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I was reading on X last night that a bunch of liberals are saying they won’t get a Trump Account for their kid because it had Trump’s name on it. Can you imagine the conversation when those kids go off to college or get started in their adult lives and most of their peers have a nice nest egg to get started with and they have nothing because their parents had TDS?
they are also possessed. No person who is happy and fulfilled, balanced in mind, body and Spirit acts like them unless they have let Satan come in to their lives which they have.
It really is true. These "humans" are tortured and spew such vitriol. And they are very violent. There is no other realistic explanation. We need nationwide exorcisms.
REPENTANCE could do more than exorcisms would do. (Paraphrasing)
‘IF (we) His people who are calling themselves after His Name would humble ourSELVES and pray and seek HIS face, and TURN from OUR wicked ways then(He promised) He will forgive our sins give our land’
But, from what I have observed from those around me, most are too proud to admit, even to the One Who knows, that they have sinned either by omission or by commission…..overtly or covertly.
If He could have found 10 decent people in Sodom and Gomorrah, those cities could have been saved.
This ship cannot be saved by mere mortals. President Trump is giving his all, as is, it appears, his Administration. But this ship cannot be turned on a dime.
I have thrown myself on the Mercy of the court, because I know what I deserve. I deserve Judgement. Yet I pray for forgiveness for my own and my nation’s sins………and beg for HIM to cleanse our land.
Bless you for being from Portland! There are still many sane people in that beautiful city! I am rural Otis, more red than blue, but 5 miles to the coast where the motley 5-15 1960's hippies stand on the curb with their 'paid for protest signs', desperate for a honk. 12 noon to 1 pm every day except rain days. Occasionally I will give a thumbs down but otherwise I just ignore them and pray for them.
People are joking about TDS but it’s not really funny. There’s a kind of psychosis spreading amongst a certain segment of society that rivals the kind of fanaticism seen in cult members. I’m 62 and the only times I have seen this kind of malignant mass group think/behavior has been in other countries, never the US. As bad as the late sixties and early seventies were this is worse. Something is going to break eventually
I so agree. There is a craziness I have never witnessed before. I blame it on drugs. I would love to know how many people with severe TDS are on some kind of psychotropic drug. It's more than just ideology. The unhinged behavior is getting scary.
I don't believe there is EVER only one cause. I agree drugs could be one potential trigger but mass media indoctrination over many years has GOT to be the leader variable here.
The holders of the marionette strings certainly use MANY inputs to obtain their output; a dynamic process. It is likely even their output desired changes as they gain and wane in power-- more chaos for Trumpie, calm for Marxist times.
True, ran into a guy at the gym yesterday that I’ve known for years, but haven’t seen him for over three years. Early to mid-seventies, artist, has done ok, lives a decent life, anyway, wants to ‘punch republicans in the face’. I said, ‘maybe they want to punch you’. He agreed saying yes they probably do, but THEY are ignorant stupid evil blah blah blah… I just said, gotta go and headed off to the restrooms. I wanted to say so many things starting with ‘I guess you want to punch me’ but knew it was futile. Just let him keep deluding himself.
What makes me crazy is that he assumed I agree with him, he felt free to rant within two sentences of reconnecting. He assumes that since I am an artist I agree with him 🤷♀️ I’m also a mostly retired business person, surprised he doesn’t think I’m a capitalist pig.
Who is their Jim Jones or Applewhite? They don't seem to have just one. They are all sure drinking the kool-aid though.
Wonder truly, how many of them were injected with the jab? How else might they have been 'infected'?
Something caused them all to respond with suicidal/homicidal empathy - but only for illegals. Crazytown, esp as we watch infected nurses out themselves with some kind of lunacy.
I don't think they need a specific cult leader. Democrat politicians are doing the job, and the MSM pushes their narrative non-stop. Which means that facts are not being reported, only the spin. So when you talk to a democrat friend, they will only know that spin. If you try to give them factual information on any given event, they will look at you with glazed eyes and conclude that you are believing mis-information. And yes, they are all jabbed. Every single one of them.
There was a protest of high school students in Fremont Nebraska where a student stepped/got in the way of a vehicle displaying a Trump flag and got hit. She's going to be fine. The driver which was also a high schooler stated he was afraid of the crowd surrounding his vehicle. There was also a group of high schoolers standing across the street from Millard North High in Omaha yesterday. It's sad to see that now high school kids are defending an invasion of the USA.
"It's sad to see that now high school kids are defending an invasion of the USA."
That was the entire point of the Department of Education and the American Library Association. Yuri Bezmenov stated that it takes 12-15 years to mold kids into future communists and aparatchiks. That timeline lines up with the length of a child's term in public school and college.
I had a relative accuse all of us of being hypnotized, we couldn’t see the leaves through the trees, we are cultish, and she hopes we pay. I was temporarily speechless until I realized everything they do, they blame us for doing. Heaven help us all.
I would die laughing if Trump somehow managed to convince Big Pharma to name the next anti-psychotic, anti-depressant drug Trumpinol, or something like that. 🤣
A government (Trump) savings account is just about the dumbest most economically destructive thing he could do. Savings is a private matter. THere is no justification in the constitution for the federal gov to run a savings program. Having gov savings accounts crowds out private savings and investment. Trump is an economically illiterate moron.
Signing up is voluntary and a private matter. Donations by Dell and Minaj et al are private matters.
The gov't-funded seed money is a better use of tax $ than the way Social Security was designed, as a perpetual ponzi scheme rather than a personal wealth-building program.
The "economically illiterate moron" seems to have a better handle on things than grumpy complainers.
This is not a "savings'' program, this is a Wall Street bail-out. Blackrock and Vanguard apparently don't have enough money to play with, so Trump is handing them billions more. They'll have it for at least 18 years, let's see how much more damage they can do. This is like Obamacare was for the insurance companies, a giant hand-out, wrapped in the narrative that it is "helpful" for the people.
Yeah, and look how that is working out. It has been and will continued to be chipped away at. No way in hell am I sending my own money to the government for them to "save" it for me. People have lost their minds. But anything Trump does is a genius idea when you have TDS (Trump Deification Syndrome)
What are you talking about? 😅 It's just an investment vehicle like an IRA that allows the mm money to grow tax free which is why it has contribution limits.
Theoretically, it could be used as a way to allow for 60 years of compounded interest.
You're not sending money to the government for them to 'save' it for you. If anything, is just a scheme to replace QE from the Fed by juicing the stock market, but at least some children are going to benefit handsomely.
Of course, and the government confiscated gold in 1933 and Fiat is debt and the the Bolsheviks confiscated Kulak land in the revolution 🤷
Nothing is secure but this is a way to work inside the system. Just open it for your baby, take the $1000 seed and do nothing. Better than not opening it.
It was a shortened name from Quiet Eagle that I found too recognizable across platforms at some point and I thought the double entendre was somewhat humorous 🫣😊
Buying up more houses and jacking up the rents? Overthrowing more governments and stripping the wealth from their countries? Buying corporations and selling off their assets?
We already know how hedge funds "grow wealth", don't we?
What!? You are ALREADY giving this government your money to “save it for you”. And they “give” it back in the firm of medical care you can’t really choose (just oil based big pHARMa shit)
what about social security? all those SS taxes paid and collected and wasted. there is not a PENNY of money in the social security fund. The last time I checked the federal gov is in debt to the tune of 40 trillion. Where is the SS money? THERE IS NONE. NOT A CENT. You and others didnt " pay into" the system. You paid taxes and the gov spent every cent of it. The so called "obligation" the gov has to pay you SS benefits can be changed and abolished at any moment. Look how already people pay "taxes" on SS benefit. What a joke.
I read all about it. Its the dumbest most narcissistic economically illiterate thing he could possibly do. And the $1000 seed money will of course come from all of us taxpayers in the form of a giant forced redistribution. PArents can already make gifts to children. PArents can already open brokerage accounts for minor kids.
THis is just another self aggrandizing vote buying scheme. disgraceful!
How about just cutting taxes in real terms? How about cutting more gov spending? Eliminating more departments. He cant or wont so he resorts to gimmicks like this. Utter failure
I’d rather my money go to enriching legal American youth than housing/feeding/treating/employing/enriching all the illegal aliens and the politicians and NGOs that support them. If we took every cent spent on THAT and gave it to actual Americans, they could all retire now, and not just kids. But none of y’all squawked or protested about our money being used THAT way. Now shoo
Nah. Liberal children deserve the same opportunities and chances to start out with a stronger future. Kids don’t have a political party. Only their parents do.
Agreeing with some Trump policies and accomplishments is not adoration of Trump the person. It is appreciation of progress away from the Democrat policies and psychoses that have degraded our country and liberty.
How do you think covid freedom could come about without massive "men with chests" activity supported by the millions of people who voted for these policies?
This is not a "savings'' program, this is a Wall Street bail-out. Blackrock and Vanguard apparently don't have enough money to play with, so Trump is handing them billions more. They'll have it for at least 18 years, let's see how much more damage they can do. This is like Obamacare was for the insurance companies, a giant hand-out, wrapped in the narrative that it is "helpful" for the people. How'd that work out for us?
I lived in NY and the taxes were unbearable. I had to leave but the state I ended up in--VA, is trying to emulate NY. Taxes going up fast. The Democratic gov. and legislators are cooking up all kinds of insane & expensive plans.
