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 | Your views, thoughts or simply opinions. The Economy is not well (understatement). I know there are some here that will try to link the country they are residing in as problems of the USA. Sorry the USA cannot be responsible for 100% of the problems in the world nor should they be expected to help repair all problems. |
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"Automatic 4% annual Medicare cuts starting in 2026 — driven by the statutory “PAYGO” rule, which enforces across-the-board reductions in response to the massive deficit increase.
Roughly $490 billion–$500 billion in cuts over the 2026–2034 period to Medicare spending.
The House Budget Committee also notes up to $535 billion in cumulative Medicare cuts during 2026–2034 ($45 billion in 2026 rising to $75 billion in 2034)"
The "massive deficit increase" is because of the big tax-cuts for the wealthy.
All the cuts are delayed, so you won't notice much, until Democrats are back in office.
Then Republicans can blame Democrats for your complete collapse of Medicare.
Exactly how they blamed Democrats for the high inflation that Trump caused by adding $8 trillion to your debt, which also all ended up in the pockets of the wealthy, eventually.
[When you pay companies to keep paying wages, that's a handout to the employers, not
the employees. When you pay people to be able to afford food and rent, that's a handout
to supermarkets and landlords, not to people. I remind you that it was a GLOBAL crisis
and that it's not an option to leave most working people without income, food and housing.
That would be a complete collapse of the country. You can chose to put that bill on the wealthy, or you can chose to compensate all the employers, supermarkets and landlords with tax-dollars. Trump of course chose the latter and that resulted in high inflation, which mostly hurt the working class. The working class is also the main tax-payer, so you're paying for it TWICE, to compensate for the debt. And now the working class is getting fucked over a THIRD time, because Trump promised the wealthy people more massive
tax-cults, so they would help him win/steal the election, which YOU have to pay for.]
for his win/steal. Trump only wanted to be president, so he could get out of jail
and continue enriching themself, on the tax-payer's credit.
Why does that look beautiful to you? YOU won't ever see a cent of those cuts.
It's literally socialism for the wealthy, reverse-RobinHood. You ain't wealthy!
You might be richer than most of your friends here, but this will hurt you too.
It's all worth it for you, as long as he hurts the brown people, isn't it?
But, you could try to be efficient. What do you think is wrong?
I could try to answer efficiently too, because reading isn't your thing either.
we also couldn't get any help to deal with the physical abuse she suffered by the staff, we would report it and it went unchecked.
it is fraud, now, take your brain and use it, if the nursing homes are leaving people needing trimmed nails ,that is abuse, criminal. then a nurse or supervisor signs off for a dr to do foot surgery, which he never did, that is fraud. the nurses trimmed the nails and got kick backs for signing the papers. this i know and it was all presented to medicare in dc, the reply was, " we don't have the staffing to enforce minor infractions. " i would send you pics of the paper work but it is locked in the safe and it would exspose to much private info.
You want to trade stories? My daughter's daughter, my first grandchild, is totally disabled. She needs constant care. She gets food through a tube in her stomach. As you can imagine, it has to be liquid AND have the whole nutritional value of regular people food. This formula comes from Germany. It costs $10,000/month. The special wheel chair she needs to support her spine cost over $5000 . The nurses and care tackers have to be paid at regular rates for specialized nurses. I don't even know how much that is. Her Dad couldn't take it and blew his brains out when she was 9. She turned 29 last July 1. Iv it wasn't for Medicaid she would be dead. So, Phart, lets compare notes.
more scrutiny when it comes to doling out taxpayer money is what is needed.
It's just not the billions that you say it is.
And Elon Musk and his gang haven't found ANY real fraud.
Where are all the lawsuits then, when he found ALL that fraud?
Your country already has audits of all your government agencies. They always find SOME waste, fraud and abuse, but where Elon was looking, those are some of the cleanest agencies you have.
In November 2022, the DoD failed its FIFTH consecutive audit, reportedly unable to account for 61% of its assets—amounting to roughly $2.1 trillion out of a $3.5 trillion total asset base.
It is 100% clear that there IS a lot of unaccounted money in your Department of Defense. Did Elon go there?
No, of course not, because Elon himself gets lots of money from the Department of Defense and he doesn't want any investigation on how he's spending that money.
Your social security system was audited in 2022 too:
SSA Financial Audits: “Unmodified Opinion”
The FY 2022 Agency Financial Report (AFR) marked the SSA’s 36th year producing audited financial statements and the 29th consecutive year receiving an unmodified opinion (meaning “clean” audit)
For Old‑Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) from FY 2015–2022, only 0.84% of total benefit payments were improper, though this still amounted to $71.8 billion.
How much are they cutting Social Security?
A 2021 SSA OASDI accuracy review found:
99.3% case accuracy for overpayments, and
98.3% case accuracy for underpayments.
Dollar accuracy rates were similarly high: 99.4% for overpayments and 98.5% for underpayments.
Administrative costs in 2023 were about 0.5% of total benefits paid (roughly $7.2 billion expense against $1.38 trillion payout)
Related to Medicaid and Medicare.
Medicaid: ~$81 billion in improper payments
Medicare: ~$31.7 billion in improper payments
How much are they cutting again?
When you want to make systems more efficient, that takes a lot of effort.
You cannot just CUT waste fraud and abuse. That's primitive thinking.
“The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is the most pro-worker, pro-family, and pro-America legislation we’ve seen in decades. It means bigger paychecks for middle class families, stronger borders, a stronger military, and more freedom for every North Carolinian. I’m proud to help steer this fight, and under President Trump’s leadership, we’re just getting started.”
Wages are up by $5,500-$10,500
Take-Home Pay up by $7,200-$12,200
NO TAXES on TIPS or OVERTIME
Support for our farmers, veterans, and rural broadband
Made-in-America manufacturing incentives for NC job creators
What’s Actually in the One Big Beautiful Bill?
DELIVERS HISTORIC ECONOMIC RELIEF:
Prevents the largest tax increase in American history
Secures bigger paychecks, boosting the take-home pay for hardworking typical families by OVER $10,000 a year.
Historic tax relief for workers with a 15% average tax cut for Americans earning $15,000–$80,000.
No Taxes on Tips and No Taxes on Overtime
Made-in-America Auto Tax Breaks on new American-made vehicles.
Increases the standard deduction, ensuring North Carolinians keep more of their hard-earned money.
PUTS MAIN STREET OVER WALL STREET:
Doubles small business expensing, helping local businesses hire more workers and expand their operations.
Permanently renews and strengthens Opportunity Zones, unlocking $100B+ of investment and 1+ million jobs for rural and distressed communities.
Incentivizes Made-in-America manufacturing with full expensing for new factories and upgrades— unleashing investments in rapid factory building.
DESIGNED WITH FAMILIES IN MIND:
Increases and makes permanent the Child Tax Credit, supporting over 40 million families.
Expands childcare access and makes the paid leave tax credit permanent.
Creates Trump Savings Accounts for newborns.
Delivers school choice, making education more affordable and allowing families to choose the education that best fits their child’s needs.
INVESTS IN RURAL AMERICA:
Expands crop insurance and improves risk management tools.
Boosts market access by reducing trade barriers to help North Carolina farmers compete globally.
Supports family farms by raising the death tax exemption—protecting two million family farms from punitive double taxation.
RESTORES FISCAL SANITY:
Slashes deficits by roughly $2 trillion — and secures historic levels of mandatory savings.
Protects taxpayer dollars by removing waste, fraud, and abuse from federal programs, so they can better serve the great people of North Carolina
KEEPS AMERICA SAFE:
Funds the Golden Dome missile defense system to protect our homeland from 21st-century threats.
Ensures our military has the resources to remain ready, capable, and a lethal fighting force.
Secures our coast with the biggest upgrade to the Coast Guard since World War II — delivering the tools needed to stop illegal activity by sea and fight fentanyl smuggling.
MODERNIZES AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL:
$12.5 billion to overhaul air traffic control, replacing obsolete technology dating back to the 1960s with modern systems that improve safety, speed, and efficiency.
Replaces FAA’s deteriorating towers and radar systems and upgrades telecommunications.
Addresses the staffing shortage and funds FAA training and recruitment.
PERMANENTLY SECURES OUR BORDERS:
Delivers President Trump’s law-and-order agenda: deporting criminal illegal aliens, securing our border, and supporting law enforcement.
