ASK YOURSELF WHY 94% OF THE RICH WANT JOJO REELECTED?
At the 2024 Forum, the global aristocracy vowed to ramp up censorship of dissenting opinion. If they can successfully implement broad-based censorship of those with whom they disagree, there is no hope for the rest of us to throw off our shackles. Period. That is why the American Founders wrote — and enshrined — the First Amendment to the Constitution.
The elites versus the rest of us
The elites view radical, violent protest movements — and the groups that foster them, such as Black Lives Matter — with extraordinary tolerance and charity. But when a true populist movement arises, and white, working-class Christians get uppity and threaten to vote for someone like a Donald Trump, they go into full “snit” mode and look down their noses in horror and approbation at the great unwashed.
Brexit, too, was an example of the elites being caught with their pants down. They simply couldn’t believe that many folks would challenge the wisdom they so generously espoused from atop their political thrones. With staggering and sickening hubris, these elites characterized Trump’s rise and Britain’s E.U. exit as “illegitimate,” “irrational,” and unforgivable effrontery — a revolt against “experts’” authority. (To quote the “Church Lady” from the old Saturday Night Live skit: “Well, isn’t that special?” It’s well past time these bureaucratic bedsores took one on the chin.)
This “revolt” is anything but irrational. In America, the white working class has suffered through declining marriage rates, stagnant — or worse — wage rates...and even declining life expectancy. They see illegal aliens and robots taking jobs away from them while their values are denigrated on a daily basis. They see the elites’ attempt to take their firearms away from them at the same time as they strive to import more and more aliens into their communities, some from terrorist hotbeds. Their eyes widen as the powers that be force-feed them transgender bathrooms and mock Christianity while embracing Islam as a “religion of peace.” They bust their butts and pay their taxes...and are rewarded by being called “hicks” and racists and homophobes, even as they see more and more people being given a free ride, courtesy of the government they partially pay for.
They know they are not the aggressors, but the aggrieved. They are not the predators, but the prey. They have a big target on their backs, and they are finally, logically, reasonably, getting tired of it.
The elites don’t care. They know the end result of their own policies. They carefully pander to every type of minority, as these groups will be the majority in the very near future, and likely an overwhelming majority not that long after that. In a twisted political dance, the “tolerant” elitists are already boldly discriminating against a bare majority...in order to prove to the large minority that they won’t discriminate against them!
Far too many unelected, bureaucratic pencil-pushers in Washington and Brussels have been granted nearly complete control over those they are supposedly to serve, due to the cravenness of their elected “bosses.” These duplicitous diplomats and sanctimonious “servants” sneer self-righteously at those who they derisively say cling to their God and their guns, as they arouse themselves by marinating in their own supposed superiority.
The West and its signature values of limited representative government, respect for the individual, free will, free markets, discipline, work ethic, and reasoned faith led the world out of the Dark Ages. Bizarrely and remarkably, the truth of the matter is that elites in the Western media, government, entertainment, and academia are now revolting against the same values that changed the world so much for the better. Progressive?
In America, the Biden administration is putting the kibosh on gas stoves and, now, all new liquid natural gas export approvals, ostensibly to fight climate change — but, some believe, more likely just to piss off political opponents. Mindbogglingly, various Western governments are essentially declaring war on farmers, or at least farming, again purportedly to combat global warming. So what will 8 billion people eat? The elites say, “Let them eat bugs!” Indeed, you will eat ze bugs...and be happy! The globalists at the WEF have taken it upon themselves to plan our subjugation. In a sort of reverse Genesis, these would-be deities seek to save the earth from humanity. At the 2024 Forum, the global aristocracy vowed to ramp up censorship of dissenting opinion. If they can successfully implement broad-based censorship of those with whom they disagree, there is no hope for the rest of us to throw off our shackles. Period. That is why the American Founders wrote — and enshrined — the First Amendment to the Constitution.
The elites believe they know what’s best for everyone else, and the planet at large. But in reality, they are far more concerned with what’s best for them — and their image as virtue-signaling champions of a supposedly utopian future. It is up to us to ensure that their assault on logic, morality, and sanity does not succeed — no matter the consequences.
