Life is good!

We are saved!!

No financial problems in the USA!!!

Markets have turned around!!!!

Yup, the S&P is up 8.7% just this week!!!! I knew it would turn around and we would be doing great here in the good ole USA!!!!!!!

Ah, hang on just a second. The S&P s still down almost 12% in just the last 2 months…even with the 8.7% uptick this week. Am I missing something here, or is my math just crazy for all of those that think “all is well”?

Articles in this Series –

• Friday, April 4^th – Tariffs = Taxes = Good?
• Saturday, April 5^th – Mark Cuban, Cryptocurrency, & Crash
• Sunday, April 6^th – Economic Situation = Bad !
• Monday, April 7^th – The Great Reset has started?
• April 15^th – Trumps Tariff & Trade War…Will it Fail?

Oh, by the way…Happy Tax Day!!!!  Isn’t it great to work for all levels of government for 1/2 the year paying their taxes before you put money into your own life and family!?

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I really appreciate Trump attacking the trade imbalance with other countries. As I have said before…I am tired of the United States being one big sugar daddy to the rest of the world. US welfare payments to foreign countries have to stop…it’s only fair.

Like reciprocal tariffs…they’re only fair. You tax US goods being imported into your country…it’s only fair that we tax your goods coming into our country.

And Trump has devised a masterful plan on how to ease the “short-term pain” that consumers will feel due to those taxes on incoming foreign goods. There are two aspects to that plan; 1) decrease in federal government regulations, 2) income tax reduction plan. Both are macro-economic strategies; and in theory they will work just fine. But, they won’t…here’s why…

Depending on who you want to believe the financial impact on the average US household will be between $2,000 – $8,000 per year. For this article’s sake let’s just take the average to be safe and fair, $5000 per year in tax (tariffs on imported goods). Oh yeah, while the importing US business may pay the tariff (tax) they will pass that tax (tariff) on to the American consumer…common sense.

So, this means each US family will pay about $415 per month out of pocket for the same spending pattern, the same goods that they would normally buy; things like food, cars, clothes, etc. On the macro-economic level that additional cost will be off-set by reduced costs in other ways.

First – Trump is reducing federal regulations on US companies; and those reductions in regulations will result in reduced costs to those US businesses…the savings of which will theoretically be passed on to consumers.

Second – Trump has proposed an income tax reduction/savings bill to Congress. If passed, the reduction in income taxes will also lower the average US household expense by some amount…as yet unknown.

There 130million US households; if each household is negatively impacted $5000 that comes to a total of $650billion ($650,000,000,000) economic impact out of US households each year. You say…”That is a whole lot of money that Americans can’t afford!” You are correct…moving 650 billion dollars from American family’ paychecks into the US federal government bank account would be devastating for families and push the US into a deep recession…probably a depression. But, hang on there a minute…

Remember…with Trump’s plan there is savings from US businesses lowering prices due to the savings from reduced government regulation. But, that only occurs if those companies actually reduce prices. Also, with Trump’s plan there is savings in reduced income tax bills. In Trump’s mind, on a macro-economic level, $650billon dollar increase in taxes (tariffs) on American families is offset by a combined reduction in price of goods and reduced income taxes of $650billion. Sweet! And that is the cushion to soften the “short-term” pain until all those manufacturing jobs come back to the US with those great paying jobs and make America economically sound again. Ah, hang on a minute…

Let’s talk reality for a minute…if you are a US business and you now are saving $100million a year due to a reduction in federal government regulations are you going to reduce your prices to consumer? Or, are you more likely to pay your top executive bonuses and/or pass that savings/money on to shareholders? And FWIW…passing on that added savings (i.e. profit) to shareholders is considered a fiduciary responsibility for many corporations.

Now let’s talk the reduction in income tax. There are 130,000,000 US households (+/-), of those US households, 40+% pay no income taxes…that’s 52,000,000 households paying no income tax. Why? Their taxable income falls below the minimum income level. Which oddly enough roughly corresponds with the percentage of lower-income / lower-class US population. Why is that important or even applicable to this situation? Ah, if you don’t pay any income taxes then a reduction in income tax rate doesn’t help you at all.

Trump’s plan on a macro-economic level is sound and should work just fine. But, in the real world it fails…and fails miserably! How? Let’s talk reality…

As I just mentioned almost ½ of US households will get ZERO benefit from Trump’s tax plan. But, they will be paying about $400 per month more to just pay their bills. Many of those families will not be able to absorb that…probably none. So what happens to them?

The reduction in federal regulations will only help certain companies in certain industries. What happens if a household doesn’t need to buy something made by that industry or that company? Well, then that household doesn’t benefit financially from that savings either. And that is IF all companies financially benefiting from reduced government regulations pass that savings on to consumers. Which history shows that is not likely.

So are there winners and losers to Trump’s tariff and tax plans? Yup, and let’s lay it out in real terms…not some fancy macro or micro-economic theories.

Let’s go back to the approximately $400 per month addition financial burden on each US household due to the increase in tariffs. For a rich household (upper-income / upper-class) $400 per month means absolutely nothing to them. They probably spend that much at Starbucks each month. There is no financial hardship for them whatsoever.

For middle-class / middle-income families it means something but is not a deal breaker. $400 represents half a car payment, 1/4th or 1/5th of a house payment, or maybe an electric bill. It might require a little reworking of their budget but no biggie once they set their mind to it.

For the lower-class / lower-income folks, especially those on fixed income (i.e. retirement, social security, etc.) it will be devastating! For a retired couple receiving social security, $400 more per month represents more than 10% of their monthly income!!

Think about this for a moment…low-income families of four make about $36,000 per year, that’s $3,000 per month. That $400 per month increase due to tariffs is an increase of more than 13% for that family!!!!

So let’s go through the facts:

• US companies will not be directly hurt by an increase in tariffs, they will pass that cost on to US consumers.
• The US federal government will collect an estimated $650billion of additional revenue from the increase in tariffs.
• The rich folks class in the US will have no financial impact to their income, savings, or lifestyle.
• The US middle-class will feel the impact but will be able to absorb the financial hit.
• The lower-income / lower-class US families will be hardest hit…big time!
• Retired and fixed income households will be hit extremely hard…big time!

Could this statement be true?

Is this, Trump tariffs, simply a transfer of wealth from US families to the US federal government?

On a “big picture” scale, macro-economic level, Trump’s plan for tariffs, taxes and deregulation sounds solid and completely workable. But, that is theoretical.

