Which, by the way, is achievable with a 529 account, which has been around for a long time. Any funds not used for education can be rolled into an IRA in adulthood.

He is doing nothing new, but is putting his name on it. I guarantee it will encourage investments in private equity/credit and crypto.

He does nothing for altruistic reasons. If it appears to benefit others, it is either a side effect, or a useful illusion.

He might imply that initially to get (white) people to get on his side.

But the reality is anybody he doesn’t like he can simply excommunicate from the country. You are no longer a citizen - get out, or to to prison for crimes against the state. It’s the ultimate removal of personal freedom.

If they let him unilaterally end it, then the constitution is toothless forever more.

Note also it means none of us are citizens unless and until he declares it so. Does not matter if we are 15th generation and our ancestors fought in the revolution.

I’m pleased to see an honest assessment from someone in the business.

Another reason to move to Europe.

Nope. Mutual assured destruction was standard operating procedure. It is one reason the U.S.S.R. collapsed - they were trying to exceed our reserves.

It would awesome if he has incriminating emails, especially if they involve his current job.

All because the christian nationalists want to initiate armageddon.

You’re both wrong, though I see why you’d think that from my statement.

I’m frustrated.

I spent literal decades of my life debating, explaining, and trying to get people to fucking wake up and do something, only to be shouted down as a liberal (as if that were a bad thing).

At this point, it’s put up or shut up. If someone is going to write an article about this shit, they need to point out how fucked up it is and call for law enforcement to do their fucking job.

If they won’t do anything to at least not make it sound normal or mundane, they should shut the fuck up, because they are just helping the assholes make it normal, and encourage the idea there’s nothing anyone can do about it. They are just making money off the decay of humane civilization.

And by the way, I don’t appreciate being insulted for lamenting the state of my country by someone who reads like he would like to see it destroyed, along with zero empathy for the resulting hell for it’s citizens.

Don’t get me wrong, I have a clue and know about much of the things you reference - for example the last 50 years of conflict with Iran was likely a direct result of our meddling in the 1950s.

It’s just that there is no longer even the slightest effort to spin. As Trump bombs Iran, he’s raving about taking Cuba as his, he’s completely unhinged.

Before him, we were no better or worse than all the other nations jostling for various levels of control. Now, we’re no better than Stalinist Russia or Nazi Germany.

It is not the same.

You are right, of course. I was snarking on the headline. Nobody deserves to die early from disease.

I’m American, and I found myself agreeing with this snark. Most of us are morons. I’m finally allowing myself to recognize this unfortunate reality.

So now we are the terrorists. Stop the planet, I am about to throw up.

Why bother telling us if nobody is going to do anything about it? I’m tired of the rage “news” that is never addressed by law enforcement.

There is no justice. There is no point in being angry, no point in demanding resolution. It never comes. There is no hope for this “civilization”.

Prove me wrong.

~~ has gone too far~~ should never have started. There, I fixed it.

And the main reason attributed to people? “My fuel costs”. Damn. Selfish to the end.

Looks like we are all moving to Musk’s Starlink. Freedom? No freedom here.

While government budgets are more resilient than households, there is no getting past the fact that this is insane. Easily solved, too, with basic restraint paired with he taxation model used from 1944 to around 1965 .

STD?

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