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  • Blue-state lawmakers launch effort to repeal SALT cap

    02/11/2019 6:13:18 PM PST · by Libloather · 44 replies
    Politico ^ | 2/11/19 | RYAN HUTCHINS
    SADDLE BROOK, N.J. — New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez and other members of the state’s congressional delegation announced legislation Monday that would repeal the cap on state and local income tax deductions enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, H.R. 1 (115). Menendez (D-N.J.) and Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.), the primary sponsors, say their bill would pay for the cost of removing the $10,000 cap by restoring the top income tax bracket to 39.6 percent. While that’s likely a nonstarter with many in the GOP, Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) — New Jersey’s only Republican congressman — is...
  • Internet Fame Is Cruel Mistress for Dancer of the Numa Numa (funny video of kid singing)

    02/25/2005 7:50:34 PM PST · by Cableguy · 165 replies · 11,915+ views
    NY Times ^ | 2/26/05 | ALAN FEUER and JASON GEORGE
    There was a time when embarrassing talents were a purely private matter. If you could sing the Star Spangled Banner in the voice of Daffy Duck, no one but your friends and family would ever have to know. But with the Internet, humiliation - like everything else - has now gone public. Upload a video of yourself playing flute with your nose or dancing in your underwear and people from Toledo to Turkmenistan can watch. Here, then, is the cautionary tale of Gary Brolsma, 19, amateur videographer and guy from New Jersey, who made the grave mistake of placing on...