Part of this plan, I assume, is to prop up wall street and by proxy, the big banking firms. You have to put the money in index funds. I guess you cant buy gold as part of the account.
While I disagree with how you phrased your comment, I agree that the government has no right to use taxpayer money to create savings accounts for children. The founding fathers would surely not approve.
It’s a nice idea, but it is most definitely government overreach. It’s theft of one person’s money to put into the pocket of another.
Come on, man. There is no justification for the Federal Reserve, but there it is.
How you can make such a rash post is mind-blowing 🤯 Of course we can quibble about the details and whether it's just a plan to juice the market, but to be against the ability to start an IRA at age 0 with potential for limitless contributions from protected contributors is nuts 😅
The only thing the gov is doing is handing out seed money to encourage babies.
its just another handout to wall street. Another tax advantaged boondoggle to coerce people into investing in CERTAIN wall street securities. If income and SS taxes were lower in general NONE of these plans would be necessary. If inflation ( which Trump had a massive hand in creating) was not so enormous, then people would not be driven into the stock market which is really a giant casino in pursuit of return. IF the interest rates were HIGHER , at a more normal market level like 7-8 percent or more, then people would just be able to save in savings accounts. ANd NONE of these programs would be needed. NO 401Ks, IRA, nothing
RASH, mind blowing! whats mind blowing is the general level of ignorance of those on this site.
we need lower income taxes, drastically lower federal spending,
THen people could keep more of their own money and simply SAVE it in savings accounts. And NONE Of these gimmicky "tax - advantaged" plans would be needed.
These plans are just giant handouts to wall street.
ANd they will ballon the deficit even more. Because when people save inside these programs, the money isnt taxed so where does the federal gov get the money? Its uses borrowing and inflation
So don’t participate for your children. I’m sure they’ll appreciate your non compliance in 18-20 years. And no doubt they’ll understand your reasoning.
Haha. A foul-mouthed poster who hasn't bothered to read the fine print of the program he's criticizing, calling a multi-billionaire "an economically illiterate moron."
As someone said above, TDS includes no self-awareness. NONE.
This site has turned from a covid freedom site to a trump worship cult.
Not only is creating another tax advantaged savings plan a terrible idea, trumps comments about housing were totally asinine. He said he wanted to keep house prices or values high and interest rates low in order to make houses more affordable. Well you cant have it both ways. First of all interest rates are way too low and the fed needs to let interest rates rise to market levels which at this point would prob be double digits, second house prices and real estate values in general are way to high. The whole tariff thing was idiotic as well. Tariffs are ALWAYS and EVERYWHERE paid by the party imposing the tariffs. This is simple econ 101, basic law of econ which Trump has no idea about.
of course it is. There is a 1000 incentive for kids born between certain dates. And the whole program is tax advantaged . which means there is a giant gov SUBSIDY and then the whole program is subsidized again on an ongoing basis because the money you put in is not taxed until it is withdrawn. THATS MORE GOV INTERFERENCE INTO THE FREE MARKET.
This is dumbest thing Trump has ever done. And he's done many dumb things.
Its sad how this site morphed from a covid freedom site into a cult of personality Trump worshipping cult site.
giant subsidy - peanuts compared to Somali fraud - money going in is after tax dollars and investments in the stock market don't get taxed until the shares are sold - you should seek help for your TDS
Its not that large of subsidy. About $3b year. The problem will be his successors trying to dupe people into getting rid of social security because funds did good for a while. The problem will be those who want to privatize SSI and replace gauranteed income from a federal infinite money printer with private bankers' and private executives' discretion affecting a limited historical investment.
you're missing this point. ANY subsidy is immoral and illegal.
The federal gov does not have the moral and legal authority to subsidize savings accounts. Social security itself is an abomination and is and always was immoral and patently unconstitutional
This new savings plan is not a "savings'' program, this is a Wall Street bail-out. Blackrock and Vanguard apparently don't have enough money to play with, so Trump is handing them billions more. They'll have it for at least 18 years, let's see how much more damage they can do. This is like Obamacare was for the insurance companies, a giant hand-out, wrapped in the narrative that it is "helpful" for the people. How'd that work out for us?
Welllll ...the federal Gov't switched from the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) over to the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) back in the early 80's. The Gov't set up the Thrift Savings Plan, where a federal employee could put in as much as they wanted from every paycheck, and the Gov't would match up to 5% (if I recall correctly). There were several options: the General Fund, which was safest, but had the lowest rate of return; the C Fund (stock market) and others (bond funds? I never got up to speed on. Employees who were diligent in plugging their money into this savings vehicle saw great results. Unfortunately, I was not one of those employees. What a fool I was ... So I hope all you parents out there jump in with both feet! Get your kids invested in SAVING! Because 💸💸💸...
Do you you mean that Trump accounts will crowd out our IRA’s? Or are those investments only available to special people? Asking for a friend. It seems like all that money pouring into the market would see it rise steadily for the rest of our lives.
yes exactly. The Trump savings accouts will give kids born between certain dates $1000. This is an ILLEGAL taking of money from the US population. A new TAX at the federal level that is NOT authorized by the constitution.
the only tax that is authorized by the constitution is an apportioned tax to the states .. The U.S. Constitution, in Article I, Sections 2 and 9, requires that "direct taxes" be apportioned among the states based on population, meaning each state’s total tax share corresponds to its share of the total population. This rule was designed to ensure fairness but makes taxing wealth directly difficult.
The sixteenth amendment authorizes an income tax. but there is no provision for a tax for a child savings program
Not true about one feeling ( I know that was sarcasm). Love the YBR along with many others like the one less traveled on. You posted a lovely Bible verse the other day so I am hopeful.
This is not a "savings'' program, this is a Wall Street bail-out.
Blackrock and Vanguard apparently don't have enough money to play with, so Trump is handing them billions more. They'll have it for at least 18 years, let's see how much more damage they can do.
This is like Obamacare was for the insurance companies, a giant hand-out, wrapped in the narrative that it is "helpful" for the people. How'd that work out for us?
Thats exactly right. There are ppl on this thread that are attacking me for saying this. Saying I have TDS and that I should go back to bluesky. YOu are right its a giant wall street handout to shore up the rep donors
One day, Democrats may also have to explain how they progressed from "for the children" to "for the criminal illegal aliens that abuse and murder children."
Lots of people are going to be SHOCKED at the level of fraud and corruption of govt entitlements. The amount in MN is staggering, so think of what it must be in NY or California.
And if they actually shut down their bullshit funding NGO's, so much the better.
Total Federal government spending of greater than $6 trillion, I have no worries that there exist ample opportunities for graft/fraud/ self enrichment. With that amount in play, billions missing become rounding errors.
Even Elon was barely able to scratch the surface of fraud with all his advanced resources.
Isn't insider trading already illegal?? How will they prove that the senator/congressman made an insider trade? It's like a corporation I used to work for that was asking people to take a pledge to do various "green" practices like reducing your A/C usage or using less plastic. You got points by declaring you did certain things but no one was asking for proof.
I am a little less uncritically enthusiastic about the Trump accounts. I wonder about potential fraud, and also other unintended consequences. However, I am willing to reserve judgment and hope that they are as beneficial as Jeff believes they will be. I do love how Trump effectively uses symbolism—IRS form 4547 and launching on July 4, 2026😁
Ha I didn’t catch that! I also didn’t realize that any parent can open one for their kids just not get the thousand dollars from the government to start it? Sending info to my son.
Yes, sending to my son & daughter for their kids. Also, was wondering about future babies. I would be in favor of all newborns getting an account seeded at birth. Not sure of impact, but if it grows with the child, I think it will be a good thing. Just my opinion.
I started my first 'real job' in 1987 and had a pension, that was discontinued and turned into a 401K in 1990. I contributed the same as the match at the time and worked there 2 more years. When I left in 1992, rolled to an IRA. Contributed to 401K's in other subsequent jobs until I became self employed in 2001. But kept the original 92 money in 2 separate mutual funds to track the growth, and showed my kids the statements to beat into their heads the importance of saving for retirement from a young age. Both are contributing to theirs as adults.
But I wouldn't beat yourself up too bad, I hate debt too, and at 25 you still had plenty of time to dollar cost average back in.
And what happens when the Demtoids get control and raise it. It’s a great idea as long as it’s administered properly but otherwise it’s just another entitlement program.
I have reservations. Especially for families on the poor side! This money may disqualify children from other forms of financial assistance. A parent or grandparent who sacrificed to add to it just assured that the child is “too rich” to get need based assistance with tuition.
Possible unintended consequences of money that becomes available to a child at age 18:
-It will replace any need based aid for which the child might have qualified for college.
-Unless withdrawal of the money is tightly restricted and controlled, an 18 yo might blow it on an addiction before it reaches the university coffers.
-Does the parent who maxxed out contributions have any say over how it’s spent when the child turns 18? When administrations change, It might become legal for the account to be used to fund the teenage child’s trans surgery or some other fad “need”
Also, BTW, Jeff’s math is wrong. If no one ever adds to the account, the value by age 18 on $1000 invested at birth would be $5500 at 10% return or $2400 at 5% return. And stocks can also go down (see 2020, 2013, 2008, etc.).
Rapper Nicki Minaj was also famous for claiming that she had a cousin whose balls swole up because of the Covid vaccine. She’s a brave woman and she’s being totally attacked from the left side because she stood with Trump on this.
