Out to Pasture (2020 Election Game) Signup/Rules Thread

[RGM2609]

President Pence's press release, on the numbers of the tax bill:

The tax reform plans are as follows:

1. The middle class families (those making between 40K and 122K a year individually) will pay 35% less in income taxes compared to what they are paying right now. However, the middle class families with a child will pay 37% less, with two children 39% less and so on, with 2% added with every child.

2. The upper class families (making over 122K a year individually) will pay about 3% less in income taxes

3. The lower class families (making under 40K a year individually) will pay about 3% less in income taxes

4. The business tax rate is cut from 21% to 15%

5. Create targeted tax credits for child care, unappliable to those making over 250K a year, for working parents to deduct spending on child care from their income taxes for up to 4 children or elderly dependents.

6. The complete elimination of the marriage penalty, already reduced by the Trump tax cuts

7. The complete elimination of the AMT, already reduced by the Trump tax cuts

8. The complete elimination of the estate tax, already reduced by the Trump tax cuts

9.  The complete elimination of the 3.8% Obamacare tax on investment income

Some of this cuts will be paid for by the only tax increase from the reform:

1. The elimination of carried interest loophole, which allows the profit earned by the general partner of a private investment fund to be taxed at a lower rate.

President Pence is also willing to work with Congress in order to find other unfair loopholes in the tax code and close them down in order to generate revenue.

The tax reform bill also proposed the simplification of the tax code by reducing the number of tax brackets from 7 down to 3 with rates of 12%, 25% and 33% over the next 7 years. He seeks to address the various details of this modification in another bill which will be written with the help of the Democrats and Republicans from Congress.

[Grassroots]

I think we should have gameplay before this spirals out

Excited

Yeah, I'm not posting any scheduling for Portman until the game thread is up.

Plus, i'm quite sure the turn lasts from January until November? I don't see why people are posting so intricately for a few weeks like it's already 2020 or something.

[RGM2609]

I think we should have gameplay before this spirals out

Excited

Yeah, I'm not posting any scheduling for Portman until the game thread is up.

Plus, i'm quite sure the turn lasts from January until November? I don't see why people are posting so intricately for a few weeks like it's already 2020 or something.

I just want Pence to have an accomplishment to run with XD

[Huey Long is a Republican]

I think we should have gameplay before this spirals out

Excited

Yeah, I'm not posting any scheduling for Portman until the game thread is up.

Plus, i'm quite sure the turn lasts from January until November? I don't see why people are posting so intricately for a few weeks like it's already 2020 or something.

I'm doing this to have a platform and have an early platform to springboard off of later on in the campaign.

[Cabbage]

Ok, the gameplay thread's up.

[No War, but the War on Christmas]

Yeah I’m holding off on any major rallies, speeches or schedules until the game officially starts — but the back and forth Twitter banter is fun. 

[OBD]

Ok, the gameplay thread's up.

Hooray!

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Can we get polling by announcements? I'm curious to see how the very early polls look.

[No War, but the War on Christmas]

I moved my two non-announcement posts there, hopefully that’s okay.

[KaiserDave]

Great! Thank you!

[RGM2609]

I hope I don't have to repost everything in the gameplay thread too.

[Cabbage]

I hope I don't have to repost everything in the gameplay thread too.

No, you don't.

[OBD]

I hope I don't have to repost everything in the gameplay thread too.

No, you don't.

Btw, does every candidate get an interview? Or is it by request?

[Orwell]

I hope I don't have to repost everything in the gameplay thread too.

No, you don't.

Btw, does every candidate get an interview? Or is it by request?

It's by request

[Grassroots]

Somebody should make prediction maps for the primaries.

[Huey Long is a Republican]

My predictions for the Republicans :

Light Blue is Ivanka, Red is Pence, Green is Portman, Yellow is Paul. This is a very early prediction, though.

[KaiserDave]

Pence opposes Citizens United?

GOP donors won’t like that
Or the conservative establishment in Congress

[Grassroots]

My prediction:

Portman
Pence
Paul

[RGM2609]

Pence opposes Citizens United?

GOP donors won’t like that
Or the conservative establishment in Congress

Citizens United is an insanely unpopular decision, opposed by even 70% of Republicans. I doubt the establishment will be able to do much (especially as, even with the Citizens United thing, Pence is their best choice)

[KaiserDave]

Pence opposes Citizens United?

GOP donors won’t like that
Or the conservative establishment in Congress

Citizens United is an insanely unpopular decision, opposed by even 70% of Republicans. I doubt the establishment will be able to do much (especially as, even with the Citizens United thing, Pence is their best choice)

Republican voters won’t care

But congresspeople who need the money will
As will the donors who provide it

And conservatives in Congress who support it on principle

[No War, but the War on Christmas]

Since Ivanka has declined to take part in the CNN debate, I wont be answering the questions — but she will likely answer similar questions at her own town hall. While I realize it’s a risky move, as a candidate with almost universal name recognition already, it obviously shouldn’t impact her like it would a lesser known persona.

[OBD]

I can't find the questions on the gameplay thread anymore.

Que?

EDIT: I can see them in DatGOTtho's profile, but still...

[KaiserDave]

I can't find the questions on the gameplay thread anymore.

Que?

EDIT: I can see them in DatGOTtho's profile, but still...

That is weird
Same issue

Another advisory against copywrited images I’d say

[RGM2609]

Since the tax bill was modified in the House, does the Senate have to pass it again afterwards?

[KaiserDave]

Well now the bill has to back through the senate again


Although I suspect support will be the same