Image: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center via Flickr, CC BY 2.0 (cropped).
Yet during the years under Joe Biden, the plight of the poor working class, and now the middle class too, has worsened day by day, with little public noise being made about our survival—the “elites” have gobbled up the wealth once held by we, the people.
THERE IS NO GREATER DANGER TO AMERICA THAN THE DEMOCRAT PARTY
Why Are Our Basic Needs Being Ignored?
We are told that the poor will always be with us. That’s an historical, empirical fact, as well as a biblical one.
Yet during the years under Joe Biden, the plight of the poor working class, and now the middle class too, has worsened day by day, with little public noise being made about our survival—the “elites” have gobbled up the wealth once held by we, the people.
Wednesday morning, The Wall Street Journal broke cover on the issue of food prices:
It’s Been 30 Years Since Food Ate Up This Much of Your Income
Ongoing high costs lead food manufacturers and restaurants to keep prices elevated.
The expression “kitchen table issues” speaks to a crucial, massive voting bloc, yet coverage of these concerns is relegated to the back burner in pre-election “news.” A ludicrously self-important female entertainer, or a failing female presidential, un-nominated candidate are apparently more apropos to the American people than whether they eat and/or have a roof over their heads.
Over the past many months, much journalism has been making a lot of noise about cultural, or nominally political issues. Yet in that period, inflation continued its alarming pace and the people who are “just Americans” suffered increasingly. From Forbes:
In January, core CPI inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, was up 0.4% on a monthly basis and 3.9% from a year ago. Economists had projected a 3.7% annual gain.
In addition to those closely-watched numbers:
Food prices were up 0.4% month-over-month and 2.6% compared to a year ago.
Shelter costs continue to rise, gaining 0.6% compared to December and 6% compared to January 2023.
Energy prices were down 0.9% on a monthly basis and are down 4.6% over the past 12 months. January marked the eleventh consecutive month energy prices have declined on an annual basis.
Gasoline prices were down 3.3% month-over-month and down 6.4% compared to a year ago.
While energy and gasoline are reported as slightly down (by less than 1% year-to-year), food and shelter costs continue to rise. This is bad news for both groceries and your mortgage interest if you hold a mortgage:
Skyler Weinand, chief investment officer at Regan Capital, says the hot January inflation report may push the first FOMC rate cut back to the second half of 2024.
‘Getting to the Fed’s magical 2% inflation target may prove more difficult than expected and result in elevated interest rates for a longer period of time,’ Weinland says.
‘We expect the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates two or three times in 2024, which is much less than the six rate cuts that the market expects.’
Yet contrary to the demands of reality, the Biden administration’s response to the American food crisis is bureaucratic, indirect, highly speculative, and federally self-enriching:
Biden-Harris Administration Releases Draft National Strategy to Reduce Food Loss and Waste
EPA, USDA, and FDA announce steps to reduce waste and increase recycling of organics to reduce climate pollution, save families and businesses money, and support a circular economy for all.
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the ‘Draft National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics’ as part of President Biden’s whole-of-government approach to tackle climate change and promote a circular economy.
What does this actually mean? It means more government spending on programmatic/political grants. It means that the politicization of food continues as more actually go hungry. NPR reported that hunger has hit children the hardest:
The report [USDA, 2022] found that 44.2 million people lived in households that had difficulty getting enough food to feed everyone in 2022, up from 33.8 million people the year prior. Those families include more than 13 million children experiencing food insecurity, a jump of nearly 45 percent from 2021 (emphasis added).
The “circular economy” federal folderol is in essence, a recycling of the United Nations’ stale political priorities; it’s a “climate change” issue with a hefty price tag.
And what about shelter? The data on the homeless is actually just as bad:
In 2022, counts of individuals (421,392 people) and chronically homeless individuals (127,768) reached record highs in the history of data collection [emphasis added].
Unsheltered rates are also trending upward, impacting most racial, ethnic, and gender subgroups.
Here’s this, from Reuters:
Rising rents push US inflation higher; rate cuts still expected in 2024
U.S. consumer prices rose more than expected in January amid a surge in the cost of rental housing, but the pick-up in inflation did not change expectations the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates in the first half of this year.