Since the murder of CK, I just can not bring myself to support TPUSA. EK's first step was to cancel the audit CK wanted. EK is turning into the sparkly britches Tammy Faye Baker. Ugh. Hopefully some good still comes from there.
Any celebrity that endorses Trump possesses a fierce courage to face gushing waves of hate and career destruction, and that speaks volumes to be that unafraid. That kind of courage does not exist within those supporting the left. The accolades the liberal entertainers get are instant, they have NO risk to their public declarations and support. It’s easy. But they try to paint it as if they are unafraid to go up against the evil Nazi. 🙄🤦🏼♀️
Nikki Minaj was also one of the few rappers to stand up against the BLM madness that owned the second half of 2020. I gained a lot of respect for her when she did.
Graham's bill has a big loophole: it only covers officials who willfully obstruct. It doesn't cover, as far as I can tell, officials who fail to prevent/stop willful obstruction (ie, breaking the law) by citizens.
There's always fine print that gets shoved into ANY legislation that passes and that is the big problem. Nothing gets done without ballot candy and then the original bill gets weighted down with garbage that in some cases, leaves us worse off than before. Even in MO, where it says in our constitution "only single issue bills" they circumvent with amendments somehow. But Graham is a survivor if anything - he has done and said a lot of stupid/corrupt crap and yet the voters keep re-electing him. SMDH
And I do find it suspicious that so many RINOs that have previously blocked the SAVE act are magically “sponsoring” it now. It’s almost as if they know they are safe because of the filibuster. I will not forget their prior votes and comments if the filibuster blocks all these bills. It will just mean they are fake and trying to ride a MAGA wave into the midterms. Too many of us are paying attention now for their old tricks to work. Grassley I’m looking at your greasy a**
Everyone needs to call John Thune and leave a message saying that while we’re very pleased about action on the Save America Act; we’re very concerned that it will be just for show unless Republicans eliminate the ‘silent filibuster’.
I agree. I remember that Rush called him Weasley Graham. Nothing has changed. Like most of the Weasley, RINO types, they says things that sound good on the one hand, and with the other hand DO things to benefit themselves and undercut conservative Americans.
Graham is a snake! I live in South Carolina and he needs to go! Mark Lynch is a much better HONEST family man who has more to offer than self interest. Graham has NO FAMILY, he’s just a greedy, self centered war hog; no care for the FUTURE beyond his own miserable life.
Feds can't act as a local police force. As long as local police are told to "stand down" and let the law-breaking rioters do what they want, as in MN, the proposed law doesn't do much.
—“The main opponents have, unsurprisingly, been teachers’ unions, which you would think would be happy about it.”
Well, their main objective seems to be indoctrinating and controlling the children of this country, so it’s not surprising that they’d be screeching against this initiative.
The teacher's unions are beyond shameful. Their behavior and destructive policies during covid should have ended them. Maybe their tone-deaf reaction now to the Trump accounts will finally finish them. (I can dream, can't I?)
Are there many more good ones? It’s like nursing. Why haven’t the good ones stood up with a loud voice before now? All I can surmise is there really aren’t that many left.
Absolutely! But while it's the massive union leviathan that is evil, the (good) teachers at some point say ENOUGH and break from the ideologies that damage them as well as their kids.
I’m pretty sure there more of “ what can my union do to protect me” than giving a fig what indoctrination they wish to force feed their captive audience. I’m thinking maybe the first couple years, it’s all about “getting my ideas to come out of their mouths”. Then it becomes “ nah, just keep me employed and paid, I truly don’t give a rats ass”
Sadly, Alan, I think you are right on target. I was thinking those teachers and their unions are more concerned about the benefit packages and retirements provided through taxpayer $. Most private institutions cannot afford the same level of benes.
When I would examine my property tax bill, it would always stun me at the amount that went to schools. But not to keep the buildings maintained but to pay the administrators and fund the benefits packages of the teachers. Their benefits were just insane. Full medical with no premium contributions by the teachers, generous retirement packages with pensions that were higher than my working salary. And, at the time, you could retire after 25 years of service and start a second career while collecting your pension.
Same, Clara. I was a single parent working two jobs, and at the time (20 years ago), homeschool co-ops were not a thing in my area. Had that been available, I absolutely would have homeschooled. As it was, we were blessed that we met income/academic performance requirements for private school scholarships all the way through high school. (Although the private all-girls' high school my daughter attended filled her head with all of the LGBTQ+ ideology, which fortunately, she has mostly shed).
Awake, again. Thanks for asking. Juliette seems to like things here (four months). She and Gabby are pals now. They play and chase each other all around the house. She is even going with him and me on our walks around the neighborhood. Hope all's well with you and yours. Take care.
"One can even conceive how the program could ultimately replace the failing Social Security catastrophe." That was the first thing I thought of, Trump's long game.
Imagine in 10 years when people see what starting life with some capital means...no need for Soc Sec.
In fact, even Portlanders will understand how much more, incredibly more, they will have in retirement if their Soc Sec "contributions" are instead invested by them, for them.
This will also educate average folks who normally would have no reason to learn about how investments work. They will see how simple it is to understand the basics. And that you don't have to be rich to get rich. Quick spreadsheet: start with $2000 in a Trump account. parents add $500/yr (about half the cost of their cell phone!) and by age 18, assuming 6% growth/yr, their kid has $22,000!
The only loose end is paying the benefits for old guys like me until we're all dead, that is, tying up the loose ends of the Soc Sec fiasco!
Unless our schools (and parents) continue to offer zero financial literacy to students so they just spend the accounts on stupid stuff when they turn 18. There will definitely be a certain percentage who do that regardless.
That is what I said! But apparently it can only been be spent on qualifying purchases like education, housing etc
When my son was working in high school, I gave him an allowance out of his own pay. He didn’t like it at the time, but after a couple of years when he saw how much money he had, he was grateful. 🤣
We saved the few years of child support that I actually received In mutual funds (my hubs said not to spend it). We let it grow and when our son turned 21 he purchased his first piece of real estate (a small townhouse) and had a $36k down payment. Imagine an account that where the funds are safe from let’s say… an ex spouse or others. I would have definitely without any hesitation have opened one of these for my son. I will make sure he gets them for my grands and birthday contributions will be made every year! BRAVO 👏👏👏 I LOVE THIS TRUMP ACCOUNT
There always will be. Look at the mopes that have a substantial lottery win, ( they play the lottery, regularly, and that proves you can’t be any stupider) and two years later they’re broke.
If I ever won the lottery (which I wouldn’t because I don’t play) I wouldn’t tell a soul other than my husband. My kids could be constantly surprised by all the trips we’re taking. 😂
Good point. Maybe add this to the requirements on Trump Accounts (phrased in legalese, not snarky like me!): "If these funds are spent on stupid stuff, future lenders will be authorized to use that fact as evidence of a bad debt risk and reject applications for mortgages, car loans, etc."
True that more buyers will drive prices up...at least that's how I understand economics but then again I never studied it in college (so, maybe I know something!? :) ) But isn't more buyers, especially more younger buyers, a good thing?
But this thread has made me realize one flaw in the Trump Accounts, namely, allowing the recipient to withdraw and spend at age 18. That's an awful decision. Still a young skull mostly full of mush (Rush! RIP!) Age 25 sounds much better to me, with education being the ONLY exception. And I'd exclude traditional 4-year colleges and Universities from that--they are too corrupt. Basically wasting education dollars there is no different than blowing it all in Vegas.
Last, isn't all of our money destined to be given to some one else? What other purpose does it serve other than as a medium of exchange?
Yes, the best way to “fix” our current broken government systems (Medifraud, Social Security, Education) is to develop parallel systems that we can use. It may be double billing for a while, but hopefully we can find ways of starving the pipeline to these bloated government programs once people have an alternative they trust.
My hope is we don't even have to wait to starve the pipelines by building trust in alternatives...those alternatives will smack Portlanders in the face, and wallets, so that 1 year from now, they say, "why should we pay into Medicare and Soc Sec when we can get the same or better at half the cost with private investment? And without any fraud!"
I look at it as more of an "opening their eyes" than building trust in alternatives...but the latter is of course excellent to hope for as well!
"Assuming" a 6% annual growth rate? That's a mighty big assumption, not based on real life experience.
Reminds me of the old joke....
''A physicist, an engineer and an economist are stranded in the desert. They are hungry. Suddenly, they find a can of corn. They want to open it, but how?
The physicist says: “Let’s start a fire and place the can inside the flames. It will explode and then we will all be able to eat”.
“Are you crazy?” says the engineer. “All the corn will burn and scatter, and we’ll have nothing. We should use a metal wire, attach it to a base, push it and crack the can open.”
“Both of you are wrong!” states the economist.“Where the hell do we find a metal wire in the desert?! The solution is simple: ASSUME we have a can opener”
Wow! an early post packed with fantastic news too to bottom….I am praising God, grinning ear to ear, and rejoicing most about the congressional activity news and that show casing RFK Jr. brilliant strategy to bring the corrupt pharmaceutical industry to heel. Let Schumer lead his scummy senators to deny DHS funding and secure his despicable place on the wrong side of history….let those who love liberty begin the MAGA victory parade. 🥳
I've started looking at who's printing up protest signs. The "Tax the Rich" signs come from Kshama Sawant, a socialist who was elected to the Seattle city council and who is now a member of various socialist groups. She was born in India, along with her husband. It seems there are quite a few India-born office holders in the US and they are very left wing.
