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To: lodi90

I believe he is. Which is why the Democrats are getting so hysterical. They want violence. Cities burning for the midterms.

It really does seem like they’re becoming even MORE hysterical and MORE shrill because they know that they and their anti-American ideology will lose and lose big if Trump can make good on his promises to bring prosperity back to our country. A friend of mine, who actually watches TV, called me all alarmed last night because the media was going nuts that “Trump fired some guy!” (as if that’s a big thing). I had to patiently explain to him that Trump didn’t fire anyone and that the Attorney General fired someone based on the recommendation of the FBI, and that the “firing” ultimately meant next-to-nothing ANYWAY because that guy was due to retire in one day.

The way the media (including Fox News) now lies on a daily basis in order to whip people into a frenzy suggests that violence is their ultimate aim. Maybe you’re right and they expect that a little civil unrest that might do them well in the mid-term elections. The problem, for them, is that there’s no assurance it would stay “little.”


87 posted on 03/18/2018 5:13:14 AM PDT by Pravious
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To: Pravious

Trump may already know or have a good idea what is in the IG report which is due out soon.

Once it it released and the firestorm ensues he can drop the hammer.


88 posted on 03/18/2018 5:18:38 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: Pravious

The hysteria spewed out about McCabe’s pension has raised a toxic stink across the political landscape already made toxic by the Clintonista Resistance Movement (a Soros enterprise). The fact is, McCabe doesn’t “lose” his retirement. It is only delayed. In order to save time, I quote an article by “Outside the Beltway”:

“Pensions — public as well as private — are required to meet certain vesting requirements, and, in fact, the FERS (Federal Employees Retirement System) benefits vest at 5 years, meaning that benefit accruals cannot be taken away.

In fact, McCabe is all of 49 years old, likely 50 by the time readers see this, and what he lost out on was, as CNN much more calmly recounts, the ability to take his benefits at age 50, rather than somewhere between age 57 and age 62, and he lost his eligibility to a special top-up in benefit formula. These are, admittedly, tangible financial losses, but it is grossly misleading that various news outlets are giving the general public the impression that he has lost his pension entirely.

McCabe may not be able to draw an annuity until a date ranging just shy of his 57th birthday, and as late as his 62nd. That could put the value of his uncollected pension in the realm of a half-million dollars.

On top of that, McCabe could also lose his law enforcement boost.

“What he would lose — and this is a lot of money — he would lose the enhanced benefits that law enforcement officers get,” said George Chuzi, an attorney who represents federal employees.

Under the rules of FERS, that means he could be left with the standard multiplier of 1% on top of his years of service, down from the 1.7% enhanced rate for law enforcement.”

Link: http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/no-andrew-mccabe-is-not-losing-his-pension-at-least-not-completely/


145 posted on 03/18/2018 2:58:34 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Trump continues to have all the right enemies.)
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