McGrath campaign manager gets MJ fired?

[rqa]

I am a lifetime Ky worker who got a tax cut last year. Did your parents? MM probably saved the bill for Trump. Probably the most important function for a govt rep is taking as little taxes as possible. Using some of that tax savings to fund a bloated instate tuition btw.

Seeing my dad has been dead for 14 yrs and mom 4 yrs...they didn't offer any posthumous tax cuts.

You do realize that there was a bigger change to the witholding tables making most buffoons like youself think they really got a big cut when in reality they got a smaller refund and little actual cut. You could have given yourself about 90% of your "tax cut" just by adjusting your W-4.

Curious if you know why that instate tuition has become so bloated? It used to be (pre-1980) that the state of Ky funded 85-92% of the cost college for in state students. Tuition to UK in 1977 was $285/semester. I actually paid less than that because dad worked for UK. A college kid making minimum wage ($2.65) could work 12 weeks of the summer and make enough to pay for an entire year of school and books.No loans needed.

But after Reagan was elected and with the tax cuts passed states began to cut their funding to secondary education. With funding cut, tuitions began to rise. Because the state was now paying less and less they worried about rising costs less and less. Fast forward, today the state funds 3-5% of the cost.
Lucky for me I've had smart kids who were all awarded scholarships that paid for most of their schooling.

Don't spend that big tax cut you got all in one place.

 

[ryanbruner]

So again, @ryanbruner as a "conservative" are you glad MM spearheaded the reduction in federal income taxes?

Of course I am glad anytime taxes are reduced while also keeping our heads afloat. I believe we should all be taxed at at the same % though.

 

[qwesley]

And this states that he will raise the state income tax by 16%? I can't watch it as of now because of where I work we cant have access to twitter but I will check it out later and get back to you.

I said sales tax. Do you not understand that the number 7 is ~16% larger than the number 6. And he floated more than that.

 

[ryanbruner]

Seeing my dad has been dead for 14 yrs and mom 4 yrs...they didn't offer any posthumous tax cuts.

You do realize that there was a bigger change to the witholding tables making most buffoons like youself think they really got a big cut when in reality they got a smaller refund and little actual cut. You could have given yourself about 90% of your "tax cut" just by adjusting your W-4.

Curious if you know why that instate tuition has become so bloated? It used to be (pre-1980) that the state of Ky funded 85-92% of the cost college for in state students. Tuition to UK in 1977 was $285/semester. I actually paid less than that because dad worked for UK. A college kid making minimum wage ($2.65) could work 12 weeks of the summer and make enough to pay for an entire year of school and books.No loans needed.

But after Reagan was elected and with the tax cuts passed states began to cut their funding to secondary education. With funding cut, tuitions began to rise. Because the state was now paying less and less they worried about rising costs less and less. Fast forward, today the state funds 3-5% of the cost.
Lucky for me I've had smart kids who were all awarded scholarships that paid for most of their schooling.

Don't spend that big tax cut you got all in one place.

Some people don't understand this though.

 

[UK_Dallas]

I think a 8.5-9% sales tax with no state income tax would be great for KY. It has worked wonders in TX, FL, TN, etc..

 

[bigsmoothie]

Jones is stepping into an arena that he is not prepared for. He thinks because he has a popular local radio show that he is ready to go against MM. He lives in a bubble where all his cronies say yes master and agree with him on everything. That ain't the real world.

You realize you just described trump.

 

[ryanbruner]

I said sales tax. Do you not understand that the number 7 is ~16% larger than the number 6. And he floated more than that.

You didn't clarify good sir you just linked a video lol am I supposed to assume you meant one over the other after you were so clearly distraught about the 16%? You know what assuming does right?

 

[ryanbruner]

You realize you just described trump.

lol this as well. Good point sir

 

[qwesley]

Of course I am glad anytime taxes are reduced while also keeping our heads afloat. I believe we should all be taxed at at the same % though.

You keep saying he has done nothing for Kentuckians and that is a very big one for most families. And you now back the party wanting to increase.

 

[RacerX.ksr]

4 pages.

Everyone on the same page now?

Nope. Everyone moved over to page 5

Budding white nationalism. [roll]

Nice fake news talking point.

I laughed at that too. "white nationalism" is the new word for racist since they've worn that word out.

 

[qwesley]

Seeing my dad has been dead for 14 yrs and mom 4 yrs...they didn't offer any posthumous tax cuts.

