USA Political Discussion Thread 2025
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Three Choices, None Good
1. Run the debt up to the point that nobody is dumb enough to lend us more, and then default on the debt...Since the wealthy run the status quo in a manner that serves their interests, they're unlikely to be thrilled with debt jubilees that zero out their assets
2. Inflate the debt away with sustained high inflation...devaluing the money devalues trust in the leadership, social contract and the future
3. The third option is to root out all the moral rot that's consuming the economy's surplus and our future, scrap all the programs designed in the bygone eras of 50+ years ago (defense, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, higher education, etc.)
https://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2025/07/three-choices-none-good.html?m=1
Commonly with past administrations Trump looks to be going for option #2 in pressuring Reserve Bank Chair Powell to lower interest rates. Makes cheap to borrow. Even cheaper yet paying back loan with inflated currency. Great if you're wealthy. The devalued social contract for those with small and zero loans.
1. Run the debt up to the point that nobody is dumb enough to lend us more, and then default on the debt...Since the wealthy run the status quo in a manner that serves their interests, they're unlikely to be thrilled with debt jubilees that zero out their assets
2. Inflate the debt away with sustained high inflation...devaluing the money devalues trust in the leadership, social contract and the future
3. The third option is to root out all the moral rot that's consuming the economy's surplus and our future, scrap all the programs designed in the bygone eras of 50+ years ago (defense, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, higher education, etc.)
https://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2025/07/three-choices-none-good.html?m=1
Commonly with past administrations Trump looks to be going for option #2 in pressuring Reserve Bank Chair Powell to lower interest rates. Makes cheap to borrow. Even cheaper yet paying back loan with inflated currency. Great if you're wealthy. The devalued social contract for those with small and zero loans.
America’s Highway Safety Epidemic
.Key Industry Shifts Over the Last 8 Years:
• Qualification – Drivers without a U.S. Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) are being allowed to operate on U.S. roadways without U.S. Training and Qualification. Most everyone you meet in your local communities are completely unaware their families are being exposed to this hazard.
• Licensing Mills – Mostly border states are granting U.S. Commercial Driver’s Licenses with little to no training, no English language requirement, and no limits to the numbers they can issue. Canada licensing mills are issuing Canadian CDL’s to Non-Canadian immigrants for work in the United States.
• Foreign CDLs – Many of these drivers are operating on Tourist Visa’s not authorized for work in the US. There is no enforcement agency conducting Visa inspections or validation.
• Non-Domicile CDLs – ATU has identified 10 states (CA,OR,NV,NY,PA,IL,MN,TX & FL) as being responsible for issuing an explicable number of CDLs to non-citizens
• No Enforcement – The FMCSA [Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration] not enforcing English language requirements, Commercial Driver’s License qualification requirements, or Cabotage rules.
• Leadership – Industry leadership is completely ignoring the issue leaving American Drivers, American Carriers, and the motoring public without representation
https://americantruckers.com/crash-data/
Just another reason to stay home.
.Key Industry Shifts Over the Last 8 Years:
• Qualification – Drivers without a U.S. Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) are being allowed to operate on U.S. roadways without U.S. Training and Qualification. Most everyone you meet in your local communities are completely unaware their families are being exposed to this hazard.
• Licensing Mills – Mostly border states are granting U.S. Commercial Driver’s Licenses with little to no training, no English language requirement, and no limits to the numbers they can issue. Canada licensing mills are issuing Canadian CDL’s to Non-Canadian immigrants for work in the United States.
• Foreign CDLs – Many of these drivers are operating on Tourist Visa’s not authorized for work in the US. There is no enforcement agency conducting Visa inspections or validation.
• Non-Domicile CDLs – ATU has identified 10 states (CA,OR,NV,NY,PA,IL,MN,TX & FL) as being responsible for issuing an explicable number of CDLs to non-citizens
• No Enforcement – The FMCSA [Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration] not enforcing English language requirements, Commercial Driver’s License qualification requirements, or Cabotage rules.
• Leadership – Industry leadership is completely ignoring the issue leaving American Drivers, American Carriers, and the motoring public without representation
https://americantruckers.com/crash-data/
Just another reason to stay home.
Reason I read was the cost and the noise...not politics
https://apnews.com/article/texas-fl...m-not-funded-0845df62390b9623331ba4a030c5fc7d
Ill post the link from The Texas Tribune from 2 or 3 days ago about it when I have a minute. Lacking time
Other articles talk about 10 million grant , armored vehicles, Kerr Sheriff's department, 1 million retirement pension, misappropriation of funds to be tracked down.
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