Pocahontas wept; and the awe-inspiring scope of Trump's global dealmaking became even more astonishing yesterday as the practical details began to appears. Media won't tell you any of it. And more.
Property tax infuriates me. People spend up to 30 years paying for their home, but if they can't keep up with the usually overinflated property tax in their later retirement years, they could lose their home! This is theft.
and you end up buying the home muliple times in property taxes! My house cost $30,000 new. With property & school taxes running abou $6,000 every year, I buy the house over again every 5 years!!!
Agreed. Property taxes are taxes on unrealized gains. They are a classic wealth tax.
California, before it went over the Leftist cliff, passed Prop 13 in 1978 which ended taxing those unrealized gains on homes. The sky was predicted to fall but it saved so many California neighborhoods and the lawful citizens living in them. Prop 13 was one of the last laws passed in California that was actually for The People and not overturned by its terrible Supreme Court.
Other states endlessly fret and fuss over property tax "reform" but seem to be willfully ignoring the success of Prop 13. The perfect example of that is Montana.
Land value taxes are very fair and appropriate, especially if set by the market and not by government fiat.
Henry George gave extremely compelling arguments in 1879 for the land value tax:
- prevents hereditary aristocracy
- requires only a change to existing tax code, no revolution
- punishes rather than rewards utterly non-productive land ownership for profit
- nobody created the land, so nobody has the right to profit merely from owning it
- is fair because land value is primarily derived from tax-paid infrastructure and the labor of the surrounding community
- land is impossible to hide
- land taxes are all public record
A combination of tariffs and land value taxes (no tax on the buildings, because those are the result of productive work!) would supply all our needs without any income tax or sales tax.
Furthermore taxes were never intended to be collected directly from the people, including if they have purchased property and a home they live in. The whole of taxation is supposed to rely on the taxation of businesses. The business passes on the tax to the buyer and that is the money they get to run the government we want them to run. Governments are supposed to be very small, not the leviathans they have become by taxing us to death.
But for decades now, government has increasingly illegally taxed us ON EVERYTHING and built legislation which contradicts, over writes, ignores the Constitution to do it.
If we the people want another service from government (including taxes for services we only need for a specified period of time), then we create a tax district (step 1 is to get a certain percentage of the electors - that's us, registered voters - to approve it to go on the next election ballot, typically 15% for an Initiative and 10% for a referendum) then, we the people approve it in a district wide vote and it becomes law... and how do they get the money? By increasing the sales tax which is passed through businesses, never directly to the people.
I doubt that Patrick owns a home and pays usurious property taxes for the place he lives in, sleeps, etc., but does NO business from. If the property is also being used to conduct business, then it can and should be taxed as above. People who live in apartments or rental houses? Part of their rent is taxes paid to the government by the rental business being operated.
Patrick really needs to understand that private property, not being used to conduct business is NOT TO BE TAXED. It is government theft to tax our private property where we live, eat, sleep. We have a natural right to shelter which the government has intruded on with illegal taxation.
Patrick also “NO!” because the government will jump in and claim the right to say what the market price is.
No one is in charge of a free market, and no one determines the price except the buyer and the seller for each individual transaction. Freedom is individual, communism is government.
Exactly. My county doubled my land value in last year’s appraisal. And slightly diminished the improvement value. Empty lots in my subdivision get listed on the market every so often each year for less than the government appraisal district “market valued” mine and those lots never sell. So there is no reliable “market value”. Especially when the government pronounces the value so they can collect whatever tax amount they want to pay for whatever “service” they deem necessary.
Anthony, it seems that individuals do not accumulate land. Look at the English castles donated to the government because they could not afford the upkeep. Look at William Randolph Hearst’s castle on the Pacific Ocean donated to the government.
Only government and corporations, accumulate massive amounts of land that they cannot use. So only individuals should be allowed to own property.
So you’re okay with the sentiment that you will own nothing and be happy? If something happens and you can’t pay your yearly rental payment to the government, they can evict you. Doesn’t seem fair to me.
A friend of mine had to sell her home 🏠 when her husband passed away because she couldn’t afford to pay property taxes and home maintenance.
He served his country honorably, but got cancer from agent orange for his service. She lost both her husband and home within months of each other. She also lost her community and neighborhood friendships.
But after all, she should still be grateful to the government that gifted her husband with cancer and subsequently forced her to sell her home after that cancer killed him.
BTW. Her life was hell (she didn’t complain, it’s my opinion) when her husband became incapacitated from cancer. She had to change his diapers and wash him amongst other duties. I would never want to go through that!
Kevin absolutely nailed the Chinese. It's clear from the CNN show he was on, they are clueless about what the Chinese have been doing for decades! Morons.
Not concerned about either mistake Mr. Childers, I don't plan on being near either swamp creature. Appreciate the precision you strive for though. You would make a good attorney ;-)
“Congress, in its ceaseless quest to avoid blame, ceded its tariff powers to the presidency under relatively recent laws for managing national security emergencies.”
Jeff, PLEASE explain this a bit more thoroughly so I can politely argue back- explain- to the frantic, local history teacher/ fellow church member who is screaming about how unconstitutional this is. “But the Framers!”…rolling around the graveyard and all….
I need concrete facts to sweetly and calmly share. TDS is real and shows up in the most unexpected and unwelcomed of places. Bless.
There was one pick up in my town with an American flag flying but labeled with all leftist stickers prior to the election. We also had a lot of trucks flying flags and Trump stickers.
I find it humorous that the radical wackjobs on the left are now damaging their formerly beloved favorite EVs owned by their own comrades. Oh how quickly these bipolarocrats can flip from friend to raging foe.
So… those of us who wondered in the days of candidate Perot why the Govt shouldn’t be run like a business now get a master class in how to do it, in ways event Perot wouldn’t think of.
The worst thing Democrats have done is to keep poking the bear on someone who by his very nature must/will answer… even if it takes years.
I voted for Perot as a young person and have been waiting since then for a President who’s actually run a business to come in. I’m done with people using the government as a career path who have never made payroll, produced a balance sheet, or made a budget in their lives.
I wasn't old enough to vote yet, but I noticed what was going on and held the belief that the people qualified to run the country don't run for office. This solidified in my head during Bush/Gore. When Trump came along, here was my chance. And while he did okay his first term, THIS term was me finally being vindicated in my belief.
Also, you wouldn't believe how many girlfriends I had to explain this to in order to not be dumped for voting for Trump. Except for the one who wouldn't listen.
Wish I’d had the guts or foresight to vote for him. He was a true original (like your crazy aunt up in the attic!). Instead, because of my deep blue family heritage, I pulled the lever for Bill Clinton.
I LOVE today's missive from Jeff! One thing gives me pause. I have to anticipate that a coup will be attempted against Trump. But I'm sure Trump has thought of that too. Stay frosty!
I am particularly concerned about the possibility of a coup by a traitorous cabal that lives inside the Department of Defense. Any group that would plan, game and execute a democide of millions of Americans will stop at NOTHING to overthrow a regime that is dispossessing them of their power.
I would add that the geo-engineering program, which includes aerosol spraying by military aircraft and military contracted aircraft, is part and parcel of their democide. This also includes attacks on America with Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) such as Lahaina Maui, California and North Carolina. All of the weapons employed in geo-engineering are military operations using highly paid military personnel and contractors - TRAITORS ALL.
