I’m French. I want to talk to Americans who are about to vote Democrat. Not to insult you. To warn you.
I come from your future.
In France we did everything your progressive politicians promise. Free healthcare, free college, generous welfare, strong unions, heavy regulation, high taxes on the rich, a state that takes care of everything. Public spending close to 57% of GDP, one of the highest on the planet. On paper, it’s the dream.
Here’s what it looks like from the inside. France hasn’t passed a balanced budget since 1974. Our debt is above 3,300 billion euros. Interest on that debt is becoming one of the biggest items in the national budget. Our hospitals are collapsing despite record funding. Our schools rank lower every year. Young people with degrees can’t afford an apartment in the city they were born in. Our best engineers leave for London, Zurich and San Francisco. And the rich you wanted to tax? They left too, and took the jobs with them.
The promise was protection. The result is stagnation.
The worst part is that nobody in France voted for decline. Every single step sounded generous, compassionate, reasonable. One more program. One more regulation. One more tax to fund it. Each step alone makes sense. Fifty years of them, and you wake up in a country that can no longer build a nuclear plant on time or keep its streets safe.
I love America because it’s the one place on earth where people still believe they can build something from nothing. I came to Silicon Valley as a self-taught kid and it changed my life. That spirit is the most precious thing your country has.
Before you vote, ask yourself one question: is the program you’re voting for making America more like America, or more like France?
Trust me. You don’t want to be France.
@nikxbt@MarioNawfal Hamas didn’t choose restraint. The citizens of Israel have beed ready for a two-state solution for years. Hamas and everyone in gaza supporting hamas only “death to Israel” Nothing reasonable can be derived from that.
@MarioNawfal This ignorant ghetto rat wants Mamdandi to shut down a restaurant because he’s not happy witu the price, falsely calibg it a scam. Stupid commie.
@banananoob@omeegirl@prairiehsewife@RichardWByers Seems like their kids are awful at parenting, aren’t self-reliant, are needy and selfish, entitled children. Your parents did their job, now its your turn. Step up.
🤬🤬😤My wife takes her 2023 RAV4 to the dealership for a recall service. This was for an airflow sensor
After finishing they come out and tell her that her horn isn’t functioning and that it would be $145 to diagnose the issue + labor and parts to repair
Mind you she knows for a fact that the horn worked this morning
The techs specifically said “we checked all the connections and so it’s not that”
I told her to decline and bring it home
Mind you this is so unlikely to be anything other than a fuse or the fact that they unplugged it and forgot to plug it back in or worse, straight up scamming
After testing the fuse and the relay, as well as the clock spring, I take the radiator cover off to inspect the plugs at the horn and what do you know both horns are unplugged
The airflow sensor is nowhere near these plugs so there’s zero chance these were taken off as part of the job not to mention they said they “checked the plugs”
It’s also impossible they both happen to vibrate loose
@Toyota I buy a brand new car from you and this is how you treat us??
This was at Toyota of Santa Cruz Stealership @SantaC_Toyota
@GrainsmanJoe@TenGallonTroub@ijoshuajohnson@OldRowSwig Exactly! Keep singing what you feel. Plenty of old cowboys weren’t born in the saddle. Make your own path and ignore jackasses that say you’re fake. Those notes you’re hitting are real.
🎥 GAZANS PLEAD FOR HAMAS TO BE DESTROYED
Gazans are pleading for Israel to destroy Hamas, saying Hamas is killing them and stealing their food.
Yet parts of the American progressive left continue accusing Israel of starving Gaza while dismissing testimony from Gazans themselves.
For critics pushing an “anti-Zionist” narrative, the facts on the ground appear to matter less than the agenda.
@RobWeirdicht@Bo0mBANG@sarrah_bellus He talks about ai replacing tasks and jobs, which is a natural evolution. Not replacing humans, which is the silly intimation of the original comment. Dumbass.