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.
Trump didn't get that message. He thinks: "I got nothing to lose!".
He thinks: "If I break the country, so what? I cannot be re-elected."
He thinks: "But, if I break the country ENOUGH, I CAN be re-elected!"
Hard to say. As an American (the US type 🤣 I have faith in my country’s ability to eventually bailing out the sinking ship back to an even keel. However, that may take years. I doubt I will see the reversal of this f..kup in my lifetime.
I hope you see a reversal in your lifetime, because at this rate of decline, you will
find yourself in 'Russia' 3 years from now and 'North Korea' 8 years from now.
What do you think happens when they run out of 'immigrants' to deport.
They need some scapegoats for their failures...
Really? Do you think Donald is making more money now than before he became President?
Can you not connect a few simple dots to make a picture?
IF the economy fails, Donald looses just like the rest of us. His property's decline in value and etc.
If the economy prospers, gee wiz, so does he and US the American people.
He DIDN'T HAVE TO RUN for President. He CHOSE TO to try to help America to recover and be the great nation it once was.
We make so little in America now, the dems allowed all the jobs to go over seas. If we went into a REAL war, We couldn't build enough equipment to fight. Our electronics is bugged by the chinese, they can flip a few switches and our shit is DOWN.
Trump wants to fix that, and get Americas off their ass's and welfare and put them to work. that is why he is hated.
Trump is making more money than he ever made, now he's President.
But not from any legitimate business, but from taking BRIBES.
Income based on bribes is NOT dependent on the economy.
He did not choose to help the American people, he chose to help himself.
The first time he wanted fame, the second time he needed to escape prison.
His tariffs are hurting American businesses, mostly because they make everything needed to produce stuff more expensive for the US, while the rest of the world can just keep trading among each other, without being burdened by your tariffs.
It is NOT THAT DIFFICULT. Can't YOU connect those dots?
The pathetic level of welfare you had before Trump made it worse, was already enough to stimulate everyone to work, who is able to work. Many people are already working
3 jobs, and still they are not making ends meet. Are you allowing people to LIVE a few hours per week too? People don't want to be used as slaves for the billionaires.
That is why he is hated.
What you are supporting will push people completely to the other side.
Many voted for Trump, because they couldn't afford to live.
Do you think those people agree with you? Do you think they like to be called lazy?
If you want people to revolt, cut off the heads of the elites, and take their shit,
this is how you force them. The masses on your side are dwindling and the masses who want to eat the rich are growing. Haven't you noticed?
The difference between Biden and Trump, when they sign an executive order:
Trump: Someone explains the executive order to him, he goes "Oh, good idea!",
then signs it, making a big fuss about signing papers.
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Biden: Explains the executive order to everyone, then signs it later.
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Pretty pathetic that senile Biden knew better what he signed,
than your excuse for a president.
Those executive orders were implemented, right?
They need the president to sign it, to do so.
So what you are saying makes no sense. What's your argument?
He could explain them, but could not write his signature? Why?
Trump seems to think it is very 'presidential' to sign papers,
but it's the easiest part of being president. You could do it.
They don't need the president to understand it, just sign it.
Biden explained them, while Trump needed to get them explained.
That shows clearly that Biden understood what he signed and Trump doesn't.
Recently, Trump did start to explain some of them, very poorly.
He probably heard that 'autopen' argument and understood it applies to him.
It never applied to Biden though. You were doing projection, like always.
As soon as you see something you don't like from Trump, you need to
project it onto a Democrat, or your head will explode.
any orders signed by autopen need to be investigated.
biden could read a teleprompter and listen a ear piece right along with the best of them.
Trump delegates reading of the orders to someone else as that is his job , to oversee and be the final signature.
There’s no credible evidence that Biden authorized the use of an 'autopen' device
or that staff “used it behind his back.” It's just a stupid story started by Republicans.
You really need to learn some critical thinking skills.
The president's job is overseeing Congress making and passing laws.