....Now, so-called news outlets like CNN are telling us Chemtrails are only jet engine exhaust, which is a lie debunked more than a decade ago. Wigington explains, “There is no legitimate dispute as to what is taking place in our skies. This is so profound that everyone openly acknowledges that, yes, there is weather modification, and it has been going on for many, many decades. Then when the subject comes up that is already historical fact and that is governments doing weather warfare. . . . suddenly, everybody pretends that would not happen. They would never do that without asking us, would they? They would never detonate 500 nuclear bombs in Nevada without telling anybody. The fallout from that eventually killed 500,000 Americans, and that is from a peer-reviewed study.”
Wigington contends the wild weather you have been seeing is the result of man-made geoengineering. Wigington says, “It just snowed in Texas while it was raining in the Artic. Let’s go back to January where we were having chemically nucleated blizzards in New Orleans and on the Gulf Coast of Florida. It was January 21, if you want to check. At that same time, you had rain and above freezing temperatures in Alaska, Greenland, Iceland, Siberia, Moscow, and nobody said a word about that. As soon as the . . . chemically nucleated operations are over, temperatures rebound back astoundingly high. We are seeing 60-degree temperature swings in a single day. These are geoengineered flash cool-downs...
I would add the near record breaking flooding and the intense tornado activity we have seen this week in the mid-west and the south are the direct result of the above operations.
Dane Wiggington possibly a limited hangout…better to check out Jim Lee’s Climateviewer, with huge backup references etc. the reason they want you to believe its only chemtrails is cos jet fuel and airlines and flying, make lotsa money, etc etc. Not to say They dont use all the jet fuel pollution to manipulate the weather of course!
"Only chemtrails" - lol. That's a good attempt to reverse engineer a psyops narrative lol. No... we are talking about 2 different observable phenomenon which can easily be discerned. They WANT us to buy the lie that auto and airplane exhaust is causing global warming. Chemtrails and the technology has been well documented.
No, they haven't. "Man-caused global warming" is a political psyops pushed by politics and the media. What the media does not report is that it has been well demonstrated that global warming is not caused by man. It's a fabrication, just like "covid pandemic", Russia is going to revive the Soviet Union, the elections were not stolen, censorship is freedom of speech, etc etc etc....
Thank you for bringing up the haughty John Kerry. Among other evil activities, he negotiated with Iran behind the back of then President Trump and spewed Global Warming rhetoric like a preacher. He deserves deep investigation. He is venal.
Bravo to the Indians for rejecting pharmakeia aid from the pharma puppet snake US government. They've learned from history, a rare thing nowadays, and are determined not to repeat it.
Revelations 18:23: Your merchants were the world's important people. By her magic spell all nations were led astray.
pharmakeia: the use of medicine, drugs, or spells. Usage: magic, sorcery, enchantment
Hopefully when Fauci's wife comes marching home again she's unemployed, homeless, and suffering PTSD.
The Indians don't want help, even if it is for real. Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, tried to work with some of the tribal leaders to create jobs on the reservations but the Chief Indians banned her from the reservations because they don't want jobs. They want to remain victims so they get their handouts and the Chief Indians want to make sure those hand outs go in their pockets while their people live in poverty.
Native Americans voted for Trump, 2-1, and, at least in Alaska, there is natural resource wealth and work to be pursued under the Trump administration so I expect Reservations may soon be unreserved in making Native Americans Great, as well as Healthful, Again.
Native Americans in South Dakota didn't support Trump.
"South Dakota went for Trump by 61% — except on tribal lands. Counties overlapping the lands of the Standing Rock Sioux, Cheyenne River Sioux, Oglala Sioux, Rosebud Sioux and Crow Creek tribes went for Biden. In Oglala Lakota County, which overlaps with the Oglala Sioux Tribe’s Pine Ridge reservation, Biden won with 88%. In Todd County, which overlaps the Rosebud Sioux Reservation, Biden won 77% of the vote." https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-how-indigenous-voters-swung-the-2020-election/
Worked as RN on Blackfeet rez in MT 25+ yrs ago. Was told by tribal member friend that a person only needed to be elected to Tribal Council for one 2 year term in order to be able to steal enough tribal (USG) $$$ to be set for life. Imagine it has only gotten worse since then...
No reason to believe race or religion has anything to do with a propensity to be corrupt, scummy, evil, or otherwise despicable. What we did to the Indians was brutal, but the myth of the noble savage was just that. Some seriously evil was dished out to other tribes on a regular basis, and as you said, lots of them had no problem screwing over their own.
The Apache tribe in AZ hired whites to build a new ski run (Sunrise) and it was run very well until the tribe decided to take over operations. Nearly collapsed for a number of years, but given the paucity of ski runs, it survived and now has some meaningful leadership. The Apaches have become a political force. Navajos are trying.
They know better than to trust the government, and this public health official situation is a shining example of why they are right not to take anything the US government has to offer.
NPR lamented about the medically and pHARMacologicaly ignored racist vaxxine desert wastelands American Nations during the Scamdemic....they should be enthusiastic that the Cavalry is finally arriving to help them all!
My grandpappy knew the first tribal member to become a certified electrician. Went back to his rez and was tasked with designing and installing the tribe's first electric lighting system in the Tribal Council building. He began work in the restrooms and thus was the first person in history to wire ahead for a reservation...(-:
Soldiers come back from wars with PTSD on a regular basis... You wouldn't wish transferring this debilitating suicide laden affliction back on the backstabbing traitorous politicians who sent them there? Or on Fauci who has killed and maimed countless innocents with his vaccines, or maybe his puppy torture will qualify?
Dr. Robert Willner Accuses Anthony Fauci of Genocide Over Deadly AIDS Drug, 30 Years ago he begged Fauci and others at the NIH to take him to court so he can prove it: https://substack.com/@tritorch/note/c-99171199
I mean no offense, I just can't wrap my head around what you're saying...
Yeah, I can understand that many feel that way. And yes, it is a tough one for me. I can fully see how one would wish it on them - they certainly inflicted it on many others via plandemic policies and the jab (multiple ways the jab contributed: the threat of job or education loss, being separated from pro-jab families, and the spike protein itself has bad neuro effects). So, I can see your point as well. And no offense meant. And none taken
Have you known someone with PTSD? I have known someone, and it's horrible.
I have known someone. Your stance given what you're going through is incredibly noble and honorable Copernicus. Bravo. You will be welcomed with open arms and smiles in the next life, I have no doubt.
Friends, I think Jeff could be the best PR man for Trump if he were interested. Trump couldn’t have a better lawyer either. Jeff if you ever lose a law case, I’ll probably never understand why. Not only do you understand all the ‘things’ you know how to argue your point to make it shine!
Venezuela's Violent Deaths Fall to 22-Year Low on Migration: Violent deaths dropped following years of massive migration as both criminals and victims fled: https://archive.is/JOaY9
“Those who enter our country illegally, and those who employ them, disrespect the rule of law. And because we live in an age where terrorists are challenging our borders, we simply cannot allow people to pour into the United States undetected, undocumented, and unchecked. Americans are right to demand better border security and better enforcement of the immigration laws" —President Obama
Glenn Beck does a good job at explaining the currency and directive flows through UN and US agencies to the NGO generals carrying out the orders of the western nation invasion operation:
Epoch Times did a great job showing all the kickbacks to high ranking American politicians through NGO's working on mass migration into the US and Europe.
I know a entire extended Venezuelan family that fled their country to the US, through legal channels, six years ago. They lived on a 400 acre cattle ranch that had been built by previous generations. Under Maduro's lawless, Marxist regime, they began losing cattle to thieves who would butcher their cattle. Law enforcement said there was nothing they could do because "they were rich." It is Maduro's policy that crimes committed by "the poor" will not be prosecuted.