On the individual household level…will Trump’s plan work?

Granted, Trump’s plan includes bringing back American manufacturing jobs, and those jobs would be good-paying jobs. But, we know that at a minimum that takes 2 – 5 years to make any realistic positive financial/economic impact, 10 – 20 years to really transition the US to economical security and well-being.

Can the American economic system handle that?

Actually, will American’s tolerate that kind of pain in their pocketbooks and wallets?

I will give you this…foreign countries may negotiate with the US and reduce their tariffs on US goods, and in return we reduce our tariffs on their goods coming into our country. That would reduce the economic impact on the $400 per month figure.

The top 3 US trading partners are Mexico, Canada, and China…well over $2trillion dollars each year. So reducing tariffs with other countries means almost nothing if these three are included in that. And right now, we are in a bloodbath economic war with China. And we seem to be having a bit of a problem with the narco-country to the south and the socialist/authoritarian country to the north.

But let’s go back to the question I asked…what if the real plan is to transfer wealth from US families to the US government? When the results of the proposed plan, being currently implemented, is actually transferring thousands of dollars from US families is actually taking place…shouldn’t the question at least be asked? Could the Trump plan be a well-intentioned plan, but simply not possible?

The way I see things…it is the outcome of actions that is important, not the intention.

Remember, the easing of the “pain” and the success of this plan also includes government deregulation and a large tax reduction plan passed in Congress…that hasn’t happened yet.

Oh, and remember that this is all dependent on US companies passing on savings from government deregulation to US consumers…and when was the last time that happened?

When I look at all the facts, all the variables, some of the unknowns, all the questions, and all the numbers…my cynical little pea brain screams at me that this is one big FAIL!!!

And it certainly raises questions in my mind what is really going on. Jamie Dimon wrote a letter to his investors cautioning them about economic problems due to the Tariff Wars. Bill Ackman referred to the Tariff Wars as “self-induced, economic nuclear winter.” And even Elon Musk, one of Trump’s best buddies, has criticized the Tariffs Wars and the potential economic devastation that could result. Musk even appealed directly to Trump to not go to war with tariffs…and Trump turned him down.

And for me, here is the greatest “tell” or sign that the Trump plan will fail…every single market and economic indicator, since Trump was elected, is negative. Then add on what some pretty intelligent and successful folks are saying, then add in the common sense outcome factors of the Tariff War plan…well, it ain’t looking pretty.

Then again, I am probably wrong, commonsense doesn’t apply, the market and economic indicators are wrong, and folks who have a successful track records are wrong…and this Trump Tariff War will work just fine.

But what if it doesn’t?

What if this “plan” isn’t really the real “plan” at all?

Why the heck do I come up with these questions and write these articles? I am sure everything is just fine…no worries…nothing to see here, move along…all is well.

Articles in this Series –

• Friday, April 4^th – Tariffs = Taxes = Good?
• Saturday, April 5^th – Mark Cuban, Cryptocurrency, & Crash
• Sunday, April 6^th – Economic Situation = Bad !
• Monday, April 7^th – The Great Reset has started?

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The Great Reset has started?

I have been watching so many data points closely for a long time now, especially the economy and markets. While the markets are indicators, it is really the economy that is the key to watch. And it is the behavior of the economy over time, not just the last month or even the last decade. Then add in some of the situations circling the economy such as politics, laws, trends, public square violence, law enforcement, foreign wars, precious metals, housing, illegal immigrants, education and educators, etc. All together it begins to paint a realistic picture what is happening…almost.

The problem here is perception vs perspective vs reality vs objectivism. In other words…what is really going on. And to know what is really going on requires us to be objective…completely objective, and then we can properly asses our situation for what it is. Unfortunately, perspective and perception, both of those are influenced by bias, prejudice, bigotry, and even health (mental and physical). So, here are a couple things to consider:

• Perception is the way we interpret and experience sensory information.
• Perspective is a way of perceiving and interpreting the world, influenced by various factors such as culture, experience, and mood.
• Reality refers to the state of things as they actually exist, encompassing all events, entities, and phenomena, whether observable or not.
• Reality is not objective, but subjective and shaped by our sensory organs and brains.
• Objectivism is the position that there is a single reality in which we live; the material world and that it exists independent of our awareness.

So everything I say, everything I write cannot be considered completely objective…but it can be reality. Reality to me. Some things I say and write about are objective. Something such as the S&P lost almost 6% on Friday April 4^th, 2025. That is not subjective in any way, it is purely objective. But another problem sticks its head up…the way I use that objective statement. The conclusion or summary can be subjective even though I use the objective statement to present that opinion.

All of that being said…this article is full of objective statements but all around it are my perceptions, perspectives, and my reality. Yeah, that’s all called my opinion…proceed with caution.

If you haven’t read my posts on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday…well, don’t read this post till you do. Otherwise, this article will not make sense; kinda like starting to read a book in the middle…you will miss all of the foundation and most of the story line.

• Friday, April 4^th – Tariffs = Taxes = Good?
• Saturday, April 5^th – Mark Cuban, Cryptocurrency, & Crash
• Sunday, April 6^th – Economic Situation = Bad !

I’ve been writing a lot about the economy for years. I have tried to expose the lies, the trends, the manipulation; but mostly, the intentional destruction of the economy that is taking place and has been taking place since the early 1970’s. And along with the destruction of the economy has been the intentional destruction of America’s middle-class. It is all plain to see, based on objective statistics and evidence, along with including a clear vision of “why.”

What is the end game of America having its economy and middle-class destroyed? Ah, that’s absolutely my opinion based on my perceptions and perspectives; it is my reality. The end game? There is increasingly only two classes of people throughout the world; workers and the rich. But I will concentrate on just America for this article. Facts show that the rich are getting richer and the lower-class (lower-income) segment of the population is growing and has been since the early 1970’s.

If you have followed my site for the last 5 – 10 years you have seen me use their words themselves from the people at the top who are implementing this plan. Early on (post-WWII) it was the Bretton Woods Conference, formally known as the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference. Then it expanded to the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations). A major expansion took place when it morphed into the Davos crowd. Lately, the leading formal organization at the second level of leadership is the WEF (World Economic Forum). And of course the United Nations has been involved all along.

So who is at the very top? I don’t know. It is so secret that they are not known. There is much speculation but I question all of that since the secrecy is 100% solid. But those people are there, there is leadership.