These are EXECUTIVE orders, which is a power invested in the President,
only intended as a tool for the President to ensure laws are "faithfully executed".
It is up to the President to explain IF AND WHEN he uses that power.
You seem to think that EXECUTIVE orders are the standard mode of operations,
but they are NOT.
Biden issued a total of 162 executive orders. Trump issued 220 executive orders
in his first term and he has now already issued 221 in the first YEAR of his second term. Trump is far overstepping what the executive order is intended for.
You can keep making hollow accusations, but I SEE a Trump who doesn't know
what he is signing, while his administration abuses the power invested in him, because their Congress is incapable of making and passing laws, even while
they have majorities in both chambers.
How incapable is the Republican congress? Well, they first wrote and passes the “Big Beautiful Bill” that eliminated the Affordable Care Act subsidies that help lower health insurance premiums, and now they understand that it would affect 24 million Americans, of which many voted for Trump. Many of the same Republicans who voted for the BBB are now regretting how it turns out, and voting to extend it for another 3 years. They prefer it to end, just before a Democratic president enters office, so they can blame them for the increasing health insurance premiums.
It's nice that Democrats care about people having healthcare, but maybe
they had better let this one go. People need to know who screwed them,
because they unfortunately have the memory of a goldfish.
The executive orders are to make sure Trump gets the agenda thru that the voters put him in place to do. We didn't vote him in only to have to wait 3 years to see progress. we wanted change yesterday!
Oh, because presidents before him never had an agenda that the voters put them in place to do? Those presidents just stupidly followed The Constitution, saying
that Congress are the representatives of the people and not the president.
OK, so he obviously created the progress that this voter is talking about?
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Can you answer the question of the person commenting on it?
Which ones of his 221 executive orders are addressing her concerns?
(I found 4, FOUR!!!, that are framed to address the issue she is talking about,
but 3 are much more likely to raise the profits of the energy companies, large businesses, oil, gas, and coal companies, and their utilities, health insurance
and pharmaceutical industries, rather than helping that women, and 1 that
is directed to agencies to study or propose actions to lower prices. You know,
those agencies that Elon Musk defunded. Any results yet?
I can answer that too; no because other executive orders are negating that one.)
I don't want to hear you crying, when the next Democratic president
uses the precedent Trump created, and executive orders everything
that their voters are asking for. .. goose.. gander.. something....
“15,Dec,25 02:14. Leaves me to piss behind the restroom, I guess. Honestly, I will share the restroom with anyone, YES, I said ANYONE. To be honest, never really gave it much thought on my behalf.”
“16,Dec,25 03:27. Honestly, what guy would care? BUT, if I had a 12 yo daughter...I damn sure would be dead set against a trans-female in the dressing room with her. I think I go the tard word(s) right. If not you will surely let me know.”
I thought this conversation would be more interesting in your thread so I brought it here. I get your concern but I would ask for some clarity. Putting aside the fact that my pic was about my dislike of most MAGA politics and the people who support it, don’t you think you might be somewhat hypocritical? I’m asking because, it seems to me that you would object to your 12 yo daughter seeing a penis or being seen in some state of undress by a biological male but, would not think twice if it happened to your 12 yo son, in a male dressing room, if a trans-male was there, showing her vagina or seeing your son in some state of undress. I also think that most people of any age would be as modest as possible in such a circumstance and exposure, for lack of a better word, would be minimal or none at all. What I’m trying to say in a very clumsy way is that gender equality doesn’t exist in the mind of most people. What’s good for the goose is not necessarily good for the gander according to you.
Folks have always protected the girls moreso than boys. it is natural. a boy 12 years old is not apt to go start humping the girl, but a grown man seeing a vag on a vulnerable girl is going to be tempted to "score".
I don't operate that way but sadly some do and they don't wear a sign on their forehead.
True , but there again, those boys were very vulnerable in that situation.