The family was forced to sell off the assets of the ranch and flee the country. They took the little money they could salvage and, after coming to the US, are attempting to make a go of a steak and grill restaurant and other individual endeavors. They hate Marxism which has destroyed one of the most prosperous countries on the planet and pray for the day that Maduro is deposed. They still own the ranch they had to leave and if the government ever changes, they will go home to Venezuela to rebuild.
Ario Restaurant and Grill on Beck Ave, Panama City, FL. Outdoor seating only at the moment but the full restaurant will be ready to open soon. BTW, they ARE the best steaks in town. Similar to Argentinian and Brazilian steaks.
"Oregon Trail" I laughed and cried. As a homeschooler teacher this was part of the History and Life Skills curriculum. I have brilliant adult children today. 🤣 They do exhibit a little anxiety. And dysentery should have prepared them for COVID but perhaps I failed to explain the symptoms. BUY TOILET PAPER!
I, too enjoyed the heck out of this scenario having played this annoying game in the ‘80’s (as one does when a youth). Even my husband remembers this game well and he’s <ahem> a few years younger than I. The key points (especially ammo and hardtack) were spot on and mandatory rules for survival (if that’s even possible) on The Oregon Trail.
There is a card game now based on the Oregon Trail game. I didn’t play the computer version much, but the card game is frustratingly difficult to win at. Most die before reaching Oregon…haven’t died of dysentery yet though.
A thought: Reagan was too close --in time--to WWII. I keep thinking of the Romans having had a habit of waiting about 70 years before sending in the civil engineers to lay out streets in a conquered territory (c.f. Corinth)---after 70 years, hardly anyone alive who actively remembers the battles.
Here's Reagan on tariffs (looks like he's reading from a script he did not write and he lived in a different world where manufacturing was still somewhat strong in the US, so please consider taking it with a grain of salt):
While I like what Trump is doing, the scale is breathtaking, and I’m willing to give him lots of room to work, I also have one concern…. Are we pissing off our allies to the point that they’ll form other alliances without the US, a la BRICS? Trump’s moves are so audacious, but it a fine line that I hope he is able to walk.
You saw how quickly they made alliances with our enemies when we had weakness and dementia being propped up for them by the deep state? No, lesser beings gravitate towards strength. And that’s what they see now.
Let them. Who cares? Those alliances will be weak and fade due to the eventual strife that will definitely build between those parties. They can never be as strong as an alliance with the US. It’s a silly warning.
This is the current red herring being thrown around on social media, that it’s terrible we are offending “our friends”. Some of these “allies” weren’t very good to us at all. The old, “with friends like that who needs enemies?” describes them well.
So let’s take that fear porn of “what if” one step further - to AFTER those alliances are formed, then what? No one ever takes it a step further, except for saying, “well then we can’t work with anyone!” which is hyperbole at its finest. The new world order won’t be dominated by globalist powers, and SHOULD look very different than it does today. I like this idea of starting from a clean slate and building our relationships anew.
That alliance of BRICS was probably only able to happen from the wealth that they were stealing from the US. Since Trump is correcting that, they have no power. What power they had they were leaching from our weak government…
They will do what they do. God did not save him from 2 assassinations to pussy foot around. Trump and the USA will be just fine. We are a resilient people and will not go down.
Trump is smart. Reagan had some good ideas, but wasn't nearly as smart. I'll never forget when they deregulated the S&Ls and he said "Gentlemen, I think we just hit the jackpot". As any fool should have known, that action incentivized reckless speculation for short term profits and high executive compensation, while opening the door to disaster. If you're protecting from loss, you damn well better regulate behavior. Not rocket science, but it escaped Reagan. I suspect plenty of his advisors were smart enough to know, but had their own reasons for backing deregulation. Starting with greed.
It was somewhat bipartisan, in fact the deregulation was started in a limited way during Carter's administration. If you're interested in the topic, try Grok, I'm a fan. Part of the reply:
"letting S&Ls dive into commercial real estate, junk bonds, and other speculative ventures with federally insured deposits. Reagan hailed it as a lifeline for thrifts, famously saying it was “the most important legislation for financial institutions in 50 years.”
I couldn't believe at the time anybody could be so stupid as to have taxpayers insure the deposits, then let the bankers play as fast and loose as they wanted. As I said, I'm sure some had their own reasons other than stupidity. Reagan couldn't see the obvious IMO, I don't think he was crooked. He did a lot of good, but I'll never forget this fiasco. Kinda like Trump buying the COVID insanity in 2020, cheerleading for the MRNAs, greenlighting lockdowns. That was weird, because Trump really is smart.
Trump is a self-described germaphobe. Maybe that made it hard for him to be objective. Looks like it might have turned out for the best. He's come back so much more effective, a bona fide superhero so far. And there are silver linings from the scamdemic as well as the damage that can't be undone.
I don't mean to be a negative Nelly but unless this is enacted in congress, this is all temporary. DOGE exposes corruption but unless congress stops it legally, it is temporary as well. The will of the people is for a permanent change that will stop this madness. These executives orders don't force our congressmen and women to expose themselves with a vote that all Americans can see. It makes great soundbites for the base but that's about it.
Much of what is being taken down is in the Executive Branch, and was not enacted by Congress. This is where the administrative state/deep state has been hiding.
And, four years from now when the economy is *booming* like never before and the wealth is more equally distributed, it'll be very difficult to undermine the new America.
Yes, and has DOGE actually publicly shown any "receipts" from their work yet? I also question the authenticity of the WH saying there are all these countries lined up to negotiate. I don't blindly believe politicians of any stripe.
I am sure that most if not all of the Republicans are "compromised" . They have been well funded by the deep state , and have gotten very very wealthy serving pharma and military complex and..... many things !
Let's just call it what it is : Corruption .
So, they are stalling and fighting Trumps goals for one reason only : to save their butts from getting outed . The ""bargaining chip" they hold is their VOTE
The executive orders only assist in the permanent dismantling. They will almost be unnecessary when Trump is finished. I think it would be very hard for them to build their castles again once the siege is lifted.
Unbelievable analysis. Terrific writing. The Donald isn't "breaking the system," he's "wielding it." Clever. Genius. It's definitely the dawning of a new era. Be sure to save this column and read it again and again. MAGA.
A brilliant and concise analysis, as usual - thank you, Jeff.
The one fly in the ointment (more like a Jurassic-era pterodactyl) is the increasing violence of the left, both the professional agitator class and the plebe students. Civilization's laws, so far, prohibit shutting down these self-described revolutionaries before they destroy more property and maim or kill more citizens, because Trump=Hitler.
Threatening to cut off federal funds to (poison) Ivy League schools may push DEI initiatives off the curriculum, but only for them to be replaced by faculty-delivered Jacobin narratives that propel the 20-somethings into the streets. Short of a return to frontier justice employed as an exemplar, I don't see a preventive that can shut these dangerous fools down before they hurt a lot of people.
Good point. Personally, I’m just as concerned about the growing terrorist threat. How many terrorist cells have formed as a result of open borders? They’ve had four years to organize and plan something potentially even bigger than 9/11. Have we become complacent once again?
Yep..."Muslims Suspend the Laws of Physics" was what dropped the scales from my eyes completely, though the initial coverage of the "plane" hitting the Pentagram had me going, "WTF?" when the initial hole (before parts of it collapsed) was obviously waaaay too small for an airliner to have fit without leaving a whole lot more debris on the lawn.
