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US Economy: Tariffs, Deficit Spending, and Debt Load

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Two US chip makers, Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices, have made a deal with President Trump;  for every authorized advanced AI chip they sell to China, the US government gets 15% of the revenue.  Effectively nationalizing public corporations while opening previously prohibited sales.  In 2024, Nvidia recorded nearly $61 billion in revenue – 13% came from China.  Estimates suggest the additional revenue which Trump tax would generate is between $8 and $15 billion which would net the US Government $1.2  to $2.25 billion. 

China has stated that the specific chips cited for sale to their manufacturers, were ‘not safe’ and are subject to security concerns.  Jinping has advised to avoid their purchase, making Trump’s call a waste of time.  Trump claims the chips he has authorized are obsolete and if Nvidia and AMD want to sell the more advanced chips Trump will raise the revenue sharing ante to 50%.  I doubt he’ll get any takers.

Tariff receipts generated so far amount to $129 billion, an increase of 131% over last year.  A fabulous amount at first glance, but to what end?  Will the money go towards the annual deficit of $2+ Trillion?   Or is Trump going to use it to build Gaza wherein the corporate hedge funds take ownership and Taxpayers are left with toes in sand on the beach?  The Master of Flip-Flops. 

One fellow on social media has claimed that despite Tariffs – prices remain unchanged.  Therefore, tariffs are a resounding clean source of revenue for taxpayer benefit.  But if the revenue is used to shore the continuance of deficit government spending, we are on the receiving end of more sand.  The financial concept of over-spending appears allusive to lawyers and developers. 

Tariffs, contrary to Social Media Maga’s, have increased prices on specific items including cars, manufacturing components, foods, homes, and alcohol.  US auto makers rely on imported components including engines, electronics, tires, brakes, etc… made in Mexico, Japan, and China. There is really no such thing any longer of 100% US made cars.  In fact, Americans will bear the brunt of some or all of these price increases as manufacturers look to spread their losses wherever possible.

While many manufacturers bought up whatever inventory they could before the tariffs took affect, food distributors were obviously limited.  As a direct result of this additional inventory acquiring, wholesale data was used to elevate consumer outlook while the Producer Price Index was used to measure wholesale price increases.  As inventories deplete and purchases are made with added tariffs attached, those increases will be passed on to the consumer.  Driving further inflation. 

The Federal Reserve’s Reaction To The Data:  Initially, the CPI report came in cooler than expected, which gave the Fed an impetus to cut rates this September.  However, given the latest PPI data, Powell said doubt reigned put that in doubt.   The economics world states that “a rate cut would make it cheaper for businesses and consumers to borrow, thereby potentially further stoking inflation.”  So, instead small and midsized businesses will continue to fail and fold given the tariffs make their shops unaffordable, and unable to compete.  The fact that the government is doing the vast majority of the ‘borrowing’ to feed its Big Shop of Horrors budget shortfalls seems out of the equation.  

Fiscal year 2025 ends September 30th..  The Federal Deficit stands at $(2.009) Trillion as of today by Debt Clock.  Federal spending is $7.23 Trillion compared to full year FYE 2024 of $6.25 Trillion.  The $2+ trillion differential requires the Treasury to print more money – making the dollar ever weaker. Pushing the overall National Debt closer to the $40 trillion mark and debt to GDP over 123%.

Trump has one more card trick up his sleeve, the opening of land grabs as he releases federally owned land for sale – with untapped resources attached.  The $150-$200 Trillion valuation is a media spin unrelated to reality.  Tapping ‘resources’ takes time, manpower, energy, money, equipment, and more time.  They have no value until they have a finished product for sale.  Not all of the land is salable.  Not all of the land is usable for anything.  Creating a thorough analytical approach to land valuation and royalties has yet to be accomplished.  So for now we are at the mercy of journalists who have absolutely zero financial acumen.

Scott Bessent has made an unqualified statement based on estimates without calculations that the US ‘Might’ recover $300 billion in tariff revenue for the 2025 calendar year.  His own qualifier was he may have to make sizable adjustments to that number.  And like the ‘land’ qualifier, the tariff qualifier makes the projected numbers absolutely worthless. 

Actual Numbers – Year Over Year as of June:

Consumer bankruptcies up 11.8% – 519,486

Business Bankruptcies up 4.5% – 23,043

Trump’s First 200 Days of Success

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Trump’s first 200 days have been hailed as a BOON for America!  He has brokered Peace and deserves the Nobel Prize.  He has made massive deals benefitting America to the tune of hundreds of billions.  He has halted all immigration and deserves a Medal of Freedom.   He has lifted America’s economy to 3% Growth.  Inflation is down and employment is up!  YEAH…sigh.

  1. Since taking office Trump has bombed, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Russia, Iran and Somalia.
  2. The ‘deals’ are pledges from economies and corporations which are experiencing recessions and lost revenue and haven’t a dime to disperse.
  3. Immigration was definitely curbed and many thousands of gang members were deported – TRUTH. Unfortunately, he also exercised that high against those deserving to remain which spawns anger and deceit.
  4. The 3% growth was stated per the BEA Director, Vipin Arora, who was appointed by Biden. The first growth rate was -.5% creating an average of 1.75% growth and Economic estimates predicting 1.5% for the year.
  5. According to ADP, employment is negative, job growth is negative, and the numbers represent a sign the economy is contracting at Mach 10.