The increase in prices reported by the Labor Department on Tuesday was the largest in four months and occurred against the backdrop of labor market strength and economic resilience. But January is typically a strong month for inflation readings as businesses push through prices increases at the start of the year, which some economists believed were not completely addressed by the model used by the government to strip out seasonal fluctuations from the data [emphasis added].
Although federal COVID legislation prevented foreclosures and “supported” (read, “delayed-the- pain-for”) mortgage holders up into 2022, foreclosures are now on the rise:
U.S. Foreclosure Activity Shows Continued Rise In Third Quarter [2023], Approaching Levels Seen Before Pandemic
The Biden response to our citizens’ basic survival now is one of (firstly) political posturing, as well as expanding welfare—hence manufacturing more government dependence across the demographic board (excepting our voracious Feds and the elite, of course). However, the grotesque failures of the welfare state—dating back at least to FDR, and evidenced by the collapse of families and family farms, and attacks on Christian charity (bulwarks for national survival)—are clearly advancing in plain sight. The expansive funneling of our precious national survival resources to benefit on-going illegal immigration, now in full leftist swing, more than threatens our livelihoods today. After trillions of dollars spent on welfare programs, we the people are poorer than ever.
The political ghosting of Americans’ basic needs is more than obvious—in the verifiable absence of the discussion from the mainstream, and in the policies put forth by the prevailing regime, and this needs no substantiation. Expect to eat less, and watch the roof over your head. And, pity the poor, especially the working poor, who are once again taking the back seat—on everything.
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With a yearly deficit in the trillions, government looks to go after 401(k) accounts for new revenue
A majority of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck. A majority don’t have enough money to pay for a thousand-dollar emergency. Home ownership is a rapidly dissipating aspect of the American dream. Americans’ credit card debt is at a record high because of high inflation and the cost-of-living, and they’re falling behind on debt payments. People don’t have enough money for retirement.
So what is the solution? Well for some economists, it’s time to take away the tax benefit for 401(k) plans because the government is short of revenue to pay for their exorbitant spending; see here, from USA Today:
What if the government abolished your 401(k)? Economists say accounts aren’t worth it
The federal government should stop allowing pre-tax contributions to retirement savings, abolishing the 401(k) and Individual Retirement Account, two economists from opposing ideological camps argued in a research brief in January.
Allowing people to shelter their retirement money from taxes is a policy that largely favors the well-heeled, they said. Congress could use that money, nearly $200 billion a year in lost tax dollars….
Oh, Congress could use that money? Yeah, well so could we, and we’re the ones who earned it. And $200 billion a year? This is a pittance toward covering the $2 trillion yearly deficit the federal government is running in a supposedly great economy.
Here is a novel thought for economists, politicians, and bureaucrats. Why don’t you guys look at the spending side of the equation instead of always seeking to confiscate more money from the rest of us? Your modus operandi further destroys our purchasing power and ability to save, spend, or invest, and that inevitably slows the economy.
In 2018, the economy was decently well:
The OMB estimated FY2018 would involve outlays of $4.094 trillion and revenues of $3.654 trillion, a $440 billion deficit.
Real wages were rising rapidly, especially for those at the bottom. Inflation was low. Energy independence policies kept energy prices low, and the world runs on energy. Russia wasn’t attacking Ukraine. Iran had less to fund terrorism and weapons. The border was much more secure. President Trump was slashing regulations and lowering tax rates, which helped almost everyone. And, by the end of 2019, poverty hit a record low. The individual mandate on health insurance was abolished and people were again given a choice on what kind of policy to buy. Trump’s policies were the rising tide lifting all boats.
In 2020, the U.S. was hit by a virus from China and due to erroneous CDC warnings, a lot of the private economy suffered. In turn, the federal budget skyrocketed because of what was called “emergency spending.”
By the end of 2020, the economy was rapidly recovering but somehow the “emergency spending” remained; from the Congressional Budget Office:
Federal outlays in 2024 total $6.5 trillion, which amounts to 23.1 percent of GDP.
The FY 2024 budget is $6.5 trillion in spending, which is up around 60% over FY 2018. That is a huge cause of the problem. Government never seems to cut back once it starts spending.
