We ought not to count the peaks but rather the streams crossed, meadows foraged and forests sauntered, for it is the journey that changes us and not the destination. I am forever changed.
people treat brazil like an exotic travel destination and then get shocked when brazilians turn out to be actual people instead of characters in their vacation fantasy. nobody is obligated to live up to your idealized version of a country just to make your trip more meaningful
It’s all talk. Just withhold foreign aid to Israel for a month and they’ll stop bombing their neighbors - instant peace, the Strait of Hormuz can be opened, and gas drops $2 a gallon. Israel has been, and continues to be, the biggest welfare recipient from American tax payers.
Back then…
The average personal tax rate was 5.5%
The average corporate tax rate was 42%
And the tax rate for the ultra wealthy was 91%.
That’s what they stole from us.
Marco Rubio posted a video to Cubans claiming there’s no oil blockade. Needless to say, it didn’t land well with Cubans who are living through blackouts that became far worse after the U.S. began stopping oil from getting to the island.