# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018 "2022-02-07T00:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 433
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8647 "2023-03-18T00:31:24Z")
he must be putting his own spawn on notice ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8648 "2023-03-18T00:33:54Z")
It is real life Succession. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8649 "2023-03-18T00:40:07Z")
In case anybody was wondering about how to translate Trump’s claim “I got rid of the death tax on farms” into [reality-speak:](https://www.farmaid.org/issues/farm-policy/one-year-trump-administration-farm-policy/) > [@](#): > > President Trump touted the changes to the estate tax as having a positive effect on all farmers, which has long been a talking point of those who wish to abolish the estate tax. Here’s the reality: Under the previous law, a married couple could pass on $11 million of assets in their estate without paying any estate tax. What does that mean in practicality? As [Wisconsin farmer Jim Goodman put it](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/11/15/stop-pretending-the-estate-tax-has-anything-to-do-with-us-family-farmers/) in an op-ed; > > > “Only about 20 farms a year are subject to any inheritance tax, and in almost all cases, those farms have adequate liquid assets to cover the taxes without having to sell any part of the business to do so … After searching for 35 years for one example of a family farm that was lost due to the estate tax, Iowa State professor Neil Harl stated simply, ‘It’s a myth.’” > > The final tax reform bill that was passed will double the estate tax exemption to $22 million per couple. Bottom line: The change in the estate tax is not going to impact the average family farm. It is a cut for the wealthiest individuals, and allows for a continued consolidation of wealth, which drives independent family farmers off the land. Furthermore, the Trump-era law doubling the estate-tax exemption amount was written to sunset in 2026. Better die quickly if you want your kids to get that sweet sweet extra tax-free money! ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8650 "2023-03-18T00:46:09Z")
We all know that Trump’s claims are nearly 100% bullshit. Except when he is warning his beloved children he might write them out of the will. Thanks for shining a light on this particular bit of bullshit. Is it time we change the name to Trumpshit ® ? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8651 "2023-03-18T01:13:51Z")
Heck, “the family farm” is, itself, mostly a myth. You know what the Republicans want to do to American farmers? They want to deport them. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8652 "2023-03-18T04:03:37Z")
A Supreme Court candidate in Wisconsin, who took part in Loser Donald’s coup attempt, refuses to say whether he supports democracy. > **[Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Dan Kelly's failure to complete survey on...](https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/2023/03/17/business-leaders-group-troubled-by-court-hopefuls-refusal-to-take-democracy-survey/69991388007/)** > > Wisconsin Business Leaders for Democracy troubled by a candidate's refusal to take survey stating views on supporting democratic norms. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8653 "2023-03-18T04:26:11Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > A Teachers’ Guide–supplied by most textbook publishers along with a set of kids’ editions–will probably suggest answers to give to kids who ask why the heck Rosa Parks was asked to move to a different seat. (“A large party wanted to sit together and needed the seat she was in” and the like.) “She was too woke” ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8654 "2023-03-18T05:31:21Z")
Honestly, my problem with the textbook publisher is that they are caving into this nonsense. Here’s a thought: don’t create textbooks for that state. Stop selling textbooks at all to the state. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8655 "2023-03-18T05:33:31Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Loser Donald says it’s OK not to love your children. But lusting after them is peacy keen, right, according to Tan-in-a-Can the Conman? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8656 "2023-03-18T05:40:51Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > But lusting after them is peacy keen, right, according to Tan-in-a-Can the Conman? “Family Values” is kind of a morally neutral term. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8657 "2023-03-18T12:13:14Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Honestly, my problem with the textbook publisher is that they are caving into this nonsense. Here’s a thought: don’t create textbooks for that state. Stop selling textbooks at all to the state. I think that would backfire. It might mean there’s a bit of a transition period but the books will be replaced with something entirely of the right’s making. It’s bad enough to white wash history, but imagine what a history book would look like if it was written by DeSantis. It would be actual, literal, [propaganda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda?useskin=vector#Anti-Semitic_propaganda_for_children). I originally thought the same thing about the teachers (and, to a point, the school board). If they just up and walked out, the school wouldn’t be able to function, right? Well, maybe, but they’ll quickly hire new teachers, and it’s going to be the ‘Lets Go Brandon’ and anti-CRT crowd filling the vacancies. To a certain extent, I assume that’s part of the plan. They can either teach what we tell them to teach or they’ll quit and we can install our own people. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8658 "2023-03-18T12:15:00Z")
The result, of course, would be that a high school diploma from Florida and finally a university degree from Florida would no longer be worth the paper they’re scribbled on. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8659 "2023-03-18T12:31:32Z")
But does that stop at Florida? Do we accept that the students in half the country receive little or no education beyond “'Murica Rocks!”? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8660 "2023-03-18T14:42:59Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Here’s a thought: don’t create textbooks for that state. Stop selling textbooks at all to the state. In a capitalist society, why would they do this to the state with the 3rd highest enrollment (after California and Texas - Texas of course also known for its progressive values)? Some sense of moral outrage? I’m sure the stockholders would love to hear that. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8661 "2023-03-18T21:04:45Z")
More FLORIDA, abortion, rape, time limits, restrictions, hatred of women - you know - GQP policy. > **[Survivors Testify Against Bill Requiring ‘Proof’ of Rape to Get an Abortion:...](https://jezebel.com/florida-abortion-ban-six-weeks-rape-exception-proof-1850234075)** > > “How can you forcibly put someone through a second rape?" one woman said while testifying before the Florida committee on Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8662 "2023-03-18T21:34:25Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > “Somebody in the back of the bus was carsick and Rosa was kind enough to offer to trade places with them. This is why Rosa is remembered today.” I’d never oppose celebrating kindness. But I suspect that the GOP functionaries overseeing textbook adoptions would find it completely unacceptable. _Teaching our younguns to be soft and weak—no, sir!_ > > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > “She was too woke” Well, that goes without saying. Look at that photo! She’s no Northern European!!!1!!! ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8663 "2023-03-19T01:05:34Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Teaching our younguns to be soft and weak—no, sir! That works as a term in New Floridian, which these children will be taught starting next year. “Younguns.” ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8664 "2023-03-19T23:15:29Z")
A Georgia county has spent $1.2 million fighting to not have to pay $10,000 for a trans deputy’s healthcare. > **[This Georgia County Spent $1 Million to Avoid Paying for One Employee’s...](https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-county-spent-one-million-fighting-coverage-gender-affirming-care)** > > Officials in Houston County, Georgia, said gender-affirming surgery for sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange was too costly. They spent more than $1 million on private lawyers in a fight to keep transition-related care from being covered by their health plan. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8665 "2023-03-19T23:42:04Z")
Theoretically, it could make fiscal sense to spend a million bucks in court to avoid paying $10,000, if you want to set a precedent for all such future situations… but that would mean that they’d need at least 100 trans police officers for that to pay off. I have a hard time buying that that would happen in anything resembling a short enough time for this to make sense. On the other hand, if your goal is just to hurt people… ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8666 "2023-03-20T12:15:27Z")
> **[A new Arkansas law allows an anti-abortion monument at the state Capitol](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/19/1164614996/arkansas-abortion-monument-sanders)** > > Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a law to allow a monument near the state Capitol marking the number of abortions performed in Arkansas before Roe v. Wade was overturned. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=432) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=434)