American Politics

[QUOTE=RamDavidson84;2944747]How does the EC serve the elite versus a popular vote?

In regards to how America's economy has been designed by the government, of course there is a very real undeniable truth is caters to the wealthy, and that is a good thing.

America's economy and government at times is like the old boxing promoter Don King. Don King ruthlessly took over boxing in terms of promotion. He would sign fighters and guarantee them 4 times more than any other promoter could pay them. He was able to do this by his ability to forge social contacts with wealthy individuals and convince them a strong return on their investment. He had a unique talent for getting people to work together to make the biggest fights. Getting fighters, managers, accountants, trainers, TV exectuives, arena owners to all come together is much harder than you realize. At times he even strong armed and bullied fighters into taking fights that weren't good for their careers. He did what needed to be done to get everyone paid the most in the end and give the fans the fights they needed to see. This is extremely difficult in the open market of boxing. He would also fuck his fighters over and not pay them their guaranteed money on the regular and he justified this by saying, no promoter could even come close to getting these fighters the pay I am paying them even after I steal 25% of what I owe them by contract. So in the end he would only pay 3/4 of what he owed them, but it was still THREE times as much as they would have made with anyone else. Its how he stayed in the game so long. Was he a crook? Or did he do what needed to done and paid himself what he deserved? Its hard to say.

Yes USA caters to the wealthy, but we were the first nation to have a wealthy middle class of home and automobile owners with pensions and a robust economy. We have had our booms and busts, but when you look at the Per Capita GDP, it blows all other countries away. No country with a population over 100 million even comes close, and only a hand full of smaller nations do. Our economy is so strong that even a working class bro can do a side hustle and save enough money to travel to foreign nations and fuck their top talent. Not bad I would say. Yes I would love more equality, but how we get there is not a clear answer.

When the roof of your mansion springs a leak, the solution isn't a tear down and rebuild, just a new roof.[/QUOTE]Yes, the United States was the first country to have a wealthy middle class due to several factors not the least of which were the reforms of FDR and Teddy, high marginal tax rates, and strong unions. And with the demise of these, the last legislative blow being the repeal of glass-steagall which was supported by both sides of the aisle, the middle class has been on a downhill run.

The electoral college serves the elite as it is but check that insures political and economic democracy will not flourish. It was put in place to pacify the slave owning South as the Three-Fifths compromise.
The United States was hardly ever a mansion for the majority.

[QUOTE=Elvis2008;2944705]Goat, you need to study bonds and learn how to buy them individually. I talked to my stock broker and bought individual bonds, he told me he never had a client ever buy individual bonds. It was funny my broker would call up Vinny the Bond Dealer in NYC. It was funny. It was Vinny saying I am giving you 90 for that bond and the other guy would say fuck you 95, and after 10 more FUs, they would make a deal. It cracked me up. I kind of preferred that to the electronic way of trading.

You learn about the qualities of debt first because your number one concern is if a company goes bankrupt and you get stiffed. One fucked up thing is that issuing preferred shares, which is debt, is not counted as debt because a company can stop payment on them. You have unsecured debt which means if a company goes broke, you get nothing. That gets a higher yield typically then secured debt which is debt backed by assets. So you should know all that before you buy a bond. How is the company going to keep up with its bills? And you have ratings agencies, which are not perfect but way better than nothing, assessing as well.

The USA is doing the same thing Japan did. They have the central bank print up currency and buy bonds, but you still have to pay interest on the bonds. So when I am looking at things, I am assessing that you are cheating. You are having the Federal reserve buy bonds to keep rates lower.

So let's knock that out. Instead of having the Fed buy bonds, we are not going to issue them and just print money and tell the ratings agencies to fuck off. We the government are just going to print money. We are not going to go this charade of the Fed buying bonds, we are just going to issue money directly and it will be limited solely by the rate of inflation.

Look at things through the eyes of a debt and currency dealer. You refuse to be constrained by market forces dictating interest rates. You refuse to be judged by credit card agencies. We are just going to print money and the only limit is inflation.

What is the first thing a currency trader or bond holder is going to say? Well, the first thing I would say is who decides what the inflation rate is, and the government has to say, "Well, we do. " At that point, I am like, "Fuck you USA government, I am not playing your game" and I would get out of dollars as quickly as I could and shift to debt instruments that are not paid in dollars because the currency is going to go to shit.