So why write about this now? There is a real possibility that we are headed into the Great Reset. Not “headed” into it in a few years or a decade or two from now. I mean we may be headed into it right now. Have you considered that as a possibility?

The #1 situation they need to actually start the Great Reset process is a combination of chaos and violence in the streets, and world in general, then confusion and concern in the economic well being of the world but mostly in the United States. At that point people will scream for safety and security, peace and stability, calm and serenity. Why? Because people will be so fed up with all the crap swirling around them…they just want stability with a healthy does of safety. And that is where the global elitists, the Great Reset founders/leadership, have a plan ready to go…it’s called authoritarianism.

It is a proven methodology. The latest full-blown example was Hitler in 1930’s Germany. Their country was wrecked and the people demoralized after WWI. Hitler comes along and “poof” the citizens have pride in their country again and a put “Germany First” and “Make Germany Great Again” mentality into play. And it worked. Their problem…Hitler over-played his hand because he was insane and evil.

So where is the United States today? Hell, where is the world today?

• Ukraine/Russia War between Russia and NATO.
• Middle East War between Israel/USA and Hamas/Iran.
• At least 11 other countries at war besides those mentioned above.
• China and the US in open economic warfare.
• Trade war raging across the world.
• The US markets in dire straights.
• The US in recession.
• The US economy staggering.
• US unemployment growing.
• This weekend 100’s of anti-Trump protests around the country.
• Large number of law suits against the Trump Administration.
• Domestic terrorism on the rise in the US.
• Growing criminal violence on the rise in the US.
• Growing criminal activity and extreme violence by illegal immigrants in the US.

And so much more than just those points listed above. You see it every day in the news…and in your neighborhoods and towns.

Let me share just a brief overview from one day last week:

• On Thursday, April 3rd, a college conservative group (Turning Point USA) was violently attacked in California. And reportedly police who were on scene did nothing to defend the group from the attackers.
• On that same day a pro-life advocate who was speaking with a woman in New York City was violently assaulted and rushed to the hospital.
• Again on that same day, a University of South Carolina student was run down and killed by a 24 year old illegal immigrant. In the car with the illegal immigrant killer…two more illegal immigrants.
• Once more, the same day again, three MS-13 gang members (illegal immigrants) were arrested for murder of a 22 year old South Florida man (US citizen). The reason for the murder…the MS-13 wannabes were performing an initiation requirement into MS-13 by stabbing the victim over 100 times.

Okay, you get my point; crime and violence are running rampant in the US. But I don’t need to tell you that…you see it and live it each day. And I haven’t even touched on the extreme drug problem in the US.

I mentioned the WEF early in this article…good news and bad news. Good News…WEF head Klaus Schwab is leaving as its leader, and to say he is diabolical would be an understatement. Bad News…Schwab adviser and likely successor to head the WEF is Yuval Noah Harari. Who is he? Well, let’s sum him up in one phrase…a quote of his own words…”most of the world’s population is unneeded.” He has often spoken in Davos at WEF conferences. He is gay and married to a man. While he is Hebrew by culture, he is an atheist. He is also a vegetarian. He has been described by some who know him well as pure evil. Scholastic peers have described him as “dangerous” in his beliefs. Several Christian groups are asking if he might be “the False Prophet of the book of Revelation”.

Where am I going with all of this?

I am asking the question loudly, clearly, plainly…

“Could the Great Reset be occurring right now, and about to accelerate?”

Think about it…

• The world markets and economies are being turned upside down with chaos and uncertainty.
• The US markets are tanking and the US economy is getting worse.
• There are mass demonstrations all around the US…100’s of them with hundreds and thousands of people attending each.
• We have 13 wars occurring right now, 2 of them relatively major.
• And US politics and citizens are extremely divided like never before in my lifetime.

What more would it take to initiate the Great Reset? Or, as I asked earlier…Has it already started?

I know there are a lot Trump supporters, sycophants, and worshipers out there. I get that. I love a whole of what he has done; 1) drastically cutting the federal workforce, 2) deporting illegals, 3) cutting government agency budgets, 4) even his reciprocal tariffs. But the very stuff I love it also destabilizing society and to a great extent even the world.

Let’s ask this out loud:

• Has the Great Reset started?
• And if so, how do we deal with it?

There is still a question floating around in my head…should I ask it out loud?

Articles in this Series –

• Friday, April 4^th – Tariffs = Taxes = Good?
• Saturday, April 5^th – Mark Cuban, Cryptocurrency, & Crash
• Sunday, April 6^th – Economic Situation = Bad !

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So Friday the 4^th of April was a blood bath for the markets. But it is worse than just that day…far worse…and it is during Trump’s reign. I didn’t say his “fault”, I said during his reign. But, I am also not saying it is NOT his fault. Let’s crunch the numbers first…

Just for Friday April 4^th:

• S&P dropped 6%.
• Oil futures down over 6%.
• Natural gas down almost 8%.
• VIX (Volatility Index) up over 50% ! !

Since Trump was elected:

• S&P down 15%.
• Oil down 13%.
• Dollar index down more than 6%.
• VIX up 180%.
• Gold up 16%.

The way I see it…

1. The markets hate Trump as President and think he will fail miserably and send the USA further down the economic toilette.
2. Since ‘production’ of oil hasn’t increased significantly, the drop of oil futures by 13% since Trump was elected indicates that investors see future demand to be significantly lower…meaning a weak economy.
3. Gold is up 16% indicating that people are fleeing to a “safe” haven for their money and fear inflation or economic collapse uncertainty.

Remember that the VIX is the US Volatility Index…meaning investors fearfulness of the future of the US economy and markets. And the VIX is up 180% since Trump was elected! That indicates that investors are very afraid of the economic future of the United States with Trump at the helm.

All-in-all the economy and the markets are in dire trouble. And investors see it getting worse. How much worse? I don’t know…but even Mark Cuban hinted at a global economic problem…and expressed love for Bitcoin as a safe haven…or at least a great investment opportunity. Oddly, Bitcoin is down 11% since Trump was elected. Strange…

Think about this…in the last 2 trading sessions last week, ending on April 4^th, the S&P alone had $5TRILLION in value wiped out ($15,000 for every man, woman, and child in the USA). And now there are experts lining up saying that the markets could lose all of the gains of the markets in 2024!!

And here’s one for you…after the close on Friday the 4^th, the Nasdaq confirmed that it is now officially in “bear” territory. Yeah, that’s not good at all! Some experts are even talking it feels like 2007 all over again. And, a number of headlines read something like this…the worst week for stocks since the COVID-19 crash.

