Kathleen Dugan

Former Owner of Dugan Insurance

[Kathleen Dugan @Dugan_Insurance]

Dugan Insurance, LLC and Erie Insurance Group partnered together giving $1000 to the Home of the Sparrow during these difficult times. Home of the Sparrow is a wonderful non profit preventing homelessness through six programs that helped 1,087 women and... https://t.co/QVKn8Co3x2

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

A college economics professor stated that he had once failed an entire class. That class insisted that socialism is functional and that no one should be poor and no one rich, that everyone is equal...

The teacher told them, "OK, we will do an experiment on socialism in this group.

All grades will be averaged, and everyone will get the same grade, so no one will fail and no one will get a 10."

After the first test, the grades were added up and divided by the number of students, and everyone got an 8.

The students who studied intensively were upset, but those who studied less were overjoyed.

As the second test approached, the students who had studied a little learned even less, and those who had studied more intensively told themselves that they also wanted a "handout", so they also studied less.

The average of the second test was 6.

When the third test was given, the average score was 4. To the great surprise of all the students, they all failed.

The teacher told them that socialism will eventually fail because when half the population sees that they cannot work, because the other half will take care of them, and when the half that worked realizes that there is no point in working anymore, because others are the beneficiaries of their labor, then that is the end of any nation
The story may be a fable not a fact but the moral is real
Get it?

[🇺🇸 Justice @250_Revolution]

Concerning Social Security payments, my contributions were made for 40 years on every salary I received. Those jobs may not have always been the work I wanted to be doing at the time, BUT I always had a job. The Social Security check is now (or soon will be) referred to as a "Federal Benefit Payment?" I'll be part of the one percent to forward this.

I am forwarding it because it touches a nerve in me, and I hope it will in you. Please keep passing it on until everyone in our country has read it. The government is now referring to our Social Security checks as a "Federal Benefit Payment." This isn't a benefit. It is our money paid out of our earned income! Not only did we all contribute to Social Security but our employers did too. It totaled 15% of our income before taxes.

If you averaged $30K per year over your working life, that's close to $180,000 invested in Social Security. If you calculate the future value of your monthly investment in social security ($375/month, including both you and your employers contributions) at a meager 1% interest rate compounded monthly, after 40 years of working you'd have more than $1.3+ million dollars saved! This is your personal investment. Upon retirement, if you took out only 3% per year, you'd receive $39,318 per year, or $3,277 per month.

That's almost three times more than today's average Social Security benefit of $1,230 per month, according to the Social Security Administration. (Google it – it’s a fact).

And your retirement fund would last more than 33 years (until you're 98 if you retire at age 65)! I can only imagine how much better most average-income people could live in retirement if our government had just invested our money in low-risk interest-earning accounts.

Instead, the folks in Washington pulled off a bigger "Ponzi scheme" than Bernie Madoff ever did. They took our money and used it elsewhere. They forgot (oh yes, they knew) that it was OUR money they were taking. They didn't have a referendum to ask us if we wanted to lend the money to them. And they didn't pay interest on the debt they assumed. And recently they've told us that the money won't support us for very much longer.
But is it our fault they misused our investments? And now, to add insult to injury, they're calling it a "benefit", as if we never worked to earn every penny of it.
Just because they borrowed the money doesn't mean that our investments were a charity!

Let's take a stand. We have earned our right to Social Security and Medicare. Demand that our legislators bring some sense into our government.
Find a way to keep Social Security and Medicare going for the sake of that 92% of our population who need it. Then call it what it is: Our Earned Retirement Income.

😡😡😡✅

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

DOUBLE BREAKING: Markwayne Mullin's nomination has just ADVANCED through another vote and Senator Kennedy started to ROAST Dems just moments later.

"There are TWO THINGS that can be done to prevent Democrats from using the PAIN of the American people to use as leverage against Trump."

"If I were a King for a day- I‘m not and I don‘t aspire to be- and I wanted to avoid shutdowns. I would do two things."

"I would provide that members of Congress CAN‘T BE PAID during a shutdown and I would provide that members of Congress CAN‘T LEAVE Washington, D.C. during a shut down."

This is something EVERY AMERICAN would support. It's common sense and makes them think twice before fcking the American people.

