult for me to discern sometimes.

The wording about how much will it “invest”…ok. So Meta buys some already existing companies. Creates nothing new. Creates no new jobs. Might even eliminate some due to consolidation. One could invest without building/creating anything.

Allred lacks personality. Which is required to get elected. So people stay at home and the crazies get fired up and vote for the crazy and normal, sane everyday people lose to insanity.

Oh look. That’s my representative! Whose office is 5 hours away from my home. I’m an hour from Dallas Ft Worth….but I have to almost drive to New Mexico to get to his office. No gerrymandering to see here!

Just say you’re too lazy of a parent to learn any skills besides physically overpowering minors.

It is surprisingly difficult to find a phone without Internet. And when you do, the ones I have gotten don’t charge after about a week or two. It’s a cycle of frustration itself.

Four things can happen when a tariff hits:
1) Foreign firms cut prices
2) Retail margins get squeezed
3) Retailers pass it on to you
4) Some imports just stop
Latest data: #1 didn’t happen, #2 a lot at first, #3 a bit so far, and #4 in spots.

Bottom line: Americans (#2, #3) are paying the tariffs.

It’s James Talarico. A Democrat in Texas.

Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks control Texas. The state legislature, Governor & AG do their bidding.

I think their point is that American’s won’t move into farmers provided housing. They will want to stay in their own house-which is not conveniently located so close. They’ll therefore work less hours, want more pay to cover gasoline and their own housing, feel like their commute is too long.

71m on Medicaid. 37m are children. 15m are disabled. 9m are elderly. That leaves 10m who are “able bodied”. How many of those are working? If the answer isn’t NEGATIVE 24m, then the math of 34m non-working able bodied on Medicaid doesn’t work. Hmmm.

4.8 million Texans voted for Harris. That’s more people than the population of 26 of our states. California had the most # voting for Harris. Texas had the 2nd most. If all you’re looking at are red and blue maps, you’re being fooled by gerrymandering. By your logic-this is what you voted for.

Assuming they utilize the average amount of healthcare of a healthy adult (since they are able bodied, ready to work and all), there only has to be 2.5 Billion of them for the math to work.

Add on that myth that those specific people are using lots of healthcare, racking up sky high medical expenses. Cause they don’t want to work even though they could, but they really enjoy going to the doctor. It’s Medicaid. It’s not cash.

Are these lazy people who are also super able bodied getting just tons of healthcare? Are they all really sick, but also able bodied, but need so much healthcare, a ton, but can get a job, no problem? Very confusing scenario they have imagined for all this BS.

from someone who was in on raise/bonus meetings-on the OT….when raises come up, they won’t be as high-bc behind doors they will say-oh-but they’re getting a raise in the form of this tax free money-so we don’t need to give them as much. Same with tips-ppl will reduce % they would normally pay.

We need Medicare for all. As a small biz owner I was paying EE & ER Medicare on earnings, my own health ins & the equivalent of 8.5 EE health ins bc we subsidized 95% of EE insurance. I’d have been better off paying an extra 20% in taxes. The Walmarts of the world are the ones taking handouts.

I used to be a partner at a firm. I paid employee and employer Medicare on earnings. The equivalent of 8.5 employees health ins premiums b/c we subsidized 95% (plus some lesser % for dependents) plus my own health insurance plus $16k or so in deductibles. Would have been cheaper to tax me 20% addtl

Casey Means owns a fitness tracker company. Levels. So just a money making play? Or something worse?

A remote controlled electrical implant like on Dr Moreau’s Island….

I’m in TX. Sometimes even WHEN happening to them, they don’t get it. GOP in control for 30 years…they still blame democrats. At primary time, the various Republican candidates send out flyers on their Republican competitors all calling each other “radical Liberals”….and they’re all Republicans.

Businesses are paying ridiculous amounts for their EE’s healthcare premiums or the EE’s are. The slimy ones skirt the issue by keeping PT EE’s with low wages and they get Medicare. As a small business, paying owner’s premiums, EE’s premiums AND Medicare taxes AND deductibles. Hit 4 times.

This will not do much to them. They are way past the point of insulated from everything. There is a Walmart 7 minutes from my house. The next closest store is 45 minutes away. And there are a lot of rural places similar. Drive an extra hour use my gas, time or go there. Lose lose for me.