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Economy, Income, Home Prices: Q&A #1

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

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

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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Texas Dan : The economy is the one thing he is getting right.

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General points taken , but fuel prices are way down as is inflation. The economy is the one thing he is getting right.

Well Texas Dan,

Thanks for taking the time to reply, I appreciate it. I think discussion, give & take, comparing notes and experiences are a really good thing for Americans to do. Talking may well avoid something worse down the line for this country.

To your point of fuel prices…Before Trump was elected gasoline was $3.24 per gallon locally. Now it is $3.21. That is a decrease of less than 1% since Trump was elected. I wouldn’t call that “way down”, but that is just me.
National average of gasoline was $3.11 on 1/20, Trump’s inauguration day. National average of gasoline today 7/20 is $3.11. So no “down” at all since Trump took office.

As for inflation…the last 5 months of Biden regime inflation was running at 2.82% average. The first 5 months of Trumps reign it is 2.52%. That’s 3tenths of a point difference. Hardly what I would call “way down”. And unfortunately for America the inflation rate under Trump is trending up for the last 2 months (no figures out for July yet). Yeah, up 4tenths of a point in the last two months. So a larger tick up under Trump vs a down tick of 3tenths from Biden to Trump.

Unemployment rate in June 2025 was 4%, unchanged from June 2024. So Trump hasn’t improved the employment situation at all vs Biden as per June numbers.

Also, I will be posting an article in a day or two that shares economic information that is very damning to Trump. In June the average family paid $314 more to cover tariffs under Trump…$314 out of the pockets of the average American family. Not good economic news in my opinion. And horrible news when you look at it on an annual basis…over $3,700 in a year out of the wallets of each American family!!

Now, let’s touch on inflation vs wage increases. The numbers show that inflation increased faster than wage increases. That means, in terms of real wage increase…the average American worker lost ground under Trump last month.

Not looking good when you look at these actual facts and figures. Sorry about that. But maybe Trump can turn around the terrible economic numbers that are showing up so far under his presidency.

This is where I try to look at valid and reliable facts and evidence vs colored by my own bias. And yes, I have bias 😉 When a person listens to bias media, or the outrageous government propaganda that is spewed…well, someone can’t get the real truth, or the whole truth, at all from either.

AH

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There is no “client list” !

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I hope that got your attention, and I will explain that statement towards the end of this post. For now let’s just talk a minute…

First off, I delayed writing about this issue just to give it time to cook real well out there in the media and on all the websites out there. Just give folks time to state their opinions, feelings, and positions. But now is my turn.

Do you remember Richard Nixon? Nixon was the 37th president of the United States…and he was behind Watergate. Watergate was the national scandal that started with the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in 1972, expanded when Nixon and his Administration tried to cover it up, and ended with Nixon’s resignation in shame and contempt in 1974. And it threw the USA into a national state of depression through Ford and Carter till Reagan came along.

The Epstein Island scandal is much, much larger than that! And not only does it have the ability to bring down Trump…it could also bring down…well, hang on, I’ll save that for the end.

To get a better understanding of the nature and extent of the Epstein scandal you would need to read my article from a year and a half ago < click here to read that article > or, you can just become aware of the facts/evidence on your own, or just review the items as follows:

