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RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#277126: Apr 10th 2019 at 4:13:05 AM

Turbo Tax's website is also coded in a manner similar to Kafka's The Trial. Seriously, try the 'forgot my password' link - it sends you an email with a code to put in to confirm it's you so you can proceed to the second step of resetting your password.

The second step is inputting your password.

It's been fun.
wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#277127: Apr 10th 2019 at 4:17:39 AM

They let me file federal for free, but not state.

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#277128: Apr 10th 2019 at 4:24:35 AM

You know, I wouldn’t be surprised if Turbo Tax, et al. had a hand in the Libertarian “taxation is theft” movement. More hate toward the government means they get to look like the good guys.

Edit: I mean, aside from the obvious, redundant fact that every big corporation would like to push for libertarianism.

Edited by ShinyCottonCandy on Apr 10th 2019 at 7:26:57 AM

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golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#277129: Apr 10th 2019 at 5:34:53 AM

I'm starting to think a Biden presidency would be the worst possible outcome. Yeah, obviously another term of Trump would be awful, but Biden as president would cause this major shift in Democrat politics back to the center-right as they were in the 90s. Meanwhile, it would cause even more obstruction and reactionary policies from the Republicans.

also lets not nominate a predator k

"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#277130: Apr 10th 2019 at 5:38:15 AM

[up] I disagree, Biden would, at least, know how to actually do the job of President of the United States.

Trump proves on a weekly, if not daily, basis he's an incompetent boob with no business in the White House.

My apologies to incompetents, seabirds, and/or breasts everywhere.

In my mind there is no candidate that makes a second Trump term look like a reasonable outcome. Except maybe Tulsi Gabbard.

Edited by sgamer82 on Apr 10th 2019 at 6:42:01 AM

ITNW1989 a from Big Meat, USA Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#277131: Apr 10th 2019 at 5:41:08 AM

[up][up] Calling Biden the "worst possible outcome" for the Presidency is not only disingenuous, but willfully ignorant or dismissive of the current political climate.

[up][nja]'d

Edited by ITNW1989 on Apr 10th 2019 at 5:41:23 AM

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#277132: Apr 10th 2019 at 5:42:10 AM

There already is a predator in the Oval Office. And a fascist.

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#277133: Apr 10th 2019 at 5:43:44 AM

I think they meant let's not see the Democrats nominate a predator.

golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#277134: Apr 10th 2019 at 5:43:55 AM

Tulsi at least has good economic policies. We're on the verge of another recession, one even larger than a decade ago. Having the bailout VP as president is gonna fuck our economy even more, and meanwhile the right will end up radicalizing further against the left. Along with this, Biden also has conservative views on the environment, criminal justice, healthcare, education. All of which are vital issues at this moment. If Biden were to become president, we'd see the party move away from actually progressive policies.

"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#277135: Apr 10th 2019 at 5:45:11 AM

I stand by my statement, nothing there makes the alternative of a second Trump term seem like a good idea.

Edited by sgamer82 on Apr 10th 2019 at 6:48:33 AM

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#277136: Apr 10th 2019 at 5:45:36 AM

Biden may not be my primary (or anywhere near the top, really) choice for President, but in the event that it's a choice between him and Trump, I know damn well who I'm voting for.

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#277137: Apr 10th 2019 at 5:47:08 AM

> Biden at least would know how to actually do the job of President of the United States

well,he'd might actually listen to his handlers/advisers instead of going off script like Trump does

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#277138: Apr 10th 2019 at 5:49:21 AM

Exactly, the bar is low enough even that much is an improvement.


As far as I'm concerned, one Democrat's about as good as another, as long as they can do the damn job. That's why I haven't really spoken up for any one candidate myself. I sincerely don't care who it is as long as they are likely to be competent.

That's what makes me skeptical of Gabbard (a Trump in Democrats' clothing), Klobuchar (due to the Bad Boss rep she's gotten) and any given populist like Sanders or O'Roarke (I've come to distrust populists in general and regard them as more words than deeds)

Donald Trump remaining in office for any longer than can be helped is the worst possible outcome.


