Biden ‘Perfectly Comfortable’ Paying Separated Families, White House Says - WSJ

President Biden is “perfectly comfortable” with his administration paying immigrant families to resolve lawsuits

Yesterday he called the news of settlements “not true” and “garbage.”

Democratic leaders amp up pressure on holdouts of Biden agenda - TheHill

He declined to specify how many moderates remain in that category, but said it’s enough to prevent even the rule on the bill from passing if it’s brought to the floor without resolving those outstanding issues.

C’mon guys! Just vote for the thing, it doesn’t matter what’s in it! Plus, you’ll love the consulting jobs that you’ll get after voters kick you out of office next year.

House Democrats Add Paid Leave, State-and-Local Tax Deduction to Bill - WSJ

The House plan would raise the $10,000 cap on the state and local deduction to $72,500

Hooo eeee! Nice to see the Democratic Party delivering urgently needed tax relief to the ultra-wealthy!

But other Democrats have criticized efforts to repeal or lift the cap, arguing that it will primarily benefit the wealthy.

What? That’s crazy! Don’t hard working average Americans pay their State and local governments $72,500 a year in taxes?

For instance, the bill would create a new tax credit for companies that employ local news journalists, expand a tax break for employers that pay for child care and allow deductions for union dues and employee uniforms.

And free ice cream for all!

Democrats restricted a proposed tax credit for plug-in electric vehicles. Earlier versions of the legislation had allowed the full credit for married couples making up to $800,000; that is now reduced to $500,000.

Finally, some fiscal responsibility.

McAuliffe Was Right! Victorious Youngkin Pulls Off Mask To Reveal He’s Been Trump All Along - The Babylon Bee

“Hello, haters and losers!” Trump yelled. “I win again! Now I’m president of this state! Forty-nine more to go!”

I love the quotes they come up with. I can totally hear Trump saying that.

Trump Forced To Start From Scratch On His ‘Dems Rigged The Virginia Election’ Speech - The Babylon Bee

“Sad! Not good!” Trump reportedly exclaimed as he watched the results coming in on Newsmax.

Ugh, what a waste!

The latest version of the Reconciliation Bill allows the Backdoor Roth IRA to remain until couples hit that $450,000 income magic mark.

If a couple makes:

• $208,000 or less: Direct Roth Contributions.
• $208,001 - $449,999: Use the Backdoor Roth
• $450,000+: No Roth for you!

Why not just open the Roth option to couples up to $450,000 and then there’s no controversy? Backdoor Roths take one extra step, one extra day, and one extra tax form. It’s the same thing.

This is the problem, though, when you try to write tax legislation that at least 50 senators oppose in less than 2 months.

And at the end of the day, we’re talking about the taxability of $12,000 a year. That’s 2.6% of a $450,000 income for the entire year. Upsetting the entire apple cart over $4,500 in actual taxes due.

I really, really like having a HomePod on my desk.

Pelosi Says House Democrats Will Add Paid Leave Back to Bill - WSJ

Some Democratic lawmakers said the party’s loss in the Virginia governor’s race Tuesday underscored the need to quickly pass both the social spending and climate plan and a parallel infrastructure bill that has been held up in the House.

When you misread the first pitch, what’s to keep you from misreading the second?

White House officials said they hoped the Democrats’ weak election showings Tuesday would prod lawmakers to act swiftly to approve Mr. Biden’s legislative agenda, arguing that voters want action from Washington, and that sentiment was echoed on Capitol Hill.

Economy was the #1 issue for voters in Virginia and NJ, so pouring trillions of new spending, stimulus, and fiscal giveaways on top of inflation teetering on the edge of running away seems ill-advised. These two bills are going to keep the economy artificially suppressed and turn up the economic misery in the near term.

Home warranties, like all warranties, are a waste of money.

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November morning.

Boo!

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American Who Got $1,200 In Exchange For Lost Livelihood Wishes He Had Just Illegally Crossed The Border For $450,000 Instead - The Babylon Bee

The Biden Administration will be sending millions and millions of dollars to families who broke U.S. law and were separated at the border.

Back when I was a kid, crime didn’t pay.

Code of Canon Law - Book IV - Function of the Church Liber (Cann. 879-958)

Can. 916 A person who is conscious of grave sin is not to celebrate Mass or receive the body of the Lord without previous sacramental confession unless there is a grave reason and there is no opportunity to confess; in this case the person is to remember the obligation to make an act of perfect contrition which includes the resolution of confessing as soon as possible.

There is no ambiguity.

Rookie Move: Christian Prays God Would Teach Him Patience - The Babylon Bee

At publishing time, Hamperton had come up with the brilliant strategy of praying for impatience so God would put him in lots of situations where things happen really fast and efficiently.

Supply Chain Crisis Solved As Each Migrant Coming Into Country Will Be Asked To Help Carry A Shipping Container - The Babylon Bee

“It’s unbelievable that only a few weeks ago the White House sent my family a personal invitation, map, GPS, and detailed instructions on how to cross the border illegally, and here I am now, using my skills to carry shipping containers and boost the American economy for a modest $450,000 salary. Gracias Señor!” Border Patrol agents trying to stop the illegal immigrants from bringing the vital shipments into the country were arrested and sent to Guantanamo Bay.

The Climate Summit to Nowhere - WSJ Opinion

It’s incongruous bordering on the bizarre to organize a summit like this while Europe is battening down for a winter fuel crisis, President Biden is begging OPEC to produce more oil, China is firing up its coal-fueled power plants amid an electricity shortage

The American Rescue Plan was passed earlier this year with a price tag of $1.9T.

Inflation is persisting longer than expected, GDP growth is anemic, and prices are accelerating.

What effect do you suppose another $2.85T in spending will have on these two forces?

Let’s edit.

I tried to search the 2,000 page PDF of the latest version of the Build Back Better Act, but my browser kept crashing.

So I downloaded it and used Preview. Same result.

The Facts on Trump’s Fraud Letter - WSJ Opinion

As for the media clerics, their attempts to censor Mr. Trump have done nothing to diminish his popularity. Our advice would be to examine their own standards after they fell so easily for false Russian collusion claims. They’d have more credibility in refuting Mr. Trump’s.

Trump’s letter was bananas. I didn’t bother to read it because it was clearly unhinged. This is what I love about the Journal’s Editorial Pages, they are willing to print the most controversial of ideas in order to encourage a broader debate.

Don’t people deserve to see for their own eyes into the minds of the Nation’s most powerful figures, instead of only presentations carefully edited through media filters?

Mr. Trump is making these claims elsewhere, so we hardly did him a special favor by letting him respond to our editorial. We offer the same courtesy to others we criticize, even when they make allegations we think are false.

The Summer of Stagflation - WSJ Opinion

But the tragedy is that the expansion would be so much faster, and so much better for so many more people, if the Biden Administration had done nothing at all.

Few signs that the playbook will be re-evaluated.

U.S. in Talks to Pay Hundreds of Millions to Families Separated at Border - WSJ

The Biden administration is in talks to offer immigrant families that were separated during the Trump administration around $450,000 a person in compensation

Facebook to Change Company Name to Meta in Focus on Metaverse - WSJ

change its name to Meta to reflect growth opportunities beyond its namesake social-media platform in online digital realms known as the metaverse.

This company is as evil as they get.