crazy because I was told relentlessly the last few years that supply and demand ceased to exist when illegal immigrants required housing in overcrowded markets where we weren’t allowed to build
Recently on Skid Row, 6 dogs were killed (3 starved to death), this dog tested positive for six hard drugs, 1 abused big dog was abandoned in a small wire crate, 1 puppy was sexually assaulted, countless puppies were sold. Not one post from city officials. Not one investigation.
government destroys value.
in this case, the value of an American education was destroyed in ~40 years.
if there’s no marketplace for customers (parents of students) to demand value (quality of education for price paid) by simply going to another service provider (school or educator), it is inevitable that costs will go up and quality will go down.
this is true of any service provided by government, which effectively grants itself a monopoly, deleting the opportunity for other service providers to compete in offering better value to customers/citizens…
no level of cynicism or circumspection is sufficient.
you will never be able to peel back all the layers of the big lie onion to reveal the truth beneath.
you can only stop believing these people entirely.
@HillaryClinton
Ma’am, I was the Air Force Lt. Colonel who carried the nuclear football for your husband inside that “people’s house” you’re suddenly so precious about. I saw it all up close for two years.
While Bill was getting blow jobs in the Oval Office from an intern and groping female Air Force enlisted crew on Air Force One, you and your staff treated the military with open disdain, like we were the help, not the men and women sworn to protect this nation. The disrespect for anything non-Clinton was palpable.
You lecture about “respect for the institution” while your husband lost the nuclear codes and shrugged it off.
And when you finally slinked out in 2001? You and your crew trashed the place—vandalism, theft, glue in drawers, obscene messages, stolen property, and filth left behind for the next administration. The GAO confirmed it. Classy exit from the “people’s house.”
The White House belongs to the American people, not your grifting dynasty. They just elected a fighter who actually respects the military and the office. Keep ripping off poor kids in Haiti, selling your merch and clutching pearls.
Sit down, bitch. The adults are back in charge.
never thought i’d say this… i wholeheartedly agree with elizabeth warren.
also, term limits.
being an elected representative should not be a career. there should be no path for wealth creation or perpetual income from representing the interests of the people, in service of the people.
private citizens should enter public service, leave, and return to private life, as the founders intended.
“politician” has become a lucrative career option for those skilled at public oration and persuasion.
while they may represent their constituents’ interests, the reelection mandate incentivizes short-term decision-making and voting, often counter to the long-term interests of the people.
and having unfettered private market access while holding the privileged position of influence over, and non-public knowledge of, those markets will inevitably incentivize bad behavior, to the politician’s benefit, and the public’s detriment.
these ideals may be too far-fetched for our modern political machinery to consider - they would be self-defeating of the machines themselves - but the citizens can still be deafeningly loud in demanding them.
thx senator warren for getting this half-right.. also, term limits.
listen up, we have to vote for the man with the nazi tattoo so he can stop the man landing rockets and curing the blind from making any more money, otherwise we’ll get fascism
you see how stupid you sound, yes?
Since Rep. Ro Khanna joined Congress, the U.S. debt exploded up by $20T to $39T as fraud and theft of taxpayer $ skyrocketed. Since Senator Bernie Sanders entered Congress, the U.S. debt exploded ten times to $39T from $3.9T. Since Senator Elizabeth Warren joined, it more than doubled. The U.S. government spends $7T on social services annually. On their watch, the GAO says fraud and theft of taxpayer money has rocketed to $233 billion and $521 billion stolen each year in frauds. $2.8T went out the door in improper payments since 2003, the GAO found. @RoKhanna@USGAO@x@elonmusk #news #breakingnews
People like Elon Musk did not become wealthy by defrauding, stealing, or robbing people. They became wealthy by offering goods and services that other people wanted or needed and were willing to buy. The difference is HUGE.
Oh yes, I remember that Bond film where the villain decarbonized the auto industry, brought fast internet to everyone on the planet, and helped paralyzed people interact with the world again.