Author Topic: The Biden (interim) Dictator (Read 313700 times)

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #1475 on:** March 27, 2021, 11:05:27 AM »

Gotta admit, crying over a speech is owning the libs bigtime

LickNeckey · « **Reply #1476 on:** March 27, 2021, 11:32:10 AM »

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #1477 on:** March 27, 2021, 12:22:10 PM »

That will cause more crying

sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #1478 on:** March 27, 2021, 09:37:02 PM »

No surprise that ProgFascist Nation is circling the wagons around their mentally incapacitated President who can’t make it through a simple press conference (not a speech, Slow Dug) without looking utterly feeble and losing track of where he was at.

Meanwhile if Trump did this ProgFascist nation would be going on for days about how this weakens our national security and is a threat to our democracy.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/26/biden-guts-homeland-security-advisory-council-478156

8manpick · « **Reply #1479 on:** March 27, 2021, 09:45:55 PM »

Good to know that “keeping track of where he was at” in a speech is now important to the party of Trump

sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #1480 on:** March 27, 2021, 11:03:23 PM »

Quote from: 8manpick on March 27, 2021, 09:45:55 PM

Good to know that “keeping track of where he was at” in a speech is now important to the party of Trump

Just say you tap out and be done with it.

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #1481 on:** March 28, 2021, 09:46:59 AM »

Quote from: sonofdaxjones on March 27, 2021, 09:37:02 PM

No surprise that ProgFascist Nation is circling the wagons around their mentally incapacitated President who can’t make it through a simple press conference (not a speech, Slow Dug) without looking utterly feeble and losing track of where he was at.

Meanwhile if Trump did this ProgFascist nation would be going on for days about how this weakens our national security and is a threat to our democracy.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/26/biden-guts-homeland-security-advisory-council-478156

You know your crying isn't effective when your best point is speech v. presser. I don't even want to take this W

LickNeckey · « **Reply #1482 on:** March 28, 2021, 10:52:46 AM »

This really has to be hard on Dax.

On one hand you want to be critical of Biden and claim he is mentally diminished and in need of drug cocktails to be publicly propped up.

On the other hand you hold Reagan up to be a demigod.

quite the pickle

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #1483 on:** March 28, 2021, 11:09:30 AM »

Some guy on Fox was lamenting that they set the bar too low for Biden and now when he whips ass it makes them all look like total boobs.

bucket · « **Reply #1484 on:** March 28, 2021, 11:58:21 AM »

Quote from: Dugout DickStone on March 28, 2021, 11:09:30 AM

Some guy on Fox was lamenting that they set the bar too low for Biden and now when he whips ass it makes them all look like total boobs.

He's not wrong

cfbandyman · « **Reply #1485 on:** March 28, 2021, 01:20:38 PM »

Quote from: bucket on March 28, 2021, 11:58:21 AM

Quote from: Dugout DickStone on March 28, 2021, 11:09:30 AM
Some guy on Fox was lamenting that they set the bar too low for Biden and now when he whips ass it makes them all look like total boobs.

He's not wrong

Yup, when it takes being better than the predecessor, it's easy bars to clear

Kat Kid · « **Reply #1486 on:** March 28, 2021, 02:19:02 PM »

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/26/buttigieg-says-white-house-is-weighing-mileage-levy-to-fund-infrastructure.html

looks like justwin gets his mileage tax

sys · « **Reply #1487 on:** March 28, 2021, 02:43:22 PM »

twitter already successfully bullied him into realizing how dumb that was.

kim carnes · « **Reply #1488 on:** March 28, 2021, 03:30:07 PM »

Quote from: sys on March 28, 2021, 02:43:22 PM

twitter already successfully bullied him into realizing how dumb that was.

It’s not dumb though.

bucket · « **Reply #1489 on:** March 28, 2021, 03:33:24 PM »

Quote from: cfbandyman on March 28, 2021, 01:20:38 PM

Quote from: bucket on March 28, 2021, 11:58:21 AM
Quote from: Dugout DickStone on March 28, 2021, 11:09:30 AM
Some guy on Fox was lamenting that they set the bar too low for Biden and now when he whips ass it makes them all look like total boobs.