Supports our Border Patrol and ICE agents with a $10,000 bonus annually over the next four years. Also delivers needed reinforcements — hiring 10,000 new ICE personnel, 5,000 new Customs officers, and 3,000 new Border Patrol agents.
Finishes the border wall.
UNLEASHES AMERICAN ENERGY DOMINANCE:
Ends weaponization of permitting and unlocks domestic oil, gas, and nuclear power.
Unleashes American energy, driving down the cost of living and restoring energy independence.
Rescinds BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars poured into the 'Green New SCAM,' ending handouts to special interests and radical climate activists.
Refills our Strategic Petroleum Reserve after the Biden Administration depleted our emergency supply. Energy security is national security.
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WOW!!
did you read that??
updates to our aged air traffic control system.
saves the family farm while it is passed down to each new generation,
makes school choice more affordable,
wow so many good things.
why do dems always focus on the bad>?
This is a **promotional summary** of the *One Big Beautiful Bill Act* from a pro-Trump or Republican-aligned source. It emphasizes the **benefits** and **talking points**, often using **best-case projections**, while omitting or minimizing the bill’s **cuts to social safety nets, healthcare, and clean energy**.
Here’s a **breakdown** of what’s **fact**, what’s **spin**, and what’s **missing**, based on independent analysis:
🔍 **CLAIMS VS. REALITY**
🧾 CLAIM: *"Wages up by $5,500–$10,500; Take-home pay up by $7,200–$12,200"*
**Spin**: These are *projections* based on tax cuts and hypothetical wage growth. They **don’t reflect guaranteed raises**—they assume trickle-down from corporate tax incentives.
* **Reality**: Independent estimates show modest average tax savings for middle-income earners (~$1,200–$1,800/year), while **high earners** gain much more.
* **Meanwhile**, these savings are offset by **cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and public services** many families rely on.
💰 CLAIM: *"No Taxes on Tips and Overtime"*
**Partially True**: The bill **exempts tip income and overtime wages** from federal income tax—but **not from payroll taxes** (like Social Security/Medicare).
**Benefit**: Good for tipped workers and those in gig/hospitality industries.
**Caveat**: Critics argue this creates complexity and encourages underreporting.
🧒 CLAIM: *"Expands Child Tax Credit; Supports 40M Families"*
**Half-true**: The Child Tax Credit is increased and made permanent, but **not fully refundable** like in the 2021 American Rescue Plan.
* So **poorer families may get less or nothing** unless they have taxable income—unlike under Biden’s expanded version.
🧺 CLAIM: *"Slashes Deficits by $2 Trillion"*
**False by most neutral estimates**: The bill **increases** the federal deficit by **$3.4 trillion over 10 years**, mainly due to permanent tax cuts for individuals and corporations ([CRFB](https://www.crfb.org/)).
🌽 CLAIM: *"Supports Farmers; Raises Death Tax Exemption"*
**True, but skewed**: Increasing the estate tax exemption helps **very wealthy landowners**, not most small farmers (only about 0.1% of estates were taxed under prior law).
* Crop insurance/rural support may help, but **Medicaid cuts hurt rural hospitals and elderly care**—a major concern in red states.
🔨 CLAIM: *"Massive manufacturing and small business tax relief"*
**Partly true**: The bill includes **expensing for capital investment**, lower corporate tax rates, and extended Opportunity Zones.
* Critics argue this **overwhelmingly favors large firms and developers**, with little oversight.
🌎 CLAIM: *"Ends Green New Scam; unleashes energy"*
**Very partisan framing**. The bill:
* **Repeals EV tax credits**
* Cuts **wind, solar, energy efficiency credits**
* **Prioritizes oil, gas, coal**, and **nuclear** production
* It **rescinds climate spending** from the Inflation Reduction Act, which was helping transition rural areas to cheaper renewable sources.
⚔️ CLAIM: *"Boosts ICE, Border Patrol, Coast Guard"*
**True**: Massive new funding—$10,000 annual bonuses, **10,000 new ICE agents**, and finishing the wall.
* This is a **central part** of the bill and appeals to immigration hawks.
* Critics argue it's **militarized overreach**, with limited effect on fentanyl (which mostly comes through legal ports).
🚨 WHAT’S MISSING
1. **Cuts to Medicaid & SNAP**
* Over **$1 trillion** in combined cuts.
* Work requirements, reduced eligibility, and state funding burdens.
2. **Defunding of Clean Energy and Climate Programs**
* Bill rolls back **Biden-era climate legislation**.
* Long-term cost: delays clean energy transition, likely increases emissions.
3. **Impact on Poor & Disabled Americans**
* Work requirements could push **millions off aid**, including seniors, disabled, and caregivers.
* **Rural hospitals**, especially in red states, face funding losses.
4. **Long-term Cost to Deficit**
* While marketed as “fiscally sane,” independent economists say the bill will **add over $3 trillion** to the national debt.
🧾 FINAL VERDICT
**Category** | **Verdict** -------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
**Tax Cuts for Workers** | Mostly true, but benefits **skew to upper-middle class and wealthy** |
**Support for Families** | Partly true, but **excludes lowest-income households** |
**Rural and Farm Support** | Partly true, **estate tax changes help rich farmers more than small ones** |
**Border & Military** | Accurate—**major investments and personnel increases** |
**Fiscal Responsibility** | **False** — deficit likely to rise significantly |
**Energy & Environment** | **True but partisan framing** — major rollback of clean-energy investments |
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It's all skewed to the middle class and the wealthy.
Did they have problems paying for groceries?
all i see is cuts to programs that are blotted and defrauded constantly.
women get pregnant, get a low income house on the governments dime, baby daddy gets job at ups warehouse, both drive cadillacs. this happened in 1999 and was witnessed by myself and 3 other people i know. once reported, the woman was booted out of the government housing.
You cannot cut SNAP, without it hurting the poor.
It's bullshit propaganda that all those programs are bloated and fraudulent.
You think feeding the poor is waste by definition, but those programs are doing
what they are designed to do, pretty efficiently, and people rely on them.
“The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is the most pro-worker, pro-family, and pro-America legislation we’ve seen in decades. It means bigger paychecks for middle class families, stronger borders, a stronger military, and more freedom for every North Carolinian. I’m proud to help steer this fight, and under President Trump’s leadership, we’re just getting started.”
Wages are up by $5,500-$10,500
Take-Home Pay up by $7,200-$12,200
NO TAXES on TIPS or OVERTIME
Support for our farmers, veterans, and rural broadband
Made-in-America manufacturing incentives for NC job creators
All this within hours of the Clown signing this disaster in the making.
not the opposite, in the "big beautiful bill".
About 60-72% of the total tax relief is going to the top 20%.
The top 5% gets about 45% of the total tax relief.
The top 1% will get about $600 billion in tax-cuts over a decade.
It's impossible to do that, without it affecting the rest of you.
Since most of the tax-cuts are unaccounted for, it adds $3-4 billion to the debt by 2034.
That will increase inflation for those people who already cannot afford groceries.
Trump is doing what you accused Biden of doing AGAIN.
And he isn't doing it with investments into your economy, like Biden did,
he is doing it to reward his wealthy donors.
Here’s a URL that agrees with some of the stuff you said and much that you didn’t say.
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the gals that keep me fed at the local grill don't make over 25,000 in tips per year. so they would never be paying taxes on tips.
that would help them alot by increasing their bring home from tips by about 18% would it not?
We all know that 'if' Trump cured cancer, he would still be demonized.
Nobel peace prize for Trump. Accomplished more in 5 months than mr dementia did in 4 years.
Sorry for the last remark, I do not think mr dementia made any improving accomplishments. Just anything to help take down America.
Sorry for the rant.
NOW I ASK AGAIN: If you want to destroy America and American values what would you do different than that feeble old excuse of a 'MAN' we had for four catastrophic years?
I know the fucking word 'existential' means something, just not what the looney left was and is pushing.
Side with the loons, then live with the loons.