Why? Because the USA government is already lying about the numbers now. Under Biden, it is probably the worst I can recall. Everyone knows they put out a bullshit headline number and then revise it later. They have got it down to an art form. There is a guy running a website called shadowstats. He uses the way the government used to calculate inflation, and it should surprise no one the old way meant way higher rates than what is being reported. With the current censorship rage, this guy's website would be banned.

And just like I said, I am out of any dollar denominated currency, the big boys would reduce theirs. And what happens when you decrease the purchasing power of your currency? You get inflation right? So the very thing you said constrains money printing, inflation, you are going to have happen right away.[/QUOTE]My point is the United States does not have to sell bonds to fund what the government spends. It could set the interest rate at zero perpetually, never sell another bond, and never have any issues. Yes I know about bonds, I hold several of at the current time.

And again scarcity is one of the main factors if not the main factor when it comes to inflation. Again, if you haven't read Dr Randall Wray, Bill Mitchell, Warren Mosler, and Kelton, you should.

[QUOTE=Goatscrot;2944996]Yes, the United States was the first country to have a wealthy middle class due to several factors not the least of which were the reforms of FDR and Teddy, high marginal tax rates, and strong unions. And with the demise of these, the last legislative blow being the repeal of glass-steagall which was supported by both sides of the aisle, the middle class has been on a downhill run.

The electoral college serves the elite as it is but check that insures political and economic democracy will not flourish. It was put in place to pacify the slave owning South as the Three-Fifths compromise.
The United States was hardly ever a mansion for the majority.[/QUOTE]How does any of what you wrote explain how the electoral college favors the elite vs a popular vote in present times LOL?

I am a well traveled individual. I did a 10 week motorcycle trip through Mexico. I saw the most extreme poverty this world has to offer there. The people living in poverty in Mexico would literally walk across mountains and deserts to get into the country club of section 8 housing in the USA. In fact, they do by the thousands everyday. After seeing what I have seen with my eyes in person, no one is ever going to convince me that the USA needs a drastic change to our government and economy. No, not everyone gets a mansion in the USA, but it is currently still the best system we have. I do agree with you though that inequality is increasing in the USA and the middle class is not what it used to be. Not since Obama's 2008 recession and Biden's inflation since he took office.

[QUOTE=Goatscrot;2944996]Yes, the United States was the first country to have a wealthy middle class due to several factors not the least of which were the reforms of FDR and Teddy, high marginal tax rates, and strong unions. And with the demise of these, the last legislative blow being the repeal of glass-steagall which was supported by both sides of the aisle, the middle class has been on a downhill run.

The electoral college serves the elite as it is but check that insures political and economic democracy will not flourish. It was put in place to pacify the slave owning South as the Three-Fifths compromise.
The United States was hardly ever a mansion for the majority.[/QUOTE]But many of my posts never appear for some reason?

Yes 1950-1980 was the Golden Era for the American Dream.

Private sector Union membership was at record highs.

All that came crashing down with Ronnie the Retard.

He fired 11000 ATCs in 1981 and gave amnesty to millions of illegal aliens in 1987.

That was the beginning of the end and then his sidekick grabbed the baton to kill the American Dream and put the CCP in the WTO pushed thru NAFTA and gutted glass steagal.

But you could really say it all started (ended) with the Immigration Act of 1965.

They outsourced all the manufacturing jobs for slave labor and imported tens of millions of slaves to do the service jobs they couldn't outsource ala call centers in Asia.

Yes I would agree Reagan and Bubba teamed up to destroy the American dream and the American middle class.

And that's why ET loves Bubba so much and lives in Asia.

[QUOTE=CheckMate1;2944946]Blowouts aren't interesting

Television relies on dramas. If there's no dramas, there's no ratings. [B]They really don't care who wins, only that it keeps going. [/B]Boring is how campaigns are supposed to be. When done correctly, administrations should be likened to offensive linemen in the NFL, you shouldn't hear their numbers called because it only means penalties. There are two are actively, unabashedly and transparently representing their business plans, FOXNews and MSNBC. Everyone else is hiding behind the facade of neutrality, when it's really a business. Don't call it mainstream media. It is just legacy media profiteering off of lazy Americans. There will be a day when BS is called out by the media, they're just waiting for the day when it is profitable to do so.[/QUOTE]I would argue the Mainstream Media cares very much who wins. They want the side that provides them the most drama and disastrous headlines to attract the most eyes and ears to their product to win.