  • Epstein was a fraud and con-man from the very beginning of his adult life.
  • Ghislaine Maxwell was Epstein’s girlfriend and then “business associate”.
  • Maxwell’s father was a known spy for British MI6 and Israeli Mossad.
  • In the 1990’s Epstein began his so-called sex-trafficking operation for A-list celebrities and politicians from around the world.
  • In 2006 the FBI began “investigating” Epstein.
  • In 2007 the DOJ granted Epstein “immunity from all federal criminal charges” related to any and all of his crimes. The plea deal, by definition, halted all investigations or any current or potential prosecutions.
  • Shortly after that immunity deal Alexander Acosta, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, made the statement he was told by unnamed US federal government officials that Epstein “belonged to intelligence”, this was all “above his pay grade”, and to “leave it alone”.
  • The New York medical examiner that conducted the autopsy ruled Epstein’s death was more a homicide than a suicide as had been reported by prison officials…and he documented it as such. He, and later experts, pointed out that the injuries to Epstein‘s neck were consistent with a hard blow to his windpipe, and the horizontal strangulation marks on his neck indicated he was strangled to death by a rope from behind. Epstein had no rope in his cell and was not ‘hung’ by any rope found in his cell.
  • Weeks after the official autopsy was performed and his death was ruled a homicide, a DOJ medical examiner ruled Epstein’s death a suicide and changed the official cause of death from homicide to suicide. Oh, and that DOJ person…never attended the autopsy and there are no official records she even reviewed the actual autopsy file, including x-rays.
  • Back in 2023 a whistle-blower with a Top Secret clearance through the military and a Top Secret clearance through the CIA…yes, a former CIA operative who is also a former Special Ops soldier was asked a question. The question was simple…Was Epstein running an operation for US intelligence services? He replied that he had access to that information, he had seen the files and the intelligence, and Epstein was running a “honey pot” operation for US intelligence services.

Yes, that is only a partial list of the events and issues revolving around Epstein…but it will do for now.

Here is my request…PLEASE DON’T BELIEVE ME ! ! Yup, I am asking you to not believe what I have written regarding Epstein. And if you don’t believe me I ask of you one more thing…GO DO YOUR OWN IN-DEPTH RESEARCH ! !

Remember this little tidbit…in February of this year AG Pam Bondi said on Fox News that an Epstein client list was sitting on her desk and would soon be released.

Just recently Bondi released this statement, “…investigators found no incriminating ‘client list’…” and “..no credible evidence … that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals.” The wording is very, very important…remember her exact words. Words matter !

There is a lot of speculation as to why she made that statement. One such speculative allegation, that I cannot confirm through my own research, has been made pretty clear…

Melania, Donald Trump and Ghislaine Maxwell pose together during the Anand Jon Fashion Show, New York, September 2000

I have not verifiable documentation or reliable evidence that Trump is hiding his participation 
in the Epstein operation.

Also, let’s touch on a couple of interesting items:

  • Maurene Comey previously served as the lead prosecutor in both the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell cases.
  • Maurene Comey also prosecuted Nicholas Tartaglione who was convicted of 11 counts of murder, four counts of kidnapping resulting in death. Tartaglione was also the prior cellmate of Epstein in the same cell where Epstein was found dead.
  • Maurene Comey is the daughter of James Comey. Comey served in the DOJ during much of the Epstein “honey pot” operation. And from 2013 – 2017 he was the Director of the FBI.
  • And guess who was the Attorney General of Florida where Epstein was arrested on state charges, given an extremely light “country club” sentence, and where Epstein was granted immunity? OMG…Pam Bondi.

But here are the far more realistic and logical reasons Bondi came out with that statement, it was revealed…

  1. That Epstein’s operation was a US intelligence operation, including the CIA and FBI.
  2. The FBI was involved in that operation at the direction of the DOJ.
  3. The FBI were the ones who did the “investigating” that lead to Bondi’s latest statement…clearing the DOJ and FBI.
  4. The DOJ was the one who granted all that immunity to Epstein to begin with and who now refuses to charge anyone with any crime that was discovered on the huge number of tapes documenting criminal activity.

So the speculative answer is clear…the US federal government is not going to release information that it own intelligence agencies were running a criminal operation along with a known con-man, and commit a homicide/suicide, and cover-up that operation and the homicide/suicide.

Now, let’s go back to Bondi’s statement, “…investigators found “no incriminating ‘client list’…” and “..no credible evidence … that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals.”

Words matter; exact wording is used by lawyers for a reason and that fact matters the most.

#1 – “no incriminating client list”. In this context a “client” would be defined as a “customer”. Since we know that Epstein was running an operation for US intelligence services, it is a government operation NOT a business. Hence, there are no customers in Epstein’s operation…meaning there can’t be a “client list”. An intelligence operation like this would refer to the people who Epstein ensnared as “targets” or “marks”.