He's not wrong

Yup, when it takes being better than the predecessor, it's easy bars to clear

I was referring more to the presidential debates and his first presser.

sys · « **Reply #1490 on:** March 28, 2021, 03:37:05 PM »

it's super dumb.

not for the regressive crap, rural/urban crap that a lot of the twitter left got outraged about but because we already have a much better model to tax the same activity. the gas tax is elegant, non-invasive, easy and relatively painless. whenever we need to tax vehicles that run on alternative fuels (which, to be clear, isn't now and won't be now anytime while biden is still president), the obvious, non-stupid solution is to tax those fuels in a manner analogous to the gas tax, not to tax miles driven.

LickNeckey · « **Reply #1491 on:** March 28, 2021, 04:16:30 PM »

popping a kwh tax sooner rather than later would be a welcome adjustment

but really can't account for at home charging which is why mileage based is less elegant but more equitable

sys · « **Reply #1492 on:** March 28, 2021, 04:36:22 PM »

Quote from: LickNeckey on March 28, 2021, 04:16:30 PM

really can't account for at home charging which is why mileage based is less elegant but more equitable

it's actually pretty trivially easy to account for home charging. unless you mean home-charging from privately owned solar or wind that is unconnected to the grid, in which case, that's fine, let those people free-ride.

kim carnes · « **Reply #1493 on:** March 28, 2021, 05:06:42 PM »

Quote from: sys on March 28, 2021, 04:36:22 PM

Quote from: LickNeckey on March 28, 2021, 04:16:30 PM
really can't account for at home charging which is why mileage based is less elegant but more equitable

it's actually pretty trivially easy to account for home charging. unless you mean home-charging from privately owned solar or wind that is unconnected to the grid, in which case, that's fine, let those people free-ride.

How is it easy to account for at home charging?

sys · « **Reply #1494 on:** March 28, 2021, 05:11:29 PM »

the whole point is to embed the tax in usage, so definitely no annual settlements.

i'm not a tech genius, so i don't know all the details, but from what i do know of what is possible (from roughest/least invasive to most precise and most invasive):

just tax generation, with a focus on generation from carbon-based fuels
electricity consumption tax that increases with increasing household energy use
parse use to tax 240v
parse use to try and precisely decipher automobile charging use
install meter on 240v outlets
build meter into auto charging units or the vehicle itself.

sys · « **Reply #1495 on:** March 28, 2021, 05:40:41 PM »

Quote from: memphis on March 28, 2021, 05:30:39 PM

Like how you phase that in would be interesting, trying to balance two different vehicle power sources.

i think we would want to give evs (and other alt fuels like hydrogen) a pretty long runway to encourage uptake before we stop subsidizing their use.

Rage Against the McKee · « **Reply #1496 on:** March 28, 2021, 06:09:22 PM »

I don't think EVs really need more subsidies to compete. They aren't practical in BFE, but everywhere else, they are already cheaper and more convenient than gasoline.

(Buying new, anyway. It remains to be seen what the used market is going to look like for them.)

Kat Kid · « **Reply #1497 on:** March 28, 2021, 06:28:50 PM »

Quote from: Rage Against the McKee on March 28, 2021, 06:09:22 PM

I don't think EVs really need more subsidies to compete. They aren't practical in BFE, but everywhere else, they are already cheaper and more convenient than gasoline.

(Buying new, anyway. It remains to be seen what the used market is going to look like for them.)

The way the tax credit is written should be amended to continue providing a subsidy to companies that have sold too many EVs to still qualify and they should make it fully refundable so everyone that buys one can get it.

michigancat · « **Reply #1498 on:** March 28, 2021, 06:34:55 PM »

Quote from: Kat Kid on March 28, 2021, 06:28:50 PM

Quote from: Rage Against the McKee on March 28, 2021, 06:09:22 PM
I don't think EVs really need more subsidies to compete. They aren't practical in BFE, but everywhere else, they are already cheaper and more convenient than gasoline.

(Buying new, anyway. It remains to be seen what the used market is going to look like for them.)
The way the tax credit is written should be amended to continue providing a subsidy to companies that have sold too many EVs to still qualify and they should make it fully refundable so everyone that buys one can get it.

We got a used Leaf and the market basically provides the credit. They are super cheap compared to new EVs or to similar mileage ICE cars.

Kinda bullshit that older ones don't get a California carpool lane sticker though.

LickNeckey · « **Reply #1499 on:** March 28, 2021, 06:47:16 PM »

How old is your Leaf

How much degradation does your battery demonstrate?

I have been looking at them and have struggled to pull the trigger.