Needs to be at least a one generation hold on immigrants before they can stand for any elective office and most (I'm good with all) governent jobs. That alone would restore a great deal of sanity.
This is so interesting and important for us to expose the truth about this stuff! Would you please share how you were able to look it up and confirm it?
I zoomed on the photo and the name is at the bottom part of the sign. Then I googled the name. I've always wondered how these protesters could get printed signs done u so fast sometimes. So there's usually some sponsor printed at the bottom.
[Democrats complain it will “gut voter registration by mail and online.”]
They make it easy to register online, but impossible to deregister. After a move from Michigan to Texas in mid-2022, I tried twice (unsuccessfully) to remove my name from Michigan voter rolls via the (corrupt) Secretary of State's official website. I was finally able to accomplish that task by directly contacting the township clerk of my former location.
I went to City Hall to remove my son's name from the voting rolls. He obviously never actually voted once he moved, but his name was still on the rolls.
My request flummoxed them. There was no official piece of paper to sign, so they handed me a Post-It note and I wrote it on that, and they removed him.
Best wishes for you today Mr Jeff, a wonderful article to read first thing to start Friday off on a positive note! May the LORD bless you with words of impact and wisdom for your speech.
Isn’t it interesting how the only option open for democrats is to tax the rich so they can throw more money at problems and never move the needle on fixing or even improving anything? I mean, republicans do this too, but the dems… it’s their only play.
Well when you get rid of funding most of the NGOs, remove the agencies that are doing the misspending/fraud like NSAID, etc, that’s cutting the spending. Cleaning up the databases so that dead people aren’t collecting SS too.
You realize that NGO stands for non government organization dont you? If all or most of their funds come from the gvt how can they be considered to be NGOs???
I DO realize that. And that’s the question plaguing all of us the past two years. How? So if we want to curb spending we need to stop funding these *cough* charitable *cough* organizations.
That will never get old. It makes me laugh every time! Did you see the little cartoon they did that looked like I don’t know South Park, and it was Walz and the Learing Oh, it was a riot. 😂
I was reading on X last night that a bunch of liberals are saying they won’t get a Trump Account for their kid because it had Trump’s name on it. Can you imagine the conversation when those kids go off to college or get started in their adult lives and most of their peers have a nice nest egg to get started with and they have nothing because their parents had TDS?
The same brain-dead folks who vowed NEVER to get a Trump jab...until it became a Biden jab, and now they have SIX of them.
I tell ya, Leftism/Liberalism is a mental illness, not just a disorder. These people are sick in the head.
they are also possessed. No person who is happy and fulfilled, balanced in mind, body and Spirit acts like them unless they have let Satan come in to their lives which they have.
I go with possession too. Some have minor demons. Many have a roiling cacophony of them.
It really is true. These "humans" are tortured and spew such vitriol. And they are very violent. There is no other realistic explanation. We need nationwide exorcisms.
REPENTANCE could do more than exorcisms would do. (Paraphrasing)
‘IF (we) His people who are calling themselves after His Name would humble ourSELVES and pray and seek HIS face, and TURN from OUR wicked ways then(He promised) He will forgive our sins give our land’
But, from what I have observed from those around me, most are too proud to admit, even to the One Who knows, that they have sinned either by omission or by commission…..overtly or covertly.
If He could have found 10 decent people in Sodom and Gomorrah, those cities could have been saved.
This ship cannot be saved by mere mortals. President Trump is giving his all, as is, it appears, his Administration. But this ship cannot be turned on a dime.
I have thrown myself on the Mercy of the court, because I know what I deserve. I deserve Judgement. Yet I pray for forgiveness for my own and my nation’s sins………and beg for HIM to cleanse our land.
what a great way to say it!
Good one Janet.
Amen to that
Bless you for being from Portland! There are still many sane people in that beautiful city! I am rural Otis, more red than blue, but 5 miles to the coast where the motley 5-15 1960's hippies stand on the curb with their 'paid for protest signs', desperate for a honk. 12 noon to 1 pm every day except rain days. Occasionally I will give a thumbs down but otherwise I just ignore them and pray for them.
didn't Governor Walz allow the erection of a satan statue in his state? How is that working for him or helped his state?
Well that's also the demographic that believes abortion is "health care" and a "human right" so I'm not surprised.
People are joking about TDS but it’s not really funny. There’s a kind of psychosis spreading amongst a certain segment of society that rivals the kind of fanaticism seen in cult members. I’m 62 and the only times I have seen this kind of malignant mass group think/behavior has been in other countries, never the US. As bad as the late sixties and early seventies were this is worse. Something is going to break eventually
I so agree. There is a craziness I have never witnessed before. I blame it on drugs. I would love to know how many people with severe TDS are on some kind of psychotropic drug. It's more than just ideology. The unhinged behavior is getting scary.
Not to mention the taking of the jabs. They are finding, having taken it, it alters state of mind
See Nicholas Huelcher interviewed this week at worldviewtube.com. Nic discusses what studies are showing about negative impact of mRNA on the brain
Yikes. And the combo has to be worst case scenario.
Which also brings up how many mass shootings have been by transgenders.
On Zoloft. Exactly.
I don't believe there is EVER only one cause. I agree drugs could be one potential trigger but mass media indoctrination over many years has GOT to be the leader variable here.
The holders of the marionette strings certainly use MANY inputs to obtain their output; a dynamic process. It is likely even their output desired changes as they gain and wane in power-- more chaos for Trumpie, calm for Marxist times.
True, ran into a guy at the gym yesterday that I’ve known for years, but haven’t seen him for over three years. Early to mid-seventies, artist, has done ok, lives a decent life, anyway, wants to ‘punch republicans in the face’. I said, ‘maybe they want to punch you’. He agreed saying yes they probably do, but THEY are ignorant stupid evil blah blah blah… I just said, gotta go and headed off to the restrooms. I wanted to say so many things starting with ‘I guess you want to punch me’ but knew it was futile. Just let him keep deluding himself.
What makes me crazy is that he assumed I agree with him, he felt free to rant within two sentences of reconnecting. He assumes that since I am an artist I agree with him 🤷♀️ I’m also a mostly retired business person, surprised he doesn’t think I’m a capitalist pig.
Who is their Jim Jones or Applewhite? They don't seem to have just one. They are all sure drinking the kool-aid though.
Wonder truly, how many of them were injected with the jab? How else might they have been 'infected'?
Something caused them all to respond with suicidal/homicidal empathy - but only for illegals. Crazytown, esp as we watch infected nurses out themselves with some kind of lunacy.
re: Who is their Jim Jones or Applewhite?
I don't think they need a specific cult leader. Democrat politicians are doing the job, and the MSM pushes their narrative non-stop. Which means that facts are not being reported, only the spin. So when you talk to a democrat friend, they will only know that spin. If you try to give them factual information on any given event, they will look at you with glazed eyes and conclude that you are believing mis-information. And yes, they are all jabbed. Every single one of them.
Funny that you would reference Jim Jones in a comment about media manipulation, because that psy op was one heck of a media bs story.
It still is widely believed among the population.
https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=78282
Mrs. RW
I agree. I joke about it but it is pretty scary.
There was a protest of high school students in Fremont Nebraska where a student stepped/got in the way of a vehicle displaying a Trump flag and got hit. She's going to be fine. The driver which was also a high schooler stated he was afraid of the crowd surrounding his vehicle. There was also a group of high schoolers standing across the street from Millard North High in Omaha yesterday. It's sad to see that now high school kids are defending an invasion of the USA.
"It's sad to see that now high school kids are defending an invasion of the USA."
That was the entire point of the Department of Education and the American Library Association. Yuri Bezmenov stated that it takes 12-15 years to mold kids into future communists and aparatchiks. That timeline lines up with the length of a child's term in public school and college.
I had a relative accuse all of us of being hypnotized, we couldn’t see the leaves through the trees, we are cultish, and she hopes we pay. I was temporarily speechless until I realized everything they do, they blame us for doing. Heaven help us all.
ICE issues ransome notice.
https://theonion.com/ice-issues-ransom-note-demanding-65-billion-if-u-s-wants-to-see-minnesota-again/
I didn't know The Onion was still around. It used to be the left version of Babylon Bee.
Baby/Bathwater? Both buh bye
Nose? Buh bye
Stupid people 🤦🏻♂️
Just my thought too. Fooking egits as my expat sis says often In Ireland. But sadly in the reverse direction. 😏🙁
You misspelled eejit. But you got the fooking right.
Yes, I can…especially when the kids also find out that the syndrome is a medically recognized condition that can be treated. 😂
I wonder if TDS will be in the DSM as an actual mental illness by then. It should be, even now. 😂
Thank goodness they will have TrumpRX to help with cost! 🤣
I would die laughing if Trump somehow managed to convince Big Pharma to name the next anti-psychotic, anti-depressant drug Trumpinol, or something like that. 🤣
But then they wouldn’t take it… very smart Juju! Very smart!! I like how you think.
Oh that would be Hilarious 🤣
I will second that one!
Not name after Trump, but it is pretty good. Drug called Abrain: https://youtu.be/R69gs4tUT7s?si=FoeoCw9_hWBYYbPY
Awesome commercial 🤣🤣🤣👍
fantastic!
Hopefully both illnesses - Trump Derangement and Trump Deification Syndrome.
