USMC Vet who has served the USA in various IC & Fed LE positions since leaving the Corps. Now an “analyst” in the IC. All posts are my own opinions. Semper Fi
I take great pride in serving my country. I call it like I see it & I spare no one who deserves praise, encouragement, criticism, or ridicule. Happy to answer unclass questions from media, public, etc. I like helping the public understand their government.
All of this. There's tremendous pushback to this and "if you want it changed, you're welcome to do so. But, I stand behind the analysis produced & presented to you. Feel free to add your own executive analysis to it," right now. Their answer is layoffs. America is far less secure
I know there are so many to keep up with, but a political appointee directing career intel analysts to change their assessments to better support shoddy administration legal claims should be a much bigger story
The fact that college level civics isn't required in the US is the single largest reason we're where we are currently. Very few Americans actually understand how their government works which makes them too susceptible to party propaganda. Voting should require an 80% score.
@IDoDeclare83@BBPGangsta@deb_upcroft @RetroAgent12 Except he only had a Dem Congress for 2 years of that time and that Congress is paid off by the same rich folk the GOP Congress is paid off by. POTUS can legally only propose laws, Congress has to create them.
@BBPGangsta@deb_upcroft@IDoDeclare83 @RetroAgent12 POTUS literally swears an oath to faithfully execute the laws. The 2017 tax bill was law during the Biden admin, so it isn't like Biden chose to raise taxes. He simply enforced Trump's tax bill 1.0. FFS
Stop acting surprised that this admin is full of idiots and fascists. These were features, not bugs, for those who voted for them. It's the single-issue Palestine voters we should all be pissed at. Morons stayed home or voted 3rd party.
@dave_alive@BraddrofliT But we will swing back when Gen X retires - in big fashion - unless Congress does what Congress always does and steals those savings for district pork and defense spending.
@Angry_Patriot_1@DidYouServe01@BraddrofliT You made their point. The lack of those cases (as DOGE is largely incompetent as compared to IGs and GAO) is evidence of the lack of fraud. See how few cases are prosecuted annually. It's like .2% of all funds.
@RyanLaelius @Fredmarch24@BraddrofliT Cool then fuck off taking advantage of 911 then. Also, you get no FDIC insured money. And if we are ever invaded, no one will defend your house.
@RyanLaelius @BexWords@EdwardFrancisJ4@BraddrofliT Please go study the "Social Contract" unless you'd like a bill to connect electricity to your house directly from the generation facility and to pay directly for the plumbing from water treatment all the way to your house and to buy your own standing military.
@RyanLaelius @BraddrofliT You might be, but the average American isn't and social security is the cheapest way to pay to avoid the homelessnessnes and disease which would happen if the average American was in charge of their own finances.
@Individual2024@BraddrofliT The company is then off the hook for most future expenses despite fucking over the people who had been counting on those benefits. The Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp was created because this was happening so frequently and retired folks were dying of destitution. 2/2
@Individual2024@BraddrofliT Well ya, and that is because in the year they make the switch they get a massive paper expense reduction and profit boost from not having to pay into those accounts. CEO tenure averages 3 years so they don't care to invest 30 years out. Then the pension fund declares bk & 1/
@Charles77878130@Folon15@LibertarianMama@BraddrofliT The "employer" is a company and companies aren't paid benefits. Also, you can't have two people collect benefits so as long as the person whose number they're using is alive then these folks are paying for a citizen to get higher benefits than they'd otherwise be eligible for
@Charles77878130@Folon15@LibertarianMama@BraddrofliT Right, they get ITINs (individual tax ID numbers) which are used to create tax accounts for them to pay income, employment, and benefit taxes even though they're ineligible to receive social security benefits.