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Economy, Income, Home Prices: Q&A #5

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This was meant for posting yesterday morning
but I delayed it to post yesterday's article
based on Trump's national address Wednesday night.

Here are even more questions raised to me from the article Economy, Income, Home Prices…  < click here to read that article >

Some earlier questions on this article can be found at:

Send me whatever additional question you might have. I will do my best to share my opinion…for whatever that is worth.

You hinted around that the US uses wars as an economic tool to benefit the banks. Seriously?

I didn’t “hint around”, I said it outright. At least I think I said it as a matter of fact, I would have to back and check. But, let me clear it up now…yes, the US uses wars (and military “actions”) as an economic tool to benefit banks…and the military-industrial complex. Both of which are controlled by the rich and powerful.

Let’s just look at the last 25 years as an example. We started a war with Iraq and lost. We started a war with Afghanistan and lost. We are in a proxy war with Russia, and you could hardly say we are winning that one. We are in a proxy war in Gaza/Middle-East, and again, you can hardly say anyone is winning that one. And it appears we are about to go to war with Valenzuela. But I bet we win that one. Yea us…we are so tough…we rock…we can beat up a small third-world country!!! USA…USA…USA …USA !

So what has happened during the last 25 years economically that you would be able to say benefited banks and the military-industrial complex? We’ve spent 10’s of trillions of dollars on the US war machine buying everything from bullets to aircraft carriers.

Now, during that same 25 years:

      • At the end of 1999 the national debt was about $5trillion and 60% of GDP.
      • In 2025 the national debt is over $38trillion and 99.8% of GDP.

And I already wrote who gets most of the interest on the national debt…private banks. But you say that the interest rate on that debt has gone down since 2000. Yup, it has…now let’s look at it in real terms:

      • 30-year Treasury Bill rate in 2000 was 6.63%. Interest paid on the national debt at that rate would be about $330billion.
      • 30-year Treasury Bill rate in 2025 is about 4.7% (down 2pts). Interest paid on the national debt at that rate would be about over $1trillion.

Yeah, we just did the math…3 times more interest paid on the national debt now than before we started and lost -or least didn’t win- multiple wars. And that interest went to banks, foreign and domestic, and some very rich folks. But what about the other 10’s of trillions of dollars…you know the money the government spent, but had to borrow, to buy the bullets and aircraft carriers? Yeah, that money went to defense contractors…also known as the military-industrial complex. And who owns the military-industrial complex? The ultra/super wealthy and major corporations (controlled by ultra/super wealthy)…and who do they use to handle those 10’s of trillions of dollars they make? Yup, banks.

Notice a pattern here…just maybe? I hope I cleared up the whole misunderstood “hint” of mine.

Some light reading for you: Let’s talk who is getting rich…from war…

You made the USA to be some war loving world bully. That is rude, offensive and just wrong.

Yes, I did make the case the US loves war…and yes, the US is a bully on the world stage. For a more complete understanding of my position that the US government loves war, please read:

As for the US being a bully in the world…well, one only has to see the world from other than the eyes of a properly indoctrinated US citizen.

Sounds like you hate Trump?

WHAT!?!?!?!?! Oh my gosh…here we go again. This gets really tiring. But one more time…

Up front…I voted for Trump for president three times. And I think the 2020 election was anything but free and fair.

Let me talk about “hate” for a minute. A number of years ago I got rid of “hate” when it comes to people. I finally realized that all people are flawed, all people make mistakes, all people do stupid and sometimes evil stuff. It finally dawned on me…it’s not the person that’s the problem, it’s their actions that are the problem and sometimes evil. So I can honestly say I don’t hate anyone…but I do hate some actions that some people do.

As for Trump…

      • I love that he secured the borders.
      • I love that he is deporting criminal illegal aliens.
      • I love that he has fired lots of federal workers.
      • I love that he is shutting down, or at least trying to shut down, government agencies/departments.

Continuing with Trump…

      • I hate that he is still spending federal money like a drunken sailor.
      • I hate that he is blowing up boats in international waters without a declaration of war or any judicial process or congressional oversight.
      • I hate that he playing games with the Epstein Files and has not kept his pre-election promise in that respect.
      • I hate that he went after Congressional Rep Greene.

Continuing more with Trump…

      • It is unknown if his tariff war will benefit the country overall. It has hurt the economy and American families short-term but might help the country long-term. We simply don’t know yet.
      • Trump says some of the stupidest crap I’ve ever heard come out of a President’s mouth.
      • Trump trying to say that the economy is strong and growing and good for Americans is total BS. He is either being given wrong numbers, or he is ignorant, or he is covering up reality with his own self-deluded fantasies.

Trump could be a great President…or maybe I should say a “greater” President. But he continues to be his own worst enemy. Take the East Wing…STUPID!!!! He orders the tearing down of a piece of an icon of America…a true piece of history. It doesn’t matter one bit if he has the legal authority or not…it was STUPID!! And then to build a gaudy $200 – $300million dollar ballroom. What?????  Stupid!!

Yeah, a multi-hundred million dollar ballroom for 1,000 person parties. Come on…you gotta be kidding me. But for a billionaire and his ultra-wealthy friends I guess what’s a few hundred million here and there.

But at least you and I can attend parties there on the weekends…right? Ah, no. What, maybe 1% of Americans will ever attend a function of any kind in this garish piece of crap…the top 1% of American society.

Wait a second…did I just say only 1% of Americans will ever attend a function there? But I bet that 1% who get to attend will be average Americans…right? Ah, no. They will be the rich and famous, the rich and powerful, the ruling elites…you can bet on that. Let’s put this into perspective…

If you spent that same $300,000,000 on US veterans:

      • That would buy a small home for each of the 33,000 homeless veterans.
      • That would pay for a prevention program for the 22 veterans who commit suicide every day.
      • That could go a long way towards paying for a prevention program for the 2.8million veterans who have a substance abuse problem.

But no, let’s spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a piece of crap addition, to replace something that was perfectly fine, and dedicated for only the rich and powerful to enjoy. Yeah, sounds like a great move to me!!!

But, let me bring up a very uncomfortable point…why do we have 33,000 homeless vets, almost 3million vets with drug and alcohol problems, and 22 vets killing themselves every day? Maybe it is because of the endless wars over the last 25 years dragging men and women away from their country and families to destroy other countries and kill innocent people by the 10’s, if not hundreds, of thousands. Maybe it is because those same vets give their bodies, minds, and souls to a government and military-complex that get incredibly rich every time a bullet is fired, a missile is launched, or a fighter jet takes off.