Kinda like the r@peing of women and children by northern soldiers during the civil war and continuing into ww2
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Phart, every war, has had sexual violence by ALL sides. It’s not just but it happened. The main difference is in the amount of violence. Please, stop quoting without posting actual numbers.
this is not for them to spend this is to go into their childs investment account so the kid will funds in the future for college or a new home or whatever.
The Trump accounts are meant to help kids both financially for their futures and to teach them investing. Something that doesn't seem to be taught at all in public schools.
If that is what it is, then I like it. I'm not against good things, just because a political adversary is doing it. Hell, if Trump only did things I liked, he wouldn't be my political adversary anymore.
You cannot teach kids "investing". You can teach kids about the economy, the financial system, logical thinking, emotional intelligence & self-control, ethics & social responsibility, and practical life skills, like goal-setting and research skills (how to gather information, evaluate sources, and make informed choices).
Investing isn't some trick you can just teach. There are some investment options for people who don't have the skills I just listed, but that is just trusting some big investment firm to invest for you. It can make you some money, but mostly you are lending you their money to make money for the big investment firm. If it goes well, you get some money too, but if it doesn't you take the loss, because the big investment firms do a very job
of taking most of the profits for them and shifting the risk onto the clients.
You can teach to a kid or anyone that if they put money into a cd or money market account it will make interest which can add to the principal and make the investment grow or do as I do and use the interest to cover monthly living cost.
I was taught early in life and if it weren't for the small investments I have, my life would suck a tiny hind tit for sure
Didn't you have investments in only one company?
That means you were just lucky to still have some.
It takes zero skill to do that, only some will.
A "cd (Certificate of Deposit) or money market account" is not really "investing".
It's basically trusting a bank to give you some of their profits, while THEY invest
with your money, making the real money for the wealthy who own the bank.
It's just another system designed to transfer more wealth to the wealthy.
The only chance you have to win in capitalism, is directly investing in stocks
or real assets. If you invest in stocks without skill, it's just g@mbling.
The reason for that money saving you from homelessness and starvation is your own aversion against "socialism". You could have been on disability benefits.
But you probably believed that only fraudsters got it, so you supported the grifters
for the wealthy to take it from you. And now you are doing that for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, remaining Disability benefits and Education support.
“Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.”
I don't know how much shame you should feel for being fooled a dozen times.
Mutual funds are managed by some finance company, making profits and giving you some of their profits. What is left for you all depends on how much they charge in "fees and operating expenses". It's outsourcing of the knowledge that is needed
to do investing yourself.
A bond is just a loan with an interest rate. You have a fixed interest rate, and you take the chance that it stays higher than the inflation rate. The only thing you own with bonds is someone else's debt. It's "investing", and it's better than saving money in the long run, but it doesn't require much knowledge.
Do you think Warren Buffet is "playing" the stock market?
The difference between playing and investing is knowledge and skill.
If you don't have it, you are right to never invest in stocks.
But, it's not rocket science. Many people who are successful traders are not geniuses and do not have Master of Finance degrees. It just requires some knowledge, skills, patience and discipline. They are not teaching that knowledge
in school, because your politicians don't want people to understand the economy.
It would be immunization against their lies. They're only teaching that to rich kids,
in expensive schools, so they keep their advantage over the sheeple.
I have been fooled once. I signed a contract with Annuity policy a long time ago. After about two years, I saw that the value was about 40% of my deposit, because their costs were very high. I then stopped depositing in it.
That's when I started investing in (mutual) funds and a few years later in stocks.
I never bought any bonds, mostly because my pension with my employer is around 80% bonds already.
I only sold stocks at a loss ONE time, loosing about $300, because the company went bust. I own around $20,000 in stocks right now, but that is the result of about 60 transactions over 20 years, from a total original deposit of about $7000 over that time, most of it in the last 5 years. It's a hobby, but I'm slowly expanding it, while I learn, which is what I plan to do for the rest of my life.
During and after the 2008 crisis, I could not sell my stocks for a while, because some of them had tanked before I could sell them. Instead, I bought more, which partially resulted in that $13,000 accumulation. I am now saving more than investing, building up cash, for when the next crisis hits.
