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@WorkElizab I’d show it to him, then I’d vote.

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@TypeSafeMuppet @Sierra_rak I lost track of your argument, which Ed sucks by the way. I’m are people buying his products because he lies or are they not buying them at all?

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@Douglas03699422 @adamcarolla The Covid shot is not a vaccine. Neither is the flu shot. Neither prevents you from getting sick. I don’t get the flu shot and my wife does. I get the flu every 3-4 years. She gets the flu every 3-4 years. Forcing people to take things that aren’t true vaccines is insane.

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@RealMattCouch Anytime someone says in my experience, prepare yourself for a feelings argument. And who doesn’t tell their kids to treat police with respect, keep your hands on the wheel, and so on.

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@MarkKaboly Did you like it?

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@RoKhanna @elonmusk @JoeBiden They are public sector jobs that weren’t created. Public jobs are all funded by stolen money from the taxpayers. If you want to thank anyone for public sector jobs, thank the people who pay taxes.

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@KDPomp The ref was out of position and too far away to see it.

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@AmiriKing @hodgetwins Former hockey player pulling the jersey over his head.

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@englishbrigid @Hunter_Eagleman A similar home in Texas compared to 1.2 million in Cali is 480,000–$550,000 statewide with an annual tax of about $8,000.

[Common Sense @TRBurgh]

For a $1.2 million home, California property taxes are typically lower than in Texas—often $12,000–$18,000 annually versus Texas’s $15,000–$22,000+—primarily due to Proposition 13’s 1% base rate cap and limits on annual increases. 
Key Comparison
• California (for new buyers): Base rate is 1% of assessed value (purchase price for new owners) plus local add-ons (bonds, assessments, etc.), leading to an effective rate of ~1.0%–1.25% (sometimes cited 1.1%–1.3% in metro areas). 
• On $1.2M: Roughly $12,000–$15,000 per year (e.g., ~$12,000 at 1.0%; up to $15,000+ in higher-add-on counties like parts of LA, SF Bay Area).
• Statewide average effective rate (including long-term owners) is lower at ~0.70%–0.77% due to Prop 13 caps, but new purchasers pay closer to the full current rate. 
• Long-term benefit: Assessed value rises only up to 2% per year, so taxes stay more predictable and lag behind market appreciation.
• Texas: Higher effective rates (~1.3%–1.8%+ combined local rates, no statewide cap). 
• On $1.2M: $15,600–$21,600+, varying significantly by county/city/school district.
• Homestead exemptions (e.g., $140k school) help reduce this for primary residences.
Bottom line: On a $1.2M home, you’d generally pay several thousand dollars less per year in California than in a typical Texas location, especially as a new buyer. However, California has much higher median home prices overall, and other taxes (e.g., state income tax) are significantly higher. Texas has no state income tax but relies more on property taxes.

[Common Sense @TRBurgh]

In California, a $1.2 million home typically gets you around 2,000–2,800 square feet (often smaller in coastal/urban areas like LA or the Bay Area, larger inland). In Texas, the same budget often buys 4,000–6,500+ square feet (or even more in affordable metros/suburbs), giving you significantly more space. 

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Come on…the 38 billion you are quoting is a total number over the last 20 years. Of which 1-3 billion were true subsidies for his companies. The other 35-37 billion was contracted worked for services, loans that he paid back early, and tax credits for each electric vehicle sold…which all other manufactures got as well, he just happened to sell a lot more. I personally don’t think anyone should’ve got a tax credit for buying electric but this is what our elected officials put in place. Why no outrage for the people who make the rules, not the ones who benefit from them?

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Morons like Ed think Elon has 50 billion dollars under his mattress. He is rich as hell on paper but he shouldn’t have to liquidate something to pay a fucking tax bill. Even if he did have the money why should he give it to you cortupt fucks that will steal for your corrupt causes.

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@RoKhanna Anyone who believes the government spends money wisely is ignorant or just plain stupid. How about you let people keep their money and let them spend it how they see their for their education and healthcare.

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@libsoftiktok Wouldn’t doubt dem monkeys all have dicks

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Hey everybody, say hi to Martin the moron. Poverty correlates strongly with violent crime across groups (poor households have ~2x+ victimization rates vs. high-income).  However:
• Among the poor, Black per capita rates remain substantially higher for serious violent offending, especially homicide. County-level and neighborhood analyses (e.g., matching by income/poverty) show Black homicide and violent crime rates several times higher than White rates at similar income levels

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@allenanalysis Remarkable because they wanted the story to be accurate.

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@therawcomic @mitchellvii There is nothing normal about this behavior. I have a teeenage son and he and every other kid in the school never act like this. This kid and any other animal that acts like this is a piece of shit. Your kids included.

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@Outkick It’s knuckle puck time