Yeah, let’s build another temple to the rich and powerful…

Note: As of yesterday (Dec 17) the price tag for Trumps’s temple to the rich and powerful just jumped to $400,000,000. Imagine that.

Okay…do you get it yet? I don’t “hate” Trump because I don’t hate people. I do hate some things people do. And I do hate some of the things Trump has done. I hope clears up your unfounded emotional outburst.

 

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Trump’s National Address…Truth or Lies?

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Wow…Trump can give a speech! But, the question is was it truth and good times…or lies?

Yeah, I can’t, or won’t, give my opinion on everything…but I can give my opinion on some statistics and facts that he was throwing around.

Let’s talk USA on the right-track/wrong-track:

  • Jan2025 (Biden) 30% right-track / 62% wrong-track
  • Dec2025 (Trump) 36% right-track / 57% wrong-track

Trump slightly better with the US being on the right-track, not much difference in the US being on the wrong-track. Way more people currently see the country being on the wrong-track under Trump right now.

Now for economic approval/disapproval numbers:

  • Biden in Dec2024 – 30% approve / 61% disapprove
  • Trump in Dec2025 – 41% approve / 55% disapprove

Trump has better approval number by a respectable margin, disapproval rate not a notable difference.

Overall presidential approval numbers:

  • Biden Dec2024 – 39% approval / 57% disapproval
  • Trump Dec2025 – 44% approval / 55% disapproval

Trump and Biden pretty close to tied for those approving and disapproving of their job as President.

If you look at the stats, Trump at the end of his first year is doing better than Biden at the end of his last year. However, not by much.

Trump also talked about prices, look at these sample numbers (Jan2025 vs Nov2025)…

  • Gas average per gallon: $3.17 vs $3.02 (down 4.7%) *
  • Hamburger per pound: $6.63 vs $7.19 (up 8.4%)
  • Eggs per dozen: $5.83 vs $1.21 (down A LOT!)
  • Soybeans: $966 vs $1058 (up 10%)

So prices are a mixed bag depending on which commodities you want to compare…some up, some down. Kinda a break even thing…sort of.

Let’s talk inflation rate. In Dec2024 (Biden) the inflation rate was 2.9%. In Nov2025 (Trump) the inflation rate is 3.1%. Ooooooppppppsssssss…Trump is doing worse than Biden on the inflation rate. Yeah, means Trump is driving up prices for consumers?

Speaking of consumers…

  • The consumer sentiment index in Dec2024 (Biden) was 74%, pretty high/positive.
  • The consumer sentiment index in Dec2025 (Trump) was 53.3%, low/negative.

Yeah pretty clear that the American consumer has a pretty negative view of the economy and their finances under Trump.

So you make your decision on what Trump had to say about the economy…it is entirely up to you. Those that are Trump-lovers will love what he had to say and praise everything he is doing…including how the economy is doing. If you hate Trump…he is the devil himself and the country is a Nazi-USA. Obviously both are wrong, driven by bias.

And for the record…if you look at the facts and stats, last night Trump blatantly lied misspoke about some of the economic numbers…the important meaningful numbers. As I have said before…Trump is his own worse enemy.

However, if you look at the facts and statistics…the country is not doing well and people are blaming Trump by a wide margin.

  1. Majority of Americans believe we are on the wrong track.
  2. Majority of Americans disapprove of Trump as President.
  3. Inflation under Trump is higher in 2025.
  4. Majority of Americans blame Trump for mishandling the economy.
  5. American consumer sentiment is in the toilette under Trump.
  6. Job growth in 2025 is actually slowing, unemployment is the highest in 4 years (4.6%), 700k more unemployed Americans than 1 year ago, and over 1million people laid off in 2025.

I guess when you look at actual numbers and stats you get a pretty good sense where the US is as a country…and what we/they think of Trump as President. What I find interesting is the “approve” numbers in polls. Regardless of party affiliation there is always a core group of supporters that approve of their guy no matter what. Test this thought of mine…

  • 41% approve of Trump’s handling of the US economy
  • But, unemployment is the highest in 4 years
  • And, home foreclosures are up 20% in 2025
  • And, national, corporate, & private debt grew hugely in 2025
  • And, personal and corporate bankruptcies are up over 10% from last year
  • And, auto loan based repossessions expected to hit an historic high of 3 million in 2025

Interesting, isn’t it.

But let’s not worry about what the facts, figures, and statistics say about the state of the US…a nice easy war with Venezuela where we overthrow their government will fix everything here in America.

A big beautiful war, the best ever war in the history of America, destroying the worst country the world has ever seen, worst country history has ever seen run by the worst man the universe has ever known. We will win, the biggest win in our history by the most powerful military in the world, in the history of world…the best ever, most powerful ever. Great big beautiful shinny planes, huge powerful wonderful warships, the best and biggest warships the world has ever known, big beautiful ships wonderful grey. Great war, beautiful war, wonderful war that we win, the biggest win the world has ever seen.

 

 

* There are differences in the average price of gas in the US in 2025. 
Another source showed the Dec2024 gas price at $3.03 and in Dec2025 at $2.89 (down 13%). 
I originally used what I thought was a more reliable source. 
Point is, the price of gasoline is not down anywhere near what Trump said in his address. 
But, I will give Trump a break...when was the last time Trump 
ever filled up his own tank and paid for his own gas? Probably never ;)
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Economy, Income, Home Prices: Q&A #4

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Some earlier questions on this article can be found at:

Send me whatever additional question you might have. I will do my best to share my opinion…for whatever that is worth.

How are they killing America?

Well, let’s review what I think it takes to kill America. In no particular order:

      • Change the United States from a Constitutional Republic to a Democracy.
      • Get religion out of the people’s individual lives, out of the home, out of schools, out of government, and politically silence the pulpit.
      • Kill charity and replace it with government controlled welfare.
      • Revise/rewrite our country’s foundational principles and history.
      • Reduce the value of human life.
      • Allow government to control education.
      • Create slaves of citizens through debt and government control/regulation.
      • Create a false sense of prosperity.
      • Create a two party political system.
      • Elect politicians who smile to citizens’ faces while they steal their wallet…then stab the voters in the back over and over again.
      • Focus the vast majority of a country’s wealth into the hands of an elite few and create a ruling class.
      • Get people to forget that the lust for money and power destroys everything it touches.

I hear that it all boils down to our US currency. Is that true?

Yes / No / Kinda…how’s that for an answer?

