Nigel Childs 🇬🇧🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇴

This too shall pass.

[Nigel Childs 🇬🇧🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇴 @v8archie]

@AdrianaVeterin Quizás respeta a su familia, pero no respete a la tuya o la mía. Esto transmite siempre. Y si tiene respeto, lo que no tiene es políticas. Su vida y su pasado demuestra el hombre, solo quiere aprovechar la oportunidad de enriquecerse al costo de los ciudadanos colombianos.

[Jake Broe @RealJakeBroe]

The Iranians are telling people that they will never give up their nuclear material for American security guarantees because Trump is not honoring the security guarantees that America made to Ukraine when Ukraine gave up their nukes.

[Nigel Childs 🇬🇧🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇴 @v8archie]

@WhiteHouse The White House is a terrorist organisation run by thieves and conmen.

[Nigel Childs 🇬🇧🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇴 @v8archie]

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[Nigel Childs 🇬🇧🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇴 @v8archie]

"En un pais serio la segunda vuelta seria entre alguien no elegido por el pueblo, y excluido alguien votado por un multitud."

Por si acaso pensaba que estos tipos tenian cualquier interes en la democracia.

[Nigel Childs 🇬🇧🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇴 @v8archie]

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[Nigel Childs 🇬🇧🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇴 @v8archie]

What this message really says is "fuck those who get bad luck in life, not my problem". It is an utterly selfish approach to life intent on destroying society. Everything must be transactional.

[Nigel Childs 🇬🇧🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇴 @v8archie]

It's just as well Joe with the savings plan never got seriously ill. A cancer diagnosis, for example in hi 40s say. He'd be bankrupt. Even if he could get his cash out of his scheme, it would have been swallowed in an instant. No more health cover, no more retirement fund.

[mike bski @BskiMike22802]

If you have high blood pressure, you may want to stop reading now!

I'm about to show you how the federal government has been ROBBING you blind for your entire working life, and the numbers are going to make you absolutely FURIOUS.

Meet "Average Joe." He's not a CEO. He's not a trust fund baby. He's the guy who earned exactly the AVERAGE American salary for his age every single year of his working life. Started working at 18 in 1981, making $3,233 that year. Worked his way up like everyone else. By 2024, he was making $88,291 - right at the national average for someone his age. Joe did everything right. He showed up. He worked. He played by the rules.

For 46 years, the government FORCED Joe and his employers to pay into Social Security. Every paycheck - 6.2% from Joe, 6.2% from his employer. That's 12.4% of EVERYTHING Joe ever earned, taken before he could even touch it.

Joe's TOTAL contributions over his lifetime: $249,642

Here's what makes my blood boil. That money doesn't sit in an account with Joe's name on it. It doesn't collect interest. It doesn't grow. The MOMENT they take it from Joe's check, THEY SPEND IT on current retirees. Joe's "retirement fund" is nothing but an IOU - a promise that future workers will pay for HIM someday.

That's not a retirement plan. That's a PONZI SCHEME. Paying earlier investors with money from newer investors. Bernie Madoff went to prison for this. The federal government made it mandatory.

So what does Joe GET for his $249,642?

At 67, Joe collects about $2,163/month. If he lives 18 years (average life expectancy), he'll receive roughly $467,208 total.

"See? He gets back more than he put in!"

Oh really? Let me show you what Joe SHOULD have had.

I ran the EXACT same numbers through a TSP (Thrift Savings Plan) invested in an S&P 500 index fund - the same option the MILITARY uses. Same contributions. Joe's 6.2% plus his employer's 6.2%. Invested in the market. Dividends reinvested. Using ACTUAL historical returns from 1981-2026 - including the 2008 crash, 2022 downturn, every bad year.

JOE'S TSP BALANCE AT RETIREMENT: $2,551,938

Yes, count the digits again, two commas.

I'll wait while you pick your jaw up off the floor.

TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. From the same money the government took and WASTED.

Using the conservative 4% withdrawal rule, Joe could pull $8,506 EVERY SINGLE MONTH - that's nearly FOUR TIMES what Social Security pays. And his balance would likely KEEP GROWING.

But here's what REALLY gets me. When Joe dies, Social Security pays his family NOTHING. His wife? His kids? His grandkids? ZERO. 46 years of contributions vanish like they never existed. But the TSP? His family inherits over $2.5 MILLION.

Every single working-class American should have GENERATIONAL WEALTH. Your kids should inherit something. Your grandkids should have a head start. But the government is BLOCKING you from building that wealth by forcing you into Social Security instead of letting you invest YOUR money in YOUR account.

You want a better life for your kids. The government surely does NOT.

They want your children starting from zero, just like you did. They want every generation dependent on government checks instead of family wealth. They want control.

THE ROBBERY IN BLACK AND WHITE:

SOCIAL SECURITY:
Joe contributes $249,642
Joe MIGHT collect $467,208 (if he lives long enough)
Joe's family inherits $0
Joe's kids start from ZERO

TSP (S&P 500):
Joe contributes $249,642
Balance grows to $2,551,938
Joe collects $102,078/year ($8,506/month)
Joe's family inherits MILLIONS
Joe's kids get a REAL head start

The government stole over TWO MILLION DOLLARS from Average Joe. Not a billionaire. Not a CEO. Just a regular guy who worked his whole life and trusted the system. And they stole his children's inheritance too.

And you know what really burns? Congress EXEMPTED THEMSELVES from Social Security. They get their own cushy pension. The people who FORCE you into this disaster made absolutely sure THEY don't have to participate in it. Their kids inherit plenty.