On that note:

Trump’s ‘truly bizarre’ visit to Mt. Vernon – The 45th president — no student of history — marveled at the first president's failure to name his historic compound after himself

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/10/donald-trump-mount-vernon-george-washington-1264073

Edited by sgamer82 on Apr 10th 2019 at 6:54:30 AM

golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#277139: Apr 10th 2019 at 5:54:16 AM

lol o'rourke isn't a populist he doesn't have any policies

"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#277140: Apr 10th 2019 at 5:55:47 AM

That's what I take a populist to be: empty words and little to no policy spouted in the name of appealing to add many people as possible.

Sanders had little the besides pie in the sky economics and Trump ran primarily on racism.

Edited by sgamer82 on Apr 10th 2019 at 7:03:00 AM

golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#277141: Apr 10th 2019 at 5:58:46 AM

Except Sanders' populist beliefs are rooted in Democratic socialist political theory and actually do have weight to them. He rallies against the elite because believe it or not but people making 100 times what you do don't actually give a shit if you even live.

"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
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A procrastination in of itself
#277142: Apr 10th 2019 at 6:02:06 AM

lets not nominate a predator k

Got a source on Biden being a predator? Because so far he’s been accused of being inappropriate with women and not respecting personal space, that’s not the same thing as sexually assaulting someone.

Oh and like fuck is Gabbard, the homophobic Russian asset, a better choice than Biden.

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#277143: Apr 10th 2019 at 6:03:32 AM

[up][up] Doesn't really counter my point, since you yourself call him a populist.

Between Sanders, Trump, and the fustercluck that is Brexit in the UK, I've seen all I need to see of populism.

Edited by sgamer82 on Apr 10th 2019 at 7:04:17 AM

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#277144: Apr 10th 2019 at 6:03:55 AM

[up][up]It's still bad optics.

Edited by kkhohoho on Apr 10th 2019 at 8:04:03 AM

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#277145: Apr 10th 2019 at 6:05:32 AM

To the radical, the devil is preferable to a moderate...

Edited by 3of4 on Apr 10th 2019 at 3:13:00 PM

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golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#277146: Apr 10th 2019 at 6:06:13 AM

Eh, I wouldn't call Gabbard a Russian asset. She's many things (homophobic, Islamophobic, authoritarian) but it bugs me when people throw the Russia stuff around for every candidate they don't like. It feels a bit rooted in xenophobia toward Russia, which is a growing problem in the US (see: that shitty speech Tim Ryan did).

And I would consider Biden a predator. A dude that kisses and sniffs women's hair without their consent while holding such a high position is displaying predatory behavior. Especially one who can't see what's wrong with that even now.

"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
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A procrastination in of itself
#277147: Apr 10th 2019 at 6:07:04 AM

[up]X3 Yeah it’s plenty good enough reason to not vote for Biden (his refusal to learn from his mistakes especially), but that doesn’t make him a sexual predator.

It’s like saying don’t vote for Gabbard because she’s a war criminal. She’s not a war criminal, she’s supports war criminals and that’s plenty good enough reason to not vote for her, but we don’t need to lie/exaggerate to justify not supporting a person.

[up] She publicly supports a Russian backed dictator guilty of war crimes, she’s a best an idiot asset what unknowingly helps Russia because she agrees with their world view.

As for Biden, the women who made the big accusation against him specifically said that she didn’t view it as sexual or sexual assault, so I’m gonna give her take on events more credence that any of ours.

Edited by Silasw on Apr 10th 2019 at 1:09:52 PM

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#277148: Apr 10th 2019 at 6:08:46 AM

I find the idea of populism to be innately wrong to be a somewhat questionable belief. It's usually hot air but the idea behind it is appealing directly to the voter and I don't think that's innately bad.

We need direct large scale economic reform in the US and anyone who suggests that is going to sound radical.

But Bernie's "radical" policies are fairly common sense anywhere but the USA.

Edited by CharlesPhipps on Apr 10th 2019 at 6:10:04 AM

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archonspeaks Since: Jun, 2013
#277149: Apr 10th 2019 at 6:16:01 AM

[up] Except populism isn’t going to get you anywhere close to large scale economic reform. It’s just so much hot air.

I don’t really have an issue with a hard line on Russia. They’ve been pushing it for a while now, someone needs to push back.

They should have sent a poet.
golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#277150: Apr 10th 2019 at 6:18:05 AM

Russia is more than just its politicians though. And blaming stuff on "the Russians" isn't far removed from blaming "the Jews"

"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"

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