When are the tax cuts going into effect? I'm still forking over the same amount from my paycheck to Uncle Sam before the bill was signed.
I'm suspecting many of the income tax ones will take effect for 2026 because the tax changes from Trump's first term were set to go through now. Best to check with your trusted tax pro for specifics.
On the business side, 100% bonus depreciation was made permanent retroactive to 19-Jan-2025.
Democrats Have Few Tools to Counter G.O.P. Redistricting
As much as partisan gerrymandering sucks, Dems still find ways to complain when the independent committees they appoint to do redistricting don't give them what they want.
A state in my part of Kiwi Land has such a committee to do redistricting and they did their best to come up with districts that were as close to 50-50 as reasonably possible. The Dems still complained saying they weren't black enough or they combined communities that shouldn't be together in order to because the Dems still wanted districts that were more blue-leaning. The
It's okay only when we do it mindset is still very much alive.
Vance commented on Microsoft replacing Americans:
He does have a point. Microsoft making mass layoffs and having a short turnaround between that and their desire to fill almost as many positions with H1-B imports leaves a strong perception they want cheap foreign labor and they have no leg to stand on about the lack of qualified Americans.
Trump’s EPA is Making Gas Cans Great Again:
the "push to let gas flow" feature doesn't work.
I had to begrudgingly get one of these cans last year: 0/10 would not recommend to friends or enemies. Trying to fill the lawnmower was more complicated than it needed to be as the push to flow mechanism was moody and would let gas pour faster than necessary; during one such fill up, the temperamental mechanism let more gas slosh out that day than in my life up to that point. Thank Godbear I later found an old 2 1/2 gallon gas can without the safety feature hiding in the back of the garage. I now use that one instead.
There's nothing wrong with safe gasoline storage and handling. Like anything else, we went from one extreme to the the other with a solution that created just as many new issues.
While I doubt he said, "Pretty please, don't do this or I'll have to impose tariffs," His negotiation tactics are such that I'd expect him to ask nicely and professionally at first and then start playing hardball if he gets no response or an unfavorable one.
Check it out, the neetpocalpse is worldwide
This is the end result of white guilt activists telling white men all over the world that they don't deserve to have nice things and they need to abase themselves for all the alleged wrongdoings of white people since the beginning of time.
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