You do realize that there was a bigger change to the witholding tables making most buffoons like youself think they really got a big cut when in reality they got a smaller refund and little actual cut. You could have given yourself about 90% of your "tax cut" just by adjusting your W-4.

Curious if you know why that instate tuition has become so bloated? It used to be (pre-1980) that the state of Ky funded 85-92% of the cost college for in state students. Tuition to UK in 1977 was $285/semester. I actually paid less than that because dad worked for UK. A college kid making minimum wage ($2.65) could work 12 weeks of the summer and make enough to pay for an entire year of school and books.No loans needed.

But after Reagan was elected and with the tax cuts passed states began to cut their funding to secondary education. With funding cut, tuitions began to rise. Because the state was now paying less and less they worried about rising costs less and less. Fast forward, today the state funds 3-5% of the cost.
Lucky for me I've had smart kids who were all awarded scholarships that paid for most of their schooling.

Don't spend that big tax cut you got all in one place.

You must have forgotten that fuzz is the supposed ky citizen, log in as him and give his opinion on Ky stuff.

 

[rqa]

You really don't understand do you. New companies and older ones are moving south to get away from the anchor of unions. They don't want to deal with all that.
Trust me I grew up pro union and still think they could do good if they would actually try.

But that's the reason Hyundai, Kia, Honda, Toyota, even Ford, GM, and Chrysler are moving. The unions have eaten their young. The automotive industry is so competitive and demanding. It has evolved and is at the point that thing that were over looked and considered no big deal, are not acceptable anymore.
Consumers don't put up with "Monday" cars now. Meaning they were made on Monday when everyone was hung over from the weekend. Too many options for consumers now. You have to be on top of your game all the time or they will their vehicle from someone else.

Sure, they found a labor market that would gladly let themselves be **** upon and grin.

The unions didn't have anything to do with poor quality from the big 3. The unions didn't engineer the cars and planned obsolescence. The manufacturers didn’t take a que from the Japanese and allow the shop floor to stop production if they saw a problem.
The product suffered because management pushed production over quality.

 

[ryanbruner]

Sounds like you are in the slow class if you aren't allowed to travel to every country.

The biggest problem in the tech industry today is IP theft by China. That is the major issue behind the tariffs. The fact you don't know that shows me how "intelligent" you are.

Again you don't know what you're talking about clearly.

 

[qwesley]

Nope. Everyone moved over to page 5

Well I did get the kid to align with rq/fuzz, my work is done.

 

[UK_Dallas]

Nope. Everyone moved over to page 5



I laughed at that too. "white nationalism" is the new word for racist since they've worn that word out.

The holy grail of "white nationalism" is the Charlottesville, VA gathering. The grand total of white nationalists there was around 200. Budding indeed.

 

[rqa]

You must have forgotten that fuzz is the supposed ky citizen, log in as him and give his opinion on Ky stuff.

I believe that fuzz does live in Ky. I lived in Ky from 1959-1995. But with football season about here perhaps I'll see ole fuzz at a game or two and I'll be sure and remind him you're looking for his input.

 

[UK_Dallas]

Again you don't know what you're talking about clearly.

I can link 100's of articles that say IP theft by China is costing the US 300-600 billion per year.

You want me to continue to make you look dumb by linking some?

 

[ryanbruner]

I can link 100's of articles that say IP theft by China is costing the US 300-600 billion per year.

You want me to continue to make you look dumb by linking some?

IP theft is not the greatest threat to this country. Again you don't know what you are talking about. The fact that you are comparing china stealing some IP addresses to the amount of power the Putin regime is aiming to control is laughable. I've had friends die on Russian controlled land in the Middle East with Russian weaponry and you are talking about some IP addresses being stolen. That is the name of the game in this climate bud. That comes with the territory, the majority of those costs are from companies reloading and rebuilding infrastructure alone, but you want to sit here and talk about IP addresses lmao.

 

[CatsFanGG24]

Lol Intellectual Property theft =/= internet protocol addresses...

Yikes, bad look for you there bud.

A military example of IP theft:
Battle for Digital Supremacy

Much of China’s military and industrial technology was developed through intellectual property theft, he said, noting that there’s a strong resemblance of their J-20 fighter’s canopy and landing gear to the F-35 Lightning II.