It’s all about Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and that the US now has a fiat currency. And EVERY single country/empire that has ever adopted MMT/fiat currency has failed/crashed…or is in the process of doing so (i.e. USA is doing so now). I wrote about it extensively here < click to read about Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) >

And, MMT and fiat currency are part of a bigger picture…ALL empires fail. And have no doubt, make no mistake, the United States of America is an empire…period…end of story. You can read about that and what that means here:

Why are you so doom and gloom?

Oh, here we go! Look, I’ve said for years…if you want fluff info and articles go somewhere else. If you want political and/or government propaganda go somewhere else. If you want USA rah, rah false-patriotism crap go somewhere else. If you want articles wrapped in a flag or bible go somewhere else. Yup, and if you want a Trump cheer-leader (Trumpateer) go somewhere else. I write from my heart. I write from facts and stats. I write from an historical perspective.

Humans don’t do new stuff, they just repeat the original stuff. But, humans also tend to overlook what is happening because they think something is new or different…or they think that somehow this time it will turn out different. But reality doesn’t happen that way.

And don’t give me “Jesus” was different and did different stuff. Jesus is divine…not human as I am referring to. Also, I am not referring to scripture based stuff either…it is scripture…you know, the whole God thing. I am talking about humans doing human stuff as humans do. It was done once…then repeated over and over again.

Okay, that being said…there is good all around us, good people helping others everyday. And I am very grateful for that. Here’s the catch…you don’t need me telling you about that…you can see it with your own eyes, or hear about it at church. I feel obligated to keep you informed on the things I think you might be missing, or only getting part of the story. My series Economy, Income, Home Prices… is a prime example.

With all the crap, the BS, the propaganda being flung around out there, someone needs to be telling you the truth with facts, figures, statistics, and evidence. Yeah, the price of gas might down 5cents this week…but the middle-class has been disappearing over the last 55 years, people can’t afford houses, real wages are in the toilette, and the US economy is failing/falling and has been doing so since the 1970’s. And it is intentional.

You see…if I don’t show you what is happening, show the proof of what is happening, and make it clear who is behind it…well, how the hell are you supposed to prepare for it?????

“Doom & Gloom” yeah, I understand, I get it. But it is “truth and reason” more than it is doom and gloom. You know…it’s called information.

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Economy, Income, Home Prices: Q&A #3

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Here are even more questions raised to me from the article Economy, Income, Home Prices…  < click here to read that article >

Some earlier questions on this article can be found at:

 

Send me whatever additional question you might have. I will do my best to share my opinion…for whatever that is worth.

Is this intentional?

Yes. Destroy the family through economics…it’s the easiest way to do it. Financial and economic stress leads to, or an underlying cause of, virtually all the major causes of divorce.

But it doesn’t end there or start there. We know that the government and society have been at war with religion for a long time. The US government gave churches a “charity” status to allow church member donations to be tax deductible from federal income taxes. But, the trade-off was…the same federal government outlawed churches from speaking about politics from the pulpit. The 1913 Federal Income Tax amendment was an “anti-religion” weapon.

Destroy religion and then destroy the family…what is left that is greater, or has greater power, than the federal government. And who runs the federal government…people with lots of money or the average citizen? And where has the US wealth been transferred to and from over the last 55 years?

Has this happened before?

Oh, hell yes!

Look back at the middle ages…the feudal system. The ruling elite were the nobles; kings, earls, dukes, etc. They owned everything; primarily the land. The people lived on the monarchs’ land; and for that privilege they paid the monarch almost all of the money (or tangible equivalent) raised or grown for that privilege. If they didn’t pay, they were evicted or sent to prison.

But, here is the interesting thing…monarchs needed money, cash money. Normally that need focused around their desire to wage war or some large scale building project. Rarely did they have all the money they needed, so who did they turn to? Banks. Yup, banks came into existence about 2000BC. And back then, just like today, the rich people owned and controlled the banks. So essentially, to a great degree, banks (the rich) controlled, or at least greatly influenced, kingdoms (i.e. governments) all the way throughout history.

Sound familiar?

Today governments essentially own all the land on which the average person lives. And for the privilege of living on that land they pay taxes…property taxes. Fail to pay those property taxes and the true landowner (government) will seize it, evict the family from that land, and sell it to someone else.

And for the privilege of having a job and earning money, people have to pay the government…it’s called income taxes. Sometimes at the federal, state, and city levels of government. Fail to pay those taxes long enough…yup, you end up having all your possessions seized and you just might end up in prison on top of that.

So it has happened for thousands of years and isn’t much changed in today’s world.

Who owned the wealth in the country back when this all started, has it changed much?

1900 – Less than 1% of the US families owned 50% of the US wealth. That equates to about 4,000 families owned as much as the other 12 millions families.

1940 – Up until 1940 there was the growth of the “middle-class”, and wealth began to be more evenly distributed in the US. Example: by 1913 the top .1% of the US population owned about 22% of all US wealth. And that % of wealth dropped significantly until when? Yup, the start of WW2…it then leveled off at about 10% of the US wealth owned by the top .1% of the wealthiest in the US.

1960 – In the 1960’s the wealth again began to be even more evenly distributed with the top .1% ownership dropping to about 7% in the early 1970’s. By the about 2013 it had virtually returned to the 1913 levels of wealthy/richest folks owning just under 25% of all US wealth.

So why the turnaround in the 1970’s? President Richard Nixon (globalist) officially took the US currency off the gold standard and created the global economy and brought China into their rise as the premier growing world economy.

Today the top 1% of US families own over 30% of the US wealth, the bottom 50% of the American population own just 2.5% of the wealth in the US.

As a small side-note…what happened just before 1940? WW2. What happened in the early 1960’s? Vietnam War. Interesting, coincidence, random events, or something else to reduce the more even distribution of wealth in the US?

What is their endgame?

That’s a simple one, I am surprised you don’t already know. Then again, maybe you just want me to confirm what you already know.

The endgame is complete control over people. If people are completely controlled then all their effort is geared towards rewarding the government and transferring wealth from the people to the ruling elite. And the government is controlled by the ruling elite. And who is the “ruling elite”? The ultra wealthy. It is a vicious cycle. The wealthy have the most control; the more wealth they acquire, the more power they can wield. It is a matter of “lust” for wealth and power. It is an age old story…just review history…it doesn’t change…they same story over and over again.

Try this…read the above paragraph again…this time, substitute the word “manipulation” instead of “control”.

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Economy, Income, Home Prices: Q&A #2

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Some earlier questions on this article can be found at Economy, Income, Home Prices: Q&A #1  < click here to read that post >

Send me whatever additional question you might have. I will do my best to share my opinion…for whatever that is worth.

You sound like a socialist or Marxist.

