US Tax Scam

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Why is the average US household’s 2016 tax bite was $10,489, a whopping 41 percent more than just three years earlier? Americans shelled out just $7,203 for food and $1,803 for clothing on average, a total of just $9,006. Folks that translates to double digits less than taxes paid.

Are BLS figures pointing to American families increasingly being taxed, while rich people and corporations?
Consumer Expenditure Survey https://www.bls.gov/cex/

Trump says his tax reform plan is good for the little guy—it’s not http://bit.ly/2wMnZex

Far Away Folks Forgotten?

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Has the world forgotten that we are all connected much closer than we realize? We hear all about #Houston, but not much about floods and landslides that have killed hundreds in #Africa #Macau and #South Asia.

Our hearts go out to all the people who are suffering everywhere on earth. Global warming is serious and we're all in this together, folks. It's one planet for all the people of the world.

Thousands die in floods in Africa and Asia as climate change worsens http://bit.ly/2wsY7BQ

41 million people have been affected by monsoon floods across South Asia http://aje.io/8nr5t

The US Mexico Wall

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After promising that Mexico would pay, and when the government refused his demands for a proposed border wall, POTUS is now threatening a government shutdown over funding.

Contact your government officials and let them know how you feel about spending US tax dollars. Reach out to The White House with your ideas and demands and remind all of them who is the boss.

https://deargovernment.info/ https://dearmrpresident.org/

House Republicans looking at cutting almost $1 billion from disaster accounts to help finance Trump border wall: http://apne.ws/mIcJW2P

Get Back To Work Now

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Who ever heard of anyone buying into a plan in which the specifics have never been revealed? That is what politicians think Americans are going to do. However, according to statistics, many taxpayers are mad as hell and will not take it anymore.

Disaster relief is the priority for Congress as they return from a vacation some say they did not deserve to take. There appears to be an increasingly crowded congressional agenda which will force America's so called representatives to finally do some work, and that goes for the golf playing president as well, or else. They work for the people and not the other way around. House Republicans looking at cutting almost $1 billion from disaster accounts to help finance Trump border wall: http://apne.ws/mIcJW2P

Pressure Points

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This is a crash course in self-defense as a countermeasure that involves defending your health and well-being from harm.

This is designed to make you more aware, prepared, and ready for any situation that may occur in your everyday life on any given day.

This self-defense tip starts from the point of attack, to protect yourself before the situation becomes physical, and avoid the attack altogether.

Certain areas can cause great pain and debilitate someone. You’ll want to learn them so you can aim for them in an emergency. You could end the struggle immediately.

Who's Leaking Now

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A leak involves the release of something behind-some-on-e's-back as in leaking sensitive government information. There has been plenty of speculation about the leaks coming out of The White House. The Chief of Staff was accused, then it was thought The Special Advisor, but since they are both gone, along with The Press Secretary and others... Flynn, Dubke, Shaub, Corallo, Spicer, Priebus, Scaramucci, Bannon, Gorka and the hits just keep on going as the list of departed staffers from Trump's White House keeps growing longer.

Spiritual Support or Publicity Stunt?

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What is President Trump doing Texas in the midst of the massive storm and record breaking floods? He says to survey the response to the devastation caused by Harvey, others wonder if this is his Harvey moment for a photo-op, a term coined during the administration of Republican President Richard Nixon.

The Waters Swell. So Does Trump’s Ego. https://nyti.ms/2vGYp6b

Is @POTUS playing the part of President or a PR Resident? Poll: Just 16 percent like the way Trump conducts himself as president http://hill.cm/7oVHCcx

GOP True Colors?

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Late on Friday as news of Hurricane Harvey was intensifying another legal hurricane could also have been developing. Convicted former Arizona official Joe Arpaio was pardoned two months before the former Maricopa County sheriff was to be sentenced for federal criminal contempt.

Trump had reportedly sought to help his fellow “birther,” while Arpaio’s Arizona trial rolled on. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-asked-sessions-about-clos…

Horrendous Harvey

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This massive storm is testing the spirits of folks deep in the heart of Texas. As deaths continue to increase as a result of Harvey, this once a century storm has dumped more rain in a widespread part of southeast Texas which has so far received double digits of rain, with some locations passing 25 inches.

And why is the destruction of the past being repeated as the flood threat from #Harvey is now spreading into Louisiana? Roads have become rivers in #Houston and surrounding areas. At least 30 inches of rain so far and thousands of rescue calls to officials.

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