Sure, they want the race to be nose-to-nose close. But they can't just bait clicks every 4 years at most and perhaps a bit every 2 and 6 years. They need arsonists to produce house fires for them to cover every week in between. Therefore, for at least 100 years MSM has been spinning Great Repub Disasters as not so bad and every Great Dem Recovery as "ok, but blah blah blah. ".

If MSM had not been actively campaigning for Repubs to win elections and, yes, keep it a close race every election season, there is no way any poll respondent would even think to say Repubs are better than Dems at handling the USA Economy, better for the stock market, better for generating household wealth, better at creating jobs, better at staying out of their personal lives etc. And since at least March 2020 every American would have been identifying it as "Trump's Pandemic", "Trump's Global Supply-Chain Collapse", "Trump's Inflation", "Trump's Closures" and "Trump's insurrection War Against America".

Without pro Repub MSM spin, it would have been that boring blowout win for Dems on every important issue since The Great Repub Depression.

MSM can't succeed in keeping it a close decision between us wanting 5 known and convicted arsonists living on our block or 5 recognized firefighter heros living on our block without doing a bang up job of selling us on the virtues of arsonists and the sins of firefighters.

[B]Middle class adoption of Bitcoin (BTC) will fix fiscal and monetary policy in the United States and the World![/B]

[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;2945006]But many of my posts never appear for some reason? Yes 1950-1980 was the Golden Era for the American Dream. Private sector Union membership was at record highs.All that came crashing down with Ronnie the Retard. He fired 11000 ATCs in 1981 and gave amnesty to millions of illegal aliens in 1987. That was the beginning of the end and then his sidekick grabbed the baton to kill the American Dream and put the CCP in the WTO pushed thru NAFTA and gutted glass steagal.
But you could really say it all started (ended) with the Immigration Act of 1965.They outsourced all the manufacturing jobs for slave labor and imported tens of millions of slaves to do the service jobs they couldn't outsource ala call centers in Asia.Yes I would agree Reagan and Bubba teamed up to destroy the American dream and the American middle class.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=RamDavidson84;2945001]I am a well traveled individual.[/QUOTE]Congratulations. I am too.

[QUOTE=RamDavidson84;2945001] I saw the most extreme poverty this world has to offer there.[/QUOTE]Doubtful. You have never stepped foot on the African Continent. Try walking through a township during Apartheid in South Africa [B]Mr. Well Traveled[/B]. SMH!

[QUOTE=RamDavidson84;2945001] After seeing what I have seen with my eyes in person, no one is ever going to convince me that the USA needs a drastic change to our government and economy.[/QUOTE]No one will every convince me that the government of the United States of America is not the cause of the abject poverty seen across the world.

Mass adoption of [B]Bitcoin (BTC)[/B] will change all that by putting a constraint on money printing.

No, not everyone gets a mansion in the USA, but it is currently still the best system we have. I do agree with you though that inequality is increasing in the USA and the middle class is not what it used to be.

[QUOTE=RamDavidson84;2945001] Not since Obama's 2008 recession and Biden's inflation since he took office.[/QUOTE]President Obama inherited the recession and correct it. President Biden inherited the inflation from Trumps fiscal policies and has taken the hit during the time it took to lower it so that we are all being robbed at a slower pace than before.

[QUOTE=RamDavidson84;2945001]How does any of what you wrote explain how the electoral college favors the elite vs a popular vote in present times LOL?

I am a well traveled individual. I did a 10 week motorcycle trip through Mexico. I saw the most extreme poverty this world has to offer there. The people living in poverty in Mexico would literally walk across mountains and deserts to get into the country club of section 8 housing in the USA. In fact, they do by the thousands everyday. After seeing what I have seen with my eyes in person, no one is ever going to convince me that the USA needs a drastic change to our government and economy. No, not everyone gets a mansion in the USA, but it is currently still the best system we have. I do agree with you though that inequality is increasing in the USA and the middle class is not what it used to be. Not since Obama's 2008 recession and Biden's inflation since he took office.[/QUOTE]The electoral college is one of the assurances the founding fathers put in in order to ensure that the United States would never have political or economic democracy.

The middle class has been losing ground for decades not since 08. Neoliberalism which really has its roots with Reagan and has been embraced by both parties has been horrific for the middle class and poor.

[QUOTE=Goatscrot;2945058]The electoral college is one of the assurances the founding fathers put in in order to ensure that the United States would never have political or economic democracy.