If you trade stocks, no one can fool you, besides you yourself.
If you trust some finance company, you are always getting fooled.
Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Alabama, and Tennessee consistently rank among U.S. states with the highest murder rates per capita. It's mostly the shithole red states.
I guess it matters a lot to you that the person killing you has an American passport.
If you don't like to be killed by Americans either, you're the safest in New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. You know, those horrible blue states.
"Because of the tariffs we have taken an $18 trillion in 10 months."
-Donald Trump December 14
In 2023 the US imported around $4 trillion worth of goods.
According to Canadian math that is about 450% tariffs on
every single thing that comes into the United States.
I know the MAGA crowd loves him but math is not his strong suit.
A excerpt from a email I got from a state representative.
The longest Federal government shutdown in history, which deeply impacted employees who have since been made whole, gives us a few things to consider.
The government was closed, and most lives and businesses went on as usual.
There is a lot less government we can live with and save with.
Dang, we have a lot of people on SNAP and Medicaid. If we can use today’s technology to eliminate fraud and abuse, we can help those who qualify with upward mobility.
Whenever the word “funding” comes up, that is the back doorway to say they want more money from you and your neighbors. Occasionally, it makes sense; most of the time, meh.
A small group of people can hold our bloated government hostage.
About 1.25 million federal workers went unpaid during the shutdown: they missed paychecks after it began Oct 1, either because they were furloughed or working without pay.
Among them: roughly 670,000 furloughed employees, and ~730,000 who continued working without pay.
Social safety-net users were also hit hard: about 42 million Americans rely on the food-aid program Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), many of whom experienced benefit delays or disruptions during the shutdown.
Beyond direct government workers or SNAP recipients, many Americans felt economic ripple effects: cancelled flights, disrupted travel, deferred purchases, lost income or income uncertainty, which weighed on consumer confidence and spending.
Great idea, let AI spy on everyone, so you can call the slightest discrepancy fraud,
and destroy those people's lives. This is clearly what people have been asking for.
Americans LOVE government control, and permanent surveillance.
Maybe first start with letting AI check if the wealthy are doing their taxes correctly.
That might result in catching some bigger fish, don't you think?
Trump's fraud alone would easily pay for the SNAP 'fraud' they found.
I don't care if the fraudsters lives are upended and they have to find another way. Why should they be allowed to continue to cheat the system?
As for AI checking for fraud, go for it accross the board.find it all.
There is always someone cheating any system.
They are using that to destroy all systems that are important to people.
What alternatives are you getting for it?
In the case of social security, your alternative would be either working till you die,
your own investments or some private insurances. Do you think no one is cheating
on your investments or some private insurances?
Lame Donald Duck
I just heard somebody referred to him as a lame duck president and thought that was a good name for him.
He thinks: "If I break the country, so what? I cannot be re-elected."
He thinks: "But, if I break the country ENOUGH, I CAN be re-elected!"
Who is going to stop him?
The fascists have never been so close to taking full control.
Do you think they will let elections screw up their plans?
find yourself in 'Russia' 3 years from now and 'North Korea' 8 years from now.
What do you think happens when they run out of 'immigrants' to deport.
They need some scapegoats for their failures...
Can you not connect a few simple dots to make a picture?
IF the economy fails, Donald looses just like the rest of us. His property's decline in value and etc.
If the economy prospers, gee wiz, so does he and US the American people.
He DIDN'T HAVE TO RUN for President. He CHOSE TO to try to help America to recover and be the great nation it once was.
We make so little in America now, the dems allowed all the jobs to go over seas. If we went into a REAL war, We couldn't build enough equipment to fight. Our electronics is bugged by the chinese, they can flip a few switches and our shit is DOWN.
Trump wants to fix that, and get Americas off their ass's and welfare and put them to work. that is why he is hated.
But not from any legitimate business, but from taking BRIBES.
Income based on bribes is NOT dependent on the economy.
He did not choose to help the American people, he chose to help himself.