The Democrat Party was the lifeblood of slavery, the KKK, and Jim Crow. The Klan was the armed militant apparatus of the Democrats. In contrast, the Republican Party was founded a few years before the Civil War for the sole purpose of uniting the anti-slave movement under a single political coalition.
with that being copied and pasted, let's see where that takes us
The argument,
"Without slaves, who will pick our crops?" was a common concern raised by proponents of slavery, particularly Southern plantation owners, during the debate over abolition in the 19th century. This argument highlighted the economic dependency of the Southern agricultural system on enslaved labor, especially for cash crops like cotton and tobacco.
so here in modern times our own Cat and Ananas are asking who will pick our crops without the illegal immigrants
does any of this sound similar to you folks?
and by the way, southern plantation owners were democrats
so there is no wonder now if you do some research, why democrats are so hell bent on immigrant labor.
10 kids found working at the pot farm in california, owned by a guy that donated alot to the govenor newsome. um>>????
here is some history to read, read about the democrats stealing land from mexico and our native indians.
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for their own protection.
We talked about the history of the Democrats and the Republicans before.
The Republican Party was once the more liberal party, especially on slavery and civil rights in the 19th century. Over time—particularly during the 20th-century civil rights movement—both parties experienced a shift in their ideological bases, leading to the modern alignment where Republicans are generally conservative and Democrats are generally liberal.
It's not the name of the party that is associated with racism or the support for slavery, it's the ideology. Liberals have always supported equal rights and freedom, conservatives don't care about equality and only pretend to care about freedom, while they still support wage slavery. You yourself think people deserve nothing besides what they work for and even 40 hrs/per week should get you the basics for survival. It's only the happy few that deserve ridiculous wealth, because you think they are super-human.
I have NEVER supported the exploitation of illegals, I want to crack down on employers who do that. I'll allow legal immigrant labor, under a license system, but with all the same rights and rewards that natural born citizens get. I have warned you that you allowed your economy to become dependent on illegals, and you're hurting yourself, while you are hurting them. That's a whole different issue than supporting illegal migration. The common sense solution would be to legalize the lot of them, except for the true violent criminals. Don't lie that Trump is doing that.
And how do you like the following?:
The administration’s FY 2026 budget proposal includes a $646 million cut to FEMA.
It also imposed a freeze of approximately $3.6 billion in unspent FEMA funds.
FEMA has undergone a cut of roughly 20% of its workforce.
Weather forecasting funding at NOAA was cut by $150 million.
phart just accused Bill Gates of
"taking our tax money and sending it so far away it can't help our own citizens in need."
Here is a clear example of Trump taking your tax money far away from helping your own citizens in need.
Well, at least he's cutting taxes for Bill Gates. So some of your money will still go
to poor people, for food and HIV medicine.
in other words, countys didn't cover their bases but it is so easy for you to blame Trump because he cut wasteful spending.
but use some common sense.in 1 area the water rose 26 feet in 45 minutes. there is not much of a warning system that would help in that situation.
There is ZERO evidence of any significant wasteful spending, unless you call every dollar spent to help people a waste.
You need good weather forecasting to predict water rising 26 feet in 45 minutes.
They can literally not do as good as a job as before, because of Trump's cuts.
However, I can predict that, without a doubt, far worse floods will happen, more often,
and you will need FEMA to have much more money, if you want to minimize the damage and human suffering.
you obviously never dealt with fema.
Can you afford EVERY STATE, to be ready for EVERY CATASTROPHE?
Why have it divided by state's borders? Why not every city?
It's just a nonsense argument, to cut spending for citizens in need.
How about the unlucky states? Many of them are red states, by the way. They would be held back a lot from that necessity. That doesn't just affect those states, that puts a break on the economy of the US as a whole.
Cooperation is always favorable to everyone as a whole. In economy 1 + 1 = 3.
Likewise, when I see people in need, I also want the whole world to help.
That's, sympathy / empathy, but also just reciprocity.
We don't have much control over luck / bad luck in the world, but we do
have control over how we treat (other) people, who are dealt a bad hand.
However, I understand that there is no unlimited pool of money,
so I support a system that uses the money most efficiently.
I think that's always a system that shares the risk with the biggest group.
It's like with insurances; you share the risk with other people,
instead setting aside money personally, for when something happens.
Almost no one can set aside enough money for a new house, when it burns down,
so you share the risk with a million or more other people.
Still, an insurance company could go bankrupt, if it only insured one city,
and there was a big fire burning down a lot of houses.
That's why you want to share the risk with as many people as possible.
The one thing that limits the size of the group is solidarity. People need
to feel some empathy for others in the group that they share the risk with.
They don't want to pay for people that they don't care about. They forget
that it's beneficial for everyone to maximize the size of the group, as soon
as people that they don't feel empathy towards are helped by the system.
That's what you see happening with FEMA.
here is a ai search result,
"Yes, some Florida homes have been rebuilt multiple times with FEMA assistance due to repeated flooding. This is partly due to the "50% rule" in flood zones, which requires homes with damage exceeding half the structure's value to be rebuilt to current standards, often involving elevation. While this rule aims to reduce future flood damage and costs to taxpayers, it can lead to a cycle of rebuilding for some homeowners"
50% of value, rebuilt multilabel times, is the same as rebuilding the house from ground up money wise. why keep putting the house in the same low spot to flood again?that is waste,put the house on high ground or redesign it to be more durable in the storm
each state knows it's problem areas.
each county knows it's problem areas. we have flood ways here that we can't even put up a mail box in without getting bitched at by the county.let alone a house.
there are so many issues with fema,it needs to at minimum be revamped from the ground up. and audited regularly.by someone besides it's self.
Do they get any money from Trump to organize their own
Emergency Management, like FEMA, but on a state level?
If not, all those states need to significantly raise state taxes.
When have you last seen Republicans create anything?
They can only brake things.
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folks like you don't care if coal miners are put out of work. you just say they can retrain for another job no big deal right?
so those working in the tourist industry, they can just retrain for another job, no big deal.
sad to feel that way but that is using liberal logic
The difference between the coal miners and the tourist industry is the following:
- New energy brings much more, much healthier and better paying jobs, than the job of coal miner. In total that shift is positive for society.
- The collapse of the tourist industry is not replaced by anything. It's just a loss of your GDP, which isn't compensated by anything else. There are no other jobs coming in its place.
However, you won't have a shortage of jobs, because of all the migrant workers you are putting in a concentration camp. Your tourist workers just shouldn't be picky, because those jobs aren't much fun. That's why you had those migrant workers for them.
so is john kerry going to be the proverbial "uncle tom" of the democrats now that he admits to agreeing with Trump on a issue??
'News'MAX: "Look over there, a squirrel!!"
there is no hope for liberals, they can't be shown the facts and it do any good.
All the Democrats were shouting from the rooftops "PROTECT OUR BORDER!!!".
You are all living in an alternate reality and even Kerry is affected by it.
Kerry is correct that Democrats couldn't get their message out successfully, but he's wrong in saying “He was right. The problem is—we all should have been right. Everybody should have been right, doing the same thing, all moving in the same direction.”. Democrats SHOULD NOT move into the direction of eliminating due process.
One Democrat saying something that you like, is a squirrel.
Here is ONE pastor saying something that most Democratic voters agree on,
while most other pastors are saying the exact opposite. Is he now on CNN,
as an example of the other side, to argue: "We must be right, because this single person from the other side says that we are right on this issue!"?
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I'm sure that CNN does that sometimes, but it means NOTHING to ME.
There is someone from the group that is wrong about everything,
agreeing with my point on something? "OK, you're welcome. Is it just this?"
"I don't need you to agree with me, to know I'm right. I have ARGUMENTS!"
if bill gates is so damn concerned about world health, he can spend his own money to fix it instead of taking our tax money and sending it so far away it can't help our own citizens in need.
he already sends a lot of his money over seas, that's well and good,it's his to send, i just don't approve of him wanting to send my money over there.
The US was doing that too. That was actually a good thing you did.
Why do you think that Bill Gates had any part in your tax-dollars going "far away"?
The US stopping that, especially so abruptly is incredibly damaging.
Using your money like that is called 'soft power', it's to your own advantage.
Why do you talk about helping your own citizens in need?
You don't want to. You prefer to help the billionaires, who don't need it.
watch the simulation at the very end and it will make it very clear how lucky Trump is to be alive. i know it would have brought great pleasure to cat and others had he not turned his head but it saved our country.
However, I cannot decide what's worse, Trump continuing to destroy your country,
adding chaos to the world and deciding to accelerate climate change, or him dying
that day and giving MAGA a martyr.
