Every tariff or duty (a tax by any other name) is a poor tax. At least this way it is in at least mostly voluntary.
I am skeptical, but hopeful.
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Human, sexually, color, race. etc. Being what you want to be is less than just being. Just be, and let be.
Want to pay your fair share?
Want to contribute to society?
Want to do the most good possible a single person can to make society better?
Do a job.
Create a job.
If you have extra, creating opportunities for others is better than any charity and certainly better than a tax.
Outsourcing your contributions to society via charity or government tax is the most inefficient method of doing good. So inefficient it borders on evil.
You can and should do better.
Damnit now I have to watch.
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Outsourcing a good deed is evil.
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forget Groundhog’s Day, it is 1984 again.


UK government demands access to Apple users' encrypted data
The Home Office served the notice to the tech giant under the Investigatory Powers Act.
Dear Donald:
Please do your best at fulfilling this campaign promise for me.
Alla the best,
JFK
P.S.
The people need to know the truth about my death asap before it is too late.


Don’t threaten me with a good time
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So has anyone trudged through this?
Does anyone care at this point?
We all saw the manipulation of the recut. What else does the raw footage bring to light?

60 Minutes publishes transcripts, video requested by FCC
60 Minutes is today posting these transcripts of our interview with Vice President Kamala Harris and have provided them to the FCC.
I would rather have a bit of short term pain than a prolonged agony.
#abolishIncomeTax … unfortunately the expectation is to take from both ends rather than eliminate anything.
Please prove me wrong. I double dog dare you.
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-americans-could-feel-pain-trade-war-with-mexico-canada-china-2025-02-02/
I wonder if this Judge has actually read this amendment?
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, **and subject to the jurisdiction thereof**, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
If not he surly did not read the statement of Senator Jacob Howard that drafted the citizenship clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
"This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons."
But what would I know I am not an omniscient Judge.
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Most people’s world viewpoint needs to be altered.
Seeing others as enemies is a childish viewpoint.
We have friends that help us get there and competitors that push us to be better. And neither are exclusive categories.


Why Is Trump Handing Our Enemies a Win?
Revoking security protection for Mike Pompeo and other former officials weakens America—and emboldens Tehran.
Only thing that I disagree with is that they are being paid without productivity. Transfers to the Alaskan tundra to observe migration patterns of salmon ( no remote work ) would be preferable.


NBC News
Trump orders all federal DEI employees placed on paid leave starting Wednesday
The Trump administration also directed government agencies to draw up plans for firing workers in DEI roles.
Now do a Real American 🇺🇸 Patriot 🇺🇸
Edward Snowden
Someone who risked losing literally everything to bring the truth to the American public
Although he may never return, for good reason, he should have the option to at least visit as he sees fit with out repercussions of his loyalty to the American people.
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Well, I guess day two will have to do…
Probably just had writers cramp from day one.
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The Verge
Trump pardons Silk Road operator Ross Ulbricht
Ulbricht has been serving a life sentence.
Out of all the *many*DT EOs the spirit of this needs to be enshrined in the constitution and applied to all government policies, practices and citizens and guide past, present and future law interpretation.
“illegal racial discrimination under the guise of ‘equity,’ or one’s commitment to the invented concept of ‘gender identity’ over sex”… (just more discrimination under the guise of 'equity')
…shall not be considered valid reason for anything.


The White House
Reforming The Federal Hiring Process And Restoring Merit To Government Service
REFORMING THE FEDERAL HIRING PROCESS AND RESTORING MERIT TO GOVERNMENT SERVICE By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and t...
So many pardens, not one for Ross Ulbricht.
How Biden pardons, Trump pardons, compare to other presidents
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Democratization of anything will create so many missed opportunities for advancement. 