I don’t think I am either, actually I know I am not. I believe in a “free market” system…basically capitalism. I do so because I am a civil society libertarian. Along with free markets and capitalism comes responsibility…that is the Christian in me. So I believe in Responsible Capitalism. And that is certainly not what we have today…not even close!

I don’t see how we can all have equal outcomes. Equal opportunity, yes. And because we are our brothers keeper, and should basically be good people, we need to care for those in need. Kinda like no “poor” among us. Christ teaches us charity. No, not government welfare…charity from individuals. Yeah, I can go along with charity from churches as well…meets the Christianity aspect of it. Even charity from non-profit organizations can be a good thing.

There should be no families that go hungry, no children especially. What’s wrong with people having decent clothes to wear? Or a roof over their heads? Or having access to health care? Is there anything wrong with those things? No, of course not. The key is how we provide those.

The problem is we, as a people, used to take care of our neighbors who were in need. Churches used to step up and feed the hungry, cloth the naked. Charitable organizations used to help people out of poverty, train people for jobs, help victims of abuse, feed folks from soup kitchens. Many churches, charities, and neighbors still do. But most of that responsibility got perverted and shifted to government. How’s that working out?

There are plenty of resources to go around, plenty of money to help folks in need, more than enough jobs to keep breadwinners working at a decent wage. But the unbridled lust of money and power has so corrupted the United States society…well, we have just forgotten basic human dignity, and to a great degree we’ve thrown away human decency.

So, that doesn’t make me a socialist or a Marxist. I don’t begrudge anyone their wealth, riches, money, or things…I just wish we would regain our humanity, our decency, our compassion, and remember to take care of each other. Think about 1 Corinthians 13:13, Deuteronomy 15:4, Mark 12:31, and Luke 10:25-37.

What can I do?

I have no idea. I don’t know your situation so I can’t really say…besides I am no expert advisor. What I can say generally, and some thoughts to ponder:

      • Avoid all debt if possible. Probably can’t avoid a house mortgage, but make extra payments to pay it off as fast as you can.
      • Pay off all non-mortgage debt as fast as possible. Yeah, that means get a side-job.
      • Prepare along the way. Follow the steps of mitigation < click here to read more >
      • There is no national solution, no global solution, only individual and family solutions.
    • Fore more info you can read:

How bad will it get?

I have no idea for sure. But let me ask you this…If it all falls apart and people get desperate, what will they do?

      1. All people will feed themselves one way or anther. Good people will feed their kids first…one way or another.
      2. If there is no water…people will find it and take it one way or another.Violence during grid-down, emergencies, and disasters is number one #1 threat and risk
      3. If there is no power…people will try to figure it out one way or another.
      4. The people who have food, water, and power will become targets…and it will be ugly.
      5. The wealthy people who have food, water, and power will also become targets…but will have people they pay to defend them…at least for awhile.
      6. Eventually the people who don’t have, or can’t take, basic resources such as food, water, power, and medical care will die off…starting with the old, infirm, and young.
      7. Eventually the people who have or control, resources and can defend them will become extremely powerful and control all those who don’t have access to those resources.
      8. Tribalism will reign.

Yeah, that is my best guess. Not pretty…nope, not at all. I really hope I’m wrong.

What is their endgame?

I assume you mean the banks, ultra-rich, the folks behind all of this when you refer to “their”. That clarification leads me to this…

That’s a simple one, I am surprised you don’t already know. Then again, maybe you just want me to confirm what you already know.

The endgame is complete control over people. If people are completely controlled then all their effort is geared towards rewarding the government and transferring wealth and resources from the average person/citizen to the ruling class and rich elite. And the government is controlled by the ruling elite. And who is the “ruling elite”? The ultra wealthy.

It is a vicious cycle played out throughout history. The wealthy have the most control; the more wealth they acquire, the more power they can wield. It is a matter of “lust” for wealth and power. It is an age old story…just review history…it doesn’t change…they same story over and over again.

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Economy, Income, Home Prices: Q&A #1

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When did this economic disaster that your talking about all start?

There are several key dates when actions where taken by the US government that had serious negative impacts on the US economic system which started and then contributed to the crash of the US economic system:

      • 1913 – establishment of Federal Income Tax (16th Amendment) and the creation of US Federal Reserve.
      • 1933 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt (socialist) suspended the gold standard for US currency.
      • 1944 – Bretton Woods (44 of the largest world economic powers) meeting created the international monetary system with the USA as a superpower.
      • 1971 – President Richard Nixon (globalist) officially took the US currency off the gold standard

But…all those are “actions” taken by the government, the real underlying reasons (symptoms) took place in 1893 and 1907. Those two underlying events laid the groundwork for banks taking control of the US economy and thus taking control of the US government.

1893 – The US experienced a severe depression. Unemployment went to about 25% – 43% (depending on the state), 500+ banks were failing, and a stock market crash. To a great degree the “crash” was almost worldwide. It was due to a stock market “bubble”, then there was speculation in agriculture prices, and high tariffs (some as high as 50%) enacted by the US president. And then there was the run on gold held by the US Treasury by folks who got scared. To “fix” the situation a group of the richest people and banks in the US formed the “The Morgan-Belmont Syndicate”. They provided vast sums of money and gold to the US government to stabilize the US federal government bank account.

1907 – In late 1907 the stock market plunged 50% from the previous year when the major banks withdrew their money from the NY Stock Exchange. This caused a panic among depositors and regional banks across the country and they began experiencing massive withdrawals…banks collapsed. Then JP Morgan, along with several other of the largest/richest banks and families, stepped in with massive amounts of money to the US government to “stabilize” the situation.

Then, and only then, do we find ourselves in 1913 when the US Federal Reserve (Fed) was formed. The Fed was not and is not a US government agency/department…it is a group of private banks headed up by JP Morgan. Huh…interesting. Private banks now ran the US economy…and then by default, directly or indirectly, they control the US federal government.

20 years from from a severe depression to private banks running the US economy…and then only 15 years until the worst depression in US history. Now here is an interesting assignment for you…look at who came out on top economically after the crashes of 1893, 1907, and 1928. Yeah, that gets really interesting. And how did the US get out of the Great Depression? Yup, World War 2.

So the dates to remember: 1893, 1907, 1913, 1933, 1944, & 1971. The argument could be made that it all started in 1893…but for sure in 1913. Yes, they played the long game. And yes, there is some serious indication that 1893 & 1907 wasn’t an accident or just random economic events.

Who is at fault, who is to blame for all of this?