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belong to the “white race”. Ever heard of it?
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Google "George Shishim" if you want to know more.
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you are so mad at Trump for bombing a few nuclear labs but yet 1 of your heros dropped a bunch of bombs.
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"If Andrew Cuomo thinks that makes me less of a Jew,
that's just one more reason why he's unfit to represent us."
ok so this guy takes all of what jeff bezo's is worth and divides it amoung all of us Americans. we would get a whopping 730 bucks each.
that would really fix the world wouldn't it? yea right.
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Isn't that ridiculous?
Half of American adults have $500 or less in their savings account,
but this ONE asshole has MUCH more than ALL OF THEM COMBINED.
The fact that you think that's normal shows your brainwashing.
Liberal globalization refers to the process of increasing global interconnectedness driven by the principles of economic liberalism, democracy, and multilateralism. It's characterized by the promotion of free trade, open markets, and the establishment of international institutions to facilitate cooperation and manage global challenges
in other words, a 1 world government. sad that it takes Putin to bring this up, no one will listen to him since he is considered the enemy ,but we as Americans would be so much better off if we minded our own damn country and it's needs first
ah those food stamps, another freebie folks that don't need them is taking advantage of.
It's only all the OTHERS who are dirty profiteers, but you and your friends deserve it, because you were working hard all your life, or you had a lot of bad luck, or whatever. It's always OK for you, but all the others are lazy fucks.
I'm trying to change your thinking on that. Your government is not of the habit of giving "freebies". Take what they offer, because you either are ENTITLED to it or you NEED it, just like EVERYONE ELSE. Don't throw away Medicaid and Social Security for the LIE that some people are abusing it. You're fucking the 99+% of people who don't.
Don't be a TOOL for the wealthy who don't grant you these basics of modern civilization, so they can have even more money.
Cherish the tiny bit of social safety net that you still have in your godforsaken country. It's important for people's survival. It helps them maximize their potential. Bums in boxes are useless. Also, it might be you in that box, or someone you care about.
Don't assume you are safe, just because you worked hard all your life.
How different your tune is, than when you just voted for Trump. People were suffering from the high inflation and they couldn't buy groceries, remember. Now that Trump is crushing all those people to pulp, you're back to not giving a fuck. Very strange!
COVID set us back didn’t help either, because now there are men and women of various ages that have been able to stay home and receive government assistance.
at home, in the kitchen. Now they want them to work? I don't think so.
That effect of Covid was very short-lived. There is no government assistance anymore. However, there is still a remaining labor shortage. There are about 1.7 million missing workers. Some of them just died. Another big group is suffering from long covid. "Reduced Workforce Participation: An estimated 2 to 4 million working-age Americans have been unable to work due to long COVID, either temporarily or permanently."
Some young people stayed in school longer. When they started an education, it takes several years to finish it. There are indeed women who do not return to their job, because they are mothers now. Personally, I think that mothers and fathers need to share the working life, but I don't think both should work a full-time job. Parents should be able to provide for their children with at maximum 60 hrs/week total.
I’ve worked hard my entire life and in most of my years, there wasn’t just one job, I worked two jobs. Last year I jumped out of retirement to be a caregiver. There are jobs to be had by those that are motivated to do more than leach off of society.
Your last sentence in your last paragraph of your post,
"There are jobs to be had by those that are motivated to do more than leach off of society."
says it all. You either don't see or choose to ignore the needy who have no way to improve their lot in life. I'm glad you are healthy enough to work again, but, let's be real, most people that have to take help from the government are healthy enough to work and they already do.
And, BTW, leaches come in all forms for many reasons. But, they are not the norm.
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Was he a comedian or a damn prophet?
I rarely choose to use vulgar language however that amount deserves a what the fuck can you buy/ how far can $23.00 at the grocery store? Geez Louise! On Sunday, after CHURCH, I stopped at a nearby Spartan market because I wanted some fruit, specifically I wanted apples. Spartan markets identify their house brand by the name of “OUR FAMILY”. I looked at a 3lb bag of Honey Crisp apples that were priced at $9.99. I asked a nearby grocery clerk whether that sign was accurate and she confirmed that it was. Can you believe it? A jaw dropping $3.33 per pound for Honey Crisp apples so I grabbed a 3lb bag of Fuji that was only $4.99!
Back to what $23.00 might buy at the local store, eggs aren’t as expensive as when I WHINED about them in Florida…. I can buy eggs at Kroger for under $3.00, actually they were $2.79 per dozen (I can’t afford organic cage free eggs). So yesterday I bought eggs at $2.79, a 3 pack of Romaine lettuce hearts ($3.99), a bottle of Kraft Salad Dressing on sale for $2.49, a generic $5.00 bag of lunch meat that was tagged as “oven roasted turkey”*, one can of Simple Truth organic Garbanzo beans ($1.25), Fairlife Ultra-Filtered lactose free low-fat milk (52 oz/$5.69)** and a I suspect you might be able to get a bag of white rice, too.
I spent slightly less than $22.00 yesterday and as you see, $23.00 doesn’t go far in Michigan! Would yesterday’s haul feed me for a month until my next $23.00 comes? Hell, NO!
* the generic bag of oven roasted turkey was packaged in a Kroger deli bag as if it was sliced and packaged upon request that morning. It tasted okay once I washed all the salt taste off of it. It definitely is not as tasty as Boar’s Head turkey that is $12.49 per lb.
** Fairlife Ultra-filtered milk priced at $5.69 for 52oz (12oz LESS THAN the standard 1/2 gallon) I’ve been buying this milk because it has a shelf life of 2 months. I am able to consume it all, there’s no spoilage, well worth the extra money I spend!
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Also, it's very obvious you were never a mom. Not even close.
What state does the single mother of one live because that has some bearing on whatever it is you’re trying paint. Effective February 21, 2025, minimum wage in Michigan was set at $12.48. Per Google; “ The current minimum wage in Florida is $13.00 per hour, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. This rate applies to all workers in the state, including those in tipped positions, though tipped employees may be paid a lower direct wage with tips making up the difference. The minimum wage is scheduled to increase to $15.00 per hour by September 30, 2026, with annual increases of $1.00 until then according to the U.S. Department of Labor. ” YOU’RE WELCOME!
The way I see things is that there are a good deal of young people that want what their parent(s) have which they, the parent(s) worked years to acquire. GET REAL! There’s going to be years of peanut butter and jelly (if you can afford the jelly) , Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, store brand generic corn flakes instead of Cap’n Crunch, a plastic bag with unpopped popcorn as a treat instead of Doritos or Lays Potato Chips, Kool-Aid instead of Coca Cola. Life is all about making choices.
And as for being a single mother with one child that only works 32 hours per week, she better consider getting a second job. Furthermore, she should have given thought to her circumstances before deciding to bring a child into the world. How much responsibility do I have, as a taxpayer, to provide woman or man with “luxuries” that I cannot even justify for myself.
By the way, did you notice that Florida’s minimum wage of $13.00 includes those in tipped positions? When I return to Florida in October of November, maybe I will look for a 20 hour per week job tending bar or waitressing. I was a darn good “bartendress” back in the day. In my 37 year career working for a major healthcare provider I always maintained a second job. My primary job took care of my obligations, my second job was the “frosting on the cake”. Yeah, the second job provided me the extras. Yep, I have a decent stock portfolio, a waterfront home in Michigan, a place in Florida for the winter…. Life is all making choices.
Bella, I didn't want to have this apology get buried in the other part of the chat. I'll respond to the rest sometime later.
Where my concerns are are with the elderly, some not aware OR TOO PROUD to explore programs that help ease some of the financial burden with food, medicine, etc.. In my town/county there is a program that provides voucher(s) to seniors for fresh fruits, vegetables and eggs. I qualify based on my age however I am “proud” and feel that I can comfortably buy the things that I want and need. Am I going to complain about Honey Crisp apples being $9.99 for a 3lb bag? Heck YES!
By the way, thank you for the apology, that was very kind of you.
But even if you didn't work for 37+ years, those programs serve a need.
Americans are the hardest working people on the planet.
Cut your fellow Americans some slack.
I feel that the system is geared to provide the same number of programs and amenities to the dead beats as it is to ME, a hard working contributor and that is unfortunate .
If they fail in life, I don't want to have any blame for that.
