Lori Jones

[Lori Jones @lorimaejo]

@chicksonright Yes

[Yogi @Houseofyogi]

Unrealized gains tax for Gen-Z:

You buy a Pokémon card for $50.

Someone offers you $500 for it. You say no. You love that card. You're keeping it.

The government says: "Cool, but that card is worth $500 now. You owe us $100 in taxes."
You: "…I didn't sell it."

Government: "Don't care. Pay up."

You don't have $100 lying around. So you're forced to sell the card you love just to pay a tax on money you never received.

Next month? That card drops back to $50.

Your card is gone. Your money is gone. And the government shrugs.

That's a wealth tax on unrealized gains. They don't pay you back the tax...

Now picture this.

Your mom calls you crying. She has to sell the house she raised you in. Not because she can't afford it. She's lived there 30 years. It's paid off.

But some website says it's worth more now and the government says she owes $15,000 she doesn't have.

So she sells your childhood home. The kitchen where she made you breakfast. The doorframe where she marked your height every birthday.

Gone.

To pay a tax on money that was never real.

Now picture the opposite.

Your dad put everything into his small business. For 20 years he built it from nothing. One year the business is "valued" at $2 million on paper. He owes a massive tax bill. He empties his savings. Sells his truck. Borrows money. Pays it.

Next year the market crashes. His business is worth $200,000.

He lost everything to pay a tax on a number that doesn't exist anymore.

Does the government give him his money back?
No.

Does the government give him his truck back?
No.

Does the government care?
No.

They sold this idea as "taxing billionaires." But billionaires have armies of lawyers, offshore accounts, and trusts. They'll be fine.

You know who won't be fine? Your mom. Your dad. Your neighbor with a small business. The farmer down the road who's had the same land for four generations and now has to sell it because dirt got expensive.

You're not taxing wealth. You're taxing people for owning things.

It's like getting a parking ticket for a car you might drive somewhere someday.

They want you to own nothing and be happy. To fund the fraud, waste and abuse of the welfare state they created.

There is enough money. More tax isn't needed. It's all a lie. But you've been gaslit into believing this is a rich vs poor debate.

I hope you understand what's at stake.

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

A recent statement by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez illuminates the Marxist ideology which continues to take hold of American politicians. Here are my thoughts.

[Mike and Jeff show @AgrisAcademy @AgrisAcademy]

My Venezuela experience as head of trading in the region for Cargill.

Cargill was/is the leading producer of critical staple ingredients such as flour, pasta, vegetable oil, and rice in VZ. I am not saying I agree with grabbing the dictator, but I did have a front row seat to the damage a kleptocracy did to innocent people.
1. The government took over our "minute rice" facility at gunpoint because we were "gouging" the nation's poor. The government was never able to run the plant. It never ran again. It was returned years later with no equipment inside
2. There are 1000's of generals in the army. They are each given a slice of the economy to loot. The large number of generals made it difficult to organize a coup against the regime.
3. The government opened grocery stores and sold staples below the cost we sold them to the government. In theory they used petro oil money to lower grocery prices. Our regular grocery outlets were forced out of business. When the government demanded we sell them products below cost we simply had to shut down. The populous became ever more dependent on the government handouts. (PS this is the mayor of New York City's proposal.
4. Dollars- We needed dollars to go buy raw materials like wheat from places like the US and Canada. The government would periodically allocate us some dollars that could only be spent for raw materials and freight. Eventually only the local companies that can and would pay bribes got dollar allocations. We had several facilities closed for lack of raw material
5. My employees liked working for Cargill. The office was an armed compound with access to a gym, high speed internet, global communications, and a weekly box of basic staples. Cargill provided a safe and secure environment if only for the working hours.
6. Employees became very close to others inside the apartment building. Going out on the street with a desperate population was not advisable.
7. I needed wood pallets for feed. We tried to export wood pallets to swap for grain. We refused to pay the bribes it would take to export the pallets
8. I once tried to set up a closed loop wheat planting to flour mill supply chain. A. They came and stole all the seed wheat for food. When we tried to ship in seed wheat in containers via US donors there was no way to get it out of the port without it being stolen
9. Livestock- Our feed business completely collapsed. Even if you could raise a pig, you couldn't defend it from being stolen. People with guns were hungry.
10. Employees- In the end my highly skilled team alone with other highly educated people chose to leave. Cargill often found jobs for them in other Latin countries. The regime was more than happy to see the well-educated leave the country. Setting these employees up with high quality stable jobs after fleeing remains one of the best things I ever did in my career. No one remembers millions in trading earnings.

This is a short list. In my opinion the first money spent needs to happen now and it needs to be food. The US is already on the clock. The current regime does not care if it starves the population. The orgy of theft will actually accelerate if they believe their days are numbered. VZ should be an outstanding customer of US grown ag products. Rice, bread wheat, veg oil ect. Feed the people first.

Jeff Kazin
Former head trading Cargill

[Lori Jones @lorimaejo]

@damekatydenise_ How about if you aren’t a believer you be polite and say thank you.

[Lori Jones @lorimaejo]

@lovina_zook Great video. Love the hot pads.

[Lori Jones @lorimaejo]

@safehavenmoney @femalebodybuil6 Last year. Ever since I turned 60 I got pneumonia or bronchitis between Thanksgiving and Christmas. This year I skipped the flu shot and so far no bronchitis.

[Riley Gaines @Riley_Gaines_]

Don't let this go untalked about. 62,000 is a significant number. All should rejoice. Pay attention to those who don't.

[Karoline Leavitt @PressSec]

Presidential Message on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception

https://t.co/iIxtsQWJSI

[Lori Jones @lorimaejo]

@elonmusknews30 Hope

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@oelma__ Mae and Katherine

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@TRUMP_ARMY_ Of course!

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@ColoursOfBharat Why did they stop making refrigerators like that?

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@clevelanddotcom How was the parade honoring the history of the US Army a North Korea style parade?

[Lori Jones @lorimaejo]

@MAGAPosts No

[Suzy Redd @suzy_redd]

I wasn't going to discuss this publicly just yet but since I have been mansplained about what a woman is today, here goes: a week ago I had to go in for cervical and endometrial biopsies because my Pap smear came back with very concerning results. First the doctor took chunks from my cervix, then he entered my uterus with a tool. He wasn't satisfied with the access, so he used a different tool to grab my cervix and tilt it as he attempted to scrape some of the lining of my uterus. Three people stood there staring at my genitals while telling me how nice and stoic I am. Sadly, he didn't get good samples so I will go back next month for an ultrasound of everything and more biopsies. In May my breasts will be placed into a vise so he can make sure I don't have breast cancer. These procedures are routine for ACTUAL women, and no one has made an effort to make them less uncomfortable. MEN, DO NOT TELL ME YOU ARE A WOMAN BECAUSE YOU WOKE UP FEELING PRETTY TODAY. I don't buy your bullshit and I never will. If this post makes you uncomfortable, that's your problem. This is what it means to be an adult human female.

[Lori Jones @lorimaejo]

@JDVanceNewsX 👍

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@DCRANGERFAN Heard them on Letterman in 2009 then saw them in Ann Arbor at the Borders bookstore and at the Michigan Theater in March of 2010.🩷🩷

[Lori Jones @lorimaejo]

@DCRANGERFAN Ann Arbor

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@cleveland19news January