Banks generally, specifically bank owners (rich elites). Back in the early 20th century the world’s wealth was pretty much consolidate into hands of a very few elite families; Rothschild, Frick, Baker, Rockefeller, Harkness, Armour, Ford, Carnegie, Vanderbilt, Astor, Morgan, Schwab, and DuPont to name the big players. These families were so rich and powerful they directly or indirectly controlled almost all the world’s resources and governments. They figured out how to make money and grew that strategy to what we have today. The world’s top 1% of rich people control 95% of all the world’s wealth.

Money itself is not the problem, power itself is not the problem. When people “lust” after money and power…that’s when it becomes the problem.

Also, in a way all consumers are the problem…a minor way. If we, as consumers, didn’t borrow and spend like crazy people with money we don’t have, then the debt disaster wouldn’t be a problem. Right?

This about this…

In the US who is more the problem…drug dealers or drug users? If a drug user is arrested, the first time or two they usually are sentenced to rehab. When a big-time fentanyl drug dealer is arrested, the scum of society, they usually go to prison. Recently, the US military just blows them up.

When a debt addict gets into trouble we expect them to pay their bills no matter what. But, when a bank (debt dealer) gets into trouble…the US government runs to save them with boatloads of cash…yeah trillions of taxpayer dollars.

So who is the bad guy in the drug – addict/dealer world? Then, who is the bad guy in the debt – addict/dealer world?

< click here to read more about debt >

 

The stock market is doing really well, so how can the economy be as bad as you say?

Ah, yeah…love that question. So look at the largest players in the stock market…where is that money? So the top 9 money management corporations in the US control nearly $90 trillion. So let’s look at who controls the REAL money in the US stock market…

    • Blackrock money management $10+ trillion
    • Vanguard Group nearly $10 trillion
    • Bank of New York Mellon has over $40 trillion in “custody”
    • State Street Corporation controls nearly $5 trillion
    • JPMorgan controls nearly $4 trillion
    • Charles Schwab has nearly $7 trillion
    • Fidelity has nearly $5 trillion
    • Bank of America nearly $4 trillion
    • Edward Jones and Wells Fargo at a paltry near $2 trillion each

Notice a little overlap with that list and the list of the largest US banks? So, the stock market is going to do well for the “big” money…always. That is the easiest way to transfer vast amounts of wealth to the richest folks…usually the ultra-rich. That is a relative wealth transfer of wealth…it’s called the stock market.

But, who cares if the stock market is doing well when real income is growing a small fraction of the rate as debt and people are increasingly not able to afford a home of their own! And let’s look at the statistic of the disappearing middle-class even though the stock market does well. Forget the stock market is manipulated and it is manipulated for one reason.

Interesting read on the stock market being manipulated < click here >

Excited about Trump Checks?

Absolutely YES! And certainly NO!

Yes, in the fact that if they are $2,000 a piece like Trump mentioned, my wife and I will love that money to invest in our glamstead.

No, in the fact that the money for the $2,000 checks is coming from Trump Tariffs (according to Trump).

Yeah, in August of 2025 Trump himself said the US government has collected trillions of dollars from his tariffs. First of all, I think that is an outright lie…or just a stupid mis-statement. But, let’s say it is true what Trump said. That means trillions of dollars were sucked out of the US economy and placed in the hands of the federal government. Sorry, I am a big believer in letting that money stay in the hands of US citizens and US companies that actually earned it. Yup, that means I don’t like or trust the US federal government spending our money…I would rather we do it. You know, the folks who actually earned it.

So who paid all those tariffs that Trump is talking about? Well, mostly US consumers…but also some US companies. Ultimately the tariffs are paid by US citizens one way or another.

But trust me when I say I will cash that Trump Tariff Check in a heartbeat!! Yup, nice of the government to throw back a few crumbs of our own money.

Interesting reading Tariffs = Taxes = Good?

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Economy, Income, Home Prices…

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You know me…I get into facts and statistics…coz they show not just where we’ve been…but where we are headed. Is the USA is failing, falling, and the rich are getting way richer and the middle class is disappearing? What does that all mean? Will the USA fall (well, continue to fall) and we will become just another fallen empire…or will a revolution take place? And if that happens, will that leave all of us far worse off than just a fallen empire?

What do I base my responses on? The very facts/evidence/stats I’ve been showing you for years…statistics and facts and evidence.

First, let’s look at household income chart. It shows a 35% income increase for a household from the early 1970’s to 2023.

Now, check out this chart…

Let’s look a little more closely:

  • The percentage of men as the sole household breadwinner dropped 45% in that same time period, early 70’s to today.
  • The percentage of dual income (husband & wife) as breadwinners increased by 40%
  • And look at the saddest part…The number of households where women were the sole breadwinner increased by a whopping 250%

That is called the destruction of the family by forcing both parents out of the home for $’s. And then what happened to all those children that were turned over to strangers and the government?

The #1 purchase in terms of cost for the average American family is a home. Let’s look at that chart.

Yeah, look real close…the average house price from 1970 to now is up 1800%. Yup, you read that right…homes are now 18 times more expensive!

So, home prices are up 1800% while income is only up 35% for roughly the same time period. Ah, what?

Now let’s look at this chart…

The average US household is now saving 66% less money than they did in 1970. Do you wonder why? Maybe a correlation between the increase in the price of homes vs lagging increase in wages?

Then check this devastating chart out…

The US household debt is up 5500%!!! Combined household debt in 1970 was under ½ trillion $’s. In 2025 it hit nearly 19trillion $’s.

And to make it worse…in 1970 the average household debt-to-income ratio was 60%, it nearly doubled by 2020.

I’ve been telling you for years that the American Empire has fallen. That economically, the US is a wreck, a disaster. And it is true…we started seriously crashing in the early 1970’s and it has been downhill ever since.

What do I think about the actual numbers, the facts, the statistics? For the last 55 years:

  • The average US income growth is pathetic at best.
  • The price to buy a home to raise a family in…well, it has skyrocketed!!
  • The price of homes grew 900% faster than income.
  • Family savings has plummeted.
  • Family debt is up to almost unimaginable levels…faster than home prices by double that amount.
  • And the USA is now to the point it can never pay off its national debt…ever.

The societal impact has been horrific! To put numbers to that impact doesn’t do it justice. Just looking at the numbers, FAR more women are working outside the home than in the early 70’s leaving children to be raised by strangers and the government. That has led to an increase in alcoholism, crime, drug usage, abortions, prison incarcerations, abortions, and domestic abuse…just about every evil of society is up.

So who wins…if anybody…or does everyone lose?

Let me throw this out there for you:

  • In 1970 the average home cost $27,000, average 30-year mortgage rate was about 7.75%, that would be about $2,100 in interest paid to the bank.
  • In 2025 the average home cost $420,000, average 30-year mortgage rate was about 6.8%, that would be about $28,600 in interest paid to the bank.