Pimco co-founder, Bill Gross (investment market expert), warns investors away from trying to ‘catch a falling knife’ amid global market carnage. Two messages there…1) think what it would feel like trying to catch a very sharp knife as it was falling, 2) the financial and market “carnage” is global.

So, am I saying it is time to panic over the stock market or the US economy or the global economy or the Trump Tariff Wars? Nope.

What I am saying is this:

1. Be aware of what is happening economically in the US and around the world right now. Your economic future and well-being could be at stake.
2. US citizens will not tolerate the “short-term” (2 – 4 years) pain that it will take for reciprocal tariffs to begin working their magic and bring manufacturing industries, companies, and good jobs back to America.

Yeah, I am saying that Americans are a bunch of wimps (or worse) when it comes to the US economy, their money, their job, and the financial well-being of the US. US citizens, and especially all the illegals, love their cheap goods, cheap prices, and cheap junk in the stores.

At this point…IMO, I see on the very near horizon a continued melt down of the economy, as the media will so inform us; and Trump will become a villain of monumental and historic proportions. And the GOP will sink right along with him. And boy, oh boy, do I hope I am very, very wrong!! I pray that I am wrong!

Is the economic situation bad? Yup, and getting worse by the week; do you own realistic research.

There is more to be said…and more to asked. Another time maybe.

For now, let’s look at some economic dark humor…

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First off…who is Mark Cuban? Unless you’ve been living under a rock…he is a billionaire, a minority owner of the Dallas Mavericks, star on the TV show Shark Tank, and a political/social advocate. He got his money start in the tech industry, became a millionaire when he sold that to Yahoo, bought the Dallas Mavericks in 2000, sold the majority ownership in that team in 2023 to add a couple more billions to his bank account.

Oh, and who did he sell the Mavericks to? A huge Las Vegas based gambling corporation. Through his involvement in the Shark Tank he is literally partners in 100+ companies. So yes, he is rich…very, very rich. You could easily identify him as a global rich elite member.

Now, “who” is he as it relates to my article?

In 2015 he said, “I want smaller government. I want smarter government. I disagree with Republicans on most social issues. I’ll sit in the middle and think for myself.” He also said, “Republicans are going to get crushed in the foreseeable future when it comes to Presidential elections.” He also heaped a whole lot of praise on Donald Trump and the possibility of Trump getting into the White House.

A few years later he went on to express his beliefs again; free-market economy, economic reform, more progressive tax system, a vocal advocate for racial and social justice, level the playing field, educational equity, a fair and inclusive society. Now answer me this…with the exception of “free-market economy,” what kind of political philosophy does that sound like to you?

Then in 2024 multi-billionaire Mark Cuban said “He would vote for Joe Biden over Donald Trump in the 2024 election.” And added, “If they were having his [Biden’s] last wake, and it was him [Biden] versus Trump, and he [Biden] was being given last rites, I would still vote for Joe Biden.”

Think through that for a minute…now what does your gut tell you about Mark Cuban?

Obviously you want to know what that has to do with me and this article…great question! And here is my answer…

On April 3rd, just a couple of days ago, Cuban was asked about Trump’s new trade policies and tariffs. Initially his one word response was “bullish”. But he wasn’t done. Kinda sounds like he supports Trump’s tariffs and trade policies, yes?

Cuban went on, responding, Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ speech could spark renewed interest in Bitcoin and stablecoins. “I think it’s bullish for crypto,” Cuban specifically said. “When there is uncertainty about fiat globally, that’s bullish for BTC and USDC.”

BTC is ‘Bitcoin’ and USDC is ‘United States Digital Coin’. Both are cryptocurrency and Cuban is heavily involved/invested in cryptocurrency, and wholeheartedly supports the US federal government developing and issuing USDC. USDC is also known as “central bank digital currency” (CBDC). But that is a minor point to this. What is the main point?

Before I get to that, it is clear to me Cuban hates Trump and I mean hates everything about Trump politically. Cuban truly hates Trump’s trade policies, especially the ‘tariff wars’. But that isn’t the main point either.

Here’s the main point…Cuban freely admits that the US dollar is ‘fiat currency’. But it goes deeper…Cuban talks about the trade wars escalating globally. Okay…and????

Here you have one of the world’s richest men, speaking openly about the US dollar being fiat currency. Then you have him clearly speaking against Trump. Then you have him talking about global economic impact of the trade wars. And he is partners with a huge gambling corporation that controls tens and tens of billions of dollars…including billions in cash.

And if there was a global economic crisis/crash, what would many people want to have their money invested in if they don’t trust fiat currency?

There is also another aspect of this. What do you think about a billionaire, who people follow for investment advice, talking about a coming economic crisis on a global scale, and insinuating that cryptocurrency is a good investment? What happens to the price of crypto…does it go up or down when that crisis starts? And what does that mean for Cuban’s millions and millions of dollars already invested in crypto?

So I get a couple of things out of all of this:

1. Cuban knows that the US dollar, and all other major countries’ currency, is simply fiat currency. Essentially worthless in real terms.
2. Cuban derides/criticizes Trump’s policies very publicly and hints it will lead to a global economic problem.
3. Cuban is sitting on a pile of cash…in the billions.
4. Cuban is close partners with folks that are sitting on a pile of cash…in the tens of billions.
5. Cuban pushes the safety of cryptocurrency when he is heavily invested in cryptocurrency.
6. Cuban openly advocates for the USDC (United States Digital Coin) which is cryptocurrency.
7. Cuban hates Trump.
8. Does Cuban, based on his self-identified beliefs, sound like a socialist/communist global elitist?

Hear this…this is all pretty much my opinion of what I see…with all my bias and personal opinion showing through. But, to me, it begins to paint a pretty clear picture.

What question(s) or issues does it bring up in your head?

I know what I am thinking…and it ain’t pretty.

Oh, did I mention that Cuban last month told reporters that he believes that a recession is coming and small towns, especially Republican areas of the US, will be hardest hit?

Think about this as you give thought to this article…

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Let’s make this real simple…”tariffs” are taxes…period. And consumers pay taxes…hence, consumers pay for tariffs. Sure, companies who import the products that tariffs are applied to pay the tariffs originally, but then pass that cost on to consumers in the form of higher cost of those products. So, when you hear a particular product coming in from a foreign country will have a tariff applied, it means the price of that product will go up to the US consumer.