😂
No. Organized and academic psychiatry (the ones who write the DSM) are totally loony left.
And the industrial insurance complex will cover it for a little more $$$
Cynicism here gets a boo and a hiss.
There should be a Darwin Award category for liberals that do stuff like this.
I would prefer they go extinct.
Define liberal.
Same ones taking Tylenol by the bottle. Most of them aren't reproducing, thankfully.
yes, thank goodness for that.
There’s dumb and on the other hand cut off your nose to spite your face stupidity 😂
This is exactly what I think will happen. The mental illness will ruin these people.
So will sex changes and abortions. They really didn’t think beyond next Tuesday. Instant gratification or bust! Guess it’s gonna be bust.
A government (Trump) savings account is just about the dumbest most economically destructive thing he could do. Savings is a private matter. THere is no justification in the constitution for the federal gov to run a savings program. Having gov savings accounts crowds out private savings and investment. Trump is an economically illiterate moron.
You crack me up.
Signing up is voluntary and a private matter. Donations by Dell and Minaj et al are private matters.
The gov't-funded seed money is a better use of tax $ than the way Social Security was designed, as a perpetual ponzi scheme rather than a personal wealth-building program.
The "economically illiterate moron" seems to have a better handle on things than grumpy complainers.
Agreed. He/she/it, needs an enema post haste.
This is not a "savings'' program, this is a Wall Street bail-out. Blackrock and Vanguard apparently don't have enough money to play with, so Trump is handing them billions more. They'll have it for at least 18 years, let's see how much more damage they can do. This is like Obamacare was for the insurance companies, a giant hand-out, wrapped in the narrative that it is "helpful" for the people.
Oh, you mean like Social Security?
Yeah, and look how that is working out. It has been and will continued to be chipped away at. No way in hell am I sending my own money to the government for them to "save" it for me. People have lost their minds. But anything Trump does is a genius idea when you have TDS (Trump Deification Syndrome)
What are you talking about? 😅 It's just an investment vehicle like an IRA that allows the mm money to grow tax free which is why it has contribution limits.
Theoretically, it could be used as a way to allow for 60 years of compounded interest.
You're not sending money to the government for them to 'save' it for you. If anything, is just a scheme to replace QE from the Fed by juicing the stock market, but at least some children are going to benefit handsomely.
You can lead a horse to water...
The banks control all stocks unless you have them in your hand.
Of course, and the government confiscated gold in 1933 and Fiat is debt and the the Bolsheviks confiscated Kulak land in the revolution 🤷
Nothing is secure but this is a way to work inside the system. Just open it for your baby, take the $1000 seed and do nothing. Better than not opening it.
I agree with you, but"QE" as a handle? Quantitative Easing ....
It was a shortened name from Quiet Eagle that I found too recognizable across platforms at some point and I thought the double entendre was somewhat humorous 🫣😊
How is the money going to "grow"?
Buying up more houses and jacking up the rents? Overthrowing more governments and stripping the wealth from their countries? Buying corporations and selling off their assets?
We already know how hedge funds "grow wealth", don't we?
Mrs. RW
What!? You are ALREADY giving this government your money to “save it for you”. And they “give” it back in the firm of medical care you can’t really choose (just oil based big pHARMa shit)
what about social security? all those SS taxes paid and collected and wasted. there is not a PENNY of money in the social security fund. The last time I checked the federal gov is in debt to the tune of 40 trillion. Where is the SS money? THERE IS NONE. NOT A CENT. You and others didnt " pay into" the system. You paid taxes and the gov spent every cent of it. The so called "obligation" the gov has to pay you SS benefits can be changed and abolished at any moment. Look how already people pay "taxes" on SS benefit. What a joke.
Uh. It’s not a govt savings account. Read up on how it would work.
I read all about it. Its the dumbest most narcissistic economically illiterate thing he could possibly do. And the $1000 seed money will of course come from all of us taxpayers in the form of a giant forced redistribution. PArents can already make gifts to children. PArents can already open brokerage accounts for minor kids.
THis is just another self aggrandizing vote buying scheme. disgraceful!
How about just cutting taxes in real terms? How about cutting more gov spending? Eliminating more departments. He cant or wont so he resorts to gimmicks like this. Utter failure
I’d rather my money go to enriching legal American youth than housing/feeding/treating/employing/enriching all the illegal aliens and the politicians and NGOs that support them. If we took every cent spent on THAT and gave it to actual Americans, they could all retire now, and not just kids. But none of y’all squawked or protested about our money being used THAT way. Now shoo
I squawked but politicians have their own plans.
preferbly conservative youth only.
Nah. Liberal children deserve the same opportunities and chances to start out with a stronger future. Kids don’t have a political party. Only their parents do.
Most likely (as stated above) the uber liberals will not open such accounts out of spite against Trump
You need to get off BlueSky.
its sad how this site has gone from a covid freedom group to a Trump worshipping cult
Agreeing with some Trump policies and accomplishments is not adoration of Trump the person. It is appreciation of progress away from the Democrat policies and psychoses that have degraded our country and liberty.
How do you think covid freedom could come about without massive "men with chests" activity supported by the millions of people who voted for these policies?
Yup.
This is not a "savings'' program, this is a Wall Street bail-out. Blackrock and Vanguard apparently don't have enough money to play with, so Trump is handing them billions more. They'll have it for at least 18 years, let's see how much more damage they can do. This is like Obamacare was for the insurance companies, a giant hand-out, wrapped in the narrative that it is "helpful" for the people. How'd that work out for us?
No one called it a savings program. It is an investment program. Stop with the straw-man argument crap.
“How about just cutting taxes in real terms?”
Like Mandami and Hochul are doing?
haha. I went to school in Binghamton NY and know people who still live in upstate NY. NY state is MIRED in poverty b/c of decades of liberal policies
I lived in NY and the taxes were unbearable. I had to leave but the state I ended up in--VA, is trying to emulate NY. Taxes going up fast. The Democratic gov. and legislators are cooking up all kinds of insane & expensive plans.
didn't he just do that with the OBBB
Along with a new stock tranfer tax. That would lift all boats.
No, that is horrific and would put holes in small boats and attach lead anchors to them.
Exactly - real change would come from abolishing most taxes then parents could SAVE money
Part of this plan, I assume, is to prop up wall street and by proxy, the big banking firms. You have to put the money in index funds. I guess you cant buy gold as part of the account.
thats exactly right. ANothdr giant handout to wall street donors for the Republicans
$$$ from cutting off grifting NGOs....
Man-I,
While I disagree with how you phrased your comment, I agree that the government has no right to use taxpayer money to create savings accounts for children. The founding fathers would surely not approve.
It’s a nice idea, but it is most definitely government overreach. It’s theft of one person’s money to put into the pocket of another.
Nope. Great idea. If they are using my tax dollars anyway, helping kids is great with me. Better it stay here than sent overseas.
Like the new 50% increase for the War Department so your kids can die for the Trotskyites. Not MAGA.
If the dollar survives it will be pennies. What about the write off for supporting this "charity"?
I hope you never procreated as we don't need more of your kind of dna in the world.
Darwin entering chat.
You can just change the dna with the new jabs.
Good point. Yes you can, covid jabs step right up.
Not trusting Trotskyite donations?
Did you even look into the program?
Do you have an IRA? 401K? HSA? FSA? 529 Plan?
Come on, man. There is no justification for the Federal Reserve, but there it is.
How you can make such a rash post is mind-blowing 🤯 Of course we can quibble about the details and whether it's just a plan to juice the market, but to be against the ability to start an IRA at age 0 with potential for limitless contributions from protected contributors is nuts 😅
The only thing the gov is doing is handing out seed money to encourage babies.
its just another handout to wall street. Another tax advantaged boondoggle to coerce people into investing in CERTAIN wall street securities. If income and SS taxes were lower in general NONE of these plans would be necessary. If inflation ( which Trump had a massive hand in creating) was not so enormous, then people would not be driven into the stock market which is really a giant casino in pursuit of return. IF the interest rates were HIGHER , at a more normal market level like 7-8 percent or more, then people would just be able to save in savings accounts. ANd NONE of these programs would be needed. NO 401Ks, IRA, nothing
RASH, mind blowing! whats mind blowing is the general level of ignorance of those on this site.
we need lower income taxes, drastically lower federal spending,
THen people could keep more of their own money and simply SAVE it in savings accounts. And NONE Of these gimmicky "tax - advantaged" plans would be needed.
These plans are just giant handouts to wall street.
ANd they will ballon the deficit even more. Because when people save inside these programs, the money isnt taxed so where does the federal gov get the money? Its uses borrowing and inflation
Thank you for taking the hits
Preach it brother Man!
Yeah, just another economically illiterate billionaire.
GFY
Isn't it hysterical that grumpy coveters think billionaires are economically illiterate.
So don’t participate for your children. I’m sure they’ll appreciate your non compliance in 18-20 years. And no doubt they’ll understand your reasoning.
Haha. A foul-mouthed poster who hasn't bothered to read the fine print of the program he's criticizing, calling a multi-billionaire "an economically illiterate moron."
As someone said above, TDS includes no self-awareness. NONE.
This site has turned from a covid freedom site to a trump worship cult.