So…lenders/banks have income that is now 13.6 times greater in 2025 than in 1970. And during that same time period personal income is only fraction larger…yeah. And that is just on homes!

Think about this…in 1970 credit cards were almost non-existent…total US credit card debt was approximately…oh, wait…well under $1billion. Today credit card debt in the USA is just over $1.3trillion. Do the math…credit card debt in the US is 1500 times in 2025 what it was in 1970. But hang on…it gets worse:

  • In 1970 the average credit card interest rate was 17.1%. That means if people only paid the interest on their credit card balance it would be about $153million in interest paid to banks.
  • In 2025 the average credit card interest rate is 25.32%. If people paid only the interest on the credit card balance…that is $330billion per year in interest alone paid to banks.

Yeah, in 2025 hard-working US citizens paid 2200 times more interest to banks! Just interest on credit cards!

$330BILLION…

THAT’S $1,000 FOR EVERY MAN, WOMAN, CHILD, AND INFANT LIVING IN THE USA!!!

Moving on to our beloved federal government…here’s something…

  • 1970 US national debt was $.371trillion ($371billion)
  • 2025 US national debt is over $38trillion.
  • US national debt grew more than 100 times from 1970 – 2025.

Here is a fact/stat that you have to remember for a minute:

  • In 1970 the interest paid by the US on its national debt was $24billion.
  • In 2024 the interest paid by the US on its national debt was over $1trillion.
  • 43 times more interest paid on US national debt from 1970 – 2024.

Now, understand this…who gets paid that interest?

  • About 15% goes to other counties’ central banks (their Federal Reserve equivalents, private banks).
  • About 15% to the Federal Reserve (US private banks).

So add that up…30% is paid to banks around the world. $330,000,000,000!!! ($330billion per year of taxpayer dollars to private banks).

So who really wins in all of this?

Ah, easy one that is…banks! The same banks that are loaning the money for people to buy homes at ever increasing historically high amounts. The same banks that are receiving HUGE amounts of money from credit card interest. The same banks that are forcing families to have both parents working to buy homes, pay credit cards, and pay taxes that they can’t afford.

So who are the real losers…if any?

Well, the chart below shows the upper-income folks are enjoying a very nice increase in their income while lower income folks dropping slightly, and the middle income is dropping like a rock in a shallow pond. Oh, hang on…who owns the banks?

Oh, in 1970 the top 1.5% of income earners made 15% of all income in the USA. By 2020 the top 1.5% of income earners made 50% of all income. Huh?

Let me throw one more set of numbers at you…

  • In 1970 the richest 5% of US citizens owned about 22% of all the wealth in the USA, the bottom 90% of US citizens owned about 73%.
  • In 2025 the richest 5% of US citizens owned about 66% of all the wealth in the USA, the bottom 90% of US citizens owned about 30%.

Oooooppppppssssss…the wealth is clearly moving from the average person to the top 5% of richest people in the US. And who owns the banks??? Ah, yeah…the wealthy folks…the top 5%.

The top 25 US banks are:

Together they control about $23trillion. Yeah, $23,000,000,000,000. The average CEO paycheck of the top 20 banks was over $20million per year. Interestingly, the average bank teller makes $40,000 per year…2/10ths of 1%) of those CEOs’ salary. Huh…interesting, eh?

Summary –
  • US middle class is disappearing
  • The US rich are getting richer
  • US ultra-rich are getting hugely rich…more than you can imagine
  • US lower and middle classes are getting more and more poor
  • US home prices are abhorrently expensive, far out of the reach of most young families today
  • More and more families have two income earners sending their kids off to be raised by strangers/government
  • US household savings is plummeting
  • US household debt is skyrocketing
  • US national debt is growing like an out-of-control wildfire
  • US & Foreign banks are making insane amounts of money off US citizens, making the banks rich richer…almost beyond comprehension

So there are clear winners and losers…anyone can see that…even a blind man as the saying goes. The evidence, the facts, the statistics are there…plain as day.

But what does that all mean?

Ah, how long will the average person put up with this? How about, how long will the lower income class folks put up with it? How long will the bottom 90% of US citizens willingly line the pockets of the rich? And what will happen when normal people are just fed up with it all?

Well, one only has to look at history. EVERY single empire that has ever existed has fallen. And they have all fallen essentially due to economics. And look at what happens as they fall…violence, war (sometimes world wars), and destitute and devastated populations. And what happens after the fall? In every case look how they end up…it ain’t good.

Yeah, I have no idea when it will happen…but I hope you are preparing for the certainty it will. If not, what do you think happens to your family?

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National Divorce or National Disaster???

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There has been a fair amount of talk lately, a resurgence actually, regarding a “national divorce”. Meaning, we would separate the country into two separate nations according to political beliefs; namely Democrat and Republican…or liberal and conservative. Believing that way we could live among our own kind and be happier, healthier, more content, and safer from dreaded hate speech and hurtful words of others.

Think about that for a minute…it sounds appealing. Give the Democrats/Liberals all of California, western Oregon and Washington, and most of the northeast. I am not sure about Illinois…it’s mostly Chicago that is a septic tank. We’ll revisit that later, maybe. Republicans/Conservatives would get everything else.

For those of the opposite persuasion stuck in an opposing state special accommodations would be made. Conservatives stuck in Liberal states would be allowed to move cost free into a house vacated by a Liberal moving out of a Conservative state…and vice-versa. Companies would be responsible for their own moves and associated costs. It would take about two years, if pushed hard, to accomplish this. Then you would have the Liberal States of America (LSA) and the Conservative States of America (CSA).

I figure in about 5 years (at most) the LSA would collapse. The taxes they would enact would crush their economy. Their valuable natural resources would be useless since their laws would prevent them from being used. And their utility grids would be all but unavailable due to little or nothing to power them during the night and on non-windy days. And they would be overrun by immigrants coming in from around the world and eating up their national budget with free everything. Crime would be out of control because their prisons would have been emptied and renovated to make free luxury accommodations available for the incoming immigrants. And let’s not forget their dedication to gun control…not a citizen or cop in sight with a gun…just the criminals. But President Newsom would still have great hair.

