It’s funny how $5000 per American would be so very inflationary, but foreign aid to African dictatorships and funding trans programs in Haiti to the same dollar value isn’t.
Note to self: It was my money in the first place, he’s just giving it back.
My point is, if our government feels we’re so flush with funds we can keep shelling it out to foreign countries, why is a little aid to American citizens such a problem? I happen to agree with you that our debt is a real problem and should be addressed first, but the reason our debt is so high is the government is so profligate with OUR money. I’d rather have my money back in my pocket than see it wastefully thrown at government spending I have no say on and get no benefit from. I’ve been paying in for well over fifty years, a few bucks back in my pocket is little enough.
Trump's plan is to increase American manufacturing and productivity, so that the debt is paid out of increase. That is the only way to pay a debt that is so large you cannot save your way out of it.
And that’s the problem. The government, even though they keep telling us they’re tracking down waste and abuse, doesn’t see the real waste and abuse. It wastes our money on foreigners and their foreign doings and abuses those of us paying for their shenanigans.
The problem is that the few bucks back in your pocket is only the "appearance" of payback: it adds to the nation's debt which citizens are obligated to pay back in the future, at significant interest.
How about a $5,000 federal tax credit per U.S. Citizen. $1.2 Trillion of recovered Government Fraud or Tariff Revenue must be documented, to pay for it.
How about a $10,000 tax DEDUCTION for US citizens instead, such that it would only be collected by those still paying over 10k in federal income tax, rather than a credit collected by those who pay no tax at all and are a net drain on public funds.
The Trump Administration could set up a PR Campaign that tracks and counts recovered Government Fraud and collected Tariff Revenue. We would root for the Trump Team to bring in the $1.2 Trillion, to win our $5,000 tax credit. If FanDuel can do it, the Treasury can do it.
We have to raise tariffs first and increase manufacturing in order to afford that. You can help by buying American whenever you can. American made stuff lasted 10-20 times longer than Chinese junk, so keep that in mind.
If only it was labeled correctly. Some Chinese goods are saying American made. Someone I read tracked a number of items sold on Amazon labeled as American, but somehow found them manufactured in China. And it wasn't this "Assembled in America" nonsense.
cds, yes, they do that, but this is worse because that TRILLIONS of debt--that WILL BE PAID, in one form or another--will be paid by our, and our future descendants' production! THEY are spending/encumbering FUTURE production: when that value finally arrives in the future, we, and our future descendants, will find it ALREADY SPOKEN FOR. "Sorry! You worked 80 hours, yes, but your paycheck went to the nation's creditors."
Trump promised the ballooning debt was no problem because "Trump prosperity" would result in it--quickly--being paid off. Instead... what do we call it? <punt> I think he thinks "Ay-Eye" will be the Magic-Bullet Shell Game that shifts the debt onto some other poor b*st*rds.
Still. Still...
... I calm myself by asking "Where would we be if Kamalaladingdong were running things?" I think "favored constituencies" certainly would've already racked up more than $5k in bennies by now.
Ironically, do we now HAVE to elect Democrats to slow down Trump's march to socialism? NEITHER side understands "restraint."
Well my friend. We have heard this all before so many times. But, My President is an extremely accomplished troller. He does these things to so that we can see and keep those politicians, mainly democrat socialists, to show their true stripes. They would love to give money to people, except if President Trump initiates it. He is always playing them so they show who they are. You and I and any sane person knows this. But I am for the Obama Care refund. They raped me and did not even kiss me. I was fined because my estimated income was higher than I thought and they took $5300 in kickbacks from me.
They sent me a bill for $3400 back in 2018 for "obamacare" benefits I never even touched. I threw it away and they never asked for it again. I must have gotten lucky and lost in the shuffle.
I wonder if everyone who has TDS is going to forgo the check? I guess we'll see how much their TDS is worth to them. Also, none of them had any problem with Mamdani promising every free thing he could think of to buy votes so they can stuff it. I doubt it will happen anyway, since Congress has to approve it.
Every dollar the government spends (gives away) is one more dollar contributing to inflation. We are watching the value of our money vaporize. Buy Gold.
As for Trump's promises... unfortunately he talks too much.
As for the digital wallets... have you tried to buy a senior lifetime national park pass? Sign yourself up for digital prison (and the government will let you visit our nice parks).
Buy it in person at a park, pretty sure they'll still hand you a card in return for your 80 bucks with no digital signup required. But that's probably coming so don't delay.
