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New efforts to bring closure to the Patti Adkins case. Union County had one of the lowest jobless rates in April. And the City makes progress on a potential new trail
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BREAKING: Adam Schiff just read Trump's EPA director a full list of his agency's failures to his face and left him completely speechless. This is absolutely incredible.

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A romantic evening for a couple of hummingbirds seeking shelter. 🌹

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The only thing Republicans have to offer America is a heaping helping of ignorant vitriol with a swirl of conspiracy thinking.

TCinLA's avatar

And we have to clearly show the people who think politics are still the way they were that this is the case. Offering a responsible alternative and then seeing them balk at it is one way to do that. Remember, not everyone is as politically literate as the TAFM crowd.

Christine (FL)'s avatar

Ummmmm, that actually says a lot. As does the word “process” that you used several times in your essay, TC. As is the lack of process being the negligent factor with people such as MT Greene and Mace and the FL congressman (I am loathe to even say his name) who put defused grenades in with his appreciative letter to his colleagues as he boasts of being assigned to the Armed Services committee. As an educator of children in public education for decades, an informed teacher knows there is not ro…

Dave Conant - MO's avatar

You and TC are both on a roll today. I like the idea of the Commission, we could even name it after Manchin if the idea works and call it the Manchin Memorial Commission if it doesn't. I feel old when I remember the "Repeal and Replace" campaign the GOP ran on after ACA was passed and how, when they got into position to implement it, they had nothing to go with. I'll feel better when Biden proposes the Commission, removal of the cap on OASDI tax, and legislation to provide legal residency for …

Maggie's avatar

Tell me Dave what does OASDI stand for? Same as FICA? I'm afraid unless anyone has either "run" payrolls, or just delved into what it means - theres an awful lot of people with no clue exactly what that "tax" does, or how they benefit from it.

It stands for Old Age Security and Disability Insurance, same as FICA and I don't remember what that is the acronym for. You're right about the lack of background knowledge, there are too many of us who don't understand what happens to the 20 or 25% that disappears from our paychecks.

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