I signed a bunch of these petitions back in 2016. It didn't accomplish anything.
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I mean, sure, you could argue we're already there.
That's an odd thing to say. Did he forget that mashed potatoes are almost always made from russets? Try making it with Yukons and you'll get potato glue.
These kinds of vague titles are not helpful. Every article is just the same fear mongering speculation.
What people misunderstand about the tax brackets is that your entire income doesn't get moved to a higher bracket. It's only the income in excess of it.
So for example, let's say you had $50,000 of taxable income in 2024 as a single filer, you’d pay 10% on that first $11,600 and 12% on the chunk of income between $11,601 and $47,150. Then you’d pay 22% on the remaining $2,850 that falls into the next tax bracket. The total bill would be about $6,053 — about 12% of your taxable income — even though your highest bracket is 22%. And this example doesn't take into account the standard deduction.
Bottom line, this won't save people as much as they think it will. Usually the person in the example simply complains "I'm paying 22%" because it always feels like the paycheck isn't enough.
Mormons have three tiers of heaven. According to some, even Hitler would make it into the lowest tier. I'm not sure what you'd have to do to actually go to hell, which is supposedly just lonely infinite darkness away from the presence of God.
There's a $4000 credit for qualifying used EVs.
It sounds like you might not be ready for behavioral therapy just yet, especially in a group setting. Behavioral therapy, IMO, is sort of the last step in the process, where you already know what you're doing wrong and are just trying to correct your behavior.
Before all that, you may need a period of validation. CBT is extra hard for people who have been invalidated their whole lives. You may need to figure out which of your behaviors are "you" and which are just maladaptive coping mechanisms. You need to be able to identify your emotions for CBT to work. It sounds like you don't have the time/space to really feel and explore the emotions that are coming up in these group sessions.
I would ask the session leader if you could do some one-on-one sessions before going back to the group. Everyone's different, and if it feels like this isn't working for you it's ok to step back and take a different approach.
Where did I say you should roll over and accept it or do nothing? The only thing I said was that protest won't change anything, specifically right now. There are plenty of other things you can do besides protest.
Personally, if we get to a point where there's an organized multi-state secessionist movement, I'll join that army in a heartbeat to try to take back at least part of our country. We're not at that point yet.
Your premise is flawed. A question doesn't beg an emotion, it begs a response. The response could be completely devoid of emotion.
Not to mention that some days I want an app or process to function one way, but on other days I might want it to function the opposite way, depending on my needs. There is no mechanism for the app to guess which way I want it to function, if such a change is even possible without reconfiguring all the settings.