Now the question is, “Are these ‘Trump’ tariffs good?” The answer: Absolutely “YES!” and a little “no” mixed in.

Historically speaking the United States was funded primarily through tariffs (including import duties), excise taxes, and land sales. For the first 126 years (+/-) of US history there was no Constitutionally approved income tax. Income tax was not formally adopted until 1916 with the rise of the radical leftist Progressive movement. And the US did just fine funding the federal government during that 126 years…other than a war with itself that killed about 170,000 of its own citizens (almost 6% of the entire US population) in a civil war. For that the federal government forced a form of income tax on the US population to pay for all those deaths.

But what about the ‘Trump Tariffs’???

I have no idea of what is in Trump’s head and exactly what he wants to accomplish by imposing tariffs on good from foreign countries. But, I do clearly know what will happen…and what could happen.

First – The price to the US consumer of ALL goods from foreign countries on which tariffs have been imposed will go up. How much? That depends on the % of the tariff and how much the importing company decides to pass on to US consumers. But the prices will go up.

Second – It will slow down the US economy. When you take money out of consumer pockets and send it to the US federal government that consumer has less money to spend on goods and services such as food, fuel, cars, TVs, clothes, etc.

Third – Some manufacturers, exact numbers entirely unknown, will build and makes “stuff” in the US that previously was imported from foreign countries to avoid tariffs…some of those tariffs may be very high such as 25 – 60%. Take a ‘widget’ that cost an importing company $100 to buy, then they have to pay a 25% tariff to get it into the country. That makes the cost of that product now $125. But, they figure they can make that same ‘widget’ in the US for $115. So they start making it here in the US to reduce their cost of goods.

Fourth – A possible outcome may be that foreign countries who impost high tariffs on US goods…such as China 67%, India 52%, and Japan 42%…will reduce their tariffs so the US will reduce our tariffs against their countries’ goods.

So a great question right now would be…”Are reciprocal tariffs a good thing?” NO! They are a great thing!!!!! For years and years and years other countries have charged higher tarries on US goods while we had no or very low tariffs on their imported goods. Hence, we were paying welfare checks to other countries to strengthen their economies and protect their companies and protect (and increase) their jobs. Bottom line…Americans were suckers paying hard earned money so other countries could benefit from us. STUPID!!!!

Reciprocal tariffs are a truly great concept…a great way for the US to treat those who abuse us by sucking money out of our economy for some foreign country’s benefit. You charge us a dollar on our goods, we will charge you a dollar on your goods. Fair is fair!!! The US needs to stop being the world’s welfare checking account!!!!!

So why did the US government tolerate high tariffs on US goods for the last 60 years to begin with? Well, that is a simple one…globalists. Globalists want everyone in the world to be equal…well, at least the lower-class folks. For globalists there are only two classes of people…the rich elites, maybe .5 – 2% of the world’s population, and then the lower-class folks…also known as the working class people. Sound familiar? It should…communism…but on a global scale. And tariffs was a perfect way to suck money out of the US economy (biggest and best in the world) and move that money to all other countries to improve/equalize their wealth.

Oh, and the rich elites skim a hefty amount right off the top making them far, far richer. And then remember this…he who controls the tariffs controls populations…yeah, called power.

When did the US middle-class start to disappear? Oh yeah, in the early 1970’s…the same time tariffs on US goods started to take off, global trade became the big thing, the US was taken off the gold standard, and the US dollar officially became a ‘fiat currency’. Sound familiar? Since that same time, early 1970’s, US manufacturing began its decline; accelerating when China came online as the world’s manufacturing powerhouse.

Are you seeing how this all fits together?

So why would Trump start a tariff war? Let me be clear…Trump is NOT staring a tariff war! Trump is simply fighting back in that war that began long ago. I believe what he is trying to do is this:

1. Bring manufacturing back to the US. And in doing so that creates manufacturing jobs…and that might rebuild the middle-class. And it would make the US more self-sufficient in the industries in which manufacturing does return to the US.
2. Tariffs will help fund the US federal government. Tariffs are paid by importing companies to the US federal government to fund government activities and/or pay towards reducing the national debt or paying to service that debt.
3. Change the world culture. For many decades other countries have been living on US welfare in the form of their tariffs on US goods imported into their country.

Don’t discount this global culture shock! For instance, the European Union charges 39% tariffs on goods imported from the US. That means that a EU Jeep dealership would normally pay let’s say $20,000 for a new jeep to imported to the EU for them to sell. But, when you add the 39% tariff on that Jeep it now costs almost $28,000 to get it on the EU dealership lot. The EU dealerships then sell a whole lot less Jeeps because they are very expensive compared to EU made cars. That $8,000 difference in price…well, that goes straight to their EU government! And that reduces the number of US jeeps sold, which reduces the number of Jeeps made, which reduces the number of American jobs to manufacture Jeeps.

Since the early 1970’s the United States of America has been one HUGE welfare checking account for the world. When governments around the world no longer can suck US dollars out of the pockets of US taxpayers…well, they are going to struggle with that…and it won’t be pretty.

Here is the main problem with “reciprocal tariffs”…at the very least, the best case scenario, it will be 2 years before manufacturers will bring plants and associated jobs back to the US in any meaningful way. Some industries such as automobile manufacturing could take 10 years to get manufacturing plants up and running with those nice middle-income jobs. Can the US survive that long economically in the mean time?

Then again…maybe there is a more important, a more applicable, maybe a more urgent question we should be asking…

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The other day, thew 17^th to be exact, I posted an article…okay, more of a rant…on the US and the rest of the world economically speaking. I made it clear that the US historically is a giant welfare checking account for the rest of the world. Also, in that article I raised 3 questions:

1. Can the US turn this around?
2. Can the US be saved economically?
3. Is there hope for the US long-term?

In this article I will answer those questions. Although in reality, they boil down to a single question…

Will the US survive?

I know this is another “long read”. But to understand the situation there has to be context. That context is facts, figures, evidence, statistics, and history. Without those, this would all be my personal opinion. Oh wait…it is all my personal opinion…you have to decide for yourself what you believe to be true.

By the time you are done reading…well, the answer will be clear if you know what we are looking for. Meaning, can the US “survive” as what exactly…if at all.

Let’s look at 3 solid undeniable, indisputable economic facts:

1. Personal debt of US citizens is at an historic high…and growing.
2. Corporate debt of US companies is at an historic high…and growing.
3. US national debt is at an historic high…and growing.