The middle class has been losing ground for decades not since 08. Neoliberalism which really has its roots with Reagan and has been embraced by both parties has been horrific for the middle class and poor.[/QUOTE]Horrific for the middle class yes, the poor are doing better the DNC makes sure of that so they can get their votes, look at the rich / poor dichotomy in California.

[URL]https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/09/08/robert-f-kennedy-jr-republicans-have-become-the-party-of-the-common-man/[/URL]

I listened to RFK on his radio show Ring of Fire for several yrs, does anyone else think this endorsement isn't extremely significant if not to the outcome of the "election".

Than to the political zeitgeist?

[URL]https://grapevine.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/38a74f87-81b0-67fd-7a94-23e07170e7ae-eng/Home[/URL]

From New York Times bestselling authors Richard Belzer and David Wayne comes a hard look at the wrongs done to us all by big business in America.

Here is an explosive account of wrongful acts perpetrated, and the ensuing cover-ups inflicted upon us, by American corporations. The bestselling author team of Richard Belzer and David Wayne exposes the ways that the capitalist regime has got us under their thumbs-from the mainstream media and its control over us, to the trillions stolen by big banks and mortgage companies during the mortgage crisis, to the scams perpetrated by Big Oil and Big Pharma. The one common victim of all that corruption is the American public, and Corporate Conspiracies wants to do something about it.

Corporate Conspiracies takes dead aim at those who take advantage of us little guys. Probably most disturbing is the book's examination of politics and capitalism teaming up against us-how politicians and lobbyists all have their hands in each other's pockets while stabbing us in the back, and how the well-established energy lobby-which is petroleum, natural gas, and coal-has played a dominant role in the shaping of US foreign policy for decades.

Did you know that companies at times know that their products will kill people, but they do nothing, because it is actually cheaper to compensate the victims than it is to correct the problem? And did you know that the Pentagon is sending $1. 5 trillion of our tax dollars to their corporate buddies for a new fighter jet that is already superfluous? This book is guaranteed to make us all think twice about being enslaved and cheated by corporate America.

This is a very good time for Warmongering Donald Trump to go to war against a prized Red State of Ohio:

[B]Republican Ohio Gov. Condemns Trump-Vance false immigrant pet-eating conspiracy.[/B]

[URL]https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/15/republican-ohio-gov-mike-dewine-trump-vance-false-immigrant-pets-conspiracy.html?__source=androidappshare[/URL]

[QUOTE]Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine rebuked the false conspiracies amplified by Donald Trump and Ohio Sen. JD Vance about Haitian immigrants stealing and eating peoples pets in Springfield, Ohio.

Trump boosted the conspiracies most widely on the debate stage against Vice President Kamala Harris.

Following the comments from Trump and Vance, Springfield schools have faced bomb threats, forcing evacuations and temporary closures.[/QUOTE]It's always about economy-damaging closures and threats of violence with these Repubs.

Disgraceful.

Meanwhile, in the midst of all this trashing of Red States by Repubs Trump and Vance, it turns out 7-8 of the Top 10 USA cities that provide the Best Quality of Life For Retirees are in Blue States, none in Florida or Ohio:

[B]These 10 U.S. cities offer the highest quality of life for retirees[/B]

[URL]https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/15/us-cities-that-offer-the-highest-quality-of-life-for-retirees.html?__source=androidappshare[/URL]

Nice to see that 4 of the Top 10 Cities are right there in the Blue State of California, including the general area where I could easily retire in an established property if I ever get bored with my high quality of life as a retiree in Thailand:

[B]This Country Was Named the Best Place to Retire in Southeast Asia for Health Care, Housing, and Cost of Living.
Thailand also boasts over a thousand picture-perfect islands.
Sept. 6, 2024[/B]

[URL]https://www.travelandleisure.com/thailand-best-country-to-retire-in-southeast-asia-8686659[/URL]

[QUOTE]Retiring abroad is becoming a reality for more and more Americans. Whether seeking a more affordable lifestyle or just a new adventure, the number of retirees receiving their social security checks abroad has more than doubled since 2008 to 760,000 in 2022. And while some opt to relocate to a European country like Spain or Portugal, others focus on far-flung locales like Southeast Asia. If this sounds like you, consider spending your golden years in Thailand.

