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@dandinohill Because a binary choice is easier than talking and thinking past today, most humans aren't smart enough AND possess the emotional intelligence to set aside personal goals to make the best available decision. And most will just be influenced with minimal resistance.

Why is it so difficult to get 535 citizens with integrity and common sense to represent us?

@ronrule Until no one wants to be paid in USD

The national debt will never be paid down. Ever. If you could max out your credit card every year, and they still increased your limit every year, and you could print money to make the payments, why would you ever care about paying it off? It’s never gonna happen.

@jeremyct Yes make $178k+ from 18 to 62, most people get a much better return than they pay in, big earners take SS untaxed distributions or stock options. Start a business, w2 yourself a low wage and collect distributions to pay a little as possible.

the max you can put into social security each year is $10,453.20. do that from 18 all the way to retirement and you’d max out around $4,873/month. if that same money went into an S&P 500 index fund instead, you’d be looking at about $32,583/month. yeah… something about social security just feels off.

@WallStreetMav Cheaper labor = higher stocks, and propping up SS a couple more years, not worth 100M extra people but shortsighted leaders make bad decisions

The USA would have a much higher standard of living if we only had 200 million people instead of 350 million. There is not a single thing that has improved by importing 100 million people from the 3rd world and letting most of them get on welfare, food stamps and Medicaid.

@FatherVideo @BarbellFi Cool deal, thanks for letting me know, I’ve only dabbled in t bills. A valid post then

@Ubertenere @BarbellFi That’s only for 1 year or less T-Bills. Any treasury over a 1 year maturity pays interest every 6 months.

I’m 36 & want to retire now 30 year treasury yield is 5% My annual expenses are $50k I can buy $1 million of these bonds Get $50k/year to cover my expenses For 30 years Get my $1 million back in 30 years Then at 65 collect social security I’m strongly considering this 😳

@luxemiaa Because people didn’t cancel after the last rate hike after the rate hike that was due to password sharing, vote with your wallet and cancel it… they will keep adding fees and commercials if you don’t

This woman said: Dear Netflix, count your MF days. I live 2 blocks from work. I take my toddler to work with me. Tell me WHY HE CANT WATCH FUCKING NETFLIX AT MY OFFICE 2 BLOCKS FROM MY HOUSE. I’m not paying for a second fucking profile. $24.99 is gd robbery as it is and you want me to pay $8.99 to access my own damn account within walking distance of my house? You’re fucking stupid. STOP WITH THIS SHIT.

@MarketMovesMatt Apple drops and you need $267,000 to cover the 10 contracts to get that premium….

Selling options explained for my mom: "You promise to buy Apple if it gets cheaper. Someone pays you $500 just for that promise. Apple stays expensive? Keep $500, do nothing. Apple gets cheaper? Buy it at a discount." She said: "That sounds too easy." It is. That's the point.

@clairebubblepop Oddly enough the media tells them that, but taxing the rich more doesn’t solve the massive spending problem so they still aren’t wrong.

Can someone on the right explain to me like I’m 5yr, what’s your fascination with backing £Billionaires like they give a fuck about you? I don’t get it.

@Outspoken_Sam Trailers and doublewides are why lower to middle class people had homes in the past, now “entry level” means 2400+ sf in a good school district. Peoples standards are too high for low skilled work now. Manufactured homes are homes and should be treated as such.

Question: Do you judge people for living in a trailer? 😅 My husband and I are thinking about buying some land and putting a double wide on it. But I'm not gonna lie... the stigma of living in a trailer is definitely in the back of my mind. I don't tend to care what people think for the most part, but this is something that gets me.

@WallStreetMav No one is willing to vote with their wallets it’s our own fault. Just sit at home with your family and buy nothing but your needs for 3-8 months then make proper demands.Our government only cares about GDP “growth” hit them where it hurts, and stop buying 80x+ pe stocks…

How do other people who lived through the 80s and 90s stomach what's going on right now? I find this extremely sad to watch, knowing how awesome the USA was.