Then there are lots of people who are just not smart and completely lacking of talent. Look at how stupid the average person is and then realize that 50% is stupider than them. About a quarter is not capable of surviving this modern world. Do we just give up on them? I say that would be a waste of potential. They can pull their weight,
if we help them a bit. It's for our own benefit as much as theirs.
I don't think it's unfortunate that a contributor like me is not getting the same as someone who under-performs. The whole intent is to help the ones who need it.
I don't need anything anymore, but society helped me get to where I am.
Save it for the people who need it, so we help them contribute too. Also, I was lucky so far, but everyone is at risk of their luck running out. When it does, I want society to help me out, just as I want to help out everyone who is shit out of luck now.
Don't think this is all sympathy for poor people. It's mostly selfish. I want to live
in a nice world. You are just extras. I want you to be cheerful in my movie of life, because I don't like dramas.
The Trumps and the Vances and the Dgraffs and the Bellas, can believe what they want. I know, yes, I know, better.
Do I think that dgraff is “milking the system”, no, I think he is participating in programs that he is eligible and qualifies for.
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It is paid for through our taxes though but it's a hell of a lot better to know if you have a serious medical issue you are not going to have to sell your house to get through it.
there are so many fat women out there that give pussy to anything that is male so they can have baby after baby and get a bigger check each month. it's not rare it is common. that needs to be fixed. overseas, you may not see it because it would ruin the propaganda you are fed there.
mothers should want to be there for their kids,even if it does mean they can't carry the latest iphone or guchi bag. it is their natural role in the human race to care for the young.
It has continued to slide even as President Trump has backed down from his tariff threats and the U.S. stock market has recovered from its losses.
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No, of course, it's Canada who is exploiting your friendship.
10 Worst Assets That Keep You Poor (Avoid These!)
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I liked it, a lot.
But it provided me with a whole different perspective than it did for phart.
Are you also realizing how much capitalism critique is contained in this video?
It's all a guide for protecting yourself against greedy assholes, trying to screw you.
I think that voting for Trump is also capitalism critique. Many people voted for Trump, because they are tired of how capitalism has fucked them over for the last decades.
Trump promised something different. He's a lying fuck, who doesn't give a damn about you, but Americans are easily fooled. That's because most of you are indoctrinated to believe fairy-tales from a 2000 year old book. If you believe that, you believe everything.
That's the whole reason for why the wealthy fund religion.
Trump has completely abandoned the idea of free global trade, one of the basic principles of capitalism. That's capitalism critique.
Also, your whole anti-immigrant rhetoric is based on the idea that the "filthy brown people" are coming for your jobs. That's also capitalism critique. If you hadn't deregulated capitalism, so they wouldn't be able to pick cheap immigrants over you, that would not be your concern. (unless you just hate brown people, of course)
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who exploit them.
Business owner who voted for Trump says ICE detained a third of his employees
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If he is a criminal, for hiring 'illegals', as your Assistant Secretary Dept. of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin said, why is he not in jail awaiting trial right now. He is clearly facilitating 'illegals'.
alot of folks fought and died back in the 1700's to get us out from under a kings thumb.
And so it starts. Best interest of the country? Why not let Israel handle it. Why involve us in another war we have no business being in.
if there ever was a good case of what if, this would be it, do you really want God pissed off at you or your nation?
"The Bible contains verses that are interpreted as indicating God's favor towards those who support Israel and his promise to bless those who bless Abraham's descendants. This is often linked to the Abrahamic Covenant in Genesis 12:3, where God promises to bless those who bless Abraham and his descendants. Some Christians believe this passage extends to the modern nation of Israel and therefore support the nation's existence and well-being. "
You can try to make all the excuses you want. It WAS declaration of war. Illegal too.
to me, Trump swore and took a oath to protect America and eliminating a threat of nukes in the hands of radicals is fulfilling that oath.
If this was right, you wouldn't be scrambling for an excuse. And, BTW, I told you and others, I don't care what you believe or think about my views. Your flawed views don't make it any less true. The Clown King broke the law.
when you forget history, or erase it as many democrats do, you repeat it.
you and folks like you,are the reason this country is so fucked up. sometimes when shit has hit the fan, you have to go to extreme measures to clean things up.
Trump inherited a mess. 4 years of some other asshole using autopen to sign things biden didn't even know were going on. now that he is dying of cancer, that is mighty convenient for those that used him during that 4 years. alot of crime there that you wouldn't support investigating because you like the results
1) does Iran have nuclear weapons or are they close to it?
2)did the Clown’s own security advisors tell him Iran did NOT have nuclear weapons or close to having it?
3) what “mess” are you talking about? If it’s so obvious then you should be able to be specific.
4) why are my groceries and other staples so high? Higher than Biden’s term?
5)why are so many other world leaders condemning the attack?
6)why are Americans held in so low esteem that it’s being suggested to not travel abroad?
7) Congress is controlled by Republicans. Why aren’t there any investigations on Biden or his term of office?
So, Mr Phart, besides farting into the wind, what have you got except a bad smell?
concentrate on how things got where they are.
you are able to google. the autopen thing is going on right now.his doctor is being questioned shortly in congress.
get with the now if it is so important to you.
other world leaders are condemning the attack because they are afraid it will upset their apple carts of money and oil under the table bypassing sanctions.
And, still, you can't justify anything. You are all talk but no proof. And you certainly can't keep it on the subject.
We did pursue an air war but the real #1 enemy was Japan.
You can minimize it, excuse it, whatever, but, the Clown King committed an act of war and Iran sees it as so.
Again, don’t put words in my mouth. I don’t hate Jews and some of my closest friends are Jews. Your “theory” is beneath you.
oh yea, iran just decided to close the strait to block oil shipments. so um, do we sit back and wait or do we blow the bastards out of the water and keep moving oil?
"well if you don't mind israel being blown off the map, there must be some reason,"
You don't know me. You know my politics and my social leanings. You even know my sexual mores, but, you really don't know me.
If you want to make this personal, okay, but at least tell me. I can do personal and everyone knows it.
And just what law did he break
You know all is fair in love and war
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You only know what the news aloud you to know
And what Jane Fonda told you
The Rules of Engagement (ROE) for U.S. soldiers
2. Key Principles:
Positive Identification (PID):
Soldiers must have a reasonable certainty that a target is a legitimate military target before engaging it.
Proportionality:
The force used should be proportionate to the threat, meaning the harm caused should not be excessive in relation to the military advantage gained.
Distinction:
Military forces must distinguish between combatants and civilians, and between military objectives and protected objects like hospitals or cultural sites.
Precautions in Attack:
Soldiers must take reasonable precautions to minimize harm to civilians and civilian objects during an attack.
“Self-Defense:
Soldiers have the right to defend themselves and their unit from attack.”
Minimizing Collateral Damage:
ROE aim to limit collateral damage, which is unintended harm to civilians and civilian objects.
It seems everyone knows someone who has a buddy who witnessed something in all arguments. Please thank your brother-in-law for his service.
Want to hear something funny? My ex, WOODY, his brother, my ex brother-in-law, got drafted in ‘71 and served there. To this day he won’t talk about it.
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" been fighting so long they don't know what the FUCK to do!! "
you can agree with that can't you?
and by the way, it is back down to prebomb levels already wholesale, so this bump,yet again, is just the sellers taking advantage of us
In any case, you already have many kings; they all shared Trump's stage at his inauguration. They all have more money than my king and much more influence on your government. They are also immune from the law, when they brake the law.
They are no king by title, but they rule over you like no king in Europe did in at least
a century.
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here ye go, exactly what i and others in the world have been trying to explain.
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id theft is real and that is how these so called hard working innocent people are stealing from us in more ways than 1.
here's ye another 1.
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that so called wonderful usaid thing, how that for honesty? 550 million dollars worth of bribes??
so much for being a great organization eh?
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now that we have leaders instead of enablers in office, the money will be traced to who is making these riots so violent.
these riots cost all of us. the burned cars, damaged buildings, lost business, that cost is made up for by insurance that we all have to pay. A storm, we can't prevent, we can prepare though to reduce cost. a riot, we can prevent if they can't afford to put it on.
i don't know of a clown in the white house.
i seriously doubt she would be able to handle whats going on right now. she would be heavily dependent on experienced staff as she would just be thinking about the next latte and swiss roll.
