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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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Yeah, that is crazy. Then again, Tennessee did Tax Drug Dealers (Yes, they seriously did
), so it's not impossible... But that would just legitimize the Cartels, wouldn't it? I mean, if you're going to go this route, just make Drugs legal, tax them, and then you get rid of the Cartels and Gangs anyways, and then the Wall has less importance, wouldn't it?!
Also, I just found the one President who had as bad a first week as Trump: James Buchanan. The man actively encouraged the Supreme Court to rule unanimously on Slavery... And that led to the Dred Scott decision 2 days later.
edited 29th Jan '17 9:20:28 PM by DingoWalley1
If it would have been any of them, it would have been Buchanan, I suppose. Easily in the bottom 5, if not actually in the coveted 44th place (I'm counting both of Cleveland's terms as one). Of course, he has some stiff competition.
Oh God! Natural light!Which they surely must be - I don't think any of them wanted Trump in charge. Better someone who's easier to control.
Also...I'm glad that everyone is as dumbfounded by the statement about the cartels, because unless I'm misunderstanding what Priebus is saying that statement makes absolutely no sense to me whatsoever.
Like, the whole point of the drug cartels is that they operate illegally through murder and extortion. How do you collect taxes from an organization like that? America has literally spent millions of dollars and human lives trying to fight them.
It honest to god makes them sound like a bunch of greedy immoral thugs who want to make money off the drug trade without any regard for how those organizations work or the harm they cause. Just legalize the fucking drugs and tax them to get rid of the cartels!!!
edited 29th Jan '17 9:38:40 PM by Draghinazzo
How in the world would you tax an illegal, underground operation? How do you possibly enforce that?
I think Draghinazzo's got the right idea. If we're going to legitimize drug cartels, just cut out the middleman and legalize drugs, then tax those. Why would we ever want to do business with the kinds of evil, sick bastards who run these cartels?
edited 29th Jan '17 9:36:14 PM by RBluefish
"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."I heard about the Tenessee case on QI. It was ruled unconstitutional because it amounted to double jeopardy (punished twice for the same crime). TN had to pay all the money they collected back.
edited 29th Jan '17 9:38:58 PM by Elle
I really hope Priebus was just talking out of his ass and said the first idiotic thing that came to his mind, but the bar for the GOP has been set so low I really don't know about that anymore.
It sounds more like something Trump would have come up with - it's utterly moronic and grossly immoral, just like everything else he says.
On the Muslim Ban, my understanding is that it's still in effect, only those in transit have been allowed though (alongside green card holders). So anyone else from the listed countries still can't get into the US.
As for the military operation, the thing that keeps coming back to me is the phone call that Trump will have had to make. The president normally calls the family of any soldiers lost in action, dear god I hope he was able to put in a face for a few minutes when talking with a grieving family.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranI keep seeing people saying "it's not a Muslim ban, Obama did this too!"
Well, Obama didn't do a comprehensive blanket ban on people from seven countries entering on the basis of their religion (if it's not based on that then why is there an exemption for non-Muslims) without any real justification for it?
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That ban was due to it being discovered that 2 Iraqi refugees applying for residency in the US had assisted in the manufacture of IEDs used in the insurgency. However, the Obama administration denied that it was a de facto ban. Which is the exact opposite of what the White House claimed, current ass-covering asides.
Analysis of what appears to be going on inside the White House with regards to the refugee ban
Yesterday was the trial balloon for a coup d’état against the United States. It gave them useful information.
edited 29th Jan '17 11:14:20 PM by Krieger22
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What Obama did was suspending the Iraqi Refugee program after two of the refugees turned out to have terrorist ties. The ban never hit any visa or green card holders, and the program was started again once additional security checks were added. Which is exactly why this fear mongering concerning Refugees is so nonsensical, if there is one group which enters the US which is most likely clean as fallen snow, its the Refugees. At this point, it is nearly impossible for a terrorist to slip through.
edited 29th Jan '17 11:34:46 PM by Swanpride

The Unholy trinity = Pence, Priebus and Ryan.
Bannon (and Miller) are Trump's counterweights to them.
Trump doesn't trust Pence, Ryan and Priebus because he thinks they're more loyal to their party than him.