For this part of the conversation we will address the national debt. The total US debt is now well over $36trillion dollars, heading quickly towards $40trillion…maybe 1 – 2 years…2 years tops.

Here is a figure I want you to clearly understand…in 2025 the US will pay out just about $1trillion in interest on the US national debt. That’s about a 2.7% interest rate on the total US debt.

And finally, before I deep dive into the numbers…the US government is currently spending about $6trillion per year in the government budget…of which about $1.2trillion is a deficit. Yeah, meaning we are borrowing $1.2trillion each year so the government can spend it. Here’s an odd fact to consider…the amount we are borrowing each year for the government to spend is almost what the interest paid is each year to pay for the national debt. Odd, don’t you think?

Here we go…

For this scenario we the people decide that the US government will become fiscally responsible. It takes over a year but, Congress passes the Fiscal Responsibility Act in 2026. There are two major provisions; 1) the US will operate on a balanced budget each year, 2) the US will pay off the US national debt over 100 years. Yeah, I know…100 years sounds like a long time to pay off the debt, but hang in there with me. And since it took until late 2026 to pass this legislation, the national debt is now $40trillion (probably more in real terms, but we will call it 40 for this case).

So the first thing that needs to happen is eliminate the $1.2trillion deficit each year to comply with Part #1 of the 2026 FRA. Now the annual US government budget (money remaining) is only $4.8trillion with the elimination of the annual deficit. And just to make it easy, we will keep the interest rate on the US debt at 2.7% for the next 100 years.

So here is what we are looking at in the US for federal government budget and spending…

• Total available annual budget for 2027 is now $3.3trillion after making the debt payment and the interest payment. That is 60% of what the current budget projection is for 2027.
• So to balance the budget we will have to reduce government spending by 40%.

Well, here is where we run into a bit of a problem. The US government currently spends money on the following each year:

• 24% on Medicare and Medicaid (health insurance)
• 21% on Social Security
• 13% on the military

That totals 58% of the current budget. So if we only have 60% of the current budget left to spend…and we keep spending 58% on Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and the military…that leave exactly 2% for the ENTIRE remaining US federal government spending…2% !

Do the math…that is $96billion total for the rest of the US budget outlays. Want to get an idea of how much of the remaining current budget money covers? That covers less than 1/5th of just the benefits for veterans and federal retirees. AND NOTHING ELSE FOR ANYTHING ELSE !

Bottom line…

paying off the US national debt is a 100% impossibility

…even if we spread it out over 100 years.

Depressed yet? Well, heck…don’t be. Modern Monetary Theory says that sovereign governments not only don’t have to pay off national debt…they can keep borrowing forever…as much as they want ad infinitum. Sounds great, right? Ah, no.

Here’s a question to ask yourself…Do prices of goods go up or does the value of the dollar go down?

Take this example:

• 1874 (150 years ago) the price of gold was $23 per ounce
• 2025 (current +/-) the price of gold is $3,000 per ounce

Did the price of gold go up? Or, did the value of the dollar go down?

To answer that question try this…Did anything at all change in the actual gold? Yes, there is way more of it now than 150 years ago so it is not a diminishing supply issue. And the weight of that gold, 1 ounce, is the same today as 150 years ago. So the only logical answer is…the actual/real value of gold stayed the same…but, the value of the dollar diminished by 13,000% since 1874.

Here’s another example:

• In 1874 you could buy 1 acre of Virginia farmland for $9 (just less than ½ oz of gold at the time).
• In 2024 that same acre of Virginia farmland was about $5,000 per acre (about 1.6 oz of gold)

Did the price of Virginia farmland go up…or did the value of the dollar go down?

Now, think about it…in 2024 you would have to provide 160% more gold to buy that acre of Virginia farmland (150 years later). But, if you were paying in US dollars you would have to hand over 55,000% more US dollars!!!! So the value of that land about tripled but the dollar amount paid for that same land went up 550 times. So the dollar tanked during the 150 year time span.

When prices of “stuff” is compared to US dollars…the value of the US dollar is evaporating.

Again, let’s look at this…

• 100 years ago the price of silver was about $1 per ounce.
• A brand new house in a middle-class neighborhood would run you about $6,200…about 6200 ounces of silver.
• Today a brand new house in a middle-class neighborhood will run you about $410,000…12,000 ounces of silver.

So 100 years later you have to hand over less than twice the number of ounces of silver for that average home. But, you have to hand over 66 times more US dollars for the same house. Yeah, that means the US dollar is worth 3% of what it was 100 years ago when looking at real value.

What does that mean…the US dollar is all but worthless when compared to actual “value” of goods in our everyday lives. In other words…the US dollar is not worth the paper its printed on. And that means its “fiat” currency. Yup, there is no actual value to the US dollar…none whatsoever. The true value of the dollar went away in the 1971 when President Nixon took us off the “gold standard”. Yeah, prior to that you could redeem dollars for actual physical gold. And, in 1964 the US stopped redeeming US dollars (silver certificates) for actual physical silver…the same year the US stopped putting silver in US coins.

So what is the US dollar backed by? Nothing…absolutely nothing. Look at a $20 bill…US currency. It says right on the front of the $20 bill…”Federal Reserve Note”. Ah, you know what a “note” is? It is a “loan”, a “promise” to pay…nothing more. And to make maters worse…it isn’t even a promise to pay from the US government!! The “Federal Reserve” is a private company owned by banks…NOT owned by the US government.

Granted, the $20 bill states “This note is legal tender to all debt public and private” But, consider this…if it is not from the US government, but from a private company (Federal Reserve), who actually backs that claim of it being “legal tender”?

US currency…nothing, absolutely nothing, of real value…real value went away more than 50 years ago. Today US currency is only backed by faith in the US government…or more correctly faith in the Federal Reserve. Yup, nothing more than a promise that the money is good.

Ah, but what about the US dollar’s actual worth…

• Compared to land 100 years ago the US dollar is now only worth .2% of its value…point 2% !  (yeah, way less than 1%)
• Compared to gold 150 years ago the US dollar is now only worth .8% of its value….point 8% !  (yeah, less that 1%)

But, you say, “that is ancient history!!!” Ah, no.

The US dollar comparisons between 2014 and 2025:

• Average home prices…US dollar down 50%
• Average price per gallon of gasoline…US dollar down 29%
• Average price of new car…US dollar down 53%
• Spot price of Silver…US dollar down 80%
• Spot price of Gold…US dollar down 150%

You got that? Even since 2014 the US dollar is WAY down!!! 30 – 150% when compared to the real value of real goods.