And for those under 62 who don't qualify for a senior pass, here's something to be outraged about. Most National Parks no longer accept cash for entry fees. Credit card or keep out. How can they do that?
Not sure if anyone has noticed yet, but it is crystal clear that the Trump Administration, with Scott Bessent, are actually and literally creating a parallel financial system based on the American System, NOT the British System.
It was indeed the British (System of Systems, aka Privately Owned Central Banks and other WTAF stuff) that got every Nation into the financial disasters they are in.
Ask yourselves, if every country on earth owes, (which they do), exactly who or what do they owe it to?
The American System never even got a chance to put on it's bloomers, never mind running shoes!!
Since fraud eviscerates EVERYTHING that followed it, that includes debt accumulated through and by it. Yup, THIS IS BIG!!
Considering the entire financial system was built on fraud, since 1913, well, imma let you do the math cuz the numbers are too ginormous for me!!
In a nutshell, friends, there have been two systems only and forever.
Communism and Capitalism.
Everyone the world over has experienced communism. Don't believe me? Your pay cheque should tell you all you need to know in that regard.
The "free world," aka western civilization, has experienced capitalism, but only to a small degree because it was still enveloped in the British system of systems.
What we have NEVER experienced is true capitalism, true meritocracy, and true freedom to make our own life choices.
Full Stop.
President Trump isn't promising a $5000 "bribe" to get the Republicans into power.
IMO, they are getting there regardless. (*laughs in Trump)
What he IS promising is a $5000 DIVIDEND cheque (meaning yearly) to all stakeholders, aka Americans, in what they have built with their own strength, heart, and fortitude to 'git er dun', because he is changing the entire damn system!!
Looking at the Trump Accounts for kids, you didn't think President Trump was gonna forget about the family (immediate and extended by the way) of all those kids did ya?
(*again, laughs in Trump)
As for "spend it in America," any American company you send them find dollars to is "spending in America." Just cuz ya ended up in Paris don't mean ya didn't spend it in America.
Also, WHY would ya go to Paris anyways?? But I digress...
NO ONE can fully fathom what is happening, and about to happen, because it has never happened before in the history of the world.
Not even once.
Therefore, and yet again, criticizing the meal while opening the ketchup bottle before the meal even arrives, is stupid.
Let The Man Cook!!
As a Canadian (CanaMAGAdonian actually), I WISH I were a fill fledged American because daaaamn you guys you got things going on over there that the rest of us are drooling over.
I know, let's ask regular folk over in Iran, China or Ukraine if they would be bitching this much about a President intent on making their lives better.
That is a natural response. I get it. Tis hard to understand the unknown until the unknown is known. And sometimes, the known is even hard to understand because there is nothing to compare it to.
Have hope.
There is MUCH more at play here my friend.
MUCH MORE!!
Have a great weekend and love on all those you love with ALL of your love.
Trump’s superpower is his ability to make absolutely clear what is really going on while simultaneously making his enemies heads explode leaving them babbling nonsense and clutching their pearls so hard the scatter across the floor. Just sayin’.
"(Although Trump would undoubtedly argue that nobody’s stimulus package is as big as his.)" LOL.. Jenna talking dirty for 8 bucks a month and Pierre Kory trying to sell me water stuff... ah Capitalism... :)
No thanks! Let's shrink government instead. Abolish the income tax too.
Would be better off to amend the 17th Amendment and get rid of mob rule in electing senators.
Yes! Where is that big, beautiful DOGE report that was due on July 4, 2026?
Congress
It has to go through Congress and they didn’t pass it
It's not clear how we can afford to simply give money to honest Americans. We still have a lot of fraud to fund.
It’s funny how $5000 per American would be so very inflationary, but foreign aid to African dictatorships and funding trans programs in Haiti to the same dollar value isn’t.
Note to self: It was my money in the first place, he’s just giving it back.
This. ALL. DAY. LONG.
Laura, "your" money was already spent before they got it. He's proposing to give us "newly printed" money, raising the debt.
My point is, if our government feels we’re so flush with funds we can keep shelling it out to foreign countries, why is a little aid to American citizens such a problem? I happen to agree with you that our debt is a real problem and should be addressed first, but the reason our debt is so high is the government is so profligate with OUR money. I’d rather have my money back in my pocket than see it wastefully thrown at government spending I have no say on and get no benefit from. I’ve been paying in for well over fifty years, a few bucks back in my pocket is little enough.
Trump's plan is to increase American manufacturing and productivity, so that the debt is paid out of increase. That is the only way to pay a debt that is so large you cannot save your way out of it.