What if they were manhandling my friend or a family member or a person on the street?
Why are unidentified and masked ICE agents legally allowed to do this?
I can't think of another policing force in the US that does this.
Have the jack boots already been ordered?
Maybe if you read what I said again and thought of it as being done while Biden was in office you might have a different opinion. As a matter of fact I'm sure you would have a different opinion if this was done under Biden's presidency but I know you wouldn't admit that.
why? this is dangerous work. very dangerous. when our military goes into battle ,how much of their faces can the enemy see?
when a officer wears sun glasses, it blocks a camera from using eyes as a id method, so you want all law enforcement to have eye problems? if it is ok for crooks to protect their id, it is very much ok for cops to do the same far as i am concerned.
here is a image of your own countries special forces in uniform. how much of their face can you see?
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what Ice and immigration officials are doing is walking into enemy territory and removing illegals. if their faces and names are public, they are potential targets of hate crimes. i can't believe you are not smart enough to understand the issue. I think you are, but you are looking at the removal of illegals as being wrong and are cherry picking things to make it all look bad.
if you were being invaded,as the US has been over the past few years, they may well need to be.
i hope not. i would rather none of this had to happen. but things have gotten out of hand.
lazy Americans would rather pay some immigrant 2 dollars a hour to do grunt work and lay around on their cell phone instead of being self reliant.
ICE hide their face because they feel idiots like you will take things out on their families (home).
Now why do libtard blm, floyd, and hamas supporters feel the need to hide their faces. Hmmm, avoid prosecution maybe?
I do not think anyone is holding their breath for your answer, but you might want to take a breath.
The problem is not the protection but the intent of these members of the law. There’s a difference between a raid in a dangerous (or perceived dangerous) alleged law breaker and downright cruel intimidation.
Second,Tecsan, you know very well why these DEI agents wear those masks. How many of these poor (and I mean cash poor) illegals could possibly be ready to retaliate. Notice I’m giving you a chance to turn the narrative. You know it’s all BS.
hahahhaaaa,
350 billion
that is alot of money cat.
people that can be a asset to America can pay 5 million dollars to become a citizen and look what that money can do? that is less taxes for you and me.
get rid of the free loaders and bring in the people that can really make change happen. a man or woman willing to pay 5 million dollars to come here, has funds to cover research into automated machines to pick crops, and other jobs illegals do.
but Putin is not playing ball. I understand his frustration.
can just continue bombing civilians, which is a war crime.
Ukraine hit a military target, which is fully justifiable self defense against an agressor.
I think this helps the peace negotiations. It weakens Russia, which is good.
It levels the playing field.
and the facts are only western tech would have allowed this attack to happen. does that not ring a bell?
in other words, it could very well be the US helped bomb those planes, which means our nuclear arsenel is fair game to the russians now.
- Khmelnitsky Nuclear Power Plant Agreement (2010)?
Ukraine and Russia signed an intergovernmental agreement to collaborate on constructing the third and fourth reactors at Ukraine's Khmelnitsky Nuclear Power Plant.
- 2010 Nuclear Security Summit?
During the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., Ukraine announced its decision to relinquish its stockpile of highly enriched uranium (HEU), to prevent nuclear terrorism and was welcomed by the international community.
- Joint Working Paper on NPT Withdrawal Procedures?
In 2010, Ukraine and Russia co-authored a working paper for the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). While not a treaty, this collaboration highlighted both countries' engagement in nuclear non-proliferation discussions.
- New START Treaty (2010)?
Although not directly involving Ukraine, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) between the United States and Russia was signed in 2010. Ukraine, as a non-nuclear-weapon state under the NPT, supported such arms control measures and called on both nations to continue efforts in nuclear disarmament.
Ukraine did not violate ANY "nuclear treaty".
ChatGPT: The most relevant document is the 1997 Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. This treaty included a key clause where both countries recognized each other's existing borders, which at that time meant Russia recognized Crimea as part of Ukraine.
That 1997 treaty was violated by Russia, when they conquered Crimea,
and again when Russia attacked Ukraine and conquered big parts of it.
That treaty is in the bin. Since then, Ukraine is allowed to defend itself.
Those planes were destroyed with cheap drones that Ukraine makes themselves.
I would not have been happy, if they used our F-16s for that.
However, Ukraine may (legally) use F-16s to strike military targets in Russia,
and the Netherlands now appears to allow this as well, provided the strikes are defensive and target legitimate military objectives. Still, the actual use of such weapons remains subject to political decisions and strategic considerations,
and will be weighed carefully by Ukraine and its allies.
Do you want Europe to wait to get involved, until Russia attacks Poland or Finland?
Or will you then still argue that we cannot do counter-attacks, because Russia has nukes?
If Russia uses nukes, they can expect retaliation. They should understand that 1
of our nukes on one of their most vital areas will do much greater damage to them,
than 1 of their nukes on any of our most vital areas. They have a very big country,
but their economy is very small and very localized. They can be nuked back to the stone age with only a few nukes, but it requires many to do that to Europe or the US.
If you are so afraid of nuclear annihilation, you shouldn't have voted for Trump,
who is a blithering idiot on the subject. If someone ends the world, it'll be him.
In the meanwhile, we are not letting Russia gain strength, because that's one sure route to nuclear annihilation. They need to know that the part of Earth that they already occupy is big enough. They are smart enough to know that what they have
is better than nuclear annihilation. They thought that they could win easily. Wrong!
Now they are playing a long-term strategy, and you still fail to understand.
Your orange buffoon has been playing right into their hands. He only helped them.
But now even he is beginning to understand. When will you?
There is nothing that anyone can do, except FORCE HIM into choosing peace,
because war is too costly for him. Or too costly to the Russians, so they stop him.
Even if we give Putin all of Ukraine today, there wouldn't be peace.
The only thing it did is reward Putin, make him a hero to the Russian people
and show them that their suffering was worth it....
(What do you think the points mean?)
Please read up on some psychology and war strategy.
Most Russians are just victims too.
That doesn't mean we should let them conquer Ukraine.
How many German people would have been spared, if the world had
put a stop to Hitler, BEFORE he went to war with EVERYONE?
Ever heard of the Munich Agreement of 1938?
Hitler claimed that the Germans in the Sudetenland were being mistreated and demanded that the region be ceded to Germany. Britain (led by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain) and France, hoping to avoid another war, pursued a policy of appeasement. Result: Britain and France agreed to let Hitler annex the Sudetenland in exchange for a promise of no further territorial demands.
In March 1939, Hitler broke his promise and invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia.
I hope you at least know what happened next.
And you want to be just as naive now.
I know you people hate teaching kids HISTORY, but it's meant to prevent
making the same mistakes over and over again.
I'm not saying you need to read, heaven forbid, but maybe a documentary or two?
putin does and has launched a nuclear ready missile at ukraine just to show them he does have the tech to blow them off the map.
just to put my honest opinion online once and for all, the US has special forces such as Delta Force,or Navy SEAL Team 6 that went in and got bin laden. other countries have similar.such as your Korps Commandotroepen, or israel's , Sayeret Matkal ,
if and i do mean if, the US and the netherlands gave a honest damn about the dangers putin poses, he woulda been dead 3 years ago.
your country and others in europe are using the war to try to milk the US out of more money and military aid that you could build yourselves if you wanted to.
What would the US do, if some country sends their elite killers for Trump?
There is no declaration of war as clearly as killing the leader of the enemy.
Don't be daft, what good does milking the US do us.
No one wanted this war, except Putin and his friends.
We expect you to keep your side of a decades old deal.
You sold the weapons to everyone, that's your business.
If you are not a trustworthy supplier anymore, we have to
make weapons ourselves. We will, but it's not like opening
a sandwich shop, and we cannot buy the machines at Amazon.
as for milking the us, you get to watch a world super power melt down. that's entertainment for europeans.
you think no one will use nukes, boy are you naive.if putin gets mad enough , boom!
that war coulda ended early on had zelensky allowed a election and a legit president,if not himself again won the election. that is why putin won't sit down with zelenski, he has sat in the office and prevented a election, therefore is not a legit leader to negotiate with anyhow
has been postponed due to the ongoing martial law imposed after Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Under Ukrainian law, elections cannot be held while martial law is in effect. This is to ensure continuity of governance and support the nation's defense.