The country was recently named the best for U.S. expats to retire in the region, and the 16th best overall by Global Citizen Solutions (GCS). The company ranked countries in three categories: quality of life, acceptance and integration, and economics. Thailand was second in the economics category and seventh for overall quality of life.[/QUOTE]As always, I have found the best advice for a comfortable, fun and pleasurable domestic or foreign retirement is to get thee to a Blue State ASAP to live, work, earn and invest and vote Dem straight down the ballot in every election.

Unless you want to see your retirement plans and investments go poof in a flurry of Repub lies about house pet barbecues, real bomb and death threats, closures and economic chaos.

[QUOTE=SubCmdr;2945055][B]Middle class adoption of Bitcoin (BTC) will fix fiscal and monetary policy in the United States and the World![/B].[/QUOTE]What exactly are you trying to say? My experience witnessing the extreme poverty occurring in Mexico is invalid because I have not visited South Africa, during Apartheid? I don't get what point your even trying to make. Are you accusing me of not being well traveled enough to comment on American and Mexican levels of poverty because I didn't visit Africa?

Extreme poverty is extreme poverty. When you have nothing, you have nothing! With Section 8 American housing, people get a home with plumbing, heat, electricity, wifi, air conditioning, multiple rooms. Get it for almost free too! It is a country club compared to what the people in the deserts of Mexico have. From what it looked like, they are building their own homes from a cement they made themselves from the desert sand, or mud brick, I am not exactly sure. It didn't look like they had electricity or plumbing. These homes from what it looked like were also one room buildings. I could be wrong and maybe they did have some sort of power or plumbing, but I am sure it was a far far cry from poverty in the USA.

Let us also not confuse poverty and people just being poor and lacking opportunity with destitution which is different. Destitution is brought on from drug abuse, addiction, and criminality. These people did not appear to be afflicted with this. This was the result of lack of resources, something which does not happen to American cities to the degree it does in Mexico. American cities do however have the same degree of destitution. It was very enlightening to witness this first hand.

Personally, I enjoy learning from other people's experience's. It helps an individual gain a deeper understanding of the world around them. I have never respected people who argue for the sake of arguing and would rather engage in a false invalidation of someone's experience to satisfy their own bias.

[QUOTE=SubCmdr;2933302]Tell us EXACTLY what you know about the hiring of a United States Secret Service special agent candidate and the subsequent training the occurs Federal Law Enforcement Training Center AND James J. Rowley Training Center? I will save you the trouble. You don't know a thing about it. You are just talking out the side of your neck. Because if you did you would understand they a candidate for Special Agent of the United States Secret Service must successfully pass through of the training centers. Then a 1 year on-the-job training program. At least two years of an investigative assignment before being accepted into a protective detail.

Who is going to say that the United States Secret Service agents working that day were not qualified? We have those of lesser intelligence (putting diplomatically) that will say that. But they are only showing their bigotry and ignorance as republicans.[/QUOTE][URL]https://www.newsweek.com/secret-service-investigating-report-agent-left-trump-event-breastfeed-1939973[/URL]

[QUOTE=RamDavidson84;2945195]What exactly are you trying to say? My experience witnessing the extreme poverty occurring in Mexico is invalid because I have not visited South Africa, during Apartheid? I don't get what point your even trying to make. Are you accusing me of not being well traveled enough to comment on American and Mexican levels of poverty because I didn't visit Africa?

Extreme poverty is extreme poverty. When you have nothing, you have nothing! With Section 8 American housing, people get a home with plumbing, heat, electricity, wifi, air conditioning, multiple rooms. Get it for almost free too! It is a country club compared to what the people in the deserts of Mexico have. From what it looked like, they are building their own homes from a cement they made themselves from the desert sand, or mud brick, I am not exactly sure. It didn't look like they had electricity or plumbing. These homes from what it looked like were also one room buildings. I could be wrong and maybe they did have some sort of power or plumbing, but I am sure it was a far far cry from poverty in the USA.

Let us also not confuse poverty and people just being poor and lacking opportunity with destitution which is different. Destitution is brought on from drug abuse, addiction, and criminality. These people did not appear to be afflicted with this. This was the result of lack of resources, something which does not happen to American cities to the degree it does in Mexico. American cities do however have the same degree of destitution. It was very enlightening to witness this first hand.

Personally, I enjoy learning from other people's experience's. It helps an individual gain a deeper understanding of the world around them. I have never respected people who argue for the sake of arguing and would rather engage in a false invalidation of someone's experience to satisfy their own bias.[/QUOTE]I've been around most of the world and some of the worst if not thee worst is in Mexico.