But he KEEPS spending...
And that’s the problem. The government, even though they keep telling us they’re tracking down waste and abuse, doesn’t see the real waste and abuse. It wastes our money on foreigners and their foreign doings and abuses those of us paying for their shenanigans.
Can't argue with "Right."
The problem is that the few bucks back in your pocket is only the "appearance" of payback: it adds to the nation's debt which citizens are obligated to pay back in the future, at significant interest.
Incorrect.
True.
How about a $5,000 federal tax credit per U.S. Citizen. $1.2 Trillion of recovered Government Fraud or Tariff Revenue must be documented, to pay for it.
How about a $10,000 tax DEDUCTION for US citizens instead, such that it would only be collected by those still paying over 10k in federal income tax, rather than a credit collected by those who pay no tax at all and are a net drain on public funds.
The Trump Administration could set up a PR Campaign that tracks and counts recovered Government Fraud and collected Tariff Revenue. We would root for the Trump Team to bring in the $1.2 Trillion, to win our $5,000 tax credit. If FanDuel can do it, the Treasury can do it.
Wasn't there talk about getting rid of income tax? How about we do that instead of talking all of this nonsense.
We have to raise tariffs first and increase manufacturing in order to afford that. You can help by buying American whenever you can. American made stuff lasted 10-20 times longer than Chinese junk, so keep that in mind.
If only it was labeled correctly. Some Chinese goods are saying American made. Someone I read tracked a number of items sold on Amazon labeled as American, but somehow found them manufactured in China. And it wasn't this "Assembled in America" nonsense.
A trillion here. A trillion there. Pretty soon we're talking about real money.
Fiat money. Nothing but trust backs it up.
Truth. The whole thing falls apart when everybody sees this. But [almost] everybody is hypnotized.
The truth is… it’s OUR money that they steal from US! Then they play politics… with OUR money they stole from US!
cds, yes, they do that, but this is worse because that TRILLIONS of debt--that WILL BE PAID, in one form or another--will be paid by our, and our future descendants' production! THEY are spending/encumbering FUTURE production: when that value finally arrives in the future, we, and our future descendants, will find it ALREADY SPOKEN FOR. "Sorry! You worked 80 hours, yes, but your paycheck went to the nation's creditors."
Trump promised the ballooning debt was no problem because "Trump prosperity" would result in it--quickly--being paid off. Instead... what do we call it? <punt> I think he thinks "Ay-Eye" will be the Magic-Bullet Shell Game that shifts the debt onto some other poor b*st*rds.
Still. Still...
... I calm myself by asking "Where would we be if Kamalaladingdong were running things?" I think "favored constituencies" certainly would've already racked up more than $5k in bennies by now.
Ironically, do we now HAVE to elect Democrats to slow down Trump's march to socialism? NEITHER side understands "restraint."
Well my friend. We have heard this all before so many times. But, My President is an extremely accomplished troller. He does these things to so that we can see and keep those politicians, mainly democrat socialists, to show their true stripes. They would love to give money to people, except if President Trump initiates it. He is always playing them so they show who they are. You and I and any sane person knows this. But I am for the Obama Care refund. They raped me and did not even kiss me. I was fined because my estimated income was higher than I thought and they took $5300 in kickbacks from me.
They sent me a bill for $3400 back in 2018 for "obamacare" benefits I never even touched. I threw it away and they never asked for it again. I must have gotten lucky and lost in the shuffle.
I wonder if everyone who has TDS is going to forgo the check? I guess we'll see how much their TDS is worth to them. Also, none of them had any problem with Mamdani promising every free thing he could think of to buy votes so they can stuff it. I doubt it will happen anyway, since Congress has to approve it.
I can be bribed😎
Often just with food. Mmmmmm…brisket. OOOooooo…pizza too!?!?! Hey guys, they got ice cream!!!
😁😁😁
Every dollar the government spends (gives away) is one more dollar contributing to inflation. We are watching the value of our money vaporize. Buy Gold.
As for Trump's promises... unfortunately he talks too much.
As for the digital wallets... have you tried to buy a senior lifetime national park pass? Sign yourself up for digital prison (and the government will let you visit our nice parks).
Have a card I bought years ago at Yellowstone. Still have the plastic card.
I plan on visiting one of the parks and trying to buy one in person. Online forces you to go the digital prison route.
Me too!
Me too!
We bought a senior pass this past spring-it’s a card.