According to Scott Ritter, Trump’s nuclear subs positioned outside Russia as a direct result of a ‘mean tweet’ by Medvedev, reveals an ego driven militant strategy as ignorant and maniacal as the drop on Hiroshima.  The “Dead Hand” is designed to target America and Europe in retaliation – and all will die or wish they had.

Apparently, we have a James Bond villain running the country with his demon sidekicks within SPECTRE enforcing a massive destabilization of Fraud and Fakery.  Putin has warned there will be 2 occurrences before the Alaska Summit;  1)  a false flag using the Black Sea to incite a nuclear strike by Trump,  and 2)  an EU led sabotage of the summit is likely.  And has now been publicly announced to take place Wednesday to include Zelenskky as well as Germany, France, UK, Italy, Von der Leyen, etc…

Given Zelenskky routinely screams he will not relent any conditions as demanded by Russia, there really are only two alternatives, wipe Ukraine off the map – or replace Zelenskky & the entire Cabinet.  Such replacements would have to be approved by both Russia and the US – or it is a worthless endeavor. 

Although Trump continues to claim he is concerned about ‘people dying’ that sentiment has all the merit of a street kid from Little Rascals.  Apparently, the deaths of children, women, and men in all the countries Trump has bombed are of little value.  Eye-Roll.   And so, Trump’s words have little impact except where the rifts are suddenly rising, in particular – India.

Switzerland was given a 39% Tariff rate causing them to back out of their order of 36 F-35’s.  A deal worth nearly $4 Billion.  John Deere’s pledge to invest some $20 billion is on the heels of significant drops in revenue and net income 2025 as a result of tariffs.  And the EU’s Balance Sheet reveals Net Capital (Assets – Liabilities) of 1.26% of Assets   From a corporate viewpoint – Not Stellar when pledging $750 Billion investments in the US.  Trump is NOT a finance man.

John Solomon of Trump’s cadre has announced that he wants the White House to create a Truth Commission.  Just like Biden’s Nina Jankowicz known as the singing nun of Censorship Tsarism!  That lasted a few months as every Maga lit into the agenda.  Oddly, those same Maga are vying for the exact same thing under a different ad banner…Truth.

While China’s Jinping looks on in anticipation of the Summit between Trump and Putin, he sees it as a signal of whether Trump can be trusted.  Another Iran debacle is of a high probability for the ‘bookies’.  Without its rare earths, China knows it has no leverage, therefore it remains until/if an alternative can be invented – like sound wave technology harnessed inside a disc the size of an eraser head.  Many moons into the future.

In the meantime, what is – is – and China has the rare earths that Trump wants desperately.

Trump’s Frantic Punitive Tariffs Are About To Implode

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The Master of Burlesque, Zelenskky, is calling for regime change in Russia.  Trump is ramping up punitive fees and tariffs against India for buying Russian oil.  A Putin and Trump meeting has been scheduled as well as a trilateral including Zelenskky.  Is Trump creating another Iran blitz?

Technically there remains an ICC arrest warrant for Putin.  The UAE which Putin has selected as a possible venue for the meeting is not a member of the ICC.  But Trump has proven to be a man who does not uphold his word.  A dishonorable trait.  IF in fact Trump intended to make a deal, why is he punishing India simultaneously?  Smells. According to the Chinese Ministry, Trump is also considering imposing tariffs on China for their trade relations with Russia, specifically 25% on oil.  Putting Russia central to Trump’s targeted blitz.

For 2025, China’s main imports from the US included machinery, electronic and electrical equipment and oil seeds with total 2024 valuations estimated to be $146 to $153 billion.  That value is roughly worth 1 month and 1 week of China’s annual imports of $2.6 Trillion.  Easily replacced.

The attempt is to dismantle the BRICS which only gain more traction with every Trump insult.  The latest victim of extraordinary Tariff’s is Brazil, facing upwards of 50% due to Lula’s Supreme Court sending Bolsonaro to jail.  As a result, Lula has called for an immediate assembly of BRICS leaders to discuss a joint response.  The biggest exports from Brazil include iron ore and petroleum.  The balance of trade has been positive for the US – making the Tariffs an obvious return on Bolsonaro blackmail.

BRICS are gaining more traction because the organization is simply equal trade alliances, compared to NATO which is a military alliance whose financials have failed every audit for the last 7+ years.  NATO is simply a defacto death squad helping to secure the Mafia’s trafficking trade.

While the Trump White House is chaotically administering punitive Tariffs on everyone, China is building ports.  Particularly around Latin America and South America.  While CSIS is concerned that the ports are built to establish Naval bases, it is much more likely, the ports are to extend ‘trade’.   Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela want to revitalize their economies with BRICS.  Still, CSIS has created a military threat over these ports, calling it ‘diplomatic sway’ while inferring and postulating ‘whatif’ scenario’s like an Agatha Christie novella – because Israel and Ukraine both used the tactic to advance military strikes.