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

I was flying Southwest from Dallas to New York. Three rows ahead of me, there was a young soldier in uniform. He looked barely 18. He was staring straight ahead, gripping the armrests. He looked nervous. When the drink cart came around, the flight attendant asked him what he wanted. 'Coke, please,' he said. 'Heading home?' she asked kindly. 'No, ma'am,' he said. 'Deploying. First time.' The whole row went quiet. The flight attendant didn't say a word. she handed him his Coke. Then, she got on the PA system. 'Ladies and gentlemen, we have a very special guest in Row 8 today. Private Miller is on his first deployment to serve our country. Since I can't buy him a drink, I’m going to ask a favor. If you want to write him a note of encouragement, pass it forward.' I grabbed a napkin. I wrote: 'You got this. Stay safe. - A dad from Row 12.' I watched as napkins traveled up the aisle. Napkins, receipts, pages torn from books. By the time we landed, the soldier had a pile of paper on his tray table three inches high. He stood up to get his bag, and he was wiping his eyes. He carefully packed every single scrap of paper into his rucksack. 'Thank you,' he told the flight attendant. 'No,' she said. 'Thank you.' We all walked off that plane a little quieter, reminded that freedom is just a word until you meet the kid who is defending it.

Credit: Margie Lee

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

We don’t live in a democracy if our elected leaders fail to implement the will of the people

[Blue Lives Matter @bluelivesmtr]

OUTSTANDING - you're gonna love this.

WATCH as Rep. Pat Fallon DESTROYS Gov. Tim Walz for LYING. Walz stated that Somalis are a benefit to the state, and are ASSIMILATING.

So Rep. Fallon rolled out a graph showing the MASSIVE amount of Somalis on welfare, vs. native-born Americans

-FOOD STAMPS: 7% Natives, 54% Somalis
-GENERAL WELFARE: 21% Natives, 81% Somalis
-FAMILY MEMBER ON MEDICAID: 17% Natives, 73% Somalis

REPOST this for widespread exposure!

#thinblueline #lawenforcement

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

"It's not the police who need to be retrained, it's the public. We have grown into a mouthy, mobile phone wielding, vulgar, uncivil society with no personal responsibility and the attitude of 'it's the other person's fault, you owe me'. A society where children grow up with no boundaries or knowledge or concern for civil society and personal responsibility.

When an officer says "Put your hands up," then put your hands up! Don't reach for something in your pocket, your lap, your seat. There's plenty of reason for a police officer to feel threatened, there have been multiple assaults and ambushes on police officers lately. Comply with requests from the officer, have your day in court. Don't mouth off, or fight, or refuse to comply... that escalates the situation.

Police officers are our sons and daughters, fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters. They're black, white, brown, all colors, all ethnicities, all faiths, male and female, they are us. They see the worst side of humanity... the raped children, the bloody mangled bodies of traffic victims, the bruised and battered victims of domestic violence, homicide victims, body parts... day after day.

They work holidays while we have festive meals with our families. They miss school events with their kids, birthdays, anniversaries, all those special occasions that we take for granted. They work in all types of weather, under dangerous conditions, for relatively low pay.

They have extensive training, but they are human. When there are numerous attacks on them, they become hyper vigilant for a reason, they have become targets. When a police officer encounters any person... any person, whether at a traffic stop, a street confrontation, an arrest, whatever... that situation has the potential to become life threatening. You, Mr & Mrs/Miss Civilian, also have the responsibility of keeping the situation from getting out of control.

Many law enforcement officers are Veterans. They've been in service to this nation most of their lives, whether on the battlefield or protecting us here at home. They are the only thing that stands between us and anarchy in the streets.

If you want to protect your child, teach them respect."

~ Sheriff David Clarke

[Kevin Sorbo @ksorbs]

Can somebody air this on the Superbowl Please?

[Chief Nerd @TheChiefNerd]

🚨 OUCH: Gov. Shapiro Throws the Biden-Harris Admin Under the Bus

“They got that infrastructure bill passed to provide the BILLIONS of dollars that were needed to … connect everybody in Pennsylvania. Do you know how many people have been connected to high speed, affordable Internet thanks to President Biden? … ZERO.”

[Mr. Star Spangled MAGA @4thOfJuly365]

I have four questions.

Who is Ethan Pease?
When was this press conference?
Why is this the first time I'm hearing this?
Why isn't this national news?

Whatever you do, DO NOT repost this and make it go viral.

[Kathleen Dugan @Dugan_Insurance]

@Rhiachnash Hope

[Wholesome @wholesome_X_]

This dad knocks on his kid's door and gives a "truth" bomb that's actually really good advice

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Powerful words

[Kathleen Dugan @Dugan_Insurance]

@davis_lite712 Yes

[Kathleen Dugan @Dugan_Insurance]

@RightScopee 👍

[Masculine Path @masculinepath04]

Joe Rogan just had the world's top human biologist on his podcast.

He revealed mind-blowing facts about health & longevity that 99% of people wouldn’t know...

Here are my top 8 takeaways:

[Kathleen Dugan @Dugan_Insurance]

@atensnut Beautiful 😍

[Juanita Broaddrick @atensnut]

Absolutely enchanting Father-Daughter duet. 🥰

[Kathleen Dugan @Dugan_Insurance]

@TuckerCNews Yes