{"id":24981,"date":"2016-11-27T12:45:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-27T20:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=24981"},"modified":"2016-11-27T12:45:34","modified_gmt":"2016-11-27T20:45:34","slug":"open-thread-11272016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/27\/open-thread-11272016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 11\/27\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wendy is about to leave.  She rubbed and scrubbed a very stinky TomCat, did some light housework, and cooked me a rotini casserole.  We had eggs over easy and O’Brien potatoes for brunch.  She rubbed my shoulder with Icy Hot.  I’m listening to the Chargers v. Texans meditation, and my Broncos meditate with the Chiefs this evening.  May the holy Ellipsoid Orb shine its blessed light on your team, unless they live under an arch.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today’s took me 3:01 (average 4:52).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>President-elect Donald \u201cI\u2019m supported by fear and hatred and ignorance\u201d Trump has a fantastic new tax plan. Well, it\u2019s not \u201cnew.\u201d It\u2019s basically the same shitty Republican tax plan that destroys the poor and working classes every time it gets enacted. Trump says the largest tax reductions are for the middle class. He also has a bridge in New York to sell you if you believe that. If you are wealthy, guess what? You will get to pretend that you are going to \u201ccreate jobs\u201d with your new found wealth\u2014on top of the wealth you already have. If you are in the middle class? Sorry, Charlie!<\/a><\/p>\n

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Most married couples with three or more children would also pay higher taxes, an analysis by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center found. And while middle-class families as a whole would receive tax cuts of about 2 percent, they\u2019d be dwarfed by the windfalls averaging 13.5 percent for America\u2019s richest 1 percent.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

How about single-parent households that make decent money? <\/p>\n

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\u201cIf you\u2019re a low- or moderate-income single parent, you\u2019re going to get hurt,\u201d said Bob Williams, a fellow at the Tax Policy Center.<\/p>\n

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But Lily Batchelder, a visiting fellow at the Tax Policy Center and former deputy director of President Barack Obama\u2019s National Economic Council, estimates that roughly 7.9 million families with children would pay higher taxes under his proposals. About 5.8 million are led by single parents. An additional 2.1 million are married couples.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This has always been Republican tax policy. It’s raise YOUR taxes to give massive tax cuts to billionaires, aka No Billionaire Left Behind<\/em><\/strong>.<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Nearly three weeks after Election Day, Hillary Clinton\u2019s campaign said on Saturday that it would participate in a recount process in Wisconsin incited by a third-party candidate and would join any potential recounts in two other closely contested states, Pennsylvania and Michigan.<\/p>\n

It’s about time!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (TYT Channel<\/a>): <\/font>It’s Time to Stand with Standing Rock <\/font><\/p>\n