In person or from the website? The website gives *no* option to not create a "digital wallet" and do "age verification".
It was in person.
Thanks, I will definitely try in person (if I can find a location!).
We were visiting Yellowstone. I believe any national park you pay an entrance fee would sell them.
I've been doing some research online (using Google Maps street view) and it sure looks hard to find them. Some are virtually unmarked "nothings".
Buy it in person at a park, pretty sure they'll still hand you a card in return for your 80 bucks with no digital signup required. But that's probably coming so don't delay.
And for those under 62 who don't qualify for a senior pass, here's something to be outraged about. Most National Parks no longer accept cash for entry fees. Credit card or keep out. How can they do that?
Not sure if anyone has noticed yet, but it is crystal clear that the Trump Administration, with Scott Bessent, are actually and literally creating a parallel financial system based on the American System, NOT the British System.
It was indeed the British (System of Systems, aka Privately Owned Central Banks and other WTAF stuff) that got every Nation into the financial disasters they are in.
Ask yourselves, if every country on earth owes, (which they do), exactly who or what do they owe it to?
The American System never even got a chance to put on it's bloomers, never mind running shoes!!
Since fraud eviscerates EVERYTHING that followed it, that includes debt accumulated through and by it. Yup, THIS IS BIG!!
Considering the entire financial system was built on fraud, since 1913, well, imma let you do the math cuz the numbers are too ginormous for me!!
In a nutshell, friends, there have been two systems only and forever.
Communism and Capitalism.
Everyone the world over has experienced communism. Don't believe me? Your pay cheque should tell you all you need to know in that regard.
The "free world," aka western civilization, has experienced capitalism, but only to a small degree because it was still enveloped in the British system of systems.
What we have NEVER experienced is true capitalism, true meritocracy, and true freedom to make our own life choices.
Full Stop.
President Trump isn't promising a $5000 "bribe" to get the Republicans into power.
IMO, they are getting there regardless. (*laughs in Trump)
What he IS promising is a $5000 DIVIDEND cheque (meaning yearly) to all stakeholders, aka Americans, in what they have built with their own strength, heart, and fortitude to 'git er dun', because he is changing the entire damn system!!
Looking at the Trump Accounts for kids, you didn't think President Trump was gonna forget about the family (immediate and extended by the way) of all those kids did ya?
(*again, laughs in Trump)
As for "spend it in America," any American company you send them find dollars to is "spending in America." Just cuz ya ended up in Paris don't mean ya didn't spend it in America.
Also, WHY would ya go to Paris anyways?? But I digress...
NO ONE can fully fathom what is happening, and about to happen, because it has never happened before in the history of the world.
Not even once.
Therefore, and yet again, criticizing the meal while opening the ketchup bottle before the meal even arrives, is stupid.
Let The Man Cook!!
As a Canadian (CanaMAGAdonian actually), I WISH I were a fill fledged American because daaaamn you guys you got things going on over there that the rest of us are drooling over.
I know, let's ask regular folk over in Iran, China or Ukraine if they would be bitching this much about a President intent on making their lives better.
Reactions may vary.
*Tips hat
Much Love
I’m in! Also love that we are going back to the American System and ditching the Imperial System (London)!
Love your way of thinking…love my Canadian neighbors.
Sending love right backatcha my friend.
Congrats on your purchase of those new rose-colored sunglasses. They look great on you.
Time will tell, it always does.
I hope you're right about all of that. But I have my doubts.
That is a natural response. I get it. Tis hard to understand the unknown until the unknown is known. And sometimes, the known is even hard to understand because there is nothing to compare it to.
Have hope.
There is MUCH more at play here my friend.
MUCH MORE!!
Have a great weekend and love on all those you love with ALL of your love.
💞
Trump’s superpower is his ability to make absolutely clear what is really going on while simultaneously making his enemies heads explode leaving them babbling nonsense and clutching their pearls so hard the scatter across the floor. Just sayin’.
Why isn't he promising lower gas prices? And the end of the Iran war? Things we actually care about??
Hmm maybe because it's all just talk...
Every time I see what gas costs I think it’s gonna cause issues in November.
Last night he said gas prices will fall AFTER the midterms. 🙄
"(Although Trump would undoubtedly argue that nobody’s stimulus package is as big as his.)" LOL.. Jenna talking dirty for 8 bucks a month and Pierre Kory trying to sell me water stuff... ah Capitalism... :)
😂
Brilliant, as ever! Oh the [chronic] incongruity of the American tribal experience! You make me laugh AND think.