However, it is really the CSA that I would be worried about the most. Why? Uh oh…some folks are not going to like this. This is all based on what is happening now and what has happened under Republican presidents and Congresses over the last 75 years. First off…no personal privacy. The NSA would monitor all forms of any communications looking for any criminal activity…or any activity deemed “terrorist” related. Oh wait, the NSA, DHS, and FBI already do that. And the DHS and FBI would label large swaths of its citizens as potential violent domestic terrorists. Oh wait, the FBI & DHS already apply that label to most true Christians and most Conservatives/Preppers/Veterans. There would be a revitalization and expansion of law enforcement with the power to stop-and-frisk, ask for identity papers, and of course we would probably see law enforcement in their revised uniforms…

Oh wait…that picture is from 2025. At least they don’t look like ISIS Islamic religious police…

Once the LSA collapsed where would they turn to for help? Yup, the good ‘ole CSA. And then we would be right back to where we are now.

Let’s review, the last last time the USA tried a national divorce we killed nearly a million of each other. Yeah, about 3% of the total US population were killed by fellow Americans to prove just how unrealistic a national divorce is. The only real beneficiaries of the Civil War, besides freeing slaves, was the new military-industrial complex…they became incredibly wealthy.

No, sorry…a national divorce is not possible (hopefully)…it would be an utter, total, and complete disaster/failure…even without a shooting civil war. For me personally, there is no way I would want to live in the LSA…a Communist, Socialist, Marxist authoritarian/totalitarian nanny state. Then I look at what a CSA would look like. To get a realistic picture I review the Republican presidents (and Congresses) over the last 75 years…there is one president that would be considered reasonably acceptable as a Constitutionalist. But even he was fiscally irresponsible. None of the others did the country much good from the perspective of the Constitution and fiscal responsibility. A couple were downright enemies of the Constitution. One was a CIA agent, another was his son. So no, I would not want to live in the CSA either…at all…if the past was the standard of leadership and governance.

So maybe…just maybe…that’s why our Founding Fathers, especially George Washington, abhorred the idea, the very concept, of political parties. Why? Because political parties place their party’s power over the best interests of the country. And their leadership place their top priority on their own lust for money over the fiscal responsibility of the country. Founding Fathers kinda foresaw what would happen, eh?

You know, maybe we should revisit the principles of our Founding Fathers to see if that would be the best answer…and maybe a description/concept of the best place for us to live. And what exactly were their principles? You might be surprised to learn they were collectively, for the most part, known as “classical liberalism”. And what exactly is classical liberalism?

Trying any form of “liberalism” today would be a non-starting due to mental midgets not having a clue about what freedom, liberty, and rights are really all about; all they would care about it the label. So we might have to call it something along the lines of “civil society libertarianism”. But then again the mentally challenged, or the brainwashed, might lump true libertarianism in with the libertarianism as it is been corrupted today. So we might be forced to come up with a new term altogether to reinstate the principles of our Founding Fathers…let’s say “Commonsensism”. But that won’t work either if you think about it. Yeah, for hundreds of years famous thinkers kinda covered that one…

Bottom line…any kind of a peaceful “national divorce” is just not possible…at all; nor should it even be sought after, it would be a disaster in every aspect. A violent “national divorce” would be even worse. It would generate at least 10,000,000 deaths of our own citizens. It would devastate families, economies, and generate a hatred that could end up in a nuclear strike. Think about a civil war now with modern weapons of the US military. And, it would open up the entire US to a foreign entity that could/would take advantage of the situation.

No, we are not going to see a national divorce. Should it be attempted it would be a national disaster of unrecoverable proportions.

So what is the only real answer to find peace in the US? Well, in my opinion, there are two answers that almost assuredly would work…one leads to the other.

  1. Return to the concepts and principles outlined in the Judaeo-Christian religions same as our Founders did; and that includes returning to God.
  2. Throw off the Republican and Democrat parties, reject their leaders, and their quest (or anyone’s quest) for an authoritarian state, and return the USA to the principles of our Founding Fathers.

Don’t waste your time, ignore those who propose and advocate for a national divorce…they are trying to distract and destroy. Research and embrace the principles that made this country possible. And then pray…pray a whole lot. And if you have any spare time…take action that might help bring about a peaceful solution to our country’s problems. Our problems are not insurmountable if we, as everyday citizens, work together.

And just for the heck of it, think about this…Reagan said "government is not the solution to our problem. government is the problem."

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Real economic numbers…

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The US government reported that June 2025 tariff/duty collections were about $27billion. That is three times higher than 1 year ago under Biden. Cool, the US is making money off foreign goods made by foreign companies, and brought into the US. Yea!

Oh, wait a second…who wrote the check for that $27billion that went into the US government bank account? Well, the companies that imported those goods wrote that check for the tariffs/duty on those items. And almost universally passed that cost on to American consumers who ended up buying those items. So in reality, US families paid the bill on the $27billion that the US government collected.

So that means last month the average American family paid $316 to the US government out of their already stretched thin wallets. Nice!! Americans paying more money to the US government…a dream come true for all red-blooded patriots, conservatives, and Republicans!!

Ah, wait a second…maybe you and I had other plans for that $316. Just saying…

But no problem at all…still time to rejoice! The US government had a budget surplus last month, June 2025!!!! Yea!! Time to celebrate good times…come on!

Oh, wait a second. The budget surplus was almost exactly $27billion dollars. $27billion budget surplus…$27billion in surplus from tariffs/duties????? Hummm…

But hey, still a budget surplus, right? Yea!!!!

Well, kinda…not exactly. See in May the budget deficit was well over $300billion…$3,750 per American family. So why the huge drop in the budget deficit…and change to a surplus? Mostly due to what the Treasury department called a “calendar adjustment”. And no, before you ask, I have no idea whatsoever what a “calendar adjustment” is.

What I do know is so far is the government for 2025 spent $1.34trillion more than it had. Yeah, that comes out to the US government passing on to each American family just about $16,000 more debt. But, hey…no big deal…good times are here again!! And look at it this way…we only have 3 more months in this fiscal year to add to that debt and deficit.

And really it is a bargain…this year the interest only on the US debt is only going to run about $14,000 per American family. What a deal!!!

Oh, wait a second…the US government puts us $16,000 per American family more in debt and then costs each of those same US families another $14,000 just to pay the interest on the US debt. That is a $30,000 per family loss. Oh, okay…that doesn’t sound so good to me…I don’t know about you…maybe you are dancing in the streets.

But no problem…tariff and duty collections by the US government is supposed to go way up during the remainder of the year thanks to all the new tariffs being put into place against other countries. Thank goodness! Oh, wait…American families are going to pay those bills too.

But here is some good news…no, great news! According to the US government personal income is up in April. Oh, wait…according to those same folks that increase is due to…wait for it…primarily an increase in government benefits and compensation. So personal income is up due to government spending through welfare, etc.. And who pays the bill for all that government spending? Oh crap…us.