The first time he wanted fame, the second time he needed to escape prison.
His tariffs are hurting American businesses, mostly because they make everything needed to produce stuff more expensive for the US, while the rest of the world can just keep trading among each other, without being burdened by your tariffs.
It is NOT THAT DIFFICULT. Can't YOU connect those dots?
The pathetic level of welfare you had before Trump made it worse, was already enough to stimulate everyone to work, who is able to work. Many people are already working
3 jobs, and still they are not making ends meet. Are you allowing people to LIVE a few hours per week too? People don't want to be used as slaves for the billionaires.
That is why he is hated.
What you are supporting will push people completely to the other side.
Many voted for Trump, because they couldn't afford to live.
Do you think those people agree with you? Do you think they like to be called lazy?
If you want people to revolt, cut off the heads of the elites, and take their shit,
this is how you force them. The masses on your side are dwindling and the masses who want to eat the rich are growing. Haven't you noticed?
Trump: Someone explains the executive order to him, he goes "Oh, good idea!",
then signs it, making a big fuss about signing papers.
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Biden: Explains the executive order to everyone, then signs it later.
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Pretty pathetic that senile Biden knew better what he signed,
than your excuse for a president.
I just showed you Biden explaining it and Trump needing it being explained to him.
They need the president to sign it, to do so.
So what you are saying makes no sense. What's your argument?
He could explain them, but could not write his signature? Why?
Trump seems to think it is very 'presidential' to sign papers,
but it's the easiest part of being president. You could do it.
They don't need the president to understand it, just sign it.
Biden explained them, while Trump needed to get them explained.
That shows clearly that Biden understood what he signed and Trump doesn't.
Recently, Trump did start to explain some of them, very poorly.
He probably heard that 'autopen' argument and understood it applies to him.
It never applied to Biden though. You were doing projection, like always.
As soon as you see something you don't like from Trump, you need to
project it onto a Democrat, or your head will explode.
OMG he cannot talk, aaaahhhhrrrggg, Biden, Biden, sigh.
OMG he cannot walk, aaaahhhhrrrggg, Biden, Biden, sigh.
OMG he's fucking stupid, aaaahhhhrrrggg, Biden, Biden, sigh.
OMG he's fucking scamming me, aaaahhhhrrrggg, Biden, Biden, sigh.
It's so sad that you need to make-believe to support a side that you willingly chose
and can willingly change. Who are you fooling, besides yourself?
biden could read a teleprompter and listen a ear piece right along with the best of them.
Trump delegates reading of the orders to someone else as that is his job , to oversee and be the final signature.
or that staff “used it behind his back.” It's just a stupid story started by Republicans.
You really need to learn some critical thinking skills.
The president's job is overseeing Congress making and passing laws.
These are EXECUTIVE orders, which is a power invested in the President,
only intended as a tool for the President to ensure laws are "faithfully executed".
It is up to the President to explain IF AND WHEN he uses that power.
You seem to think that EXECUTIVE orders are the standard mode of operations,
but they are NOT.
Biden issued a total of 162 executive orders. Trump issued 220 executive orders
in his first term and he has now already issued 221 in the first YEAR of his second term. Trump is far overstepping what the executive order is intended for.
You can keep making hollow accusations, but I SEE a Trump who doesn't know
what he is signing, while his administration abuses the power invested in him, because their Congress is incapable of making and passing laws, even while
they have majorities in both chambers.
How incapable is the Republican congress? Well, they first wrote and passes the “Big Beautiful Bill” that eliminated the Affordable Care Act subsidies that help lower health insurance premiums, and now they understand that it would affect 24 million Americans, of which many voted for Trump. Many of the same Republicans who voted for the BBB are now regretting how it turns out, and voting to extend it for another 3 years. They prefer it to end, just before a Democratic president enters office, so they can blame them for the increasing health insurance premiums.
It's nice that Democrats care about people having healthcare, but maybe
they had better let this one go. People need to know who screwed them,
because they unfortunately have the memory of a goldfish.
that Congress are the representatives of the people and not the president.