And check this out…during that same time period average US wages were only up by 18%. Think about that folks…the average wage in the US was up less than 20%…while the dollar lost real value from 30 – 150%!!!!!!

That is losing ground economically big time!!!!! But you know that…you are living it. And those economic losses are just as real over the last 10 years as it has been over the last 100 or 150 years. And that is fact!

Summary –

We’re screwed!!!

Here’s what we are looking at:

• The US dollar is only worth a fraction of what it once was…even 10 years ago.
• The prices of everything are skyrocketing.
• Real wages are only rising a fraction of what prices are.

The average American is tanking economically. And the facts, statistics, and evidence prove that beyond any doubt.

But let’s go back to the original question…

Will the US survive?

The answer is no. Plain and simple the US cannot, will not, survive…period. There is no scenario where the US survives…period. There are no facts, no evidence, no statistics, no anything to show that it does, or even can, survive.

Consider these historically proven facts

• No country in the history of the world has survived economically that practiced Modern Monetary Theory…none. The US practices Modern Monetary Theory.

• Every previous fiat currency that has ever existed in the history of the world has failed. The US dollar is a fiat currency.

• Every previous empire that has ever existed in the history of the world has fallen. The US fits exactly the definition of an “empire”.

So, once gain, no the US will not survive. And if you look at facts and statistics the US is already falling/failing/collapsing as a country. EVERY single piece of evidence, every fact, every statistic proves it to be true. It is all around us…every day…everywhere…YOU see it. Well, you only see it if you take emotion, bias, and ignorance out of it.

It is no longer a matter of the US falling…it is a matter of when it hits bottom. Since the US currency is only based on “faith”, that faith could be shattered tomorrow or next week or next year or 20 years from now. But know this…the US will crash.

Did you notice that I didn’t even mention business or personal debt? Yeah, throw those two devastating issues into mix and you know for 100% certainty that the US cannot be saved. No country can sustain all of our debt and use fiat currency.

What does this mean to you personally? Simple…

When you are in debt, you are a slave. The debt holder is your master. You are in servitude to whomever you owe money to. And the government, any level of government, is the worst of all slave owners. And ALL levels of government in the US are horrific when it comes to their slaves; brutal, unforgiving, cruel. Doubt me?

• Taxes are debt by definition.

• Government can take your wages if you don’t pay your taxes.

• Government can take your company/business if you don’t pay your taxes.

• Government can take your home if you don’t pay your taxes.

• Government can put you in prison if you don’t pay your taxes.

• Government decides what amount your taxes are.

• Government officials (i.e. bureaucrats and judges) decide if you not paying your taxes…and what your punishment will be.

So who are your masters? Who are the American slaves?

So, personally speaking, the best you can…get out of debt…stay out of debt. All-in-all…be as self-reliant as possible and form communities of safety.

We could go on for hours regarding this topic…but bottom line…

The US is falling, will continue to fall, will crash, and will disappear. Your responsibility is to protect your family against evil and the brutal times that are already here and the much worse times to come.

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WARNING: I am on a roll…and I am mad…and I am frustrated…and I am fed up. In this article I provide lots of facts and statistics…but I also go on a rant a time or two. And yes, I inject some rather unpleasant (i.e. colorful) language. You have been warned…continue reading at your own risk.

Last Wednesday (3/12) I wrote about the “pimple on our butt”…Canada. Let me be clear once again…they are little more than a “pimple” economically. They screw us over economically big time implementing far larger tariffs -penalties- on American goods imported into their country than we impose on their goods imported into the US. And that just ain’t right! Why should we subsidize Canada’s economy when they don’t do crap for us?

Economically speaking…they are complete losers when compared to the USA…they are barely 60% of the US standard of living when comparing per capita income to GDP. Canada is third-world status compared to the US. Can you imagine for a minute if the US stopped subsidizing their economy? Could Canada even exist without our welfare payments?

But, is Canada the exception or the rule? Unfortunately the US has been subsidizing the entire world for decades…improving the life of dozens and dozens of foreign country’s citizens while destroying our own middle-class…OUR United States middle-class!! Yeah, let’s look at facts…the US middle-income/middle-class has shrunk by nearly 20% since 1971. And the US lower-income/lower-class has grown by nearly 20% in that same time period. Gee, you think there is a correlation there?

Okay, let’s think about this for a minute…US manufacturing jobs have been steadily going downhill since the 1970’s. Oh wait, net imports of goods and services was pretty much zero in the early 1970’s. Here it comes…by 2020 it had ballooned to $600billion more of goods and services imported from foreign countries (net imports). So where exactly did those manufacturing jobs go? Oh yeah…to foreign freaking countries!

Let’s talk China for a minute…in 1970 we had no trade with China. By 1980 we were importing more than 300% more goods from China than we were exporting to them. By the year 2001 we were importing about 10 times more goods from China ($100billion) than we were sending them. By 2022 that dollar amount of imports from China went to $525billion!! A 500% increase!!!!  All the while they are charging us import tariffs.

Here’s a little related tidbit for you to remember…in the early 1970’s the average home cost $31,600. By the end of 2024 that had jumped to $510,300. That is more than a 1600% price increase in the average US home!!! While we were rapidly increasing our imports from China. Hhhhuuummmmm?

Now, just to throw a couple pieces of history into the mix…

1. In the 1970’s President Nixon “normalized” relations with China. In other words, opening up trade with China. And if you look at his politics…Nixon was a liberal and Progressive by any definition, but he was also an authoritarian and globalist as well.
2. Then in 2001 what happened? Ah, yeah…9/11 terrorist attack. And who was at the helm…Bush. And he implemented some serious socialist economic policies in 2007 – 2008 to “save” the country from the Great Recession. And there is no question that Bush was a rabid authoritarian and globalist. For crying out loud…his father, prior President, was a damn CIA agent!

Coincidence and/or correlation in those historic event outcomes?

So the middle-class began shrinking in the 1970’s at the same time that US manufacturing jobs began their significant drop…at the same time the US was a “net zero” in overall foreign trade and no trade with China…at the same time homes cost $31,600. Then Nixon opened up China and foreign trade in general…enter the “global economy.”

Then, starting in 2001 until the 2020’s our imports from China went up more than 500%. And also, homes jumped 315% during the same time period…and that includes the downturn during the housing crisis period (The Great Recession).

Do you think there might be some correlation or connection between historic events and our economic situation?