What should a reasonable budget be when we no longer have the COVID emergency? (As Hayek said, “‘Emergencies’ have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.”) Let’s look at what the federal government determined was reasonable for social security and disability recipients to receive over those same six years—per the cost-of-living adjustment website, it was an increase of 23.5% over six years. Ergo, the federal government should be able to survive on the same increase. So a reasonable budget should be around $5 trillion, not $6.5 trillion. That is a savings of $1.5 trillion each year right there, a substantial cut of the deficit.
Here are some other suggestions:
The U.S. survived—and thrived—for over 200 years without a federal Department of Education. That agency’s budget is $68 billion, with over 4,000 employees. As far as I can tell, student performance has not improved since it was formed. Abolish it.
Eliminate all the green slush funds that will do nothing to change the climate. Most of the $7,500 tax credits for electric cars go to people who can afford them if they want them. We are subsidizing the wealthy so they can drive around in fancy golf carts.
Get rid of many employees at the FBI, CIA, NSA, and multiple other agencies who seem to spend a lot of time illegally spying on people surrounding Trump and other Americans.
Cut employees and budgets at NIH and CDC who spread so many lies about COVID. On top of these federal agencies being unconstitutional in their nature, we certainly don’t need government agents who just puppet what Democrat supporters like teachers unions feed them.
Stop using racist prevailing laws on infrastructure projects. That would save a lot of money because of competitive bidding. Democrats should support that because they want to get rid of anything associated with racism and want more infrastructure projects, don’t they?
Instead of growing the welfare state and forging ahead with the Cloward-Piven strategy, make people physically and mentally capable of working… actually work!
Why does the government keep hiring more bureaucrats when we are broke? Stop!
Stop increasing subsidies, and raising income eligibility levels for daycare, Obamacare, SNAP handouts etc. We are making it much harder for people to become independent. The increased subsidies substantially increase costs for those of us having to compensate and pay for those subsidies.
Close the borders. The cost of Biden’s open borders is massive.
Stop giving money to the United Nations and the World Health Organization. They have done great damage to the world.
Get rid of Joe Biden who is dictatorially and unconstitutionally forgiving hundreds of billions in student loans.
Stop giving automatic increases in every agency’s budget every year. Make them justify the amount.
Cap federal government pension levels. Why are they unlimited while social security has a cap of $4,555 per month?
Anthony Fauci, who lied continuously and destroyed a lot of people’s lives, reportedly started out with a pension of $414,000!
I am sure other people can think of a lot more areas to cut.
The U.S. will fail to be a prosperous and powerful country if we stay on our current trajectory. It will collapse from within. The private sector has to be the solution, not a more powerful government. Many of the richest counties in the U.S. are around Washington D.C. where nothing is produced. And they always want more money and power for themselves. There is never enough, because greed is never satisfied.
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he 11 million illegals number has been used for years, even decades. the true number is really about 50 million, with joe biden having ushered in about 15 million within 3 years. half the population of
CA are illegals, which is about 15 million. now do the math!
The Cost of Illegal Immigration For Taxpayers in Every State
Migrants ATTACK Cops & DEMAND More Free Stuff
CA - THE ONE PARTY AND LA RAZA/UNIDOus STATE
California approves ‘shocking’ policy giving weekly checks to migrants: Report
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGCsB3LL1Nw
The state of California is home to more illegal aliens than any other state in the country. Approximately one in five illegal aliens lives in California, Pew reported.
Immigration Studies (CIS) finds that about 72 percent of households headed by noncitizens and immigrants use one or more forms of taxpayer-funded welfare programs in California — the number one immigrant-receiving state in the U.S.
“The Democrats had abandoned their working-class base to chase what they pretended was a racial group when what they were actually chasing was the momentum of unlimited migration”. DANIEL GREENFIELD
Joe Biden Oversees 7.2M Illegal Aliens at Southern Border, Equivalent to 2 Years of U.S. Births
President Joe Biden has overseen a record-breaking level of illegal immigration at the United States-Mexico border — a large portion of which is being released directly into American towns and cities.
From February 2021 through January 2024, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data shows that more than 7.2 million illegal aliens have arrived at the nation’s porous southern border.