If we individually enforce the laws, no violence, expose them and their leaders, maybe 🤔 just maybe they will not like how quickly those leaders drop them like a rock 👍🏼
That preventative are the intelligence agencies that are moving towards clean up and out of deep state control. They will be used to sniff out these terrorist cells, if not sooner than we realize. Dan Bongino is a part of the FBI and is well aware of all of this and it’s his mission to keep Trump and our country safe. We have to trust what they are doing in the background. We can’t know everything.
Also, if you look at the “protestors” many are not very young at all. I think our college aged youth may be smarter than we give them credit for. It’s the older liberal generation with the anger, especially women I’m sad to say. We lost what was important to us and did things against our nature and anger is the result…
Anotha killah post, Jeff. Let's not be too hard on those owning stocks! Hah. Many millions of us have 401k's, etc. that keep us afloat in retirement. I'm okay with this adjustment--needed, IMHO--but I'll be happy to see things bounce back a little. You gotta be chill and let 'em ride if you're going to be in the market. What a time to be alive.
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— T-rexes are the ones who can't see you if you don't move in Jurassic Park, and AOC's dress clearly says "tax the rich."
I don’t wanna tax anybody! Get rid of the property tax. Get rid of the income tax. All we need are tariffs, as it was before 1913.
Property tax infuriates me. People spend up to 30 years paying for their home, but if they can't keep up with the usually overinflated property tax in their later retirement years, they could lose their home! This is theft.
and you end up buying the home muliple times in property taxes! My house cost $30,000 new. With property & school taxes running abou $6,000 every year, I buy the house over again every 5 years!!!
CMCM - I’m in the EU.
Just had my car repaired (not very well).
Nearly 800 euros to the garage & nearly 200 euros to the government.
“Value added tax”.
Total BS. The government added no value - obviously.
It’s theft. One more “tax” theft to give politicians & bureaucrats more power over us.
Agreed. Property taxes are taxes on unrealized gains. They are a classic wealth tax.
California, before it went over the Leftist cliff, passed Prop 13 in 1978 which ended taxing those unrealized gains on homes. The sky was predicted to fall but it saved so many California neighborhoods and the lawful citizens living in them. Prop 13 was one of the last laws passed in California that was actually for The People and not overturned by its terrible Supreme Court.
Other states endlessly fret and fuss over property tax "reform" but seem to be willfully ignoring the success of Prop 13. The perfect example of that is Montana.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_California_Proposition_13
How do you get past the richest buying up all the land and doing nothing with it if they don't pay any taxes on it?
I get no tax for regular people and support having no tax on those merits.
Do not tax on primary homes … all other property should be taxed as it is not home ownership.
Homestead. Only one property is without property tax, which in Florida is the primary residence, which must be verified to qualify.
Land value taxes are very fair and appropriate, especially if set by the market and not by government fiat.
Henry George gave extremely compelling arguments in 1879 for the land value tax:
- prevents hereditary aristocracy
- requires only a change to existing tax code, no revolution
- punishes rather than rewards utterly non-productive land ownership for profit
- nobody created the land, so nobody has the right to profit merely from owning it
- is fair because land value is primarily derived from tax-paid infrastructure and the labor of the surrounding community
- land is impossible to hide
- land taxes are all public record
A combination of tariffs and land value taxes (no tax on the buildings, because those are the result of productive work!) would supply all our needs without any income tax or sales tax.
No, Patrick because over a lifetime the taxes constantly increase until they are more than the original price of the property.
Tariffs alone are all that is needed.
You are spot on 100% correct Lamed.
Furthermore taxes were never intended to be collected directly from the people, including if they have purchased property and a home they live in. The whole of taxation is supposed to rely on the taxation of businesses. The business passes on the tax to the buyer and that is the money they get to run the government we want them to run. Governments are supposed to be very small, not the leviathans they have become by taxing us to death.
But for decades now, government has increasingly illegally taxed us ON EVERYTHING and built legislation which contradicts, over writes, ignores the Constitution to do it.
If we the people want another service from government (including taxes for services we only need for a specified period of time), then we create a tax district (step 1 is to get a certain percentage of the electors - that's us, registered voters - to approve it to go on the next election ballot, typically 15% for an Initiative and 10% for a referendum) then, we the people approve it in a district wide vote and it becomes law... and how do they get the money? By increasing the sales tax which is passed through businesses, never directly to the people.
I doubt that Patrick owns a home and pays usurious property taxes for the place he lives in, sleeps, etc., but does NO business from. If the property is also being used to conduct business, then it can and should be taxed as above. People who live in apartments or rental houses? Part of their rent is taxes paid to the government by the rental business being operated.
Patrick really needs to understand that private property, not being used to conduct business is NOT TO BE TAXED. It is government theft to tax our private property where we live, eat, sleep. We have a natural right to shelter which the government has intruded on with illegal taxation.
Not if those taxes are set by the market rather than by government fiat. Then the taxes could not increase more than the willingness to pay them.
Patrick also “NO!” because the government will jump in and claim the right to say what the market price is.
No one is in charge of a free market, and no one determines the price except the buyer and the seller for each individual transaction. Freedom is individual, communism is government.
Exactly. My county doubled my land value in last year’s appraisal. And slightly diminished the improvement value. Empty lots in my subdivision get listed on the market every so often each year for less than the government appraisal district “market valued” mine and those lots never sell. So there is no reliable “market value”. Especially when the government pronounces the value so they can collect whatever tax amount they want to pay for whatever “service” they deem necessary.
Anthony, it seems that individuals do not accumulate land. Look at the English castles donated to the government because they could not afford the upkeep. Look at William Randolph Hearst’s castle on the Pacific Ocean donated to the government.
Only government and corporations, accumulate massive amounts of land that they cannot use. So only individuals should be allowed to own property.
Right, the buyer and seller determine the market, and can also determine the land value tax by bidding on how much tax to pay for land ownership.
How does a free market set tax amounts paid to the government?
Bidding.
No, because gov owns too much land... and so that land isn't taxed.
take national parks, they aren't productive at all....
if a private company own the parks... they might charge $10,000 per person per day to hunt there.
so the parks are unproductive.
I agree that the federal government owns way too much land.
We already paid taxes on the ORIGINAL PURCHASE of the land. WHY should we be taxed on it again and again and again and again???? This is THEFT!!!
I agree in that there should never be a tax on the original purchase of the land if there is also an ongoing land-value tax.
In fact, there should be no other taxes at all, ever. No income tax, sales tax, or title transfer tax. Only a tax on land values.
ONLY ONCE...NOT EVERY YEAR!!! Otherwise it's more like you're being forced to pay for your land several times over ...
But you benefit from police, fire, schools, and other services forever....
Patrick:
“nobody created the land, so nobody has the right to profit merely from owning it”.
So why do you think government has the right to tax it?
I think the government has the _obligation_ to tax land values to prevent most of us from becoming slaves to a hereditary aristocracy once again.
The revenue is also useful for keeping a minimal government going to protect our Constitutional rights.
I think the government has the _obligation_ to tax land values to prevent most of us from becoming slaves to a hereditary aristocracy once again.
The revenue is also useful for keeping a minimal government going to protect our Constitutional rights.
Patrick,
So you’re okay with the sentiment that you will own nothing and be happy? If something happens and you can’t pay your yearly rental payment to the government, they can evict you. Doesn’t seem fair to me.
A friend of mine had to sell her home 🏠 when her husband passed away because she couldn’t afford to pay property taxes and home maintenance.
He served his country honorably, but got cancer from agent orange for his service. She lost both her husband and home within months of each other. She also lost her community and neighborhood friendships.