But, that is okay, not to worry…from January to March the numbers were completely different. Oh wait, increase in personal income was eaten up by inflation increases; and real income actually ticked down. Dang…and I thought we were having an economic party in the good ole USA under the new administration.

Why am I writing an article so dripping with sarcasm and passing along horrible economic numbers?

In my mind it’s simple…we have to be aware of what is really happening. And the US government will never, ever tell you what is really happening. They will spin the numbers, embellish the truth, or out-right lie about what is happening. It is called “propaganda” and it comes from the government regardless of Democrat or Republican regime.

Over the last four decades you have read countless headlines and heard endless statements by the government and/or political hacks saying how good the US is doing and how wonderful they are making our lives. The real truth is far, far different. We just have to see it for what it is.

Think about the actual economic numbers I related earlier…the real numbers from the actual source:

  • The average American family pays the bill for duties and tariffs the US government collects…in June alone that amounted to $314. For many families that is the difference paying an electric bill, buying food, or covering rent for that month. That will be over $3,700 per family this year.
  • The average American family’s share of the US debt went up $16,000 so far for fiscal year 2025.
  • The average American family’s share of the just the interest payment on the US debt will be $14,000 for 2025.

When was the last time you heard any administration, any politician, any President…ANYONE…tell you those numbers in plain English what they really mean?????

Is Trump to blame? Is Biden to blame? Yes & yes. They all are…along with ALL members of Congress…but especially every last person in Washington DC. They ALL share the blame. The blame is systemic…the US government is to blame. Our system of government is to blame…this democracy.

Our Founders did not set-up a democracy to have control over our lives. They set-up a Constitutional Republic to protect our lives, to guard our rights, freedoms, and liberties…and that included guarding and the safekeeping of our personal money, our personal income, and our property.

Why did the United States change from a Constitutional Republic to a democracy? Because a Constitutional Republic is designed to protect people from government. A democracy is a form of government that is designed to take power and money from people and transfer it to the government.

How many times have we heard the saying attributed to Founding Fathers…

“A democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner.”

And that helps us to understand what Karl Marx said…

“Democracy is the road to socialism.”

And what is socialism? It is the intermediate style of government as society changes from capitalism to a form of government called communism.

And what is communism? A system of government in which the government plans and controls the economy and all property, and a single, authoritarian group holds power.

So here is a question for you…Why do you think you hear virtually all the politicians refer to the United States as a democracy?

Wait, one more question…Why do you think everyone in the US government lauds the United States as a democracy?

Folks, it is coming at us…and most Americans are so caught up in worshiping their political idols and parties that they can’t see the destination where all of them are taking us.

Please take the time to allow your eyes to open and challenge yourself to see reality as actual reality, free as possible from bias. And then prepare yourself and your family for what is coming. And I tell you this…it is coming faster and sooner than most of us think.

Remember this…as Benjamin Franklin was exiting the meeting building during the Constitutional Convention in 1787, he was asked what was accomplished in terms of forming a government. His response, “A republic, if you can keep it.”

Notice he didn’t say, “A democracy, if you can keep it.” Why do you think that is?

Also notice, he said “…if you can keep it.” Why do you think he said it that way?

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More From Texas Dan…

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From Texas Dan:

Cherry picking the months before the inaugural versus the 45 months before for your data comp is dishonest. But enjoy your half empty worldview. And I suppose you understand the arc of inflation referenced was almost totally related to your boy Biden’s acts in year 1 of his administration.

My response…

First off, again, thank you so much for sending me an email with your feedback. I wish you had posted in as a “reply” to the post. I would have appreciated if others could have read and gathered information from it. So, I hope you don’t mind me posting your reply here along with my response. Hopefully, folks can hear more from each side to make informed decisions.

Sorry, the information in your reply is a bit off:

1. I used a date the day before Trump was elected for the baseline for local gas prices vs Trump now. So the Nov 19th was all Biden without the knowledge that Trump had been elected. Made it clear what the trend was between then (Biden) and now (Trump).

2. The gasoline national average was the day Trump was inaugurated vs Trump now. Made it clear, since it is a commodity, what the market was anticipating after Trump was elected and inaugurated compared to now, six months after Trump policies.

3. The unemployment data was a year earlier, June 2024 (Biden’s 3rd year), vs Trump now…six months into Trump’s policies. So all Biden vs all Trump.

4. As for inflation it was the last 5 months of Biden policies that had been in-place for 4.5 years and the first 5 months of Trump policies. The trends are clear, valid, and reliable…Biden policies vs Trump policies. Okay, the first month or so of Trump would/could have influence by Biden’s policies. But, that actually showed a down trend and I can reliably attribute any Biden influence so I didn’t indicate any.

5. And finally, there was no “cherry picking”. I used dates and time frames that I thought accurately represented data for each person and their policies. I am sure other people could pick and choose whatever dates they wanted. I tried to be objective and without bias…IMHO.

And for the record:

I voted for Trump 3 times. I am one of those supporters who got him into the White House twice and tried to the other time when he ran against Biden; had it not been for election interference/influence he would have made it. And I have stated that multiple times for years and years that I voted for Trump. AND, that I both recognized and I appreciate the good things he has done and is doing.

Your rather blatant attempt to insult, belittle, and discredit me with your “… your boy Biden’s…” comment is an emotional reaction…not based in fact, logic, reality, or evidence. I am sorry you stooped to that vs making a case with facts, figures, and evidence. And therein lies the exact problem I’ve been talking about for a long time…bias. However, I do recognize that Trump is a hot topic for many folks and I do recognize the emotional side of it. So, no personal offense taken; I hope none was intended.

I’ve used other terms such as “worshipers”, “boot-lickers”, etc. But I don’t think those apply to you at all and it would be totally inappropriate on my part to use those terms in your case. I am not sure why you don’t look at facts, figures, evidence, etc. and allow reality to guide you and your comments. But, that is your choice and I respect that. It is part of that hot topic, a divided America thing taking place…and getting worse.

The sad part is, we probably have far, far more in common than your emotions will allow you to accept. And we probably have the same goal(s) for our country…a strong Constitutional Republic guided by the rule of law, incorporating the ideals put forth in the Declaration of Independence. Unfortunately, we don’t have any politicians that can get that done…or restored. And that has been the case for at least 50 years or more now….probably more like 130 years. And TPTB want to divide the people to make us easier to control. Goes to the saying, “United we stand, divided we fall.” All the conflict, confusion, corruption, and chaos does an excellent job of dividing us.

I wish you all the best and hope you find what you are looking for not just in your personal life but in your political ideals as well.

Best,

AH

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