#2 – “..no credible evidence … that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals“. Once again, Epstein was not blackmailing anyone, he was simply the person who lined up people to participate in the US intelligence “honey pot” operation. The various intelligence agencies (i.e. CIA, FBI, etc.) would be the entities leveraging (a.k.a. blackmailing) those participants…NOT Epstein.

So Bondi was correct in her statement…the exact wording of her statement…there is no client list and Epstein did no blackmailing..

Here is the very uncomfortable question for Trump…

Why did candidate Trump repeatedly call for the release of the Epstein files, and now as President he refuses to allow them to be released? In 2019, Trump himself even suggested there was a cover-up.

And here is the very uncomfortable question for AG Bondi…

There is solid documentation and other evidence (Bondi used the term “truckload”) of hundreds of crimes committed regarding underage boys and girls being raped and sexually trafficked. Why is she not going to go forward with criminal charges that would put hundreds of well-known people in prison?

As for Trump, here are some interesting items:

  • In 2002, Trump described Epstein as a “terrific guy” whom he had known for 15 years, in an interview with New York magazine. Trump added, “It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”
  • Earlier this year Elon Musk stated that “Donald Trump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.” And yes, later that tweet disappeared.
  • Trump recently stated that he doesn’t understand why people are so interested in the Epstein Scandal.

Well, here is why folks…

The Epstein Scandal and the cover-up would bring down the US federal government and quite possibly destroy the United States of America as we know it.

How so?

It would open the door to to knowing just how evil and utterly corrupt US intelligence agencies are. But worse…it would expose all the demonic operations they have run over the years. And US citizens would not stand for it, they would lose what little trust in the government remains…revolt.

It would also show how there are two different Americas; 1) one America for the average people who are under the firm and tight control of the US government, 2) another America for the rich, famous, and ruling elites who are mostly exempt from the US legal system. And US citizens would not stand for it…revolt.

And it would confirm what we already know to be true…but it would bring it into a glaring spotlight…there is a “DeepState” running this country and this country is no longer a Constitutional Republic. And US citizens would not stand for it…revolt.

Basically…it would be the end of the Trump Presidency and legacy, and the end of the United States. Trump would become worse than another Nixon. Who knows what the US would become.

There is so much to the Epstein Scandal that I can’t even begin to touch on anything more than the mere surface. The breadth and depth of this US intelligence operation is incomprehensible. And it touches on so many levels of government, Hollywood celebrities, tech billionaires, the ruling elites, Presidents, elected officials, and so much more…including globally.

Yes, if the full files of the Epstein Scandal ever came out…America would fall.

One more item of business…to all the MAGA boot-licker media folks and influencers that are supporting Trump in trying to “move on” from this Epstein thing…shame on you! You are disgusting in what you are doing. You are sacrificing your morals, your honor, and your character…even your very soul…to sit at the feet of Trump and worship him without question. Shameful !

I just gotta ask the question…

“Why is Trump so worried about the Epstein files? Just release the files and let everyone see for themselves what happened.”

Of course he promised to release all the JFK files…and he didn’t. And he promised to release all the 9/11 files and he didn’t. Uh, track record?

And a question for AG Bondi, America’s chief law enforcement officer…

“With a truckload of evidence, why are you not going to pursue criminal charges against all those A-List celebrities, politicians, and elites?”

Then again…Bondi was hired by Trump and works directly for Trump. Huh…

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Constitution Party

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From my good friend Russ commenting on my post “Musk & America Party”

Dear A.H.,

It was with some degree of bemusement of seeing Elon Musk’s intentions of forming a new political party.

Creating a “third” – or as I would like to call it – an “alternative” party – does have its challenges. It does take time to do so with a lot of manpower and funding (something of which I think that Elon can thus provide).

As you noted, the republicans and democrats have created their own exclusive club and don’t want any new members. As the political commentator Pat Buchanan has noted: “The republican and democrat parties are opposing wings of the same bird of prey.” They are the Uniparty, a perfect manifestation of professional wrestling where each play-by-play move and then final outcome of each match is planned far in advance.