But after all, she should still be grateful to the government that gifted her husband with cancer and subsequently forced her to sell her home after that cancer killed him.
BTW. Her life was hell (she didn’t complain, it’s my opinion) when her husband became incapacitated from cancer. She had to change his diapers and wash him amongst other duties. I would never want to go through that!
Jeff, you may want to link to Kevin O'leary's discussion on tariffs, etc.
Truth spoken: https://youtu.be/ueRBct5S_BI
Kevin absolutely nailed the Chinese. It's clear from the CNN show he was on, they are clueless about what the Chinese have been doing for decades! Morons.
Yes! It was awesome!
Thanks for the link. Kevin is great....the lady "journalist" is absolutely horrible.
Kevin O’Leary is a very smart and successful businessman. She is a not very bright yipper IMO.
I'm sure she thinks she knows everything, because after all, she's on CNN.
Not concerned about either mistake Mr. Childers, I don't plan on being near either swamp creature. Appreciate the precision you strive for though. You would make a good attorney ;-)
Haha! Since he is an amazing attorney, he chose his profession well
Um...that's the joke - we know he is an attorney.
“Congress, in its ceaseless quest to avoid blame, ceded its tariff powers to the presidency under relatively recent laws for managing national security emergencies.”
Jeff, PLEASE explain this a bit more thoroughly so I can politely argue back- explain- to the frantic, local history teacher/ fellow church member who is screaming about how unconstitutional this is. “But the Framers!”…rolling around the graveyard and all….
I need concrete facts to sweetly and calmly share. TDS is real and shows up in the most unexpected and unwelcomed of places. Bless.
Darn autocorrect.
Just saw a Tesla with a Trump bumper sticker😳 Truly a sign of the times.
Kinda like "I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac"?
A little voice inside my head said “don’t look back”
you can never look back
I thought I knew what love was, what did I know?
The 80s references are going strong today lol 😁
Those days are gone forever.
I should just let ‘em go but… 🎶
@Palo- outstanding. Well done.
I am here for a Don Henley reference :)
For the uninitiated:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RUIeX6UCT8
Boy, does that bring me back!
I watched Heartbreaker Beach Party about Tom Petty on Amazon. It took me back. Really good.
Me too!! Such memories, love that song!!
Very good!!
Probably just an attempt to not get keyed. I wonder about all the Tesla owning liberals out there. Losing there minds driving those now. lol.
Pretty soon we'll be seeing liberals driving round in F-150s with stars and stripes bumper stickers.
😂😂😂👍
@Navyo- I literally LOLd at that
All union leaders are not as liberated as the teamsters' Sean O'Brien! https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/teamsters-union-president-addresses-republican-national-convention-111977302
There was one pick up in my town with an American flag flying but labeled with all leftist stickers prior to the election. We also had a lot of trucks flying flags and Trump stickers.
…with those fake testicles hanging from the hitch…
An attempt not to get keyed? with a Trump sticker on it, they'd feel emboldened to carve swastikas all over the car!
I'd sooner think they'd put a Kamala bumper sticker if they're trying to not get keyed.
I find it humorous that the radical wackjobs on the left are now damaging their formerly beloved favorite EVs owned by their own comrades. Oh how quickly these bipolarocrats can flip from friend to raging foe.
Or maybe seeing the hypocrisy with fresh eyes?
Big Balls' I bet!
That bumper sticker shows me courage and bravery. Standing up to the cowardly vandals.
Just_Henry....I saw a bumper sticker on a Tesla, " don't blame me I bought this before I knew Elon Musk was insane"....yea ok
So… those of us who wondered in the days of candidate Perot why the Govt shouldn’t be run like a business now get a master class in how to do it, in ways event Perot wouldn’t think of.
The worst thing Democrats have done is to keep poking the bear on someone who by his very nature must/will answer… even if it takes years.
Now, let’s double Trumps security.
I voted for Perot as a young person and have been waiting since then for a President who’s actually run a business to come in. I’m done with people using the government as a career path who have never made payroll, produced a balance sheet, or made a budget in their lives.
ME TOO!!! I loved him so much and hated Bush1. You don’t hire the manager from the corner store to be the ceo of Walmart!
Me too as well!
And Bush was CIA!
I also voted for him!
Or been able to list five things they did last week!
I remember when Ross Perot quit because the FBI/CIA ordered him to quit under the threat of violence being done at his daughter’s wedding.
Ross Perot was my first age-eligible vote! 😊 🇺🇸
It was my 2nd presidential election. GenX! GenX! lol
I voted for him because I couldn't stomach the other 2
Same
I wasn't old enough to vote yet, but I noticed what was going on and held the belief that the people qualified to run the country don't run for office. This solidified in my head during Bush/Gore. When Trump came along, here was my chance. And while he did okay his first term, THIS term was me finally being vindicated in my belief.
Also, you wouldn't believe how many girlfriends I had to explain this to in order to not be dumped for voting for Trump. Except for the one who wouldn't listen.
Wish I’d had the guts or foresight to vote for him. He was a true original (like your crazy aunt up in the attic!). Instead, because of my deep blue family heritage, I pulled the lever for Bill Clinton.
You're here now, that's what counts.
I LOVE today's missive from Jeff! One thing gives me pause. I have to anticipate that a coup will be attempted against Trump. But I'm sure Trump has thought of that too. Stay frosty!
I am particularly concerned about the possibility of a coup by a traitorous cabal that lives inside the Department of Defense. Any group that would plan, game and execute a democide of millions of Americans will stop at NOTHING to overthrow a regime that is dispossessing them of their power.
I would add that the geo-engineering program, which includes aerosol spraying by military aircraft and military contracted aircraft, is part and parcel of their democide. This also includes attacks on America with Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) such as Lahaina Maui, California and North Carolina. All of the weapons employed in geo-engineering are military operations using highly paid military personnel and contractors - TRAITORS ALL.
MAHA Means Nothing if Chemtrails Not Stopped
....Now, so-called news outlets like CNN are telling us Chemtrails are only jet engine exhaust, which is a lie debunked more than a decade ago. Wigington explains, “There is no legitimate dispute as to what is taking place in our skies. This is so profound that everyone openly acknowledges that, yes, there is weather modification, and it has been going on for many, many decades. Then when the subject comes up that is already historical fact and that is governments doing weather warfare. . . . suddenly, everybody pretends that would not happen. They would never do that without asking us, would they? They would never detonate 500 nuclear bombs in Nevada without telling anybody. The fallout from that eventually killed 500,000 Americans, and that is from a peer-reviewed study.”
Wigington contends the wild weather you have been seeing is the result of man-made geoengineering. Wigington says, “It just snowed in Texas while it was raining in the Artic. Let’s go back to January where we were having chemically nucleated blizzards in New Orleans and on the Gulf Coast of Florida. It was January 21, if you want to check. At that same time, you had rain and above freezing temperatures in Alaska, Greenland, Iceland, Siberia, Moscow, and nobody said a word about that. As soon as the . . . chemically nucleated operations are over, temperatures rebound back astoundingly high. We are seeing 60-degree temperature swings in a single day. These are geoengineered flash cool-downs...
https://usawatchdog.com/maha-means-nothing-if-chemtrails-not-stopped-dane-wigington/
I would add the near record breaking flooding and the intense tornado activity we have seen this week in the mid-west and the south are the direct result of the above operations.
Dane Wiggington possibly a limited hangout…better to check out Jim Lee’s Climateviewer, with huge backup references etc. the reason they want you to believe its only chemtrails is cos jet fuel and airlines and flying, make lotsa money, etc etc. Not to say They dont use all the jet fuel pollution to manipulate the weather of course!