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.... and of course we all know that Vladimir Putin is known worldwide for his free and fair elections, right?
putin invaded ukraine, some say he did it to deal with a nazi problem, others think he is just greedy for the land to reassemble the soviet union. which a unified group of countries would be stronger.
regardless of the reason if you will remember back a year or so ago when the election did not happen, putin said the reason he would not sit down with zelensky was because he was no longer legit.
should this war continue>? no, should not have started. but putin has gained some ground in the war, and if the fighting is to stop, zelenski may need to consider giving it up. unless he just wants the killing to continue.
7:00 PM Thursday, in Washington, DC
so there is a slight time difference. Trump called putin at His convenience, not putins.
The report breaks these actions into 15 main categories, including:
1. Official government time and resources have been spent promoting Musk’s businesses.
2. Under the Trump Administration, federal government agencies — perhaps influenced by Musk or seeking his favor — have entered or explored new lucrative contracts for his companies and turned to his companies’ services.
3. During the Trump Administration, federal agencies have dropped investigations into Musk companies, declined to enforce regulations against them, or foregone penalties that appear to have been warranted.
4. Largely guided by Musk’s DOGE, the Trump Administration has hamstrung the agencies overseeing Musk’s companies, gutting their staff, throwing sand in the gears of their operations, and embedding DOGE staff loyal to Musk.
5. Agencies have pursued policy changes and regulatory approvals that benefit Musk’s companies.
6. Musk received special access to sensitive government meetings, classified information, and proprietary government data that can boost his companies.
7. Musk has been involved in selecting and installing personnel loyal to him in agencies that regulate or contract with his companies.
8. Musk appeared to redirect foreign aid and immigration policy toward his personal parochial interests rather than the public’s interest.
9. Musk companies reportedly use the promise of federal assistance — or threat of federal penalties — to extract better deals from business partners and competitors.
10. The Trump Administration weaponizes federal enforcement powers against Musk’s enemies.
11. Musk’s influence-peddling in Congress will benefit his bottom line.
12. Musk secured deals with foreign nations and companies, often after using his unique access to Trump Administration policy discussions and staff.
13. Musk’s family members also receive new business opportunities – soon after Musk becomes top advisor to the president.
14. Musk uses his influence to meddle in the political and judicial processes in ways that could help protect his political — and financial — interests.
15. Despite his calls for the government to practice “maximum transparency,” Musk has failed to inform the American people of critical information about his potential conflicts of interest.
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i hope they tear the system apart and rebuild it from the ground up. there has been so much money poured into it, yet, when people are unable to work and are due benefits they make impossible to get it. those that don't live in the us have no real clue what that system is like, they think uncle sam just hands everyone deserving a check. they make it very hard to get, and keep moving the goal post as to when you can start drawing it and etc. a racket or Ponzi scheme.
here are a few things you really should think about,that are not Elons fault
1, key board monitoring virus's. my first computer was infected with the pretty park virus in 2001 , made for a hell of a mess
It's impossible to give a precise number of computers with keyboard monitoring viruses. Keyloggers are a form of malware that records keystrokes, and the number of computers affected by them fluctuates constantly. While researchers estimate that millions of computers are infected, and keyloggers can be used for both malicious and legitimate purposes, it's difficult to track them accurately.
2, hacked email accounts,
It's difficult to pinpoint an exact number of hacked email accounts, as many breaches go unreported. However, data suggests a high likelihood of email accounts being compromised. In 2022, the Identity Theft Resource Center reported 1,291 publicly reported data breaches with roughly 166 million victims, indicating that many email accounts are likely affected.
3, id theft
In 2021, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported that about 23.9 million U.S. residents aged 16 or older (9% of the population) were victims of identity theft during the prior 12 months. This figure represents about 1 in 10 persons in the U.S. who experienced identity theft in the past year. Additionally, a 2023 AARP report stated that about 15 million Americans were affected by identity fraud, according to AARP.
so if you just now got concerned about your private information because a world leader in technology is looking for fraud in our governments work, you could be in danger of id theft and other things,and may very well be a victim of many crimes and not even know it. elon is not a crook but how many crooks are looking at your info right now that you don't know about?
That is the real reason they have not been made public’
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Oh, now he cares about that, but not before, when he spent $290 million
to help Trump win the election.
of course Trump,and whoever else is a enemy would be in that file, as soon as a hacker put them in there.
sadly this type stuff like bill and the cigar,has been so common place that it is acceptable behavior for famous people to do reckless and illegal things. so now with Ai tech, plenty of deep fake photos and fake electronic files could be created to bring down anyone.
just think about what i am saying before you say it can't be done, you didn't like or trust Elon before he said that, so why would you change now/? because it fits your hate filled agenda towards Trump?
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is or would be an issue. Many people just have different opinions than you
on the causes, the results and the solutions.
slavery 2025.
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they don't have to wash their hands at mickyd's but when they walk in and start working.the rest of the time they are picking their nose's
and democrats want them to stay, crazy
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so someone needs to fix their own yard before calling the hoa on ours.
The orange orangutan doesn't like it and tells the UK to get rid of wind turbines and drill for more oil.
Stay the fuck away, ape, says the UK. Apelike dicatorlings can shove their opinions in their ass and the half brains of those who voted for them.
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It’s everything Trump doesn’t know.
Yes, energy costs tend to be significantly higher in the UK than in the US, especially for industrial users and households. UK electricity prices for industrial users can be four times higher than in the US. Similarly, domestic energy prices in the UK are 2.8 times higher than in the US.
yea right call Trump a orange ape, the uk government officals are some dumb ass people and have the general population licking their hands just for the fucking salt. Their energy cost alot more than here in the US, just think how much better the economy would be in europe if they focused on proven energy tech instead of unicorn farts?
the economy may not matter to you leo because all you have to do is fuck and complain online. but to the general population the economy is important. and low cost energy makes for a better economy for the general population.
Of course the problems don't start when the planet is mostly uninhabitable by humans, because there are 8 billion humans, who already today don't have enough agriculture land to feed everyone, and not enough fresh water to irrigate that agriculture land.
Every square mile, and every puddle of the water sources, we lose to climate change aggravates that problem. People in hot climates are not passively staying in their dying area, until they starve to death. Conflicts over water and food are on the rise. People who think immigration is bad now, will soon find themselves corrected in their thinking. Civilization is dependent on resources from all over the world. If whole areas are uninhabitable, the resources that are coming from there will dry up too. Conflicts caused by climate change will destroy civilization long before climate change itself can.
I don't care for humanity to survive as few million people, who live like savages and struggle to survive on a daily basis. If we have to live a Mad Max movie, that would be such a disgrace to what we have accomplished, that I prefer to go extinct completely.
If our stupidity prevents our greatness, so be it.
But let that not discourage you from the fight against stupidity.
with ice melting, there is more fresh water than ever somewhere, salt water does not freeze.
What value does it have to live a Mad Max movie?
I value humanity for it's "humanity". If there is nothing left of that, fuck humanity!
All the ice melting means LESS fresh water.
Fresh water for a big part comes from mountains full of snow and ice, that melts
after the winter, filling the rivers.
No more mountains full of snow and ice, means LESS fresh water.
"One significant study published in Water Resources Research found that from 2000 to 2021, the Colorado River Basin experienced a 10.3% reduction in natural flow due to anthropogenic warming. Notably, snowpack regions within the basin suffered an 86% decrease in runoff, exacerbating the megadrought conditions."
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All the ice melting also means less LAND. Not just because the land ice melts,
raising the sea level, but climate change means higher temperatures, which expands with higher temperatures.
at some point you have to decide, am i going to live a life of sacrifice for a uncertain future or am i going to live a life of reasonable comfort and safety and health?
if putin dumps a few nukes on ukraine, your air in the netherregions will be poluted, and your neighbors will die early deaths. so the clean air will be worthless
climate change believers are similar to religious people.
climate change believers don't look at the obvious threats of nukes and bombs, they have faith in a possible future of stinky air.
a religious person has faith in a bright here after, and doesn't think about the fact he hasn't saw evidence yet.
Here are 53 times trump said he’d end Ukraine war within 24 hours or before taking office:
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And, indeed, this new managed to end this war months ago.