President Bush tried to fix this in 2005 with personal retirement accounts. Democrats called it "destroying Social Security." Translation: they wanted to keep the scam running. They NEED you dependent on that government check. They NEED your kids dependent too.

The Army already figured this out. The Blended Retirement System lets service members invest in TSP accounts. If it's good enough for our troops, why isn't it good enough for every American worker?

Quinn's First Law: "Liberalism always generates the exact opposite of its stated intent." Social Security was supposed to provide retirement SECURITY. Instead, it's the greatest wealth transfer AWAY from working Americans in history - and it ensures working-class families NEVER build generational wealth.

This is why they fight against financial literacy in schools. They don't want you running these numbers. They need you ignorant and dependent. Generation after generation.

But what do I know? I'm just a science teacher who can actually do math and isn't afraid to show you that the government has been running a legal Ponzi scheme on American workers since 1935 - and stealing your children's future in the process.

Feel free to share this with everyone you know. They deserve to see exactly how badly they're being robbed.

[Nigel Childs 🇬🇧🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇴 @v8archie]

Entregaron el país a los talibanes de Afganistán.

[John R. De La Vega, P.A. @johndelavegalaw]

El secretario de Estado, Marco Rubio, ha dejado clara la posición oficial de Estados Unidos en relación con Delcy Rodríguez y la cúpula chavista:

Washington no reconoce al régimen chavista como un gobierno legítimo. La comunicación que existe con estas figuras es temporal y responde únicamente a que son quienes actualmente controlan las armas y el poder por la fuerza, no a un reconocimiento político o institucional.

Negociar con el chavismo en Venezuela es comparable a negociar con los talibanes en Afganistán. Espero que la pesadilla con el chavismo termine pronto.

[Nigel Childs 🇬🇧🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇴 @v8archie]

@VickyDavilaH Sería más impactante si alguien había llegado para escuchar.

[Nigel Childs 🇬🇧🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇴 @v8archie]

"No dió ni un solo puño a Trump." Que estupidez!

[D´Mar Córdoba @dmarcordoba]

Petro feliz al lado de su "amigo Trump". siento pena por los petristas que no estarán felices con estas imágenes.

El Jaguar es todo un gatito a esta hora.

[Nigel Childs 🇬🇧🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇴 @v8archie]

Que tan triste que el único que puede llorar es "no me gusta la corbata"!

[Fernán Martinez @FernanMartinez]

Corbata dorada para hacer juego con la decoración de la oficina oval y agraciar a Trump.

Mensajes subliminales aunque cursis para una cita a las 11 am, como si fuera una cena a las 20:00.

Mejor que ir en guayabera y con zapatos mocasines blancos.-

[Nigel Childs 🇬🇧🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇴 @v8archie]

Nada entiende la Caballa del arte diplomatico. Ni siquiera de la costumbre de ofrecer regalos, y el carácter de Trump. Y este burro quiere controlar nuestra política internacional!

[María Fernanda Cabal @MariaFdaCabal]

No Petro, poco o nada entiende de la política con los EEUU, allá no se va con “regalos” se va con hechos y determinación. Deje el miedo y enfrente sus propias decisiones.

[Nigel Childs 🇬🇧🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇴 @v8archie]

Rob is a toddler in a tantrum. "I want everything that government provides, but I don't want to pay for it." Socialism for the rich is his idea.

[Nigel Childs 🇬🇧🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇴 @v8archie]

El sombrero de Lina María sabría que el capitalismo y el socialismo no son incompatibles. Pero a quien le fascina Tumo, si no es ella la que pide que Tumo invade nuestro país para quitarnos la democracia?

[Lina Maria Garrido @linamariagarri1]

El antiimperialista @petrogustavo está más contento que marrano estrenando lazo mientras es sometido ante #Trump ¡Le fascina el capitalismo!. Mientras tanto sus borregos petristas en #Colombia tragándose el cuento socialista.

[Nigel Childs 🇬🇧🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇴 @v8archie]

Musk only has "hurty" words because he doesn't want to be held accountable for what he allows to happen here.

It's no different to prosecuting the owner of a pedophile island for what went on there.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Dirty Sánchez is a tyrant and traitor to the people of Spain 💩

[Nigel Childs 🇬🇧🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇴 @v8archie]

@AlbertoSierrave Ese tipo habla mierda sin evidencia. Los que se han arrodillado a Trump son los, como él mismo, de la derecha. "Que nos invaden! Que nos liberen del presidente elegido por el pueblo!" Los que lloran porque los trabajadores, los cuales dicen vagos, reciben un salario digno.

[Nigel Childs 🇬🇧🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇴 @v8archie]

Parece que el titulo de @mfcruzv salió de un paquete de Yupis.

[Nigel Childs 🇬🇧🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇴 @v8archie]

Un economista que piensa que la deuda pública desaparece al cambiar el presidente. Obvio que, por sus propias cifras, Petro ha bajado la deuda pública de la una cifra al a otra.

[Mario Fernando Cruz @mfcruzv]

Miren estas cifras:

Colombia, en toda su historia republicana y hasta octubre 2017 tomó deuda pública por 134.900 millones de dólares. Periodo de 131 años.

Durante 40 meses gobierno Petro, se ha tomado deuda por 134.495 millones de USD; 40 veces más rápido.

Demencial.

[Nigel Childs 🇬🇧🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇴 @v8archie]

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