Not everything should be privatized and for profit.
For a free market to work the consumer needs to option to not buy.
The same economics that work great for TV's and cars does not work for food, medicine, and housing.
Education, parks, and emergency services should be available to everyone.
06.03.2025 16:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldnβt find itβ¦so donβt RT right now this very second.
02.03.2025 16:55 β π 54284 π 37195 π¬ 2038 π 3086
NOEM: βYou canβt trust the government.β
BASH: βYou are the government.β
09.02.2025 16:07 β π 9244 π 2302 π¬ 806 π 253
We will see how they respond, but my favorite gardening site may be about to lose me as a customer. That's an area where I have lots of alternatives.
Their customer service was great previously, so let's see how the respond to my request to just email a tracking number.
01.02.2025 20:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Pet peeve: third party apps for things like shipping and order information.
They add no value to me as a customer. All I need is a traching number.
They cost me time. It is much easier to glance at an email than sort through a pile of apps, re-log-in, go through 2 step verification, ect...
01.02.2025 20:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
As of September 2024 Republicans and Democrats together amount to 47% of registered voters. And roughly 1/3 of eleigible voters.
Is it any wonder so many people feel government is not helping them?
17.01.2025 00:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
So we are about to get an "External Revenue Service?"
Also tariifs on EU nations if they do not buy more US oil and gas? OPEC is going to love that.
15.01.2025 15:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Of the 9 nations below target all have increased since 2014, although a few by not very much.
These increases began in 2014 after pressure from the Obama administration, with bipartisan support.
It is trivial to find the numbers on the NATO website.
14.01.2025 00:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
With all of the Greenland talk going on NATO contributions are becoming a topic again.
Anyone who says most NATO countries are not meeting the 2% of GDP target is wrong. The current numbers are 23 natioans at or above 2% [including Denmark, which just hit recently] and 9 below the 2% mark.
14.01.2025 00:11 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
In Jan. 2009 the US was producing a bit over 5 million barrels a day.
In Jan. 2025 the US was producing a bit over 13 million barrels a day.
Always look at the numbers and check sources when you can.
06.01.2025 17:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Biden's action today to limit offshore oil drilling is going to generate a lot of commentary about how bad the Democrats are for oil drilling. In the past 16 years we've had 12 year of Obama and Biden, 4 year of Trump.
06.01.2025 17:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
25.12.2024 23:40 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
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