@rushicrypto There is an unknown Gini coefficient for every society where it will crash, the Rich’s goal is to toe that line as close as possible.

I don’t understand super rich people’s end game. If no one has a living wage… they can’t buy your products, services or rent the properties the rich own/hoard. So wouldn’t it all collapse?

@AzPetrich With a 2 party system it is kind of pointless…

Honest question. What's the point of having a Congress in the United States? Not only is it completely ineffective, at this point it's just an inside trading club.

@JesterJum Dependents get a standard deduction of $15,750, so most don’t pay taxes, but I agree with your point.

The voting age is 18...right? So why are we taxing 15-17 year olds that work?? Isn't that the very definition of "taxation without representation"???

@PluginHyBrad Ev’s only work as an extra vehicle for most Americans, $8-10k is the only EV market.

U.S. Automakers: “Americans don’t want inexpensive EVs. We’re cutting our losses and stopping all plans for future EV development.” Also U.S. Automakers: “If we allow China to sell inexpensive EVs here, we’ll go out of business because Americans will buy those instead!”

@musingtrucker @maybedanielleee The DOT put up a barrier with 3 or 4 car lengths to allow an exit zippering wasn’t an option, the truck simply could have moved over or hit his breaks, but he was too busy jerking off to goat porn

@maybedanielleee this is 100% why traffic should not continue stacking when there's a standing queue at an exit ramp. you need to drive like your life is literally on the line & have alternative routes already planned in such an event. it's such a horrific tragedy that could have been avoided.

Traffic cam video from the wreck.

@atutruckers A foreigner, killing a young American family of 3, all so freight rates can be lower…

UPDATE “A Columbus truck driver is facing vehicular homicide charges after a massive nine-vehicle pileup in a construction zone killed three people—including a 1-year-old child—on Interstate 71 Saturday evening.” “The driver of the semi-truck, Modou F. Ngom, 50, of Columbus, was taken into custody following the crash. He is currently being held at the Delaware County Jail on charges of vehicular homicide.”

@WallStreetApes I met a 90ish year old, he told me when his father immigrated here he bought a wagon and collected cardboard, and he as a child collected spent coal after the coal gas was extracted to heat the house, his dad bought a building collecting that cardboard in Brooklyn NY, lol

American says both his grandparents were school teachers. One of them stopped working to raised their kids, so their income was only about $20,000 per year On $20,000 in a year, he was able to buy a house, support a family of four, buy 2 cars, send my father to private school. He was even able to retire 10 years early He says this kind of life is now impossible and that’s why young people feel “hopeless” “But in 2026, our government, our society is geared solely towards maintaining the wealth and comfort of the boomer generation. Every year without fail, proposals that help young people, proposals that help poor people, first time home buyers, yada, yada, yada fail in Congress. — But every year, hundreds of billions of dollars in Social Security increases sail through the chambers of Congress without a second thought. There is really no support system for the younger generation at this point.” “Most people are trying to come to grips with the fact that they are never going to be able to retire at all, let alone retire 10 years early. It's just not the same world that it was, not even close.” - Roughly 80% of Boomers were able to buy homes - High estimates of Gen Z say only around 20-27% will be able to buy a home (this seems very generous)

@DerrickEvans4WV when everyone farmed they used to grow wheat instead of corn, because they could sell the wheat for more and buy corn meal and have a little cash left over, sweet crude is worth more so we sell it, and buy cheaper heavy sour since 70% of our refining capacity is for heavy sour

Can someone please explain to me how we have all this extra oil to sell to other countries, but gas is over $4/gallon here as if there’s some sort of shortage.

@PNWConservative “Minimum effective tax rate” is the best solution, and tax all income sources at the income rate. I don’t agree with higher taxes, I prefer less spending, but wording matters and this debate ends as soon as people just use “effective tax rate” instead of listing tax rates.

Can anyone tell me what a “fair” tax on the “rich” is? I still can’t get a straight answer. Is it 30%? Is it 50%? Is it 90%? And what would be considered “rich”?