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This bill, called the Boosting Benefits and COLAs Act, wants to change how Social Security benefits are adjusted each year to keep up with inflation. Right now, they use the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), but the new bill proposes using the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-E) …
(Bloomberg) — Swing-state voters are open to several ideas to keep Social Security benefits flowing for decades — as long as it’s the wealthy footing the bill, according to the latest Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll. An overwhelming 77% of registered voters in the seven states that will decide the 2024 presidential election like the idea …
From Peter Reagan for Birch Gold Group Back in March 2021, we explored why you’d be wise to look elsewhere if the Social Security trust were a private investment you’d chosen to invest in, rather than a government program you were obligated to participate in. The upshot? If Social Security were run like any other investment, there would …
The U.S., which once stood as a beacon of prosperity, is now trailing behind in the retirement race. What was once seen as an epitome of the golden age has now slipped out of reach for many Americans. Just imagine you’ve worked hard your entire life, and now you are looking forward to those golden …
via ReclaimTheNet.org: But then – these “fact-checkers” are reacting in order to double down on their role as something positive, and justified. Because there are no facts to support this attitude, one of the key “fact-checkers” is hiding behind an opinion piece. But the claim is there: “Fact-checking is not censorship,” a post on Poynter …
When officeholders use their social media accounts to post about their official government duties, are they acting as private citizens or government officials? On March 15, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) issued an opinion in two cases related to that question. We wrote about both, O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed, last year. What …
US debt interest to surpass Social Security, hitting $1.6 trillion by 2024. With rate cuts off the table, it’s imperative to reduce government spending. The average interest rate on all debt held by the public was 2.5% in 2023. The low end of the US Treasury yield curve is now the 10-year, which is yielding …
‘Social Order Could Collapse’ in AI Era, Two Top Japan Companies Say Telecommunications company NTT and leading newspaper Yomiuri to issue manifesto calling for new laws to restrain generative AI TOKYO—Japan’s largest telecommunications company and the country’s biggest newspaper called for speedy legislation to restrain generative artificial intelligence, saying democracy and social order could collapse …
This represents a highly efficient aspect of the propaganda machine that is widely used to generate comments across social media. Viewers will find it interesting since it confirms people are using GPT generated pre set messages to rapidly comment on all social media platforms. h/t Joshistotle
I’ve got a good guess why: pic.twitter.com/oFiAzRHBH0 — Jimmy Dore (@jimmy_dore) April 4, 2024
Charity is better because those giving can judge the worthiness of those receiving and it is not effectively an entitlement. My husband convinced me to get pregnant. I had the baby, got laid off, and left him — I’m happy with all of my decisions. “I let strangers — an immigrant family — live in …
via AIER The American Enterprise Institute has reprinted Edward C. Banfield’s little-known 1951 book, Government Project, which was a post-mortem of a defunct, quasi-socialist New Deal-era agricultural project in drought-prone Pinal County, Arizona. The Foreword to the 2024 edition, written by Kevin Kosar, spouse of Banfield’s eldest granddaughter, asks, “Why would [the AEI] republish a 1951 book …
Truth Social Is Now Worth More Than The New York Times In a striking debut on NASDAQ, Donald Trump’s media enterprise, the proprietor of Truth Social, closed its first trading day with a valuation soaring to $8 billion. The remarkable market capitalization eclipsed long-established media giants such as The New York Times. Initially peaking at …
BlackRock Chair Larry Fink said capital markets can help solve a crisis brewing around the ability of Americans to afford retirement as lifespans elongate, and that the government can provide a basic safety net. In his annual letter to shareholders of the investing company overseeing $10 trillion in assets, Fink called the decreasing ability to …
The price of shares in Digital World Acquisition Corp. closed trading Friday nearly 14% lower than their opening price after the shell company’s shareholders approved a merger with the social media company owned by former President Donald Trump. DWAC had opened the trading day at $44.20 per share, but quickly tumbled on the heels of …
briefly looked at my mom’s facebook and it’s all AI, like every single post, and she has no idea, it’s a complete wasteland pic.twitter.com/4XJ0nNHuFV — Chris Oldman (@AlsikkanTV) March 19, 2024 So-called social media has been ANTISOCIAL since its inception. AC
NEW – SCOTUS unanimously rules (9-0): Public officials can be sued for blocking users on social media. Official posts are part of their job, and blocking constituents from commenting violates the First Amendment — POLITICO — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) March 15, 2024 ‘The Supreme Court took another step toward bringing law into the social media era …
By Martin Armstrong The Canadian banking system is set to be radicalized by open banking framework. Proponents are framing this as a way for banks to easily share information and access user data. The truth of the matter is that this is an opportunity to merge social standings with banking to provide government complete control …
President Joe Biden made headlines again this week after a video went viral that led to some social media users calling it “elder abuse.” Before the 81-year-old commander-in-chief lifted the microphone off the table at the formation of a task force focused on reducing costs for American families, he began uttering the well-known but perplexing …
EXACTLY: “The platforms are not newspapers. Their censorship is not speech.” That’s from one of the opinions up for oral argument in the Supreme Court today. Quoted in “Supreme Court to Hear Free Speech Challenges to Social Media Laws/The tech industry argues that laws in Florida and Texas, prompted by conservative complaints about censorship, violate the First …
Credit to @PedramHosseini for doing this! — Car Dealership Guy (@GuyDealership) February 7, 2024
Bill Mitchell: “MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Unless DeSantis wins the GOP nomination, I will quit social media and politics forever. I can no longer work https://twitter.com/_/status/1668825979865690113 View post on imgur.com Trump is demonic. No one who believes in God lies THIS much. A servant of Satan lies this much. Trump is Lucifer in the flesh. He "appears …
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In a contentious move, 155 Democrats voted against deporting undocumented individuals involved in Social Security fraud, sparking criticism. Critics argue that this decision, made by two-thirds of Democrats, potentially allows criminals to exploit the Social Security system. The debate intensifies as concerns about the misuse of social benefits and the prioritization of immigration policies over …
In a worrisome trend, the number of active social media users has surged to over 5 billion, representing approximately 62.3 percent of the global population, as revealed in a recent study published on Wednesday. The pervasive reach of social media raises concerns about its impact on society, privacy, mental health… NEW: The number of active …
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has officially labeled social media as an “environmental toxin” and a “public health hazard,” likening it to tobacco and guns. The advisory singles out platforms like TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook, holding them responsible for the surging rates of teen depression. City officials are urging parents to establish “tech-free times” …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, Fortunately, there’s an obvious answer staring us in the face: Tax the Casino. There is a generational war underway in the U.S., and to date the young generations have lost and the senior generations have won. In numerous posts over the past 15 years, I have endeavored to compare apples-to-apples …