Back to “BigCorp vs Workers & Foreign vs Domestic”…

Here is something for you to consider…as of 2021 the good ole USA ranked 186 out of 197 for import tariffs. That means the United States of America had virtually no import tariffs compared to the rest of the world. Yeah, you heard the horror stories about Canada’s 250% tariff on some imported US goods. But that story, along with hundreds of others, could they be one-off evidence? Hang on a second…the global tariff ranking mentioned above is hard fact…proof that the US is a giant welfare checking account for the rest of the world.

And for those who want to challenge Trump’s allegation about Canada being a far higher tariff country than the US…Canada’s average tariff rate is 2.35%…the US’s rate is 1.47%. Yeah, do the math…Canada’s average tariff rate is almost 40% higher than the United States’.

Here is an additional fact that will want to make you throw up…since the mid-1970’s the United States has provided trillions of dollars in foreign aid to countries around the world. And that figure doesn’t include military aid (i.e. freebies) or the free money during the Great Recession. The US giving trillions of dollars to countries who in return impose huge tariffs on imported US goods. And to make matters worse…that foreign aid (i.e. welfare) represents a huge portion of the entire US national debt! That’s a triple loss for the US!!!  Does it also show we, the USA, are stupid or what? Or, is there something else going on?

All of this is proof positive…the United States of America is one big…HUGE…global welfare checking account. We are the sugar daddy for the entire world. And all the while:

• our annual federal deficit grows to unimaginable and unsustainable levels
• our country loses manufacturing jobs and the ability to provide for ourselves
• home prices skyrocket and homes become unobtainable for many families
• our middle-class shrinks while the poor increase
• our national debt balloons to an untenable size
• our median household income (inflation adjusted) has decreased significantly since the late 1980’s
• during the US Great Recession of 2007 – 2009 while US citizens were losing their homes, losing their jobs, losing everything…the US Federal Reserve sent trillions of US dollars to foreign central banks to prop up their countries and their citizens

Do I need to go on? The bottom line is the US is funding the world…we are paying for everyone’s prosperity while our country is going down the toilette economically for the last 50 years.

So let all the other little pimple countries like Canada whine and complain and throw temper tantrums all they want. They only succeed economically because we are paying for it! They enjoy whatever economic good-fortunes they have because the good ole US writes the check for them.

And don’t even get me started on who protects foreign countries militarily! If it were not for the US military…there would be very, very few democracies left in the world. So let the petulant little countries cry their eyes out about the big ole mean USA…screw ‘em!!!

Summary –

Domestically the US suffers economically because we fund the world with our money. We buy their crap at the expense of US jobs and ever lowering real income for our own people. We charge a fraction of the import tariffs on foreign goods compared to what other countries charge on US goods…taking that hit financially as well.

President Trump, you go right ahead and balance the tariff trade war!! And while you’re at it…cut foreign aid to ZERO!! If you do so, manufacturing will come back to the US, job #’s will grow, income will grow, our economy will grow, the middle-class will grow once again…and we once again will become a self-sustaining country. Hopefully.

But why won’t that happen? The rich bitches (elites) of the world, and specifically those in the US.

Here’s something to show what I mean…the disparity in income between between the average American and the top 5% of American earners is a great stat to look at. From the mid-1970’s to 2024 the difference in income disparity between those two groups went wild. Rich American vs average American income growth disparity is 260% greater now than in the mid-1970’s. So tell me who exactly is benefiting the most from “free trade”, low tariffs, and a global economy? Yeah…the rich folks ya’ll…and a big time -HUGE- difference.

The bottom line…

• Globally, foreign vs domestic, the foreign countries are benefiting from, and destroying the United States economically.
• In the domestic view, the big corporations and rich folks, are benefiting from, and destroying the middle & lower class economically.

And before any morons give me crap about US nationalism or Marxism advocacy…SCREW YOU!!! That is only a vain attempt on your part to discredit facts and actual evidence.

But for clarity sake…yes, I am a US Nationalist! From the dictionary –

Nationalism is an ideology that elevates one nation or nationality above others and promotes its culture and interests. It can also refer to support for the independence or self-determination of a nation or people.

So you’re damn right I am a US Nationalist…take care of US citizens, US companies, and the US economy FIRST!!!

As for anyone who thinks I am an advocate of Marxism or Marxist ideas against rich folks…you’re an absolute idiot, clown, imbecile…or worse. What I advocate for is a strong American economy, a strong American manufacturing base, and both honesty and fairness when it comes to hardworking American workers. America can only survive as a strong Constitutional Republic if we have a strong middle-class…and “they” have been destroying that for 50 years.

And just to make sure there is no confusion or doubt in what my opinion is on who is to blame…the world’s elites. Yup, call them rich globalists, the WEF members, CFR members, Illuminati, central bankers, or whatever you like. I don’t give a  damn what they are called…they are destroying the United States of America!! The facts, stats, and figures prove it!!

Do those destroyers have allies in the US? Of course they do…for the most part they are called politicians. They are mostly Democrats, but there are plenty of Republicans in that camp as well…probably most Republicans. And no I am not ignoring the bankers and corporate heads.

Folks, there are a lot of those destroyers right here in the US. Many of their faces are well-known, others no-so-much, and then some are all but invisible. And I bet most of us have voted for a bunch of them, and/or worked for them, over the last 5 decades.

Can the US turn this around? Can the US be saved economically? Is there hope for the US long-term? < I answered the questions – click here >

Well, maybe that should be another topic for another day. For now…< I wrote about that topic – click here >

Those people who whine and complain about the US…who cry about US increasing tariffs…who whimper about mean ole Trump putting America first…just do everyone around you a favor…SHUT THE HELL UP ! No one wants to hear your petulant little child temper tantrums.

Try this on…Why don’t you try accepting reality and appreciate all the checks the US has written over the last 50 years. Or recognize that the US stepped up during two world wars and beat the bad guys for everyone else. You know, we could have just stayed home and let the ocean defend us…but nope…we stepped up for you.

If you don’t like this article…if you don’t agree with this article…if you are mad about this article…if you are butt hurt about this article…then go to your little safe space and SHUT THE HELL UP!! I am sick and tired of all the economically non-important countries and their spoiled self-aggrandizing politicians, and their annoying citizens getting their panties in a wad.

GET OVER IT ! !

If you read this far I really want to thank you. This has been amazingly therapeutic for me, something I’ve wanted to get off my chest for a long time. I feel much better now. Again, thank you.

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