President Donald Trump - J.D. Vance Administration

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FLVOL_79 said:
I want to meet someone in real life who bought a gold Trump watch. I just imagine them wearing a Big Johnson tshirt tucked into their knee length cargo/jean shorts with white leather velcro new balances.
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Most of his products are just licensing agreements. It seems like a pretty good deal to me. I wish I had the brand appeal to do the same.
 
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FLVOL_79 said:
Did Obamacare force you to buy health insurance? I'm impressed at your undying desire to protect Trump at all costs. Did you donate to his campaign? Waiting for a call to join the team?
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I didn't donate anything. I am hoping to fly his 757 someday. ;)

And yes I had to pay the Soetoro surcharge. TAX
 
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BeardedVol said:
You saying there are no Construction firms available that aren't regularly sued for Miller Act violations?
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There is no single statistic on how often construction firms are sued for the Miller Act, as it is specific to public works projects and the frequency of suits varies by project and location. However, construction firms are frequently involved in lawsuits related to the Miller Act, particularly when there are disputes over payment to subcontractors or suppliers who have provided labor or materials for a government project. To mitigate this risk, firms should maintain thorough project records and communicate regularly with all parties involved.
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BeardedVol said:
Careful, you're going to get those gold sneakers wet trying to carry that much water.

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as usual, don't be so quick to trust what AI gives you. I will through in what I can.

the ADJ Sheet Metal case is involving performance or payment bonds, and it looks like the case was dismissed.

Gannett seems to be a pretty standard argument about target dates and payments. Clark says they weren't paid on time which caused them to miss the deadline, Gannett said they did pay. this is pretty standard.

Silver Line had nothing to do with Clark as a guilty party. the manufacturer lied about what they sold Clark. I didn't see allegations that Clark knew it was bad before the allegations were made.

Tusco was another performance/payment bond issue. it looks like Clarke was found liable here.

Finney was against a completely separate entity, and it was a renter suing the property owner. Not sure how relevant Clark Realty is to Clark Construction. it could be the same higher ups, or it could just be a coincidence. I didn't dive deep enough to find out.

so the two I see two separate contractual issues represented in these cases that matter.

The Payment/Performance Bond. The Bond is pretty much a guarantee that the sub contractor will get paid, even if the GC (Clark) can't pay for whatever reason. There is a "guarantor" who is pretty much an insurance company. The ADJ and Tusco cases fall under this. typically where issues arise is if Clark isn't getting paid, they don't pay their subs. The Bond is supposed to cover this, but Clark may have resisted using it as its similar to using insurance, the more you use it, the more expensive it is to have. they may have been trying to handle things outside of the Bond and it was taking too long, or ADJ and Tusco were being sticklers on the contract. without knowing more, was Clark paid on time, was Clark upfront with ADJ or Tusco, was there other disagreements about payment?

the Gannett case is kinda similar, but instead of a sub contractor suing the GC, this was a disagreement between the Client (Gannett) and GC (Clark). Clark says they weren't paid on time which caused them to miss deadlines. Gannett says they shouldn't pay because the deadlines were missed. this is also pretty standard, and doesn't require anything nefarious.

both of those issues were likely sparked when there was a verbal agreement on something; and eventually that wasn't good enough to protect both parties. this is why most of those cases, including the Clark ones, comes with counter suits. they can degrade into "He said she said" real fast.
 
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LouderVol said:
the individual mandate wasn't removed until 2017, so yes, it did.

it also made all of us pay a lot more. congrats on working for the fed and being immune to the pain the rest of us hoipolloi went thru.
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Do you have anything that shows (controlling for inflation) that costs grew at an increasing rate after Obamacare? My costs are down. I assumed in general they were up. I asked ChatGPT:

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n_huffhines said:
Nobody wants them.

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Salt Lake City mayor, council leaders broadly condemn ICE airport arrest in ‘gateway to our state’

“There is so much about ICE operations that create a sense of fear,” Mayor Erin Mendenhall said in a statement after video of a woman being arrested by ICE agents at the Salt Lake City airport Wednesday circulated on social media.
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Wow, you mean to tell me that the lib mayor of SLC isn't a fan of ICE?

Plenty of people support kicking out illegal aliens.
 
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BeardedVol said:
You saying there are no Construction firms available that aren't regularly sued for Miller Act violations?
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by regularly you mean twice in like a decade?

as someone in the field, I would say its very likely that a contractor firm of the scale that is going to work on the White House is going to have some Miller Act issues.

violations of the Miller Act don't require intent or negligence.
 
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McDad said:
Medical care wasn't cut. Medicare coverage and ACA subsidies were reduced 15%. Coverage and care are not the same.

the Big Beautiful Bill had 5 tax provisions. If you can find the "give money to billionaires", I'd like to discuss it.
  • Tax on Tips: A new deduction was created for qualified tips (up to $25,000 annually) received by workers in certain occupations.
  • Overtime Pay: A deduction for qualified overtime compensation (up to $12,500 for single filers, $25,000 for joint filers) was introduced.
  • Standard Deduction & Tax Brackets: The standard deduction was increased and the existing individual income tax brackets were made permanent.
  • Child Tax Credit: The credit was increased to $2,200 per child.
    • Business Provisions: The 20% pass-through deduction for small businesses and the ability to immediately deduct R&D expenses were made permanent

You are still able to help the poor through charitable efforts.

I am delighted to see cuts in spending both at home and abroad. My understanding is the ballroom is being built through private donations.
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He’s going to want a link. 🤣
 
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n_huffhines said:
Do you have anything that shows (controlling for inflation) that costs grew at an increasing rate after Obamacare? My costs are down. I assumed in general they were up. I asked ChatGPT:

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you want me to post my before and afters?

I have been vocal for years that it drastically raised my costs.

even your blurb points out that they grew from 2014 to 2017. those were the years of the individual mandate. your argument relies on inflation catching up AFTER the mandates were removed to say costs didn't go up beyond the rate they would have.
 
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LouderVol said:
by regularly you mean twice in like a decade?

as someone in the field, I would say its very likely that a contractor firm of the scale that is going to work on the White House is going to have some Miller Act issues.

violations of the Miller Act don't require intent or negligence.
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But the Guardian "article" made it sound so baaaad.
 
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hog88 said:
But the Guardian "article" made it sound so baaaad.
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If a firm has existed for more than a year, and has actually gotten something built, I would pretty much guarantee they have been sued. and not just contractors. the whole gambit. GC, Owner, Architect, Sub contractors, manufacturers, engineers, so on and so forth.

I am almost as certain that each one has also been held liable in one of those suits, for something.

we say it all the time, there has never been a perfect project. and the contracts are written as such.

if bearded wants a perfect GC he needs to start his own company.
 
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LouderVol said:
you want me to post my before and afters?

I have been vocal for years that it drastically raised my costs.

even your blurb points out that they grew from 2014 to 2017. those were the years of the individual mandate. your argument relies on inflation catching up AFTER the mandates were removed to say costs didn't go up beyond the rate they would have.
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I don't doubt yours went up. You said "all of us" so I'll ask again, do you have something that supports what you're saying?

You understand why you have to control for inflation, right? This is non-negotiable for comparison. You understand that we have to measure everything and not just 2014-2017, right?
 
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