(From Alan Shaffer - Deputy Under Secretary of Defense)

 

[UK_Dallas]

IP theft is not the greatest threat to this country. Again you don't know what you are talking about. The fact that you are comparing china stealing some IP addresses to the amount of power the Putin regime is aiming to control is laughable. I've had friends die on Russian controlled land in the Middle East with Russian weaponry and you are talking about some IP addresses being stolen. That is the name of the game in this climate bud. That comes with the territory, the majority of those costs are from companies reloading and rebuilding infrastructure alone, but you want to sit here and talk about IP addresses lmao.

You don't even know what IP means. That's the kind of intellectual we are dealing with here folks.

I've never once mentioned military threat. You brought that up because you know a little about it. The big boys on here aren't discussing military strength . Neither are a threat to us through armed forces.

 

[ryanbruner]

Lol Intellectual Property theft =/= internet protocol addresses...

Yikes, bad look for you there bud.

Talking about 2 different things in the same post bro. IP as in intellectual property theft is a form of cyberattack through malicious software in which the user usually extracts the IP address in order to gain control of sensitive information

 

[UK_Dallas]

Talking about 2 different things in the same post bro. IP as in intellectual property theft is a form of cyberattack through malicious software in which the user usually extracts the IP address in order to gain control of sensitive information

We aren't talking about cyberattacks either.

 

[ryanbruner]

You don't even know what IP means. That's the kind of intellectual we are dealing with here folks.

I've never once mentioned military threat. You brought that up because you know a little about it. The big boys on here aren't discussing military strength . Neither are a threat to us through armed forces.

Second person I'll have to explain this to but I wrote it in my previous post also I'm not talking about strictly military force either. I'm referring to a couple of things. But as I said before China is not the biggest threat to the US. You do understand that a large portion of the malicious attacks from the Chinese arent even solely american companies right? They are attacking some larger American based foreign companies as well. Which legally I guess is considered an American entity but ultimately how American is some French fashion company based in NY?

 

[TennCat]

Dude doesnt even speak to us anymore yet the mountain kid who built what little he has from nothing and spends every summer going around the smallest parts of the state talking to people is the one whos not up for this lol

Are you sure you aren’t one of Matt’s sycophants - Ryan Lemond or Drew Franklin?

Just because Matt Jones travels the state talking to the people doesn’t mean he merits being elected as the Senator of the Commonwealth. Matt likes to portray himself as this “aww shucks, I’m just a kid from the mountains,” but he is an egotistical, condescending, and irrepressible elitist. Neither he nor the Potsy Webber look-a-like, Amy McGrath, stand a chance of defeating Mitch McConnell. Mr. Jones is going to be in for a rude awakening. He is terribly mistaken if he believes that the popularity of his “show” will translate into votes. I hope he runs and gets his *** flattened.

 

[ryanbruner]

We aren't talking about cyberattacks either.

That is the largest portion of these attacks happen so what are you talking about the rare whistle blower? I mean the largest portion of these attacks are through cyber. Theres nothing really to talk about with this because it happens everywhere. Theres a large portion of these attacks that are private entities as well.

 

[ryanbruner]

Are you sure you aren’t one of Matt’s sycophants - Ryan Lemond or Drew Franklin?

Just because Matt Jones travels the state talking to the people doesn’t mean he merits being elected as the Senator of the Commonwealth. Matt likes to portray himself as this “aww shucks, I’m just a kid from the mountains,” but he is an egotistical, condescending, and irrepressible elitist. Neither he nor the Potsy Webber look-a-like, Amy McGrath, stand a chance of defeating Mitch McConnell. Mr. Jones is going to be in for a rude awakening. He is terribly mistaken if he believes that the popularity of his “show” will translate into votes. I hope he runs and gets his *** flattened.

You sound like you listen to the show lol

 

[rqa]

I think a 8.5-9% sales tax with no state income tax would be great for KY. It has worked wonders in TX, FL, TN, etc..

It's actually 9.75% here in TN, 7% on groceries... but then TN also has a pretty big tourist industry that brings in a lot of $$ that Ky doesn't have. It's the same for Florida and Texas has reaped revenues from oil production. It really helps when you can get a lot of money from out of state to come in and help fund another state.