Thus far in Fiscal Year 2024, with only four full months completed, nearly a million illegal aliens have crossed the southern border. In Fiscal Year 2022, Biden broke records by overseeing close to 2.37 million illegal aliens at the border, and he shattered that record the following fiscal year when 2.47 million arrived.
For perspective, about 3.6 million Americans are born each year. Thus, two years of American births are equivalent to the total number of illegal border crossings Biden has overseen.
Groups of migrants of different nationalities arrive at the Rio Grande, to cross it and surrender to the American authorities, since elements of the Texas National Guard no longer prevent their passage in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on February 19, 2024. (Christian Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A group of migrants are processed by Border Patrol after crossing the river illegally near the highway on February 4, 2024 outside Eagle Pass, Texas. (SERGIO FLORES / AFP)
Groups of migrants of different nationalities arrive at the Rio Grande, to cross it and surrender to the American authorities, since elements of the Texas National Guard no longer prevent their passage in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on February 21, 2024. (Christian Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images)
This year, the nation’s foreign-born population is expected to hit 50 million thanks, in part, to Biden’s policies regarding illegal immigration, as well as legal immigration levels that import more than a million legal immigrants annually to the U.S.
In January, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas reportedly said in private that the agency is releasing into the U.S. interior about 85 percent of all border crossers and illegal aliens arriving at the southern border.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has estimated that from January 2021 through December 2023, DHS welcomed 6.2 million illegal aliens into the U.S. interior.
Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Tom McClintock (R-CA) have sought a full numerical accounting of every border crosser and illegal alien released into the U.S. interior since the start of 2021. Mayorkas, though, has refused that request thus far.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.
Liberal California Emigrants are Toxic
When Arizona, a state that has historically leaned conservative, was won by Joe Biden and now-senator Mark Kelly this week, very few were taken by surprise. Extensive polling indicated Arizona was ripe for swinging liberal and in this instance, at least, the polling was correct.
The question is why? Why has a state that held two elected Republican senators as recently as 2018 and which held a dependable stable of electoral votes for GOP presidential candidates become a purple state on its way to becoming solidly blue? Have Arizona residents suddenly awaked to the idea that liberal policies and doctrines are more sensible than conservative ones? Hardly.
The answer regarding Arizona’s swing lies in its neighbor to the west, California. Since 2012, California has overwhelmingly sent more transplants to Arizona than any other state. When surveyed, escaping Californians cite high taxes, high crime rates, unaffordable housing, out-of-control homelessness, and high unemployment rates as their top reasons for fleeing.
California Budget Deficit Swells to $73 Billion as Incoming Tax Revenue Falls, Watchdog Reports
California’s budget watchdog warned Tuesday that the state’s deficit has swelled to $73 billion this year, just a month after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D.) painted a rosier picture of the state’s financial outlook.
Incoming tax revenue is so low that the state’s budget analyst believes they will ultimately fall $24 billion below Newsom’s budget proposal, according to the latest forecast from California’s Legislative Analyst's Office. The analysis urged leaders to cut one-time and temporary spending and rescind unspent funds from programs ranging from homelessness to education, labor, transportation, and criminal justice, so that they have more options to use other cost-saving measures should the economy or deficit worsen.
This snapshot comes just one month after Newsom, in rolling out his budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year, projected a $38 billion shortfall. The governor has striven in recent months to paint California as a national model as he raises his profile ahead of a potential presidential run and campaigns alongside President Joe Biden.
Just two years ago, California had a nearly $100 billion budget surplus. Newsom heralded the extra state income as a sign that "California is a model for the nation on how we can confront our greatest existential threats and make historic investments in our future."
Tuesday’s report noted that the state’s true financial position won’t be clear until tax returns have been filed and tallied. Each year, the governor unveils a revised budget that more accurately reflects California’s finances.
In a statement, a spokesman for the governor stressed the uncertain nature of forecasts but stuck by Newsom’s $38 billion number from January.
"From now through April, more than $51 billion in income and corporate tax receipts are forecast to come in," the spokesman said. "No one can say today with certainty how those numbers may change the budget estimate of a $38 billion shortfall."
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