Not only is creating another tax advantaged savings plan a terrible idea, trumps comments about housing were totally asinine. He said he wanted to keep house prices or values high and interest rates low in order to make houses more affordable. Well you cant have it both ways. First of all interest rates are way too low and the fed needs to let interest rates rise to market levels which at this point would prob be double digits, second house prices and real estate values in general are way to high. The whole tariff thing was idiotic as well. Tariffs are ALWAYS and EVERYWHERE paid by the party imposing the tariffs. This is simple econ 101, basic law of econ which Trump has no idea about.
Trump has no idea what he is doing economically.
but it is not a government run program - investment in free market - I like it - a kiddie KEOUGH
of course it is. There is a 1000 incentive for kids born between certain dates. And the whole program is tax advantaged . which means there is a giant gov SUBSIDY and then the whole program is subsidized again on an ongoing basis because the money you put in is not taxed until it is withdrawn. THATS MORE GOV INTERFERENCE INTO THE FREE MARKET.
This is dumbest thing Trump has ever done. And he's done many dumb things.
Its sad how this site morphed from a covid freedom site into a cult of personality Trump worshipping cult site.
giant subsidy - peanuts compared to Somali fraud - money going in is after tax dollars and investments in the stock market don't get taxed until the shares are sold - you should seek help for your TDS
Mr Howard he's right
nonsense
Its not that large of subsidy. About $3b year. The problem will be his successors trying to dupe people into getting rid of social security because funds did good for a while. The problem will be those who want to privatize SSI and replace gauranteed income from a federal infinite money printer with private bankers' and private executives' discretion affecting a limited historical investment.
future "potential" problems does not discredit the program
you're missing this point. ANY subsidy is immoral and illegal.
The federal gov does not have the moral and legal authority to subsidize savings accounts. Social security itself is an abomination and is and always was immoral and patently unconstitutional
This new savings plan is not a "savings'' program, this is a Wall Street bail-out. Blackrock and Vanguard apparently don't have enough money to play with, so Trump is handing them billions more. They'll have it for at least 18 years, let's see how much more damage they can do. This is like Obamacare was for the insurance companies, a giant hand-out, wrapped in the narrative that it is "helpful" for the people. How'd that work out for us?
Welllll ...the federal Gov't switched from the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) over to the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) back in the early 80's. The Gov't set up the Thrift Savings Plan, where a federal employee could put in as much as they wanted from every paycheck, and the Gov't would match up to 5% (if I recall correctly). There were several options: the General Fund, which was safest, but had the lowest rate of return; the C Fund (stock market) and others (bond funds? I never got up to speed on. Employees who were diligent in plugging their money into this savings vehicle saw great results. Unfortunately, I was not one of those employees. What a fool I was ... So I hope all you parents out there jump in with both feet! Get your kids invested in SAVING! Because 💸💸💸...
Do you you mean that Trump accounts will crowd out our IRA’s? Or are those investments only available to special people? Asking for a friend. It seems like all that money pouring into the market would see it rise steadily for the rest of our lives.
Because the market never crashes? Where were you in 2008?
Mrs. RW
I didn’t leave the market in 2000 or 2008. Stayed in during that temporary downturn. And my account has tripled since then.
How else is DOGE going to get your private data along with your surviving children from the jab for a digital prison.
Make 1984 Great Again.
yes exactly. The Trump savings accouts will give kids born between certain dates $1000. This is an ILLEGAL taking of money from the US population. A new TAX at the federal level that is NOT authorized by the constitution.
Which tax at the federal level is authorized by the Constitution? This is legislation was passed by Congress last summer.
the only tax that is authorized by the constitution is an apportioned tax to the states .. The U.S. Constitution, in Article I, Sections 2 and 9, requires that "direct taxes" be apportioned among the states based on population, meaning each state’s total tax share corresponds to its share of the total population. This rule was designed to ensure fairness but makes taxing wealth directly difficult.
The sixteenth amendment authorizes an income tax. but there is no provision for a tax for a child savings program
LOL.
Bard, I would love to see something positive or happy from you.
Probably not until hell freezes over. l
I know:{
I only had one feeling and now you hurt it.
Truth always hurts, but then we recover. Still following the yellow brick road?
Not true about one feeling ( I know that was sarcasm). Love the YBR along with many others like the one less traveled on. You posted a lovely Bible verse the other day so I am hopeful.
Bard is not capable of positive or happy.
There is hope. Bard posted a beautiful Bible passage yesterday. I almost fell out of my chair.
This is not a "savings'' program, this is a Wall Street bail-out.
Blackrock and Vanguard apparently don't have enough money to play with, so Trump is handing them billions more. They'll have it for at least 18 years, let's see how much more damage they can do.
This is like Obamacare was for the insurance companies, a giant hand-out, wrapped in the narrative that it is "helpful" for the people. How'd that work out for us?
Mrs. RW
Thats exactly right. There are ppl on this thread that are attacking me for saying this. Saying I have TDS and that I should go back to bluesky. YOu are right its a giant wall street handout to shore up the rep donors
Well, if not BlueSky, where are you getting your Demonrat talking points?
Oy Vey, next. You are a moron for sure.
Or have a personal income tax.
Read it again...
One day, Democrats may also have to explain how they progressed from "for the children" to "for the criminal illegal aliens that abuse and murder children."
That is so stupid and self defeating.
I know my daughter wont get this for my grandchildren. I wish I could start one for them.
The worst that could happen if she did get it is that the balance goes to zero, otherwise, even with no input, they'd have a few thousand.
My mom saved $16,000 in my college fund and it helped.
I don't think they're even called Trump accounts officially. Well, scratch that, I guess they are, but you have to admit the website is well done.
Why?
I have no sympathy. Let them not do it! Morons.
Morons, dummies.
imagine
First Trump shut off the "NGO to democrats" funding pipeline.
Then Trump shut off the "federal safety net programs to democrats" funding pipeline.
Now he may shut off the insider trading grift?
How are dems going to make a living?
You forgot Trump shutting down their Act Blue pipeline
and soon fraud in government programs
They’ll have to go back to knocking off liquor stores.
Totally underrated comment. Golf clap.
HAHAHA 😂‼️❤️
Thanks for the guffaw!
They never stopped. Got to have something to do for relaxing after a hard week of protesting ICE.
100%
Lots of people are going to be SHOCKED at the level of fraud and corruption of govt entitlements. The amount in MN is staggering, so think of what it must be in NY or California.
And if they actually shut down their bullshit funding NGO's, so much the better.
Not me. The libs are infamous for their theft and lies.
Total Federal government spending of greater than $6 trillion, I have no worries that there exist ample opportunities for graft/fraud/ self enrichment. With that amount in play, billions missing become rounding errors.
Even Elon was barely able to scratch the surface of fraud with all his advanced resources.
We live in a kleptocracy of massive scale.
😂
Isn't insider trading already illegal?? How will they prove that the senator/congressman made an insider trade? It's like a corporation I used to work for that was asking people to take a pledge to do various "green" practices like reducing your A/C usage or using less plastic. You got points by declaring you did certain things but no one was asking for proof.
Laws that apply to you and me don’t apply to congress. In effect, insider trading for congress is legal.
Not seen the income of Congress and lobbyists?
Now he may shut off the insider trading grift?
Work!
💯!!!
God bless you mightily, Mr Childers, as you speak at the university today. May your words educate and persuade well!
Amen and amen, beloved MnmMom.
Big Brother entering the chat.
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I am a little less uncritically enthusiastic about the Trump accounts. I wonder about potential fraud, and also other unintended consequences. However, I am willing to reserve judgment and hope that they are as beneficial as Jeff believes they will be. I do love how Trump effectively uses symbolism—IRS form 4547 and launching on July 4, 2026😁
Ha I didn’t catch that! I also didn’t realize that any parent can open one for their kids just not get the thousand dollars from the government to start it? Sending info to my son.
I really wish we could open them for adult kids that are disabled and have nothing to build for their future security if they are unable to work.
Amen
Yes you should send that idea to Trump! I think this would be a very good addition.
This is my boat. But, there's still time for him to adjust things, hopefully.
Maybe you should truth social that to Trump. He likes to consider all angles
My account is too small. My comments aren’t seen. More prominent accounts have to post it for it to be seen. Same with X
Yes that’s what I understood. The seed money is only for infants/newborns but any child under 18 can have an account opened.
Infants and newborns will be programmed by jabs.
Baby robots.
Yeah, I learned that new this morning! Going to look into it for my 2 under 18 kiddos!
Yes, sending to my son & daughter for their kids. Also, was wondering about future babies. I would be in favor of all newborns getting an account seeded at birth. Not sure of impact, but if it grows with the child, I think it will be a good thing. Just my opinion.
That is great. That was one of the limits when I was growing up. Couldn't open an IRA until I had income.
I think I had $25,000 in my IRA by age 25, but ended up taking the penalty and paying off my student loans since I couldn't handle the idea if debt.
Still regret that. Being able to benefit from the long term growth has potential.
I started my first 'real job' in 1987 and had a pension, that was discontinued and turned into a 401K in 1990. I contributed the same as the match at the time and worked there 2 more years. When I left in 1992, rolled to an IRA. Contributed to 401K's in other subsequent jobs until I became self employed in 2001. But kept the original 92 money in 2 separate mutual funds to track the growth, and showed my kids the statements to beat into their heads the importance of saving for retirement from a young age. Both are contributing to theirs as adults.
But I wouldn't beat yourself up too bad, I hate debt too, and at 25 you still had plenty of time to dollar cost average back in.