"Only chemtrails" - lol. That's a good attempt to reverse engineer a psyops narrative lol. No... we are talking about 2 different observable phenomenon which can easily be discerned. They WANT us to buy the lie that auto and airplane exhaust is causing global warming. Chemtrails and the technology has been well documented.
So has the exhaust! 🙂 why not both!
No, they haven't. "Man-caused global warming" is a political psyops pushed by politics and the media. What the media does not report is that it has been well demonstrated that global warming is not caused by man. It's a fabrication, just like "covid pandemic", Russia is going to revive the Soviet Union, the elections were not stolen, censorship is freedom of speech, etc etc etc....
If that happens, then time for the 2nd Civil War. I will be first in line and ready to go.
Spot on!
@PatrickV We pray daily for him, cabinet and country.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Yes! I pray daily for the protection of our President, VP, and the entire cabinet. Keep praying.
Oh, and a bonus tip: if the tribal counsel says “speak,” do not lead with your pronouns.
Jeff, you crack me up!!🤣🤣🤣😂😂
Jeff is hilarious.
I didn't even get that... (I'm no genius.)
Now I do. 😂😂😂👍
AOC also flew first class in Jet Blue to a Bernie rally to "fight the oligarchy."
🤮… of course she did . POS
In a race to be more of a hypocrite than John Kerry.
Thank you for bringing up the haughty John Kerry. Among other evil activities, he negotiated with Iran behind the back of then President Trump and spewed Global Warming rhetoric like a preacher. He deserves deep investigation. He is venal.
There needs to be a website showing the hypocrisy with A/B images each side. It would be endless scrolling...
Didn't know Jet Blue HAD a First Class.
Tweet was posted on X with image.
Apparently they do...and call First Class "Mint."
Link:https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/travel/the-guide-to-jetblue-first-class
Limosine liberals never change their tune.
Does JetBlue have first class?
Seems like they do.
https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/travel/the-guide-to-jetblue-first-class
Bravo to the Indians for rejecting pharmakeia aid from the pharma puppet snake US government. They've learned from history, a rare thing nowadays, and are determined not to repeat it.
Revelations 18:23: Your merchants were the world's important people. By her magic spell all nations were led astray.
pharmakeia: the use of medicine, drugs, or spells. Usage: magic, sorcery, enchantment
Hopefully when Fauci's wife comes marching home again she's unemployed, homeless, and suffering PTSD.
The Indians don't want help, even if it is for real. Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, tried to work with some of the tribal leaders to create jobs on the reservations but the Chief Indians banned her from the reservations because they don't want jobs. They want to remain victims so they get their handouts and the Chief Indians want to make sure those hand outs go in their pockets while their people live in poverty.
Native Americans voted for Trump, 2-1, and, at least in Alaska, there is natural resource wealth and work to be pursued under the Trump administration so I expect Reservations may soon be unreserved in making Native Americans Great, as well as Healthful, Again.
Native Americans in South Dakota didn't support Trump.
"South Dakota went for Trump by 61% — except on tribal lands. Counties overlapping the lands of the Standing Rock Sioux, Cheyenne River Sioux, Oglala Sioux, Rosebud Sioux and Crow Creek tribes went for Biden. In Oglala Lakota County, which overlaps with the Oglala Sioux Tribe’s Pine Ridge reservation, Biden won with 88%. In Todd County, which overlaps the Rosebud Sioux Reservation, Biden won 77% of the vote." https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-how-indigenous-voters-swung-the-2020-election/
I didn’t say 2-0 for Trump, but the national figures were indeed 2-1.
Yup. Other Native American populations were much smarter than the ones in SD, apparently.
Not in AZ…
They are told that the R’s will turn off their financial faucet. IDK.
Same in Canada.
I have wondered why they haven’t recovered after nearly 200 years while other cultures who have endured similar circumstances have. Makes sense…
Sounds like what the black grifters like Jesse Jackson and company.
Worked as RN on Blackfeet rez in MT 25+ yrs ago. Was told by tribal member friend that a person only needed to be elected to Tribal Council for one 2 year term in order to be able to steal enough tribal (USG) $$$ to be set for life. Imagine it has only gotten worse since then...
No reason to believe race or religion has anything to do with a propensity to be corrupt, scummy, evil, or otherwise despicable. What we did to the Indians was brutal, but the myth of the noble savage was just that. Some seriously evil was dished out to other tribes on a regular basis, and as you said, lots of them had no problem screwing over their own.
Same playbook exactly. Because it works. For the players, not at all for the played.
Yep, happens here in NZ too!
Same in AZ; makes them reliably blue voters.
That’s too bad.
Yes, just like all the other Americans on welfare. We can’t keep giving them money.
Natives don’t even work in their own casinos. They hire white people to work in them.
The Apache tribe in AZ hired whites to build a new ski run (Sunrise) and it was run very well until the tribe decided to take over operations. Nearly collapsed for a number of years, but given the paucity of ski runs, it survived and now has some meaningful leadership. The Apaches have become a political force. Navajos are trying.
One rarely reads about any good they do. I’d love to hear more good news. Our tribes are a mess up here in Oregon. At least the one in Warm Springs.
In what ways have the Apaches become a political force?
Effective lobbying, getting elected to local Boards and
Government.
Like the people in Gaza?
They know better than to trust the government, and this public health official situation is a shining example of why they are right not to take anything the US government has to offer.
NPR lamented about the medically and pHARMacologicaly ignored racist vaxxine desert wastelands American Nations during the Scamdemic....they should be enthusiastic that the Cavalry is finally arriving to help them all!
I hope the IHS has a nice latrine-cleaning job for the Washingtonians who arrive.
Does the “nice” describe the latrine? Or the job? Asking for a friend
My grandpappy knew the first tribal member to become a certified electrician. Went back to his rez and was tasked with designing and installing the tribe's first electric lighting system in the Tribal Council building. He began work in the restrooms and thus was the first person in history to wire ahead for a reservation...(-:
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I'd really like to know the vax status of the Fauci couple. I imagine it's null, but one can hope.
***Official Fauci couple medical records***
Relationship: corruption
Occupation: pestilence broadcasters
Vax Status: laughing (at everyone who's taken one)
Diagnosis: eternity in hell
add a triple dose of anal fissures and bulging hemorrhoids and your scenario will be complete!!
Well, I wouldn't wish PTSD on anyone. Well, maybe those evil sex traffickers Jeff reported on the other day.
Soldiers come back from wars with PTSD on a regular basis... You wouldn't wish transferring this debilitating suicide laden affliction back on the backstabbing traitorous politicians who sent them there? Or on Fauci who has killed and maimed countless innocents with his vaccines, or maybe his puppy torture will qualify?
Dr. Robert Willner Accuses Anthony Fauci of Genocide Over Deadly AIDS Drug, 30 Years ago he begged Fauci and others at the NIH to take him to court so he can prove it: https://substack.com/@tritorch/note/c-99171199
I mean no offense, I just can't wrap my head around what you're saying...
Yeah, I can understand that many feel that way. And yes, it is a tough one for me. I can fully see how one would wish it on them - they certainly inflicted it on many others via plandemic policies and the jab (multiple ways the jab contributed: the threat of job or education loss, being separated from pro-jab families, and the spike protein itself has bad neuro effects). So, I can see your point as well. And no offense meant. And none taken
Have you known someone with PTSD? I have known someone, and it's horrible.