Congratulations to him! A man who knows what he's talking about and one who keeps his promises.
it is a bottomless pit when you have a dictator like zelensky that has seized the office of president way past when the country was supposed to have a election wants to keep killing russians.
that we should be able to agree on.
but either party could stop the war if they made concessions. did i start it? no. i really don't see what putin wants with it anyway now. blown to hell and would take years to rebuild.
at the moment, 10's of 1000's have died over some dirt.
why not end the death for some dirt?
That's why they are fighting to the death, to not suffer that again.
They want freedom and they are willing to fight and die for it.
They elected Zelensky and they are fighting for him, because he's not a dictator.
Meanwhile, you are believing the lies from one dictator and supporting another
to turn your country into Russia.
the fight for ukraine is a loosing battle, they can't win. and they are the 1's that gave up their nukes that would have detered russia from invading.
i just feel like they need to stop fighting and if all it takes to stop the killing is some dirt, give it up and stop the killing.it aint worth it,not in their case.
Ukraine possesses substantial natural resources, including significant deposits of coal, gas, iron, manganese, titanium, and uranium. It also holds large reserves of lithium, beryllium, and rare earth elements. Furthermore, Ukraine is a major agricultural producer, particularly of sunflower oil and meal.
You only care about human lives, when it serves your narratives.
Ukraine surrendering to Russia will not stop the killing.
It will either turn into ethnic cleansing or starvation.
And then Putin starts the next invasion.
When bank-robbers take people as human shields, you don't have sympathy for the hostages either, I assume.
The ones who vote for them don't know what they are, until they are.
But, even if what you say is true neither putin nor trump would want to do anything about nazis. They're nazis themselves. Dictators, like putin and trump, love nazis.
Here are a few reminders for you.
Trump supported the nazi party in Germany (afd), the one that the court decided it is extremist.
Trump supported the nazi presidential candidate in Romania, the one who lost the elections. Trump expressed his dismay for his loss.
So, if there have been nazi symbols in Ukraine, putin or trump wouldn't want to end the war because of them. On the contrary, they'd love to install a nazi dictatorial government in Ukraine.
American has drained it's economy, drained it supply of munitions and equipment, and now ukraine has crossed the line and blown up nuclear bombers. what the fuck were they thinking??
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i hope all the folks in paris, london, and washington, that have hugged up to old zelensky are able to live long enough after the blast to remember who the hell pushed putin over the edge.
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It would be very easy to profit from his own tariff announcements.
And even other Republicans are saying that he and his friends actually do.
Anyone else would go to jail for doing that.
Strange how Elon Musk tried to gut the FEC, right?
Trump Always Chickens Out
Yesterday he said that the EU will be faced with
50% tariffs on June 1. We'll see how that goes
... but we know it will get cancelled because TACO.
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Well look at that. Trump has delayed the EU tariffs until July 1.
TACO
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Oops. July 9.
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Trump surely picks the best people.
A particularly alarming and well-documented account of the challenges facing elderly Social Security recipients under the Trump administration is provided by the Washington Post article titled "How DOGE's grand plan to remake Social Security is backfiring".
This article details how the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, implemented sweeping changes to the Social Security Administration (SSA) with the aim of reducing spending. These changes included staff cuts, technology overhauls, and a controversial three-day hold on phone claims. The result was severe disruptions in services, causing significant delays in claim processing and deteriorating customer satisfaction. As of the article's publication, 575,000 claims were pending, and issues such as system crashes, long call wait times, and shortages of basic supplies had emerged. An AI-driven phone system intended to assist claimants instead frustrated them due to its inability to route calls effectively. Internal resistance to these measures was reportedly stifled by fears of job loss. The article also notes that the new SSA commissioner, Frank Bisignano, is reassessing DOGE's influence, while employees continue to confront operational breakdowns and declining morale.
the system is not what it is cracked up to be. the only way it could get much worse is if no one got any of what they paid in. and they keep making the age higher so they may not have to pay you a dime. hoping you die off before you get it.
Now they made it even worse. They want to destroy it.
By making it crap, they want to increase support to destroy it.
And you are falling for those lies, hook, line and sinker.
"and they keep making the age higher so they may not have to pay you a dime."
Also true. You are talking about the Republicans, serving the wealthy.
They don't want to pay a cent for you to have it, because they don't need it.
Even if you paid for it your whole life, that's money that they want to have.
If you get some pension, they at least want to be able to make money off that.
So they might allow you to have private pensions. Then you'll pay much more,
your whole life, paying most of your money to their insurance companies' 'costs'.
Live to be 75, you might get a fraction of it back, if they didn't steal it completely.
ratings are back up so you debbie downers will have to sulk in your caves for a while instead of gloating about his low ratings.
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Recent national polls indicate that President Trump's approval ratings range between 42% and 47%, with disapproval ratings typically higher.
He's even just above water on border security, his main issue.
124 Days into his presidency, Joe Biden had much "better numbers".
AP-NORC Poll: Reported a 63% overall approval rating, with a particularly high 71% approval for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. This survey was conducted between April 29 and May 3, 2021.
Ipsos/Reuters Poll: Found a consistent 55% approval rating for President Biden
in early May 2021.
Gallup Poll: Although specific figures for May 2021 aren't detailed in the provided sources, Gallup's initial measurement in January 2021 indicated a 57% approval rating for President Biden.
When your guy lost in 2020, you didn't sulk in your caves, you all joined the fight
to DESTROY democracy. Liberals and lefties should not be "sulking", they should fight
to KEEP democracy.
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if kamala had done this the liberals would love it, but since Trump had something to do with it, they will hate on it big time.
where the rich can call their big bonuses 'tips'.
If this is a clean bill, cutting taxes for actual tips, than I want Democrats to vote "YES" on it.
So, how many Democrats do you think will vote "Yes" vs "No"?
How many Republicans would vote in favor of that, under a Democratic president?
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It's another example of your administration just canceling important projects, and when pressed on out just say DEI, or waste, fraud and abuse, without ANY evidence. If he cannot present evidence of waste, fraud or abuse, HE'S LYING. They are just cutting everything that is important for people, and they don't give a fuck about who it is going to affect. If there was a good reason, he would be able to present it. If he thought there was a good reason, but he didn't know the details, he could say that and have someone provide the details. His behavior shows that HE KNOWS that their isn't a good reason.
When a project isn't executed correctly, the government cancels the contract with
the contractor, they don't cancel the budget for the project.
He is at a hearing, where he's supposed to take responsibility for his actions, as the leader of a government agency, towards congress. That's the democratic process,
and he's making a mockery of it, which should be reason for his immediate resignation.
the waste water portion of the grant, um, that portion of the money is probably the best spent of all of it.
if it is such a poor town, the mothers are probably at home to care for the kids, so no daycare is needed. the health center, is that a place for people to go in and do jumping jacks like a gym or a place to get dr's care? there is probably already a drs office in the town, so again, not needed.
He is obligated by law to take responsibility for his actions.
You didn't listen, the county school gym is rebuilt to a health clinic.
There is public funding for projects like that, which are democratically implemented.
"While they are private, daycare providers are subject to state regulations and licensing. Also, some public funding mechanisms support access to daycare:
Subsidies for low-income families (e.g., through the Child Care and Development Block Grant, or CCDBG)
Head Start and Early Head Start (federally funded programs, but not the same as typical private daycare)"
When the funding for those projects is democratically signed off on, you can only democratically end it, not let a billionaire hack into the government finances and
cancel contracts.
It's not up to Elon Musk, or Hon Zelding, or you, to decide what's needed or not,
this was decided by A DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, and Elon Musk STOLE IT.
In poor areas, mothers have to work, because they cannot feed their kids on one income. In a lot of cases, both parents work multiple jobs, to keep their heads above water. Since private day care is ridiculously expensive, it's a great return on investment when the government funds public daycare.
Only rich people can survive on one income these days. Didn't you know that?
How wealthy do your billionaires need to be, before they finally fund those things?
Isn't that what you think is the ideal system? When does it start working then?
Why do you think people are protesting oligarchy?
Because they are fed up with billionaires deciding that one drs office in a town,
that's suffering high levels of leukemia and pneumonia, from air pollution, is good enough for them, but NOTHING is EVER good enough for those billionaires.
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in a horrible concentration camp, in a dictatorship, without due process.
The fact that you think that's justified just stuns liberals.