And what happens when the Demtoids get control and raise it. It’s a great idea as long as it’s administered properly but otherwise it’s just another entitlement program.
I have reservations. Especially for families on the poor side! This money may disqualify children from other forms of financial assistance. A parent or grandparent who sacrificed to add to it just assured that the child is “too rich” to get need based assistance with tuition.
Possible unintended consequences of money that becomes available to a child at age 18:
-It will replace any need based aid for which the child might have qualified for college.
-Unless withdrawal of the money is tightly restricted and controlled, an 18 yo might blow it on an addiction before it reaches the university coffers.
-Does the parent who maxxed out contributions have any say over how it’s spent when the child turns 18? When administrations change, It might become legal for the account to be used to fund the teenage child’s trans surgery or some other fad “need”
Also, BTW, Jeff’s math is wrong. If no one ever adds to the account, the value by age 18 on $1000 invested at birth would be $5500 at 10% return or $2400 at 5% return. And stocks can also go down (see 2020, 2013, 2008, etc.).
Will it be impossible for our legislators to “borrow” from these funds, like they “borrowed” from Social Security? I hope they are locked up tight!
Rapper Nicki Minaj was also famous for claiming that she had a cousin whose balls swole up because of the Covid vaccine. She’s a brave woman and she’s being totally attacked from the left side because she stood with Trump on this.
God loves using imperfect instruments for His purposes.
Minaj also keeps calling attention to the massacres of Christians in Nigeria.
She's a tool of TPUSA. Not Syria or Gaza.
Since the murder of CK, I just can not bring myself to support TPUSA. EK's first step was to cancel the audit CK wanted. EK is turning into the sparkly britches Tammy Faye Baker. Ugh. Hopefully some good still comes from there.
Also surprisingly pro-life. As I recall, she's talked about being racked with guilt and sadness over an abortion when she was younger.
Any celebrity that endorses Trump possesses a fierce courage to face gushing waves of hate and career destruction, and that speaks volumes to be that unafraid. That kind of courage does not exist within those supporting the left. The accolades the liberal entertainers get are instant, they have NO risk to their public declarations and support. It’s easy. But they try to paint it as if they are unafraid to go up against the evil Nazi. 🙄🤦🏼♀️
I agree 100%. There are very few entertainers that are willing to buck the official line.
Everything is the official line tied to $$.
SSDD, racist, nazi, fascist and repeat ad nauseum the left needs new material.
Yes, there are some still drinking that kool aid but I think for many they overplayed their hand.
Nikki Minaj was also one of the few rappers to stand up against the BLM madness that owned the second half of 2020. I gained a lot of respect for her when she did.
I remember that now that you mention it! One of the few celebrity types to wake up.
if you were a man, you would never forget that. Not that I was ever tempted to take the VAX!
Graham's bill has a big loophole: it only covers officials who willfully obstruct. It doesn't cover, as far as I can tell, officials who fail to prevent/stop willful obstruction (ie, breaking the law) by citizens.
And I don't trust anything done by Graham.
Thank you! He’s a weasel and I don’t trust anything he does. There’s ALWAYS the fine print hiding in plain site for his agenda.
Possibly, but I think he has received a deal. Get on our side or prison. Your choice. It may be wishful thinking.
Yes I am thinking there has been some effective “persuasion” going on 😛
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There's always fine print that gets shoved into ANY legislation that passes and that is the big problem. Nothing gets done without ballot candy and then the original bill gets weighted down with garbage that in some cases, leaves us worse off than before. Even in MO, where it says in our constitution "only single issue bills" they circumvent with amendments somehow. But Graham is a survivor if anything - he has done and said a lot of stupid/corrupt crap and yet the voters keep re-electing him. SMDH
Good info….I thought it was weird he was sponsoring a bill I agreed with. Thanks for the cautionary note.
And I do find it suspicious that so many RINOs that have previously blocked the SAVE act are magically “sponsoring” it now. It’s almost as if they know they are safe because of the filibuster. I will not forget their prior votes and comments if the filibuster blocks all these bills. It will just mean they are fake and trying to ride a MAGA wave into the midterms. Too many of us are paying attention now for their old tricks to work. Grassley I’m looking at your greasy a**
Grassley did expose Arctic Frost, the spying on Senators, though.
I don’t understand how he cannot see the connection between voter fraud and those activities being allowed to happen…
Everyone needs to call John Thune and leave a message saying that while we’re very pleased about action on the Save America Act; we’re very concerned that it will be just for show unless Republicans eliminate the ‘silent filibuster’.
Short and sweet.
866-850-3855
202-224-2321
Fill his voice message box, every day!
Yeah,they don’t come any slimier. American eel slimy.
I agree. I remember that Rush called him Weasley Graham. Nothing has changed. Like most of the Weasley, RINO types, they says things that sound good on the one hand, and with the other hand DO things to benefit themselves and undercut conservative Americans.
Graham is a snake! I live in South Carolina and he needs to go! Mark Lynch is a much better HONEST family man who has more to offer than self interest. Graham has NO FAMILY, he’s just a greedy, self centered war hog; no care for the FUTURE beyond his own miserable life.
Sleazy Graham...
Ain't that the truth
Better that than nothing.
Well, it does give Graham the chance to look tough - even though he knows it's a sham.
The Feds already enjoy preemption, and have exercised it in the past. Not suggesting stronger teeth wouldn't be helpful.
Feds can't act as a local police force. As long as local police are told to "stand down" and let the law-breaking rioters do what they want, as in MN, the proposed law doesn't do much.
Gotta keep the Civil War Going. The first one began in his home State by the Bank of England. Must be a Freemason too.
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In that day Yahweh of hosts will become a beautiful crown
And a glorious diadem to the remnant of His people;
A spirit of just judgment for him who sits in judgment,
A might to those who turn back the onslaught at the gate.
— Isaiah 28:5-6 LSB
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Gaza by the Canaanites.
—“The main opponents have, unsurprisingly, been teachers’ unions, which you would think would be happy about it.”
Well, their main objective seems to be indoctrinating and controlling the children of this country, so it’s not surprising that they’d be screeching against this initiative.
The teacher's unions are beyond shameful. Their behavior and destructive policies during covid should have ended them. Maybe their tone-deaf reaction now to the Trump accounts will finally finish them. (I can dream, can't I?)
The usual suspects benefit from the protections of the Union. Good teachers suffer under the ideological bondage.
Are there many more good ones? It’s like nursing. Why haven’t the good ones stood up with a loud voice before now? All I can surmise is there really aren’t that many left.
Absolutely! But while it's the massive union leviathan that is evil, the (good) teachers at some point say ENOUGH and break from the ideologies that damage them as well as their kids.
Completely agree.
The Unions have been captured since their inception.
Yup.
I’m pretty sure there more of “ what can my union do to protect me” than giving a fig what indoctrination they wish to force feed their captive audience. I’m thinking maybe the first couple years, it’s all about “getting my ideas to come out of their mouths”. Then it becomes “ nah, just keep me employed and paid, I truly don’t give a rats ass”
Sadly, Alan, I think you are right on target. I was thinking those teachers and their unions are more concerned about the benefit packages and retirements provided through taxpayer $. Most private institutions cannot afford the same level of benes.
When I would examine my property tax bill, it would always stun me at the amount that went to schools. But not to keep the buildings maintained but to pay the administrators and fund the benefits packages of the teachers. Their benefits were just insane. Full medical with no premium contributions by the teachers, generous retirement packages with pensions that were higher than my working salary. And, at the time, you could retire after 25 years of service and start a second career while collecting your pension.
Political control over members and the might of numbers…
Exactly 🎯
All media is captured. Teachers are doing it because they are captured too.
They ought to call the "Karen unions"
Good grief. I'm sure all the members aren't awful, but those must be the quiet ones.
Exactly what I was thinking. Teachers unions are made up of teachers who believe the garbage they teach.
And they are teaching it to our children - our boys and girls…so far…
My daughter homeschools my three grandchildren. I would have done the same if I could have.
Same, Clara. I was a single parent working two jobs, and at the time (20 years ago), homeschool co-ops were not a thing in my area. Had that been available, I absolutely would have homeschooled. As it was, we were blessed that we met income/academic performance requirements for private school scholarships all the way through high school. (Although the private all-girls' high school my daughter attended filled her head with all of the LGBTQ+ ideology, which fortunately, she has mostly shed).
When it can be done more effectively by the Foundations?
Wow, an early one. Good Morning all! Surely I wasn't first, lol.
Same! Glad I’m on my first cup of coffee for once 😁
I was just thinking the same thing! Love an early C&C!
It's early out here. Juliette the kitten woke me up just before C & C arrived. Now, I'm going back to sleep, until Monday morn.
Good morning, Jeff S., it is definitely zero-dark-thirty out here in the PNW! How is Juliette doing? Has she settled in with the rest of the family?
Mrs. "the Knife"
Awake, again. Thanks for asking. Juliette seems to like things here (four months). She and Gabby are pals now. They play and chase each other all around the house. She is even going with him and me on our walks around the neighborhood. Hope all's well with you and yours. Take care.
Beat all the usual suspects highjacking the comments anyway! 😆
Guilty as charged.
🤣 at least we enjoy yours
You mean the one that spells 'Tard wrong?
Poor baby.
"One can even conceive how the program could ultimately replace the failing Social Security catastrophe." That was the first thing I thought of, Trump's long game.