What is more important?  Trade.  And America is blowing it by focusing every scalable micron of initiative on Military weapons.  Forget innovation.  Industrialization.  China’s military budget is $233 Billion. 

America was a powerhouse of innovation in the 20th century advancing free markets and ideas giving the US the hegemony it lusted after.  But innovation became NIH turning mice into transgenders, torturing beagles and cats for fun, measuring fleas, effects of Swedish massages on bunnies, training mountain lions to use treadmills, half a million to study shrimp on a treadmill, etc…   Innovation became nonsensation, became abject cruelty.

Basic Economics;  we import because we don’t innovate.  And no amount of tariffs will save that reality from America’s failing Empire.  An Empire requires a constant feed that grows and evolves exponentially.  Like a Cathedral, it’s construction is forever expanding.  America’s feed contracted to bankers counting money while importing basic necessities. If the BRICS crawl out from under America’s thumb, our import partners can destroy America without firing a shot.  And Trump is Feeding This Soros Strategy.

The Tariff strategy could have worked had Trump simply imposed a standardized 10% or 15% across the board.  But greed and sanctimonious anger ruffled his righteousness and now he can’t back down lest he be perceived as ‘weak’.  The Diplomat turned into the Grinch and the American People will be made to suffer.  The auto industry is being hit hard with 25% losses already echoing throughout the EU and US which tosses support toward China’s less expensive models. 

Trump’s strategies seem to fly without a pilot.  Moving twenty different directions simultaneously with one thought in mind – Israel FIRST, and everyone else must PAY.  Most heavily – via BRICS.  Because the West still doesn’t even understand the BRICS and keeps attempting to turn them into a single entity like a globalized Empire – which is NOT their motive.  Israel and Trump only have the capacity to understand – ‘what’s in it for me financially’? mentality.  

Criticism of the BRICS is focused on its lack of cohesion and achievements, but most importantly, on

their power structure or lack thereof.  Power must exist in the minds and souls of Netanyahu and Trump while many European countries have already subjugated themselves and question nothing.  If there is no power structure and no $600 Billion deal or pledge, then what is it worth?  Answer:  The Future.  Built on Trade and Currencies. 

Meaning innovation MUST expand exponentially to stay within any Global Group Cult and weaving away from the dollar means the Money Changer Zionists will no longer have their Power Vacuum.  Same reason Rockefeller destroyed Japan – same reason JPMorgan & Chase turned on their ally – Hitler.  Usury.  Who Do You Trust?

US Economy: Trump Accomplishments and Failures

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The US housing market is a mess.  The cost of insurance and property taxes are wholly unaffordable.  The job market for educated, non burger flippers, is abysmal.  Gas is still over $4 in many areas, and the US economy is floundering under high interest rates and absurd debt!    How much is it costing taxpayers to bomb Somalia daily?  Yemen?  Syria?  Iran?  All while completely supporting every single Jewish Israeli? 

As a GM at an auto dealer, my son’s bonus’ on sales of foreign cars was slashed to zero to compensate for the tariffs.  Trump pledged to offset the tariffs with lower taxes…  The tariffs have already been imposed, but the tax rates have remained untouched by the administration (IRS adjusted rates for inflation – not for tariffs).

 The ICE vetting is no longer concentrated on gangland – but on ‘many’ private persons who are in the US illegally, including a woman who has lived here for 47 years.  There needs to be a redrawing of compassion allowances…  Allowing cotton pickers but not people who have lived here and contributed to society for 30-50 years seems a bit recklessly cruel.

Over the last twenty years, the US has killed nearly 1 million citizens in Middle Eastern countries at a cost of $5.8 trillion.  Indirect deaths in the Middle East wars ratchet an additional 3.8 million.   In 2024 alone, the US military spent roughly $1 Trillion.  Yet barracks are wretched hell-holes of mold, rats, and crumbling decay.    Always, the justification is to come to the aid and assistance of the country we bomb.  Yet we can’t even give our military proper housing or food rations… because there is no money left.

According to RAND, 26% of active duty servicemen are utilizing food banks and/or SNAP to gain food security!    Instead, we spend $2.4 billion on one really cool B-2 bomber to level chaos and destruction and applaud.   And then supply them to Israel immediately so they can bomb Lebanon yet again.  This is NOT America First. 

Between 2016 and 2021, the US sent to Somalia $1.395 Billion for ‘Peacekeeping Operations’.  Simultaneously we bomb Somalia every day to assure that the country is unable to rise out of poverty and profit from their own resources.  For PR purposes, these conflicts, wars and bombing all come under one glorious heading:  Counterterrorism.  And suddenly all the NGO’s that supported Wars, Neoconservatism, and Democrat hawks are applauding Trumps continuous bomb operations… 

The US Economy shrank by .5% the first quarter.    The stock market continues upbeat but that has zero impact on 38% of employees who have no stock holdings.  A high percentage of financial advisors now require a minimum of $500,000 to create a portfolio.  Eliminating the 20-45 year old range of earners.  And not one President has taken reality to heart.

