stevenash

Ahhh yes, more tolerance and mutual respect. You know, the qualities the left claims are exclusive to them.

Prepare for a Klannity and Rush comment.

Just your opinion and I think you know what value your opinion brings.

Please validate that claim so that you don't sound just like Tobie. In what country(ies) do minorities have it better than in the racist and bigoted USA. Furthermore, did you feel this way between 2008 and 2016?

You sir. deserve to be penalized for being white.

The best laid plans of politicians often go awry, and then there’s Philadelphia’s soda tax. A new Tax Foundation report finds that the 1.5-cent-an-ounce levy that took effect in January is hurting low-income workers and producing less revenue than promised, but at least it’s helping beer sales. Allow us to explain. Mayor James Kenney and the City Council sold the tax as a revenue boon that would finance universal pre-K education. But the Tax Foundation reports that only 49% of the revenue is going to pre-K in practice in the first five years while the rest is going to fund government worker benefits and other city programs. Actual soda tax collections in the first six months were already $6.9 million below the city’s estimate of $46.2 million. This is no surprise to anyone who knows the iron economic law that when you tax something you get less of it. In this case that means fewer soda sales. Daniel Grace, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 830, estimates that soft-drink sales within the city are down by as much as 45%. His truck drivers earn money based in part on how many cases of soda they deliver, and he says the tax has halved their income. As bodegas, supermarkets and gas stations struggle to make up the lost sales of a core item, 165 of his members are out of work. Several ShopRite stores slashed employee hours this spring, and in March Pepsi announced it was laying off about 20% of its local workforce. Both blamed the soda tax. The oddest twist is the beer boon. Pennsylvania’s excise tax for beer is eight cents a gallon, but in Philadelphia the tax on the same unit of soda amounts to $1.92, including on diet drinks. That means low-cost beer has a slight price advantage over soda for the thirsty. This is also no surprise given that a 2013 Cornell study, “From Coke to Coors,” examined a small-town soda tax and concluded that while long-term soft-drink consumption didn’t diminish, ale purchases increased. We’ll await a future report on whether these trends continue, but other cities might note that excise taxes don’t repeal the laws of economics.

No, he can't tell you where they were held. But it sounds good to him so he states it even though it is baseless.

You have zero evidence/proof of that and are simply spouting off.

They will simply claim that the climb during the Obama years was Bushs fault and Obama was just getting the ship righted when the election came along.

Perhaps the weekend has something to do with it or perhaps the "sadness" you speak of in other posts is so pervasive that most are unable to write.

Good point. We also should be concerned about how he got into college and his white privilege.

Nothing will come of it. Hillary Clinton has integrity and character beyond reproach, has never done anything wrong/illegal and, when making those remarks to the parents of the deceased, did so in good conscience. No doubt the FOIA request will find only information about grandchildren and yoga classes.

waiting for the lefties to tell us that, since it is early in the new administration that this must be credited to Obama.

"There is not one smidgen of corruption at the IRS. I found out about it just like the rest of you, on television. This is the most transparent administration in U.S. History. I will build a 21st Century VA." - no need to repeat all of the Healthcare promises which were overt and intentional misrepresentations.

And do you think it was ok for Mrs,. Clinton to look in the eyes the parents of the Benghazi deceased and say, "don't worry, we're gonna get the guy who produced the video"?

DId you know that CNN and MSNBC found out that Trump said he ate a hamburger when, in reality, it was a cheeseburger? He must be mentally ill and unfit for office.

Once again, good intentions are all that matter.

As for Trumps legacy, 6 months out of 4 years is not enough time for comparisons. However, if you insist on a legacy, I would suggest it is rolling back hundreds of economy stifling regulations and the markets have recognized this in appraising the value(s) of businesses.

Dove, what was it exactly that Obama did that Bush failed to do? Also, did not Mr. Clinton also miss opportunities?

One of the lefts favorite tactics is class warfare/class envy

Big Girl- Surely you have a response to the eloquence of Englebert?

He just wanted to spout a line different from the standard banal and vapid " Grab um"

Don't know what he said in private unrecorded settings. But I do know that he said that it was irresponsible and unpatriotic for then President Bush to let the debt increase only to subsequently let it increase at a much higher rate.

Ahh yes, the benefits of being a compassionate and caring society.

I know many many golfers and can honestly say that most of them, other than college players or professional, lie about their golfing prowess.