My Trump Story - Things I Think About

[Guilds]

I am for banning it…you?

[Adam]

@WuWei

@Guilds

Do you think pols should be able to buy stocks when they are writing the laws that affect those company’s stock?

So you have a belief here. Explain it. What should we do that limits the ability of representatives to possibly benefit from their work on our behalf. Please contribute.

[WuWei]

@Guilds

I am for banning it…you?

You aren’t voting for it. Your tribe blocked it.

[Guilds]

@WuWei

Might want to do some research.

I have done my research. What makes corps persons like you and me?
And how does $$= speech?

[WuWei]

The etymology of the actual word.

[WuWei]

@Adam

Please contribute.

Why?
…

[WuWei]

What was the root case of CU?

[Adam]

@WuWei

@Adam

Please contribute.

Why?
…

Because otherwise you are a child. Not a man. Say what you mean. Mean what you say. Little boys post memes and don’t want to discuss things in a political discussion form. You are acting like a child. Are you a child?

[Guilds]

@WuWei

You aren’t voting for it. Your tribe blocked it.

Most of the tribes blocked it… i do not care what letter is after the name…

Do you have a votre count?

[Guilds]

Which word

[Samm]

@tnt

@Samm

The Federal Funds supplementing State Funds come from the same Federal Programs using the same distribution formulas as the supplemental funds sent to all other States … except the amount is much smaller than the amount sent to most other States. So what point are you trying to make?

Because your state is sparsely populated.

Now do per capita.

I already did. Per capita is meaningless when citing how much Federal money is sent to any State, particularly when the Feds have such a dominant presence. The allegation was that Alaska gets more Federal money than any other State and that is absolutely untrue.

@tnt

@Samm

Oh, and the State Permanent Fund is entirely State money. The Feds haven’t contributed one dime to it. But they get a lot of revenue out of it by levying personal income tax on the dividend each resident gets through the fund.

Who said it was federal?

It’s socialist. Whether is comes from a state level government or a federal level government, sharing the resources of the state with the people is socialist. And it works well for your state

I never said or even suggested that it isn’t socialistic in principle. But the State Constitution says that the benefit of the resources belongs to the people of the State so it’s our money and we can do with it as we like. So you can just bugger off.

But speaking of sharing the resources, our Statehood compact with the Feds (the legal contract regarding statehood) says the State will receive 90% of royalties on resources extracted from Federal land. The US Government has never honored that contract.

[Zippy]

@Guilds

It is nearly impossible to get elected w/out rasing gobs of money…

True. But a contribution doesn’t necessarily mean a quid pro quo, or at least it shouldn’t.

@Guilds

Do you think pols should be able to buy stocks when they are writing the laws that affect those company’s stock?

If held in a blind trust? Sure.

@Guilds

Seems like you approve the oligarchy…truly sad…

That’s kinda funny. Considering it was the oligarchy of Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, and a few others that put biden into office.

@Guilds

The oligarch’s today, are basically the royalty of the times of when the founders created a representative democratic republic. They loathed the royalty…

I would agree. Exactly what do you wish to do about it?

Suggestions?

[Samm]

@Adam

@WuWei

@Guilds

Do you think pols should be able to buy stocks when they are writing the laws that affect those company’s stock?

So you have a belief here. Explain it. What should we do that limits the ability of representatives to possibly benefit from their work on our behalf. Please contribute.

His reply to you there falls under the heading “a picture is worth 1000 words.”

[WuWei]

Triggered? That wasn’t a meme. That is a picture of the dem who blocked the no stocks.

[WuWei]

Which do you think?

What a stupid question.

[tnt]

@Samm

I already did. Per capita is meaningless when citing how much Federal money is sent to any State, particularly when the Feds have such a dominant presence. The allegation was that Alaska gets more Federal money than any other State and that is absolutely untrue.

Sorry. I amend my statement to ‘Alaska is the most dependent on federal funding’.

Alaska
Alaska is the most federally dependent state, as over 57% of the state’s revenue comes from federal funding. Some reasons why Alaska gets a lot of federal dollars include the difficulty of maintaining infrastructure in a big state with harsh weather and a small population, plus Alaska’s richness in natural resources, its vulnerability to disasters and its defensive importance.

Alaska also has a lot of federal jobs – in fact, nearly 5% of the state’s workforce is employed by the federal government. For context, the share for most states is only between 1% and 3%.

Finally, Alaska has a very good return on the taxes that its residents pay to the federal government. For every $1 that residents pay in taxes, the state receives $2.47 in federal funding, over double their investment.

Most & Least Federally Dependent States in 2024.

@tnt

I never said or even suggested that it isn’t socialistic in principle. But the State Constitution says that the benefit of the resources belongs to the people of the State so it’s our money and we can do with it as we like. So you can just bugger off.

Swell. I just have to chuckle that someone benefiting so profoundly from a socialist system often rails against social systems that would benefit others.

[Samm]

@tnt

@Samm

I already did. Per capita is meaningless when citing how much Federal money is sent to any State, particularly when the Feds have such a dominant presence. The allegation was that Alaska gets more Federal money than any other State and that is absolutely untrue.

Sorry. I amend my statement to ‘Alaska is the most dependent on federal funding’.

Alaska
Alaska is the most federally dependent state, as over 57% of the state’s revenue comes from federal funding. Some reasons why Alaska gets a lot of federal dollars include the difficulty of maintaining infrastructure in a big state with harsh weather and a small population, plus Alaska’s richness in natural resources, its vulnerability to disasters and its defensive importance.

Alaska also has a lot of federal jobs – in fact, nearly 5% of the state’s workforce is employed by the federal government. For context, the share for most states is only between 1% and 3%.

Finally, Alaska has a very good return on the taxes that its residents pay to the federal government. For every $1 that residents pay in taxes, the state receives $2.47 in federal funding, over double their investment.

Most & Least Federally Dependent States in 2024.

@tnt

I never said or even suggested that it isn’t socialistic in principle. But the State Constitution says that the benefit of the resources belongs to the people of the State so it’s our money and we can do with it as we like. So you can just bugger off.

Swell. I just have to chuckle that someone benefiting so profoundly from a socialist system often rails against social systems that would benefit others.

Why are you so hung up on the piddly amount of Federal money that is spent in Alaska compared to what most other States get? And why do you care what Alaska does with it’s own money? Almost sounds like you’re wanting it all for yourself.

And perhaps more on point, what does any of this have to do with the thread topic?

[Oldandtired]

We are and always have been a constitutional republic.

Why the United States was Designed as a Republic - David J. Shestokas

[Oldandtired]

Better go bush up on your history because democratic is not mentioned once in any of the founding documents.

[Oldandtired]

But you are perfectly fine with unions bribing pols.