The system the US operates under is wholly broken.  We are not capitalist.  Not a democracy.  We are Socialist quickly moving into Marxist/Communist territory as we watch America burn and crumble like Nero.  All of us.   Despite all the fraud that Musk unveiled, naming names, NGO’s, etc…  no one has been arrested.  Why?   The rogue CIA continues unabated inside Ukraine launching drone attacks on Russia, while Trump says he wants to make deals with Putin.  Why?   The Department of Education that was supposed to be eliminated issued a budget for FY 2026 of $66.7 billion.   The previous budget was $51 billion – an increase of 30%!!

A person making between $48,000 and $103,000 is losing nearly 40% of their taxable earnings to federal, state and social taxes.  President Trump ran his campaign on changing that theft.  Nothing has happened.  Instead bombing other countries indiscriminately to fight terrorism is more important use of that 40% that vanishes into the black book of ‘unaccounted for funds’.   In particular, the DoD and Department of State – two agencies which kicked out Musk’s audit.  Two agencies which have failed every public audit for a decade or more.

I’m not too old to remember the corruption and fraud were focus points for elimination…and criminal charges.  Alas it appears the real criminals that stole billions from US Taxpayers are allowed to skate.

I wonder where Israel is going to get the funds to rebuild the bombed buildings and scrape Gaza?

Europe Has A Water Problem $ Ukraine’s Water Is From Russia

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The Tariff Threat Has Caused Every Country to Rethink Self Sufficiency:  An inventory of imports reveals where the strengths and weaknesses exist.  Closing that gap would create a healthier economy.   But given the sheer size of the populations such as in China,  or the lack of land resources in Japan, alter the simple trade equation.

After WWII, Japan shifted to a manufacturing economy and flooded the market with what were deemed ‘cheap goods’.  Toyota’s were the poor man’s automobile.  Then in the late 1970’s China began to flip market offering a new kind of cheap which made Japan’s goods higher in quality.  And magically, Japan was no longer making cheap products although nothing else changed. 

The EU is battling China because they want to implement a ‘per package fee’.  They don’t call it a tariff, they call it a fee, because this name change will protect them from the media radar.  The EU is desperate to find new sources of revenue to pay for their forever war with Ukraine.  One of the EU’s biggest resources is agriculture.  Poland and Romania dominate.  Farmers are aging out in the EU – putting risk on the market to be able to sustain these exports.

Ursula Von Der Leyen decided that Russian energy must be eliminated inflating energy and fertilizer costs unsustainably for farmers.  Farmers protested.  She balked and stated that cow farts were the cause of greenhouse gases contributing to climate change.  So she put a ‘tariff’ on beef.   In other words, the EU is doing everything possible to eliminate agriculture.

As a result, beef prices in the EU are significantly higher than the US with Switzerland topping the list at 300% greater than the US. 

The most valuable resource is water.  In Europe, most water is abstracted from surface waters. Around 75% of total water abstraction is from rivers and reservoirs, and 25% from groundwater.   Most of the fresh water is in the northern countries with agriculture consuming roughly 60% of all freshwater.  The second largest share of water usage goes toward electricity and gas.

Italy, Portugal, Crete, Sicily and Spain experience severe water scarcity.  Germany has been increasingly subject to water scarcity in the last two decades which has led to water wars.  When sanitizing water for consumption, 3 gallons of water will result in 1 gallon of purified water.  Across the EU bottled water is the preference.

Too often politicians, like scientists, focus on aspects that ignore the reality of importance.  What ‘benefit’ will Ukraine provide the EU?  What does that benefit cost?  According to scientific institutes – the greatest reason for the EU supporting Ukraine’s war is ‘collective security’.  The second greatest reasoning states, “The benefits for European citizens, members or potential members of the EU, are tangible: faster economic growth, deeper social integration, and elevated education in engineering and computer science.”

Security.  Assumes Russia.  Reality:  Ukraine’s infrastructure and agriculture are dead.  The soil is now highly toxic.  It holds $324 billion in debt. Not including the $325 billion the US Taxpayers dropped.  Over 6 million of its residents have become refugees and now live in northern Europe.  The number killed in action is believed to top over a million.  And rebuilding would cost $500 billion to $1 trillion. 

In other words – there are no current benefits until Ukraine is completely rebuilt and its resources resume or are initiated toward productivity.  The two REASONS as such do NOT exist. 

Ukraine’s major source of freshwater is the Dneiper River.  The Dneiper is sourced in Russia.   It flows thru Belarus into Ukraine and then the Black Sea.  If Russia built a series of dams that ended in Belarus – Ukraine would be nearly waterless.  End of War – FOREVER.

Doug Casey – Investors – Bankers; Profits Good/Tariffs Bad

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Doug Casey; a self-described anarcho-capitalist atheist from an uber wealthy family whose law degree from Catholic University (or Georgetown – various different reports), worked in ‘department store analysis’, all of which somehow gives him expertise in Economics and Finance, is quite visibly denigrating President Trump as a liar and estranged from reality.    Calling for a 1929 Depression.  His views have been prominently displayed across major media – why?

He has ego – and he has money.