I have known someone. Your stance given what you're going through is incredibly noble and honorable Copernicus. Bravo. You will be welcomed with open arms and smiles in the next life, I have no doubt.
Thank you sincerely.
Thankfully my welcome into the next life is securely certain because of the love of God my Father and his son Jesus.
"I lay down my garmеnts, any empty boast
Good works now all corrupted by the sinful host
I'm dressed in my Lord Jesus, a crimson Robe made white
No more fear of judgment, His righteousness is mine.
It is done, it is finished, no more debt I owe
Paid in full, all-sufficient merit now my own.
It is done, it is finished, no more debt I owe
Paid in full, all-sufficient merit now my own
Oh, His righteousness is mine"
-All Sufficient Merit by Shane and Shane
Friends, I think Jeff could be the best PR man for Trump if he were interested. Trump couldn’t have a better lawyer either. Jeff if you ever lose a law case, I’ll probably never understand why. Not only do you understand all the ‘things’ you know how to argue your point to make it shine!
✝️✝️✝️
But let all who take refuge in You be glad,
Let them ever sing for joy;
And may You shelter them,
That those who love Your name may exult in You.
For it is You who blesses the righteous man, O LORD,
You surround him with favor as with a shield.
— Psalm 5:11-12 NAS
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Great ☕&🦠!
I have to side with the Native Americans on this one.☝️
It's analogous to Venezuela emptying their mental institutions into the USA!
Venezuela's Violent Deaths Fall to 22-Year Low on Migration: Violent deaths dropped following years of massive migration as both criminals and victims fled: https://archive.is/JOaY9
“Those who enter our country illegally, and those who employ them, disrespect the rule of law. And because we live in an age where terrorists are challenging our borders, we simply cannot allow people to pour into the United States undetected, undocumented, and unchecked. Americans are right to demand better border security and better enforcement of the immigration laws" —President Obama
Great points. Maduro did it the easy way - ship them to USA.
Sanction Maduro!
Wonder if Maduro received incentives for USAID to do so.
Almost certainly, yes, through back channels.
Glenn Beck does a good job at explaining the currency and directive flows through UN and US agencies to the NGO generals carrying out the orders of the western nation invasion operation:
https://tritorch.com/degradation/InvasionGlennBeckExposesWEFGlobalistPlanToFloodTheUSWithImpoverishedMigrantsJanuary2024.mp4 [9:54mins]
Epoch Times did a great job showing all the kickbacks to high ranking American politicians through NGO's working on mass migration into the US and Europe.
Needs to be more public and NGOs and Universities not given taxpayer money - Let them raise their own
I assume that’s how Democrats got to be millionaires off $175,000 yearly salary - Didn’t happen to me or my husband
I know a entire extended Venezuelan family that fled their country to the US, through legal channels, six years ago. They lived on a 400 acre cattle ranch that had been built by previous generations. Under Maduro's lawless, Marxist regime, they began losing cattle to thieves who would butcher their cattle. Law enforcement said there was nothing they could do because "they were rich." It is Maduro's policy that crimes committed by "the poor" will not be prosecuted.
The family was forced to sell off the assets of the ranch and flee the country. They took the little money they could salvage and, after coming to the US, are attempting to make a go of a steak and grill restaurant and other individual endeavors. They hate Marxism which has destroyed one of the most prosperous countries on the planet and pray for the day that Maduro is deposed. They still own the ranch they had to leave and if the government ever changes, they will go home to Venezuela to rebuild.
@Phil- I'd patronize the sh...beef out of that restaurant if I knew where it was!
Ario Restaurant and Grill on Beck Ave, Panama City, FL. Outdoor seating only at the moment but the full restaurant will be ready to open soon. BTW, they ARE the best steaks in town. Similar to Argentinian and Brazilian steaks.
@Phil- and my BIL just so happens to have a condo in Panama City.
Thank you for sharing this sad story about legitimate suffering and people that deserve better!
Venezuela is a beautiful country from what I hear.
Me thinks he talks out of both sides of his mouth 🤔
Venezuela needs to sit up and watch how El Salvador does it...
"Oregon Trail" I laughed and cried. As a homeschooler teacher this was part of the History and Life Skills curriculum. I have brilliant adult children today. 🤣 They do exhibit a little anxiety. And dysentery should have prepared them for COVID but perhaps I failed to explain the symptoms. BUY TOILET PAPER!
Hahahaha, truth
My homeschooled children would agree.
I, too enjoyed the heck out of this scenario having played this annoying game in the ‘80’s (as one does when a youth). Even my husband remembers this game well and he’s <ahem> a few years younger than I. The key points (especially ammo and hardtack) were spot on and mandatory rules for survival (if that’s even possible) on The Oregon Trail.
Oh noes ... here comes TP Shortage Redux.
No one invested in a bidet?
There is a card game now based on the Oregon Trail game. I didn’t play the computer version much, but the card game is frustratingly difficult to win at. Most die before reaching Oregon…haven’t died of dysentery yet though.
Sent the paragraphs about Oregon Trail to my once-homeschooled children. They said it brought back fond memories.
Same! Lol
Trump is reinventing how to use American power. I've never seen anything like it, not even from Reagan.
A thought: Reagan was too close --in time--to WWII. I keep thinking of the Romans having had a habit of waiting about 70 years before sending in the civil engineers to lay out streets in a conquered territory (c.f. Corinth)---after 70 years, hardly anyone alive who actively remembers the battles.
Here's Reagan on tariffs (looks like he's reading from a script he did not write and he lived in a different world where manufacturing was still somewhat strong in the US, so please consider taking it with a grain of salt):
https://tritorch.com/degradation/RonaldReaganWarnsAboutTheDangersOfTradeWarsTariffsRemovesIncentiveForLocalCompaniesToInnovateProvokesOtherCountriesApril2025.mp4 [1:37mins]
While I like what Trump is doing, the scale is breathtaking, and I’m willing to give him lots of room to work, I also have one concern…. Are we pissing off our allies to the point that they’ll form other alliances without the US, a la BRICS? Trump’s moves are so audacious, but it a fine line that I hope he is able to walk.
You saw how quickly they made alliances with our enemies when we had weakness and dementia being propped up for them by the deep state? No, lesser beings gravitate towards strength. And that’s what they see now.
Ok I’ll take that positive approach and I understand exactly what you’re saying.
Hi Valerie I get your point. But I'd rather Trump be audacious now while we still have some cards to play.
I absolutely agree. It’s just a niggling thought in the back of my mind.
Let them. Who cares? Those alliances will be weak and fade due to the eventual strife that will definitely build between those parties. They can never be as strong as an alliance with the US. It’s a silly warning.
This is the current red herring being thrown around on social media, that it’s terrible we are offending “our friends”. Some of these “allies” weren’t very good to us at all. The old, “with friends like that who needs enemies?” describes them well.
So let’s take that fear porn of “what if” one step further - to AFTER those alliances are formed, then what? No one ever takes it a step further, except for saying, “well then we can’t work with anyone!” which is hyperbole at its finest. The new world order won’t be dominated by globalist powers, and SHOULD look very different than it does today. I like this idea of starting from a clean slate and building our relationships anew.
Right on Juju!!
That alliance of BRICS was probably only able to happen from the wealth that they were stealing from the US. Since Trump is correcting that, they have no power. What power they had they were leaching from our weak government…
They will do what they do. God did not save him from 2 assassinations to pussy foot around. Trump and the USA will be just fine. We are a resilient people and will not go down.
