Congress won’t rein him in because they know Trump has an army of brown shirts who attacked Congress once already, and who owes Trump their freedom. Those J6 chuckleheads can openly attack Republicans with insufficient loyalty, and Trump will probably just pardon them again.

There is no process. States cannot just up and say “see ya” on their own, we fought a war over that.

If the people felt that it would be OK for a state to leave, the proper thing to do would be to pass an amendment stating a process, and then the state would do it. There would be a lot of details to hammer out: does the State get to keep Federal property (like military bases)? Does it inherit a share of the deficit? What happens to deferred US taxes on things like 401k accounts?

IMHO it would take so long to hammer that stuff out that it’s basically impossible.

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Yes, you’re not wrong, but they are making actual trades.

No, those are still actual traders at the NYSE. An overwhelming amount of trades are electronic, but the NYSE floor is still a thing.

https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/09/traders-floor-exchange.asp

There are still traders who work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)—where some large companies still trade in the pit—as well as commodity and options exchanges like the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).

Thanks, Obama

I’m assuming if someone had $5m just lying around to buy citizenship, their income is well beyond the $130k exemption

I was talking about non-residents, that’s why I edited the comment. Resident non-citizens presumably have jobs here, and are already paying tax.

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Shit, that is a good deal, then. And probably exceeds Trump’s authority in what the can offer, but when has that stopped him before?

Canada will not tax you if you are a citizen, but no longer reside in Canada. the US will.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_taxation

Look at the map. Very few countries tax all citizens regardless of their residency in their worldwide income like the US does

Why would anyone with that much money want to come here permanently, and get the IRS all up in their business? The US is the only large country that taxes its citizens on their worldwide income (edit: regardless of residency status)

Yes, I know Republicans are always interested in reducing taxes on the rich, but right now these hypothetical rich people who want to come here have zero tax liability. All that $5m does is subject them to intrusive questions about where they are making their money every year when they file taxes.

Yes, Puerto Rico is a US Territory and while it is not one of the 50 states, Puerto Ricans are still American citizens

He can ask for them back, but El Salvador doesn’t have to listen. It’s like when you sell a car, once the title is signed over and you get the money the deal is done. You can always say “that was a mistake, can I have the car back” but the other party can just ignore you.

And yes, it sickens me to be writing about humans like property you can just “transfer the title” for. But it must not have the same effect on Trump, Musk, or Rubio.

I don’t understand why some in this thread are so offended when it’s noted that it’s not a Filibuster, because it’s not blocking a vote. It doesn’t matter what we call it. He’s doing this to get some attention to certain issues, and it’s working. In many ways, it’s better that he does it when no critical vote is pending, because he can’t be accused of obstructionism.

People need to understand that, as the minority party in the Senate, all Democrats can really do is obstruct. And Republicans are counting on that obstruction, because it makes it easier to tear shit down. If Democrats simply refuse to let anything come to the floor, Republicans will just wait until the entire government defaults, and then blame it all on Democrats.

Democrats need to pick their battles carefully, and I think Booker did a good job here. Whether or not is actually blocks votes is besides the point.

… Thanks for linking to a source which confirms my interpretation, you did my work for me!

the term filibuster was first used in the 1850s when it was applied to efforts to hold the Senate floor in order to prevent a vote on a bill.

The Senate does not have a time limit on any speech like other bodies do. One a Senator has the floor, they can keep talking until they yield the floor.

A traditional Filibuster is when a Senator does this to postpone a particular vote. Since there was no vote pending, technically this doesn’t count as a Filibuster. Which means Booker can get the press coverage for doing this, without really holding up anything important.

Next they should take back the Nordiques

They have lots of liquidity and are willing to take the hit to buy more at lower prices.

I bet before the end of the day we’ll hear about how Goldman Sachs, of all places, is full of RADICAL LIBERALS and has gone WOKE!