Tariffs directly impact the most wealthy simply because they spend on extravagances.  Whereas, federal taxes can be manipulated with offshores and write-offs.   The point of the Tariffs was to leverage the elimination of federal taxes – as espoused by the Libertarian, Heritage Institute.  For some reason, Casey’s Libertarianism is defined differently.

The Casey Solution to Government Debt:  “ make chainsaw-like cuts to entitlements, national defense, and welfare while reducing the national debt to lower the interest cost.”  Reducing the debt means making payments.  With a One Trillion interest liability per year, where are those ‘payments’ going to come from?    

Casey promotes the actions of “Libertarian” Milei arguing Argentina instituted reforms in their government that have caused low property values, a mining boom, and the collapse of ‘certain regions’ which gives the moneymen a chance to make more money.  What Casey FAILS to note is that Argentina’s poverty rate is now 57.4%.  Food lines cannot meet demand.  And the middle class is completely lost.  Yet  somehow, Casey feels this is the best parallel for America to follow.   

In other words, Casey sees Argentina’s absolute spiral into hell as a means for him to make money and this is how he views America.  I seriously doubt that a 60% poverty rate in America would be met with Hallelujah’s!   

The median salary in Argentina is $370 per month ($4440 per year) – poverty wage is $272 per month.  The bank interest rate is 31.81%.  The cost of a home is between $40,000 and $600,000.   Obviously home ownership is nonexistent.  To live comfortably in Argentina, a foreigner would need $2425 per month – yet the average Argentinian only makes $370 per month.   Casey owns a wine and residential sporting estate project called Estancia de Cafayate in Salta Province, Argentina.

La Estancia de Cafayate is a 550-hectare (1360 acre) secluded wine and residential sporting estate that includes Vineyards, Golf, Polo, Spa, Gourmet Restaurant, Luxury Hotel and horses.  Cost to build:  $863 Million.  The homes run in the range of half a million – NOT for the peasants.

Full Disclosure.

This is Casey’s success story!  Self-adulation.

But it reveals where his allegiance lies – investing for himself to make more money on the backs of those in poverty.  Speaking of which, bank profits are coming in with stellar reviews given the high interest rates that have impacted the little people.   JP Morgan beat the earnings per share crystal ball by nearly 10%.   Bank of America by 7%, while the Bankers all foretold of earnings collapse under the Trump Tariff plan.  WHY?   Bankers stand to lose under a lower dollar.  Why?  Because tariffs by default hit Wall Street while helping US businesses extend exports as the dollar falls.  A form of wealth redistribution to the local economy – away from the 10% that own Wall Street.  Project 2025, written by Libertarians explains how the tariff imbalance has impacted US exports and specifically farmers, ranchers, manufacturers and workers.   Who it does NOT mention are “Bankers”.

Last year Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan coughed up a $39 million compensation package.  $37 million of the package was in the category of ‘performance bonus’ given the bank’s profits were up massively as the peasants suffered under inflation and interest rates.  The average credit-card rate is now 20-25% with the highest coming in at a whopping 40%!   Tariffs discourage borrowing and thus, discourage bank profits at USURY.  Usury being tied to every major expelling of Jews historically.

Banks and Bankers are not here to help the 90%, they are here to make money for the 10% – so when they scream at Trump’s tariffs it is because they know it will hurt ‘them ‘.

MEDICAID & ACA vs Government Contribution to Society

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MEDICAID SPENDING:

States are in a frenzy as they have continued to dole out free Medicaid for illegals and citizens who fraudulently manipulate the system for free healthcare.   Unlike medicare which is funded by payroll taxes, Medicaid is a freebie funded by ALL Taxpayers as a welfare entitlement.  Created in 1969 by Johnson’s Marxist/Socialist regime under the auspices of The great Society, Medicaid quickly became yet another Ponzi scheme of fraud.   It is tied toa person’s stated income – and does NOT take into its algorithm – assets.  

Over 85 million or 26% of all Americans are collecting Medicaid at an annual cost of nearly $1 trillion.   any member of a household with income up to 138% of the federal poverty line qualifies for Medicaid coverage under the provisions of the ACA.  That poverty line is $15,650 per individual or $21,600 at the 138% threshold or $7.82 per hour.   As an example:  Walmart’s starting pay is $14-$19 per hour.   Target is $15 to $24 per hour and McDonalds is $12 to $15 per hour.

In other words, NO ONE who is working is making the poverty threshold – yet 85 million US citizens claim they are.  And we as Taxpayers are footing that bill – not the Feds or the states – US, you and I!   $15 per hour is the equivalent of $30,000 per year – $19 is $38,000 and $24 is $48,000.   Statistically, 52% of payments are for seniors and disabled who represent 21% of enrollees.  Seniors:  does that include the 5million over the age of 108? 

Statistics:  12% of the US population is in poverty.  But more than double that get Medicaid.  27% of disabled live in poverty.  But 31% of the disabled are veterans who qualify for VA Health – not Medicaid.   So WHERE is the money going?  $1 TRILLION.  States say they are ‘Cash Strapped’  – of course they all happen to be Blue states; Colorado, California, Maryland and Washington among the top tier.