OK, so he obviously created the progress that this voter is talking about?
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Can you answer the question of the person commenting on it?
Which ones of his 221 executive orders are addressing her concerns?
(I found 4, FOUR!!!, that are framed to address the issue she is talking about,
but 3 are much more likely to raise the profits of the energy companies, large businesses, oil, gas, and coal companies, and their utilities, health insurance
and pharmaceutical industries, rather than helping that women, and 1 that
is directed to agencies to study or propose actions to lower prices. You know,
those agencies that Elon Musk defunded. Any results yet?
I can answer that too; no because other executive orders are negating that one.)
I don't want to hear you crying, when the next Democratic president
uses the precedent Trump created, and executive orders everything
that their voters are asking for. .. goose.. gander.. something....
“15,Dec,25 02:14. Leaves me to piss behind the restroom, I guess. Honestly, I will share the restroom with anyone, YES, I said ANYONE. To be honest, never really gave it much thought on my behalf.”
“16,Dec,25 03:27. Honestly, what guy would care? BUT, if I had a 12 yo daughter...I damn sure would be dead set against a trans-female in the dressing room with her. I think I go the tard word(s) right. If not you will surely let me know.”
I thought this conversation would be more interesting in your thread so I brought it here. I get your concern but I would ask for some clarity. Putting aside the fact that my pic was about my dislike of most MAGA politics and the people who support it, don’t you think you might be somewhat hypocritical? I’m asking because, it seems to me that you would object to your 12 yo daughter seeing a penis or being seen in some state of undress by a biological male but, would not think twice if it happened to your 12 yo son, in a male dressing room, if a trans-male was there, showing her vagina or seeing your son in some state of undress. I also think that most people of any age would be as modest as possible in such a circumstance and exposure, for lack of a better word, would be minimal or none at all. What I’m trying to say in a very clumsy way is that gender equality doesn’t exist in the mind of most people. What’s good for the goose is not necessarily good for the gander according to you.
I don't operate that way but sadly some do and they don't wear a sign on their forehead.
Kinda like the r@peing of women and children by northern soldiers during the civil war and continuing into ww2
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Shouldn't happen. Period.
for his official look. I think it is inevitable.
How to overthrow a dictatorship (in case you need to know later).
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for people who are going to lose their Obama care subsidies.
The Trump accounts are meant to help kids both financially for their futures and to teach them investing. Something that doesn't seem to be taught at all in public schools.
You cannot teach kids "investing". You can teach kids about the economy, the financial system, logical thinking, emotional intelligence & self-control, ethics & social responsibility, and practical life skills, like goal-setting and research skills (how to gather information, evaluate sources, and make informed choices).
Investing isn't some trick you can just teach. There are some investment options for people who don't have the skills I just listed, but that is just trusting some big investment firm to invest for you. It can make you some money, but mostly you are lending you their money to make money for the big investment firm. If it goes well, you get some money too, but if it doesn't you take the loss, because the big investment firms do a very job
of taking most of the profits for them and shifting the risk onto the clients.
I was taught early in life and if it weren't for the small investments I have, my life would suck a tiny hind tit for sure
That means you were just lucky to still have some.
It takes zero skill to do that, only some will.
A "cd (Certificate of Deposit) or money market account" is not really "investing".
It's basically trusting a bank to give you some of their profits, while THEY invest
with your money, making the real money for the wealthy who own the bank.
It's just another system designed to transfer more wealth to the wealthy.
The only chance you have to win in capitalism, is directly investing in stocks
or real assets. If you invest in stocks without skill, it's just g@mbling.
The reason for that money saving you from homelessness and starvation is your own aversion against "socialism". You could have been on disability benefits.
But you probably believed that only fraudsters got it, so you supported the grifters
for the wealthy to take it from you. And now you are doing that for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, remaining Disability benefits and Education support.
“Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.”
I don't know how much shame you should feel for being fooled a dozen times.