And it is a most wondrous thing to behold. MAGA/MAHA/DOGE
Trump is smart. Reagan had some good ideas, but wasn't nearly as smart. I'll never forget when they deregulated the S&Ls and he said "Gentlemen, I think we just hit the jackpot". As any fool should have known, that action incentivized reckless speculation for short term profits and high executive compensation, while opening the door to disaster. If you're protecting from loss, you damn well better regulate behavior. Not rocket science, but it escaped Reagan. I suspect plenty of his advisors were smart enough to know, but had their own reasons for backing deregulation. Starting with greed.
Well he also had a Democrat House and a Republican Senate with a slim majority to work with, which definitely didn’t help.
It was somewhat bipartisan, in fact the deregulation was started in a limited way during Carter's administration. If you're interested in the topic, try Grok, I'm a fan. Part of the reply:
"letting S&Ls dive into commercial real estate, junk bonds, and other speculative ventures with federally insured deposits. Reagan hailed it as a lifeline for thrifts, famously saying it was “the most important legislation for financial institutions in 50 years.”
I couldn't believe at the time anybody could be so stupid as to have taxpayers insure the deposits, then let the bankers play as fast and loose as they wanted. As I said, I'm sure some had their own reasons other than stupidity. Reagan couldn't see the obvious IMO, I don't think he was crooked. He did a lot of good, but I'll never forget this fiasco. Kinda like Trump buying the COVID insanity in 2020, cheerleading for the MRNAs, greenlighting lockdowns. That was weird, because Trump really is smart.
Well they’re both human, and as you said, have their weaknesses or maybe blind spots.
Trump is a self-described germaphobe. Maybe that made it hard for him to be objective. Looks like it might have turned out for the best. He's come back so much more effective, a bona fide superhero so far. And there are silver linings from the scamdemic as well as the damage that can't be undone.
I don't mean to be a negative Nelly but unless this is enacted in congress, this is all temporary. DOGE exposes corruption but unless congress stops it legally, it is temporary as well. The will of the people is for a permanent change that will stop this madness. These executives orders don't force our congressmen and women to expose themselves with a vote that all Americans can see. It makes great soundbites for the base but that's about it.
Much of what is being taken down is in the Executive Branch, and was not enacted by Congress. This is where the administrative state/deep state has been hiding.
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exactly, Casket Baby Casket!
Exactly! Trump found where the vampires sleep!
booyah!
I agree, but this system took them decades to get set up and I am hoping it won’t be easy to do again.
And, four years from now when the economy is *booming* like never before and the wealth is more equally distributed, it'll be very difficult to undermine the new America.
Yes. Very difficult to just "reinstate" something that has been completely obliterated and brought to rubble.
If he gets this all set up in record time and we become dependent on it, it'll be very difficult for the next deep state President to undo.
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Yes, and has DOGE actually publicly shown any "receipts" from their work yet? I also question the authenticity of the WH saying there are all these countries lined up to negotiate. I don't blindly believe politicians of any stripe.
DOGE often posts screenshots of their findings. Take a look at doge.gov.
Ah... the thrombosed hemorrhoid squeaks.
Still longing for Kunta-Kamala and "No-Ballz" Walz, loser?
Yes, he is quite the anal fissure Johnny-O(btuse).
You need to change your name. You are nothing like the dude. Jack ass
F-0ff, surly cockroach...
Go sniff Biden's leaky diaper.
Well put…and sobering! Truly, ‘tis a clarion call re the upcoming midterms.
that's just it ! ALL of these congressional animals are corrupt self-serving goons who have sold out and are now slaves to their owners.
that is why Trump can not get things done and has to "work slowly" and sometime invite people and say questionable things which WE did not vote for.
"gonna take time" ..........ok ok but I for one am not jumping up and thinking its definitely going all as planned. Still hoping .........
Yea - all Congress does is meet in committees , have people in that Dems can yell at , and get nothing done
Do they not see the urgency to pass bills to codify EOs this year ??!!
Reminds me or Paul Ryan s no support in Trumps first term - Now Mitch McConnell- And Amy Coney Barrett ??!!
I am sure that most if not all of the Republicans are "compromised" . They have been well funded by the deep state , and have gotten very very wealthy serving pharma and military complex and..... many things !
Let's just call it what it is : Corruption .
So, they are stalling and fighting Trumps goals for one reason only : to save their butts from getting outed . The ""bargaining chip" they hold is their VOTE
The executive orders only assist in the permanent dismantling. They will almost be unnecessary when Trump is finished. I think it would be very hard for them to build their castles again once the siege is lifted.
DOGE found lots of money so Trump boosted the military budget to $1 trillion.
Unbelievable analysis. Terrific writing. The Donald isn't "breaking the system," he's "wielding it." Clever. Genius. It's definitely the dawning of a new era. Be sure to save this column and read it again and again. MAGA.
A brilliant and concise analysis, as usual - thank you, Jeff.
The one fly in the ointment (more like a Jurassic-era pterodactyl) is the increasing violence of the left, both the professional agitator class and the plebe students. Civilization's laws, so far, prohibit shutting down these self-described revolutionaries before they destroy more property and maim or kill more citizens, because Trump=Hitler.
Threatening to cut off federal funds to (poison) Ivy League schools may push DEI initiatives off the curriculum, but only for them to be replaced by faculty-delivered Jacobin narratives that propel the 20-somethings into the streets. Short of a return to frontier justice employed as an exemplar, I don't see a preventive that can shut these dangerous fools down before they hurt a lot of people.
Most important - Defunding NGOs and Universities - What a WASTE of taxes
To a much greater extent than we perhaps realize, we are dealing with broken brains.
Good point. Personally, I’m just as concerned about the growing terrorist threat. How many terrorist cells have formed as a result of open borders? They’ve had four years to organize and plan something potentially even bigger than 9/11. Have we become complacent once again?
Terrorists didn’t do 9/11, our government did.
Same thing...
Touché, but based on the context it seems Susie still believes the “18 hijackers with box cutters” lie.
Yep..."Muslims Suspend the Laws of Physics" was what dropped the scales from my eyes completely, though the initial coverage of the "plane" hitting the Pentagram had me going, "WTF?" when the initial hole (before parts of it collapsed) was obviously waaaay too small for an airliner to have fit without leaving a whole lot more debris on the lawn.
If we individually enforce the laws, no violence, expose them and their leaders, maybe 🤔 just maybe they will not like how quickly those leaders drop them like a rock 👍🏼
That preventative are the intelligence agencies that are moving towards clean up and out of deep state control. They will be used to sniff out these terrorist cells, if not sooner than we realize. Dan Bongino is a part of the FBI and is well aware of all of this and it’s his mission to keep Trump and our country safe. We have to trust what they are doing in the background. We can’t know everything.
Also, if you look at the “protestors” many are not very young at all. I think our college aged youth may be smarter than we give them credit for. It’s the older liberal generation with the anger, especially women I’m sad to say. We lost what was important to us and did things against our nature and anger is the result…
Well-stated; your perspective is appreciated!
Great comment!
And to continue with today’s 80s nostalgia theme, you made me think of this 😆😁 (ok it’s early 90s but références late 80s events):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ
Anotha killah post, Jeff. Let's not be too hard on those owning stocks! Hah. Many millions of us have 401k's, etc. that keep us afloat in retirement. I'm okay with this adjustment--needed, IMHO--but I'll be happy to see things bounce back a little. You gotta be chill and let 'em ride if you're going to be in the market. What a time to be alive.
And even without a 401k or IRA, many of us are expecting to receive a pension from a fund which invests in the markets.
“She keeps thinking she hears war cries floating across the distant plain.”
She has great hearing. She’s right, there are war cries.