There are 990,000 doctors in the US for a population of 330 million.  There are just 96,000 in Canada for a population of 40 million.    

The Topsy Turvy:  Obamacare or ACA was created to ‘reduce the cost of health insurance premiums for those who are not eligible for Medicaid, Medicare, or employer based insurance’.   So  ACA subsidies are over and above Medicaid.  There are 21 million people enrolled in Obamacare.  So, we now have 1/3 of the US population getting subsidized healthcare.  Before this welfare program I paid $300 per month for a family of four – zero subsidies.

There are over 22 million state and local government workers.  There are approximately 3-4 million federal employees (they are not exactly sure).   There are an additional 2 million federal civilian employees – which would include the CIA.  Approximately 163 million private employees are supporting 28 million government employees.   IF Trump were to eliminate the federal tax and instead tariffs, ie consumption, replaced these taxes, by default the uber wealthy would be paying the majority of funds into the government.   While ordinary consumers would likely revert to buying local boosting internal spending via choice spending.  

Healthcare needs a massive reboot!  he average cost of health insurance for a family of four is now $1500 vs the $300 I used to pay.  The reason is NOT that doctors are getting pay raises – the reason is fraud, waste, welfare, and government.

That isn’t socialism – this is Communism – full BLOWN.    

This identifies how the Middle Class came to no longer exist.  Eaten away by extraordinary costs to pay for illegal immigrants and government employees contributing no benefit to society while making far more than those paying into the system and receiving a pension upon retirement.  A pension that pays out 250% more than SS.  This is what Musk was referring to when he lashed out at Peter Navarro calling him ‘dumber than a sack of bricks’ with Navarro stating Musk doesn’t ‘build the cars’.  

Musk owns companies that contribute to society – Navarro and the majority of government workers simply feed off Taxpayers.   It is also likely, that the bottom dwellers Musk and DOGE have uncovered and have yet to release their findings to the media per Trump’s order  – is based on that premise.    And Musk is royally pissed at the extent of this revelation.

The King and I: Tariffs. Who Protestist The Mostest

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ANALYZING TARIFFS AGAIN AND AGAIN…

So, Macron and The Economist are stating that he will be anointed King of the EU – soon…  Which explains his media presence, his military strutting, his demand that France decide Ukraine and Russia’s fate, and his détente with President Trump.  The mini-me Napolean has the intellect of an amoeba however, he has gratiated himself via his ability to bow scrape and obey no matter the humiliation.  And that’s all that matters.

Whether the EU will survive at all is subjective.  Today, Ursula Von der Leyen gave a public lecture wherein she professed that the EU not just embraced the values of the Talmud, but that the EU was the Talmud.  The Talmud was thus quoted:   1)  Even the best of Goyim should be killed.  2)  When a Jew murders a gentile there shall be no punishment.  3)  A Jew may have sex with a child as long as the child is less than nine years old.   You get the spirit.

Von Der Leyen is a Goyim.  Macron is a Goyim.  Trump is a Goyim.  All of which becomes more than a bit dark as they pledge their own deaths.  What transpired during Netanyahu’s visit to the US?  While the visit was parlayed to be about the tariffs, it is more likely it was a warning – Trump was acting outside of the Cartel. And that would be met with harsh punishment.  The main issue would apparently be Trump’s agreement to meet with Iran’s President, Masoud Pezeshkian, who has agreed to connect on neutral territory in Oman.

Following the dictates of Israel, Trump had promised to ignite WWIII and bomb Iran.  Détente has been called and Netanyahu is NOT pleased.  Tucker Carlson has continually weighed in on the outcome of a war over Iran stating the obvious – American soldiers would die by the hundreds of thousands.  Civilians would die – potentially by the millions.  For what purpose?  To eliminate Iran at the behest of Netanyahu given Israel knows they would cease to exist should they initiate.

Russia would defend Iran and given the animosity provoked with China, they would side with Russia.  Europe would crumble in a defeat worse than WWII. 

Meanwhile, the democrats are meeting in an illegal closed door faction outside of normal regulations to figure out how they can bamboozle Trump before his tariffs work and he eliminates the federal income tax – their bread and butter.   Billionaires are screaming about the tariffs destroying their corruption and money laundering schemes, and the Epstein papers remain a barely audible tingle in the background.

Woefully ill-prepared for the Trump EFFECT, everyone is dancing on the monkey head as he begs for his life.  Including, oddly, Rand Paul.   Ted Cruz – predictably. 

Cruz and Paul both call the tariffs a tax without mentioning the concept of replacing the federal income tax.  The reality of a tax on goods instead of earnings is the fact that it becomes optional.  Consumers have the option to buy or not buy – altering demand.  They have a choice to alter their purchases.  A Tax on earnings is nonnegotiable.  It is a means of forcing citizens to tithe to the Cartel government.  Promoting the ever expanding government which became the mainstay of the Biden Regime.  For the government, by the government, all in for the government – employment numbers were BASED on an ever expanding – government while businesses contracted sharply!