I saw houses built on the side of the road in the trash filled fields out of 4 walls out of garage doors and a tin roof, I'm pretty sure these "houses" didn't have any utilities or toilets.

I was puzzled by where they got the garage doors, until one day listening to NPR whilst driving, I heard a story about an American charity that ships old garage doors to Mexico.

So they can build what I saw driving thru Mexico, so if it werent for their proximity to USA and that charity they wouldn't even have that.

But this poverty is why NAFTA companies loves Mexico they can exploit the fuck out of that poverty.

And thanks to Bubba there are many maquiladoras along the border and the slaves work all day for a few centavos to buy rice and tortillas and live in cinder block huts provided mostly by US automakers.

[QUOTE=RamDavidson84;2945195]Personally, I enjoy learning from other people's experience's. It helps an individual gain a deeper understanding of the world around them. [b]I have never respected people who argue for the sake of arguing and would rather engage in a false invalidation of someone's experience to satisfy their own bias.[/b][/QUOTE]I do not need a respect from an anonymous internet personality posting on an obscure website focused on sharing information on having sex with girls.

[U]Pussy is Pussy[/U]

[QUOTE=RamDavidson84;2945195]Extreme poverty is extreme poverty. When you have nothing, you have nothing![/QUOTE]I will not stipulate to that. Do you know what Apartheid was? It had nothing to do with destitution. It was a system designed to by law to place a certain part of the population in abject poverty.

Now, I have seen poverty in Mexico. I grew up 40 minutes from the US / Mexico border. I remember seeing children just like me at the time and asking my Mother and Father questions (that I am sure were very uncomfortable at the time for them) [I]where were the parents of the children I saw on the street? Why didn't they take care of them? Why can't we help them?[/I] I remember saving a portion of my allowance and saving it for our trips to Mexico so I could buy my friends across the border who were young like me treats like candy and stuff and share it with them. I've never had much respect for people who make assumptions about others they do not know on the internet. Yes, you can make up any story you want and say anything your want here. But you also cannot make assumptions that you actually know that those stories or not true or the experiences of others are invalid. I did nothing of the sort in my previous post, nor am I don't that here. If you see my experiences as challenge to yours then that is on you.

[B]At the time, I did not realize that the poverty I saw in Mexico was the direct result of the US Policy. As I became an adult and began to understand the system.[/B]

[QUOTE=RamDavidson84;2945195]My experience witnessing the extreme poverty occurring in Mexico is invalid because I have not visited South Africa, during Apartheid?[/QUOTE][B]Actually no, that is not what I was saying. I was actually comparing and contrasting.[/B] So, just because you might have gotten defensive from my words. That is on you. I was offering you a contrast. But you choose to see it a different way because of past differences we have had interaction on ISG in different country forums.

Now, you have chosen to completely ignore my point because of your own bias for the United States of America. I had the same until my actual experience of living outside of the United States of American and watching the decline of my country of origin from afar. Sorry Charlie, I am not going to wear my American Flag short skirt and pump my red white and blue pom poms up and down like a Thai lady going down on my dick. [B]I call it the way I see it[/B]. May not be right, but it is my opinion. I have been to many countries and I have seen much poverty in those countries. I have studied history and economics. I KNOW beyond a shadow of a doubt the United States of America exploits the world for resources and pays lip service to human rights in the process.

What I am saying about [B]Bitcoin[/B] is that as more people in the world adopt it, it will allow the great unbanked population of the world to take control of their money. To build an economy where the rules cannot be changed to favor the [B]Plutocracy[/B] like it works in the United States of America.

[I]As a businessman and real estate developer, I have legally used the tax laws to my benefit and to the benefit of my company, my investors and my employees. I mean, honestly, I have brilliantly I have brilliantly used those laws, [b]Trump said during a rally in Pueblo, Colorado. [/b]I have often said on the campaign trail that I have a fiduciary responsibility to pay no more tax than is legally required, like anybody else, or put another way: to pay as little tax as legally possible. And I must tell you, I hate the way they spend our tax dollars.[/I]

[URL]https://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/donald-trump-tax-laws-229061[/URL]

[B]Middle class adoption of Bitcoin (BTC) will fix fiscal and monetary policy in the United States and the World.[/B] Mass adoption of [B]Bitcoin (BTC)[/B] will change all that by putting a constraint on money printing. Because inflation is theft of the life energy of the individuals by those who have access to the money printer.