It may be an unpopular opinion but at the end of the day most tax rates are pretty inconsequential. Wages adjust to the point where when comparing like to like occupations there's not a nickel's worth of difference at the end of the day. Company compensation tables have geographic adjustments where the same position in pays at different levels based upon the cost of living in that area. I've seen fast food places advertising $17/hr for workers around Nashville. Sounds great but good luck finding an apartment for < $1000/mo unless you want to drive from/to Clarksville, Columbia, Franklin, Ky, etc every day.

 

[UK_Dallas]

Second person I'll have to explain this to but I wrote it in my previous post also I'm not talking about strictly military force either. I'm referring to a couple of things. But as I said before China is not the biggest threat to the US. You do understand that a large portion of the malicious attacks from the Chinese arent even solely american companies right? They are attacking some larger American based foreign companies as well. Which legally I guess is considered an American entity but ultimately how American is some French fashion company based in NY?

And like I said......not talking about cyberattacks.

Huwawei has become one of, if not the largest tech companies in the world because the iPhone was produced in China and the tech was stolen.

We are talking economic threats here. Forget the military.

 

[ryanbruner]

And like I said......not talking about cyberattacks.

Huwawei has become one of, if not the largest tech companies in the world because the iPhone was produced in China and the tech was stolen.

We are talking economic threats here. Forget the military.

But these economic attacks are cyber based lol you aren't understanding what I'm saying and as I said I'm not just talking about the military.

 

[TennCat]

You sound like you listen to the show lol

At one time, I listened to his show but grew weary of his inane drivel.

 

[UK_Dallas]

But these economic attacks are cyber based lol you aren't understanding what I'm saying and as I said I'm not just talking about the military.

Drop it dude. You just need to know that it costs the US $300-600 billion per year and nothing Russia does approaches that scale.

 

[ryanbruner]

At one time, I listened to his show but grew weary of his inane drivel.

gotcha well I get it its not for everyone

 

[ryanbruner]

Drop it dude. You just need to know that it costs the US $300-600 billion per year and nothing Russia does approaches that scale.

I guess you can't put a number value on american lives but sure. Have a good day sir. Or night I should say.

 

[tallkat70]

I can't speak for what tuition was for the main campus in the fall of 1989 but at the community colleges it was only $300 for a full-time schedule, a year after Reagan left office and 8-years after the tax cuts.

 

[Spica Orbit]

So somebody on Andy Ryan's staff got Marge Jones fired from her TV show. Sounds like the makings of a great main event to me. Andy Ryan vs Marge Jones in a slap fest, with the winner then getting steamrolled by Mitch McConnell in November.

Spica Orbit

 

[UK_Dallas]

I guess you can't put a number value on american lives but sure. Have a good day sir. Or night I should say.

How many of those deaths is Russia responsible for?

 

[ryanbruner]

How many of those deaths is Russia responsible for?

As many as it takes for them to gain the amount of power they deem fit. As of right now I guess we could give them credit for every Russian weapon pumped into the countries we occupy. But as you said earlier man anyone that Trump and McConnell cuddle up with have to be righteous men with only the greatest intentions for American soil. They're has beens as you've said, basically bunny rabbits. We should worry more about China stealing money from Abercrombie to fund a fighter jet for their routine exercises. The same ones they've been doing since the beginning of time. We just gotta watch them man keep our eyes on them.

 

[UK_Dallas]

^ So you are a weapons did it and not the person type of guy?

Look, it's terrible that some of our guys are dying but the place is a ******** and we need to get out. Trump knows this.

And LOL at "Russian Collusion". Even the MSM has dropped that for now.

 

[Bill Derington]

As many as it takes for them to gain the amount of power the deem fit. As of right now I guess we could give them credit for every Russian weapon pumped into the countries we occupy. But as you said early man anyone that Trump and McConnell cuddle up with have to be righteous men with only the greatest intentions for American soil. They're has beens as you've said basically bunny rabbits. We should worry more about China stealing money from Abercrombie to fund a fighter jet for their routine exercises. The same ones they've been doing since the beginning of time. We just gotta watch them man keep our eyes on them.

You honestly think Russia is a bigger threat than China, good lord.

 

[ryanbruner]

^ So you are a weapons did it and not the person type of guy?

Look, it's terrible that some of our guys are dying but the place is a ******** and we need to get out. Trump knows this.

And LOL at "Russian Collusion". Even the MSM has dropped that for now.

I'm not one to say Russian collusion because I don't believe any of thats true. I just believe they're trying to establish relationships with the wrong people. Also never said anything about weapons/people controversy.