The naysayers of tariffs site the 1930 Smoot Hawley Tariff Act.  It too became a fight between the democrats and the republicans.  In 1942, the US began to promote free trade, by 1950, the trade imbalance had begun its reversal and a steady decline ensued.    The promotion then and now was led by the wealthy.  Because trade imbalances are played.  Elite profits are exponentially higher when low labor costs can be leveraged in other countries.  Creating greater poverty throughout Africa – and at the time, China.   This poverty helps to support the land grabs, the coups, the stealing of resources such as diamonds, minerals, and water.

Tariffs tend to equalize profits as most tariffs are reciprocal.  Demand and supply economics rises, and the middle class is restored.  In the 1930’s it was JP Morgan who screamed the loudest.  Today, JP Morgan is calling for a global recession.   Because the elite will suffer the greatest HIT.  

It is always wise to Listen to The King And I (Great Movie) when taking note of who protestist MOST when researching and analyzing – more often than not that factor alone will dictate the whys and wherefores.

CHINA OUTPLAYED As Tariffs Destroy Their Markets

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China Is ERRING:

China’s reactions without dialogue reveal an ego not a Leader.  Worse – China wants to sue the US for its tariff hikes via the World Trade Center – yet imposes retaliatory tariffs itself thereby negating ANY ability to sue.  Meaning, Xi Jinping has lost his mojo.

 The Hong Kong market is in far more trouble that the DOW or Nasdaq.  Tanking 13.2 % in a single day, requiring the state to intervene, China was out-played.   Xi Jinping knew the tariffs were coming, knew that Trump doesn’t bluff, and yet did nothing in the way of dialogue to find a mutual comfort zone.  Demand for China’s goods had already slowed.  Their economy had slowed.  This was an ego move and nothing more.

The EU under the tutelage of the medical degreed Von der Leyen is equally deficient in intellectual capacity.   Their largest imports from the US are oil and gas given they sanctioned to death Russia and it’s cheaper transport – the blown up Nord Stream.   Manufacturing in the EU had already been hit hard with energy prices sky-rocketing.  De-linking from US oil will cave their economy completely.  They have no alternative in place and Von der Leyen is wholly lacking in economic or financial brain cells.

In the meantime, mini-me Macron is still trying to insert himself in the Ukraine deal with Russia despite having zero capacity and a military acumen on par with Mickey Mouse.   As the self imposed Leader of Palestine, Macron declares that HAMAS will have no role in ruling Gaza…  Ah.  I’m sure the remaining Palestinians give a hoot what the Napolean MicroMan says.  Strutting in front of his footmen does little to nothing for the French people who want their country back!

Not to look like the jester, Macron declared he would have a ‘massive response’ to Trump’s tariffs which will affect their wine and luxury markets mostly.  But the fact is – France’s exposure is relatively small and the elite will pay whatever or revert to the black-market.  But like Xi – ego rules Macron and his Offensive against Marin le Pen has already relegated him to a losing position with a lost script.  Where are the script writers?  Soros?

Soros has his hands full creating protests across America as liberals whine about such traitorous propaganda offensives such as SS, Medicare and Medicaid.  What exactly has Trump done to any of these programs that is so dastardly?  Cut graft, corruption and fraud.   20% of SS offices are empty and have been for YEARS while still allocating resources to empty buildings.  Under Biden’s regime, the last pay hike for SS retirees was 3% while Congress demanded a 45% pay hike for inflation.  Whoopdedoda.

Like Kamitoes, the protest foot soldiers require crib notes to be able to answer why they hate Trump.  Their signs are made for them.  Their transportation paid for by Soros via Taxpayers.  And their stipends given in Cash-Cash – no taxes.

So how does Soros fund all these protests?  Apparently thru government funds including California’s Newsome who sent $18 million to the Soros Foundation just for funzies while California can’t afford reservoirs or rebuilding from fires…  “Please Trump give me more money so I can divert it to Soros protests against America!  We are desperate!”  Once again – this money does not come from Trump, it comes from US Taxpayers!  In fact, our esteemed government has given Soros $360 million over the last 15 years.  Money that was used to fuel chaos and destruction in urban cities.  Money that was used to give to Blue AG’s and Liberals in Congress.   ALL FUNDED by US Taxpayers.

That would explain the irony of Soros’ grin.  We paid him to destroy us.  Lovely.

Soros has not filed his required IRS Form 990 since 2023.  According to that report, he has accumulated $4.5 BILLION in Net Assets in one of his many ‘entities’.  Payroll was over $143 million, Other People Fees $27million+.  Investment Income $46 million – with zero tax liability.  What the tax return does reveal is the sheer magnitude of NGO’s and individuals controlled under the umbrella of the magicians of Zionism.

Netanyahu is now threatening President Trump regarding the tariffs imposed on Israel, while China retaliates with a 34% import fee on US goods which include oil and soybeans all of which amount to a mere $165 billion.  Imports from China by comparison are a colossal $524 billion.  The alternatives to China include, India, Vietnam, Mexico, Indonesia and Thailand.  The weighted average tariff for India is 12%, however the actual US tariff is 52%.  The purpose is considered ‘national protectivism’.   For Example:  India charges Apple a 50% Tariff.  Trump’s retaliatory tariffs are 26% or half. 