Put it this way, If you have a container that you need to transport water in it. And you need the water to live. Wouldn't you rather have a container that does not have a hole in it where it is going to leak out at a slow pace? BTC is that fiscal container. The one that hold water. Better than any other asset that is currently used to store monetary value. [B]And everyone can have access to it! This is why I am a one issue voter. [/B] I want the container that holds my water to be supported by my government that I am paying my taxes to. I do not want to have to face the hostility towards my means to pursue happiness.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2945186]This is a very good time for Warmongering Donald Trump to go to war against a prized Red State of Ohio:

[B]Republican Ohio Gov. Condemns Trump-Vance false immigrant pet-eating conspiracy.[/B]

[URL]https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/15/republican-ohio-gov-mike-dewine-trump-vance-false-immigrant-pets-conspiracy.html?__source=androidappshare[/URL]

It's always about economy-damaging closures and threats of violence with these Repubs.

Disgraceful.

Meanwhile, in the midst of all this trashing of Red States by Repubs Trump and Vance, it turns out 7-8 of the Top 10 USA cities that provide the Best Quality of Life For Retirees are in Blue States, none in Florida or Ohio:

[B]These 10 U.S. cities offer the highest quality of life for retirees[/B]

[URL]https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/15/us-cities-that-offer-the-highest-quality-of-life-for-retirees.html?__source=androidappshare[/URL]

Nice to see that 4 of the Top 10 Cities are right there in the Blue State of California, including the general area where I could easily retire in an established property if I ever get bored with my high quality of life as a retiree in Thailand:

[B]This Country Was Named the Best Place to Retire in Southeast Asia for Health Care, Housing, and Cost of Living.
Thailand also boasts over a thousand picture-perfect islands.
Sept. 6, 2024[/B]

[URL]https://www.travelandleisure.com/thailand-best-country-to-retire-in-southeast-asia-8686659[/URL]

As always, I have found the best advice for a comfortable, fun and pleasurable domestic or foreign retirement is to get thee to a Blue State ASAP to live, work, earn and invest and vote Dem straight down the ballot in every election.

Unless you want to see your retirement plans and investments go poof in a flurry of Repub lies about house pet barbecues, real bomb and death threats, closures and economic chaos.[/QUOTE]And Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.

[URL]https://nypost.com/2023/12/26/news/vietnamese-restaurant-that-killed-300-cats-a-month-to-make-soup-closes/[/URL]

What, retire in Thailand for leisure, but this is a forum for mongering, not laying on a beach on below avg Asian beaches.

So how does mongering rank there, I haven't heard Thailand is amazing for mongering in at least a couple decades.

[QUOTE=SubCmdr;2945265]I do not need a respect from an anonymous internet personality posting on an obscure website focused on sharing information on having sex with girls.

[U]Pussy is Pussy[/U]

I will not stipulate to that. Do you know what Apartheid was? It had nothing to do with destitution. It was a system designed to by law to place a certain part of the population in abject poverty.

Now, I have seen poverty in Mexico. I grew up 40 minutes from the US / Mexico border. I remember seeing children just like me at the time and asking my Mother and Father questions (that I am sure were very uncomfortable at the time for them) [I]where were the parents of the children I saw on the street? Why didn't they take care of them? Why can't we help them?[/I] I remember saving a portion of my allowance and saving it for our trips to Mexico so I could buy my friends across the border who were young like me treats like candy and stuff and share it with them. I've never had much respect for people who make assumptions about others they do not know on the internet. Yes, you can make up any story you want and say anything your want here. But you also cannot make assumptions that you actually know that those stories or not true or the experiences of others are invalid. I did nothing of the sort in my previous post, nor am I don't that here. If you see my experiences as challenge to yours then that is on you.

[B]At the time, I did not realize that the poverty I saw in Mexico was the direct result of the US Policy. As I became an adult and began to understand the system.[/B]

[B]Actually no, that is not what I was saying. I was actually comparing and contrasting.[/B] So, just because you might have gotten defensive from my words. That is on you. I was offering you a contrast. But you choose to see it a different way because of past differences we have had interaction on ISG in different country forums.

Now, you have chosen to completely ignore my point because of your own bias for the United States of America. I had the same until my actual experience of living outside of the United States of American and watching the decline of my country of origin from afar. Sorry Charlie, I am not going to wear my American Flag short skirt and pump my red white and blue pom poms up and down like a Thai lady going down on my dick. [B]I call it the way I see it[/B]. May not be right, but it is my opinion. I have been to many countries and I have seen much poverty in those countries. I have studied history and economics. I KNOW beyond a shadow of a doubt the United States of America exploits the world for resources and pays lip service to human rights in the process.

