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by Chris Black Native born Americans will only use 95% of the benefits they pay into social security, leaving a small but healthy surplus for the future of the program. While foreign born workers will collect 120% of the benefits they pay in (https://www.fairus.org/issue/publications-resources/mass-immigration-wont-save-social-security), representing a major deficit for the program. 50% of all immigrant …
By Brandon Smith If you’re not familiar with a little organization called the “Council For Inclusive Capitalism,” don’t worry, most people have never heard of it. The group was formed at the height of the covid pandemic; as fear instilled by government officials and the media propagated the news feeds, the majority of the public …
by confoundedinterest17 President Biden reminds me of Cousin Eddie, the dimwitted cousin of Clark Griswold’s wife in the Vacation movies. Except that Cousin Eddie is a nice dimwit while Biden is a nasty dimwit. And politcal stooge. Given that turkey prices are up 321% under Biden, the famous Thanksgiving line “Save the neck for me, Clark” is …
by Chris Black Part of the reason for the endless wars is keeping people poor in a time of such grand technological advancement that it should be impossible for anyone to be poor. The (((leadership))) of the West are afraid of the idea of people not struggling constantly. The institutions of the West are all …
In the last 120 years, when a country’s debt got really high, 98% of them ended up not being able to pay it back. Ken Griffin says the government can avoid this by printing more money, but it would mess up the economy really bad. A simple solution could be for Congress to spend less, …
by Chris Black Telling people they need to save water is a bit like telling black people they’ll become rich by saving money. It’s not going to make a difference, and it’s cruel. Water is not something you have to use less of. Water is supposed to be in a constant cycle of use and …