The point of course is that the US as the ‘super power’ was considered the bad guy and thus all countries imposed their sovereign relief tariffs to make America less.  Retaliatory, is simply a means to close the gap and make it ‘FAIR’.  Redesign the playing field.  In a perfect world there would be no tariffs at all.  Let the laissez faire supply and demand dictate!  But US taxpayers had to be punished thus the roundabouts. 

The markets will react and do what they do best – go up and down.  The bankers and hedge funds dictate.  Trump can’t control Wall Street.  And Wall Street benefits only the ‘few’.   Oil is down – that means cheaper gas for households, for truckers, for airlines and tankers.  That translates to cheaper goods.  That’s what people said they wanted. They just want it with their inflated wages…   

Tariffs, The Global Economy, And Sovereign Wisdom

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TIME to pull out the crystal ball for the Economy:

The US Economy has been running on deficits and debt for literally decades.  Band-aides after the 2008 crisis didn’t Fix the source and instead capped the bleeding temporarily.   The Banks caused the recession and Taxpayers were then told to pay for the Bank’s Reparations.   So they could do it all over again.  When super-imposed on a picture of a household, the concept seems so easily understood, yet ostriches will be ostriches and burying our head in the sand is what we do best.

Borrowing to pay off debt was the mainstay of the Construction/Real Estate Development business in the 1980’s.  I know because I lived it.  Contrary to mainstream economists, the Federal Reserve has since its inception created the extreme of troughs and highs that they were tasked with modulating.  Jerome Powell has no intention of mitigating those errors and will bully the markets into another trough. 

HISTORY:  Throughout the 1800’s ‘Panics’ were a direct result of wartime boom/busts.  Artificial economies.  Economies built on government unadulterated spending and bank credit.  The previous economic turmoil was post Revolutionary War thirty years prior led by British Bankers.  The Bankers of the 1819 crisis included:  Astor, Parish, Girard, Barker, and Calhoun.  They came from Germany, France and Britain and financed American wars – profiting quite nicely.  

EVERY economic crash can be traced to the actions of Bankers.  As a result, The US decided that bankers were the best source from which to manage the economy for the past 250 years.   Logical. 

The markets are looking to Jerome Powell to stabilize the fallout of Tariffs.  Powell has no interest nor incentive.  Thus the markets are reacting.  President Trump via Project 2025 knew that their tariff policy would have economic consequences.  There was no alternative – maintaining an economy running on debt would lead to the complete collapse of the dollar and an inflationary economy similar to Germany in the early 20th century.  Only, it would be worse given our banknotes are not backed by Gold – they are backed by a bankrupt government.

Therefore, the only way out – is a controlled depression.  And it won’t be FUN.

But it is necessary. 

The $1.598 question is how do you reorganize the government to remove the boom/bust cycle?   Because returning to the credit and banking usury makes a depression another band-aide with no clear solution.  The alternative would have to be an economy built on evolutionary production.  Creation.  Checking ‘ego’ at the proverbial door.  Replacing every effort toward war with expansion.  Including restructuring our infrastructure along the lines of magnetic power, flying cars, water resource development, food production within traditional means, and the reintroduction of values of honor, respect and wisdom.  

The toll that the Liberal sexual predator mentality has taken on our souls is much more vast than we can absorb.   The Rabbi Shmuley’s of the world need to descend back into their caves and indwelling away from society.   The Nephilim.  Once destroyed in Ninevah.  The darkness that dissolves souls into a mental abyss we see in the faces of McConnell et al.   Empty shells of human debris.  No Light.  No bright stars.  No passion. 

As the West continues its antics as the Hare, Russia has become the Tortoise who’s wealth in agriculture, oil and gas and rare earths become a pivotal realization within Trump’s inner circle.  Instead of seeing the benefits this alliance could bring to all Americans, his naysayers continue their diatribe of Russia Bad.  And will sacrifice to the last American before they let go of their personal ego’s.  WHY?  

Look at the Names:  Musk, Wiles, Miller, Witkoff, Homan, Thiel, Vought, Vance, Rubio, Trump, jr, Hegseth, Bessent, Bondi, Patel, McMahon, Kushner, Kennedy, White, Andreesen, Sacks, Epshteyn, and a rash of Hedge Fund Billionaires.  100% Israel First.    An agenda of psychosis that cannot see beyond themselves – what is good for them – not Americans.   Their priorities;  Israel, destroy all goy humanity, Money, and Power.  All of which would be sacrificed should a Russian or China Power be ‘shared’. 

The misnomer within the shared power of US, Russia and China is that America First must be the pen name of all nations, not just America.   China must put America first.  Russia must put America first.  And suddenly, the ideology is no longer a shared global commitment to absolution, but simply another Empirical demeanor.  Globalization failed miserably because it became a tool for trade blackmail, colonization, coups, destabilization, subjugation, and chaos.  

Empires Always Fall.   Sovereignty is the only means of assuring prosperity.  Nonintervention.  Independence within a sphere of mutual respect.  This is where Putin has far surpassed his contemporaries across the Western hemispheres.  Unfortunately, the Barbarians still outnumber the Wise.