What I am saying about [B]Bitcoin[/B] is that as more people in the world adopt it, it will allow the great unbanked population of the world to take control of their money. To build an economy where the rules cannot be changed to favor the [B]Plutocracy[/B] like it works in the United States of America.

[I]As a businessman and real estate developer, I have legally used the tax laws to my benefit and to the benefit of my company, my investors and my employees. I mean, honestly, I have brilliantly I have brilliantly used those laws, [b]Trump said during a rally in Pueblo, Colorado. [/b]I have often said on the campaign trail that I have a fiduciary responsibility to pay no more tax than is legally required, like anybody else, or put another way: to pay as little tax as legally possible. And I must tell you, I hate the way they spend our tax dollars.[/I]

[URL]https://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/donald-trump-tax-laws-229061[/URL]

[B]Middle class adoption of Bitcoin (BTC) will fix fiscal and monetary policy in the United States and the World.[/B] Mass adoption of [B]Bitcoin (BTC)[/B] will change all that by putting a constraint on money printing. Because inflation is theft of the life energy of the individuals by those who have access to the money printer.

Put it this way, If you have a container that you need to transport water in it. And you need the water to live. Wouldn't you rather have a container that does not have a hole in it where it is going to leak out at a slow pace? BTC is that fiscal container. The one that hold water. Better than any other asset that is currently used to store monetary value. [B]And everyone can have access to it! This is why I am a one issue voter. [/B] I want the container that holds my water to be supported by my government that I am paying my taxes to. I do not want to have to face the hostility towards my means to pursue happiness.[/QUOTE]That wasn't me being defensive, I really didn't understand the point of your post, or why Apartheid was brought up, or why you were referring to me as Mr. Well Traveled SMH? Kind of seemed like you were trying to take a shot at me, but I guess you weren't? Either way I think I see where you were coming from. I think.

And that was a lovely story about your childhood. You seemed like a swell young lad with a kind heart LOL. I sure as hell didn't give a damn fuck about any other kids when I was growing up. Too busy watching cartoons.

As for the USA contributing to the poverty of Mexico. Well there was the Mexican American War and they did play a role in the Mexican Revolution so there is no denying history, but it is more complicated than it appears.

I don't want to get into a history lesson as I don't get paid for this, but here is my general thoughts on the USA and the role it plays in the Western Hemisphere. The USA is kind of like an economic whirlpool. It sucks wealth, resources, skilled and unskilled workers from both North and South America. This has been true of the richest societies and cities throughout history. People go where the money and opportunity is. Look how Elon musk was attracted to immigrate to the USA and start a 100 billion dollar company like Tesla which now contributes to America's economy. I don't think America's dominant share of the pie is as deliberate as many liberals would like to believe. Meaning, I don't think politicians sit around and plot how can we keep all other countries poor and make sure we stay rich? I mean, not to a higher degree than any other country does. What does the USA have to gain purposely keeping other societies, especially Mexico poor? Cheap source of foreign labor? From what I understand, the only time the USA really threw its weight around was when countries didn't want to be Capitalistic and Democratic. This happened in various different Latin American nations, but Cuba and Venezuela are the most recent. I am not saying I agree with the embargoes and the CIA / USA backed planted governments, but I think it was for the right reasons. We are all one world, and we are all experiencing the human condition. If a nation has a vital resource, it should be made available on the open market for trade. People should have the right to pursue happiness through private business. People should have a democratic say in their government. If a fucking canal needs to be dug across Colombia / Panama so shit costs less to ship, then get the fucking canal dug. I am not saying the USA was always squeaky clean either. No one or any large organization ever is, not even the glorious catholic church LOL.

My main point to be clear is the USA is not the evil overlord many liberals, Democrats, and people of foreign nations would like to believe. But don't forget all nations are technically competing with each other in these markets, its just the way the global market economy evolved. So when the USA is successful, it takes up a larger share of the pie and that does indirectly contribute to higher poverty in other countries.

BTW, I also know from my experience traveling Mexico that they love those American automobile and tractor factories providing tens of thousands of Mexicans jobs.

I don't like to comment on things I am not familiar with, so I can't comment to much about bitcoin other than obviously a massive amount of money has been made money in it which is great.