Imagine in 10 years when people see what starting life with some capital means...no need for Soc Sec.
In fact, even Portlanders will understand how much more, incredibly more, they will have in retirement if their Soc Sec "contributions" are instead invested by them, for them.
This will also educate average folks who normally would have no reason to learn about how investments work. They will see how simple it is to understand the basics. And that you don't have to be rich to get rich. Quick spreadsheet: start with $2000 in a Trump account. parents add $500/yr (about half the cost of their cell phone!) and by age 18, assuming 6% growth/yr, their kid has $22,000!
The only loose end is paying the benefits for old guys like me until we're all dead, that is, tying up the loose ends of the Soc Sec fiasco!
Unless our schools (and parents) continue to offer zero financial literacy to students so they just spend the accounts on stupid stuff when they turn 18. There will definitely be a certain percentage who do that regardless.
That is what I said! But apparently it can only been be spent on qualifying purchases like education, housing etc
When my son was working in high school, I gave him an allowance out of his own pay. He didn’t like it at the time, but after a couple of years when he saw how much money he had, he was grateful. 🤣
Looks like it has basically the same rules as an IRA:
https://corporate.vanguard.com/content/corporatesite/us/en/corp/articles/what-to-know-about-new-trump-accounts-for-kids.html
Well, it looks like they removed the ability start a business with it at 18.
We’ve done similar things with our kids too. It works.
We saved the few years of child support that I actually received In mutual funds (my hubs said not to spend it). We let it grow and when our son turned 21 he purchased his first piece of real estate (a small townhouse) and had a $36k down payment. Imagine an account that where the funds are safe from let’s say… an ex spouse or others. I would have definitely without any hesitation have opened one of these for my son. I will make sure he gets them for my grands and birthday contributions will be made every year! BRAVO 👏👏👏 I LOVE THIS TRUMP ACCOUNT
There always will be. Look at the mopes that have a substantial lottery win, ( they play the lottery, regularly, and that proves you can’t be any stupider) and two years later they’re broke.
I'm hoping to test that truth by winning and staying rich! Can't win if you don't play! (snark/sarc alert! Ha!)
If I ever won the lottery (which I wouldn’t because I don’t play) I wouldn’t tell a soul other than my husband. My kids could be constantly surprised by all the trips we’re taking. 😂
Just a different mind control.
Orwell said the lottery was created to convince you that you were broke because of "bad luck".
Good point. Maybe add this to the requirements on Trump Accounts (phrased in legalese, not snarky like me!): "If these funds are spent on stupid stuff, future lenders will be authorized to use that fact as evidence of a bad debt risk and reject applications for mortgages, car loans, etc."
* May Not be used at GameStop 😆😅😆
Everyone will have Universal Basic Income. Dollar will be dead.
Snark? If not, then my response to UBI is "over my dead body!"
The accounts require them to give all the money to someone else.
They must use it as a down payment, use it for college, or invest in a business in a way that the IRS can track, which probably means accountants etc.
They can not spend it on wise stuff like car tires with safer tread since theirs are almost bald.
House prices will go through the roof once everybody has a down payment
True that more buyers will drive prices up...at least that's how I understand economics but then again I never studied it in college (so, maybe I know something!? :) ) But isn't more buyers, especially more younger buyers, a good thing?
But this thread has made me realize one flaw in the Trump Accounts, namely, allowing the recipient to withdraw and spend at age 18. That's an awful decision. Still a young skull mostly full of mush (Rush! RIP!) Age 25 sounds much better to me, with education being the ONLY exception. And I'd exclude traditional 4-year colleges and Universities from that--they are too corrupt. Basically wasting education dollars there is no different than blowing it all in Vegas.
Last, isn't all of our money destined to be given to some one else? What other purpose does it serve other than as a medium of exchange?
Yes, the best way to “fix” our current broken government systems (Medifraud, Social Security, Education) is to develop parallel systems that we can use. It may be double billing for a while, but hopefully we can find ways of starving the pipeline to these bloated government programs once people have an alternative they trust.
My hope is we don't even have to wait to starve the pipelines by building trust in alternatives...those alternatives will smack Portlanders in the face, and wallets, so that 1 year from now, they say, "why should we pay into Medicare and Soc Sec when we can get the same or better at half the cost with private investment? And without any fraud!"
I look at it as more of an "opening their eyes" than building trust in alternatives...but the latter is of course excellent to hope for as well!
The Dems will tie up that loose end with forced euthanasia unfortunately...
"Forced Euthanasia"...C eh N eh D eh should abbreviate as "FU"! :)
Like Canaduh is doing.
"Assuming" a 6% annual growth rate? That's a mighty big assumption, not based on real life experience.
Reminds me of the old joke....
''A physicist, an engineer and an economist are stranded in the desert. They are hungry. Suddenly, they find a can of corn. They want to open it, but how?
The physicist says: “Let’s start a fire and place the can inside the flames. It will explode and then we will all be able to eat”.
“Are you crazy?” says the engineer. “All the corn will burn and scatter, and we’ll have nothing. We should use a metal wire, attach it to a base, push it and crack the can open.”
“Both of you are wrong!” states the economist.“Where the hell do we find a metal wire in the desert?! The solution is simple: ASSUME we have a can opener”
Mrs. RW
With the destruction of the dollar, that $22k might buy them a dozen eggs!
Wow! an early post packed with fantastic news too to bottom….I am praising God, grinning ear to ear, and rejoicing most about the congressional activity news and that show casing RFK Jr. brilliant strategy to bring the corrupt pharmaceutical industry to heel. Let Schumer lead his scummy senators to deny DHS funding and secure his despicable place on the wrong side of history….let those who love liberty begin the MAGA victory parade. 🥳
I've started looking at who's printing up protest signs. The "Tax the Rich" signs come from Kshama Sawant, a socialist who was elected to the Seattle city council and who is now a member of various socialist groups. She was born in India, along with her husband. It seems there are quite a few India-born office holders in the US and they are very left wing.
Needs to be at least a one generation hold on immigrants before they can stand for any elective office and most (I'm good with all) governent jobs. That alone would restore a great deal of sanity.
This is so interesting and important for us to expose the truth about this stuff! Would you please share how you were able to look it up and confirm it?
I zoomed on the photo and the name is at the bottom part of the sign. Then I googled the name. I've always wondered how these protesters could get printed signs done u so fast sometimes. So there's usually some sponsor printed at the bottom.
Sounds anti semantic.
Indian sponsor is antisemetic? 🥴
[Democrats complain it will “gut voter registration by mail and online.”]
They make it easy to register online, but impossible to deregister. After a move from Michigan to Texas in mid-2022, I tried twice (unsuccessfully) to remove my name from Michigan voter rolls via the (corrupt) Secretary of State's official website. I was finally able to accomplish that task by directly contacting the township clerk of my former location.
{Democrats complain it will “gut voter registration by mail and online.} My thought immediately after I read that sentence - “That is the GOAL!”
Welcome to TEXAS!
I went to City Hall to remove my son's name from the voting rolls. He obviously never actually voted once he moved, but his name was still on the rolls.
My request flummoxed them. There was no official piece of paper to sign, so they handed me a Post-It note and I wrote it on that, and they removed him.
Mrs. RW
Best wishes for you today Mr Jeff, a wonderful article to read first thing to start Friday off on a positive note! May the LORD bless you with words of impact and wisdom for your speech.
No mention in any of those states about cutting spending like we all must in our households to balance the books.
Isn’t it interesting how the only option open for democrats is to tax the rich so they can throw more money at problems and never move the needle on fixing or even improving anything? I mean, republicans do this too, but the dems… it’s their only play.
The corner on the market, so to speak…😜
Ending sanctuary cities and states will be a good start…
Well when you get rid of funding most of the NGOs, remove the agencies that are doing the misspending/fraud like NSAID, etc, that’s cutting the spending. Cleaning up the databases so that dead people aren’t collecting SS too.
You realize that NGO stands for non government organization dont you? If all or most of their funds come from the gvt how can they be considered to be NGOs???
I DO realize that. And that’s the question plaguing all of us the past two years. How? So if we want to curb spending we need to stop funding these *cough* charitable *cough* organizations.
They don’t answer to the government - clever, right…?
The USAID was also used to funnel money to NGOs for Color Revolutions and all.
We are seeing a Color Revolution in Minnesota right now.
Exactly right. As Mike Benz explains, this started in the 80s, after the CIA reforms of the 70s were cramping their style-and operations.
Reagan came in and set up the NED, as a "non-governmental" agency to do the dirty deeds that the CIA had been doing since 1947.
They are funded by taxpayers, but they are not accountable to taxpayers.
Mrs. RW
Glad Trump balanced our big beautiful deficit.(sarc)
Do we really need a federal school choice tax credit program? Jack and Jill already know how to reed and right.
Especially if they attended a local Quality Learing Center.
Quality learing is the best learing! 😁
That will never get old. It makes me laugh every time! Did you see the little cartoon they did that looked like I don’t know South Park, and it was Walz and the Learing Oh, it was a riot. 😂
Same!!! 🤣🤣🤣😁😁😁 It’s like Biden’s oil cancer, the gift that keeps on giving! 😂😂😂
I have not seen that! Going to try to find it now 😁
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Mrs. "the Knife"
It's not only a Learing center, it's a Quality Learing Center. LOL
Ha ha ha. You are compleetly write about that.
Er, I was a wreckeration maygor.
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