If Elon Musk is looking for a better political party, he could have looked no further than the Constitution Party. Originally the US Taxpayers Party, it evolved into that name at the end of the 1990’s.

If you are seeking to find a party that adheres to the Constitution and our Founders’ original intent, with limited government, balanced budget, principled elected politicians, state’s rights and so many more issues, that is what the Constitution Party represents. And we already have ballot access in about half of the US.

As a side note, I was the State Chairman for four years for the state of Utah and I am presently a county chairman. Importantly, our state party can only support candidates who are not only members of the Constitution Party, but are members in good standing as well, with the three criteria for such listed in our Bylaws.

And yes, I know, the warnings about having political parties, which our own party membership does struggle over. But how to you get any kind of traction without some kind of organization?

I wish Elon well in this endeavor. But it will definitely be an uphill battle. It will have to not only grab America’s attention, but also a new sense of purpose as well for it to gain its place in the political landscape of the united States.

I may be a bit biased, but I believe that it would have been even better if he had already seen his desires for change by coming to the Constitution Party. With his influence and financial resources, the sky could have been the limit with an already recognized and principled political party.

Best, Russ (For more information on the Constitution Party < click here >)

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Musk & America Party

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Elon Musk declared the launch of his new political party on Saturday. Musk on Saturday appeared to confirm his intention to launch his “America Party,” after posting a poll to his X account the prior day asking followers whether or not he should create the new party.

“By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it! When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy,” he wrote. “Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom.”

So here is my take…

  1. I doubt that he can do it. The Republicans and Democrats have rigged the political system in the US to realistically only allow for two parties. Why? Because both parties are run for a single reason…power. The power to advance their party’s particular agenda. And that agenda is seldom, if ever, in the best interests of the US citizenry. A simple check on bills that have passed can confirm that. The best view of political parties comes from our first President and Founding Father.

George Washington’s Warning about Political Parties!

  1. I am tempted, very tempted, to become a founding member of the new America Party. Why? Simply because it would not be the Republican Party or Democrat Party. And that my friend is a good enough reason for me. Maybe.

Why am I so against each party…Republican and Democrat? Well, both love war, both are part of the military-industrial complex, both love putting this country deeper and deeper into debt, both love to restrict Second Amendment rights, both love to infringe on the 4th Amendment, both love to restrict and/or eliminate due process, both love taking hard-earned money from taxpayers, both love wasting the money they take from taxpayers…need I go on?

Sooner or later people, hopefully the vast majority, will realize just how badly, how intentionally, both parties are hell-bent on destroying the Republic. Maybe, just maybe, before it is too late. But I doubt it.

Whatever the actual outcome of the America Party is…I hope it shakes both the Republican and Democrat Parties to their cores! And as a huge side benefit…maybe wake Americans up to our awful situation. The best outcome would be the utter destruction of both parties and return to a system envisioned by our Founding Fathers.

Let’s see if he can do it. Otherwise…

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On this Independence Day…

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On this Independence Day I am going to take a minute this morning and express my deep appreciation for our Founding Fathers. The courage and bravery it took to finally declare independence from the tyranny and oppression of the British Empire is almost beyond comprehension. But those incredible men finally had enough of high taxation, a remote all-powerful central government, and were fed up with a ruling class running the daily lives of hard working colonists.

It is hard to imagine the thrill and fear that they must have felt when they formally declared to rebel against the most powerful country and army in the world. Then again, they had a vision of rights, freedoms, and liberties that couldn’t be extinguished no matter how hard their rulers tried. It would be 7 more years before Americans beat the most powerful army in the world. Suffering, commitment, sacrifice, and bravery won the day.

Our Founders were some of the most brilliant men that have ever lived…and we must be thankful for that day in 1776 when their courage and bravery led them to our Constitution, our Bill of Rights, our Republic and the knowledge that man can enjoy rights, liberties, and freedoms if they have the courage to fight for them.

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