So in conclusion to play the stock market like it is ****...if you dont like that then try the first two aformentioned.
BTW...How many times have you been fooled ananas2xlekker???
to do investing yourself.
A bond is just a loan with an interest rate. You have a fixed interest rate, and you take the chance that it stays higher than the inflation rate. The only thing you own with bonds is someone else's debt. It's "investing", and it's better than saving money in the long run, but it doesn't require much knowledge.
Do you think Warren Buffet is "playing" the stock market?
The difference between playing and investing is knowledge and skill.
If you don't have it, you are right to never invest in stocks.
But, it's not rocket science. Many people who are successful traders are not geniuses and do not have Master of Finance degrees. It just requires some knowledge, skills, patience and discipline. They are not teaching that knowledge
in school, because your politicians don't want people to understand the economy.
It would be immunization against their lies. They're only teaching that to rich kids,
in expensive schools, so they keep their advantage over the sheeple.
I have been fooled once. I signed a contract with Annuity policy a long time ago. After about two years, I saw that the value was about 40% of my deposit, because their costs were very high. I then stopped depositing in it.
That's when I started investing in (mutual) funds and a few years later in stocks.
I never bought any bonds, mostly because my pension with my employer is around 80% bonds already.
I only sold stocks at a loss ONE time, loosing about $300, because the company went bust. I own around $20,000 in stocks right now, but that is the result of about 60 transactions over 20 years, from a total original deposit of about $7000 over that time, most of it in the last 5 years. It's a hobby, but I'm slowly expanding it, while I learn, which is what I plan to do for the rest of my life.
During and after the 2008 crisis, I could not sell my stocks for a while, because some of them had tanked before I could sell them. Instead, I bought more, which partially resulted in that $13,000 accumulation. I am now saving more than investing, building up cash, for when the next crisis hits.
If you trade stocks, no one can fool you, besides you yourself.
If you trust some finance company, you are always getting fooled.
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I guess it matters a lot to you that the person killing you has an American passport.
If you don't like to be killed by Americans either, you're the safest in New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. You know, those horrible blue states.
-Donald Trump December 14
In 2023 the US imported around $4 trillion worth of goods.
According to Canadian math that is about 450% tariffs on
every single thing that comes into the United States.
I know the MAGA crowd loves him but math is not his strong suit.
If you cannot even understand simple numbers not adding up,
you will NEVER see anything.
The longest Federal government shutdown in history, which deeply impacted employees who have since been made whole, gives us a few things to consider.
The government was closed, and most lives and businesses went on as usual.
There is a lot less government we can live with and save with.
Dang, we have a lot of people on SNAP and Medicaid. If we can use today’s technology to eliminate fraud and abuse, we can help those who qualify with upward mobility.
Whenever the word “funding” comes up, that is the back doorway to say they want more money from you and your neighbors. Occasionally, it makes sense; most of the time, meh.
A small group of people can hold our bloated government hostage.
Among them: roughly 670,000 furloughed employees, and ~730,000 who continued working without pay.
Social safety-net users were also hit hard: about 42 million Americans rely on the food-aid program Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), many of whom experienced benefit delays or disruptions during the shutdown.
Beyond direct government workers or SNAP recipients, many Americans felt economic ripple effects: cancelled flights, disrupted travel, deferred purchases, lost income or income uncertainty, which weighed on consumer confidence and spending.
Great idea, let AI spy on everyone, so you can call the slightest discrepancy fraud,
and destroy those people's lives. This is clearly what people have been asking for.
Americans LOVE government control, and permanent surveillance.
Maybe first start with letting AI check if the wealthy are doing their taxes correctly.
That might result in catching some bigger fish, don't you think?
Trump's fraud alone would easily pay for the SNAP 'fraud' they found.
As for AI checking for fraud, go for it accross the board.find it all.
They are using that to destroy all systems that are important to people.
What alternatives are you getting for it?
In the case of social security, your alternative would be either working till you die,
your own investments or some private insurances. Do you think no one is cheating
on your investments or some private insurances?
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