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[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

Wow. More cheerleader support for the corporate health care vendors. Imagine that...
I'm seeing a trend.

[–]wizzwizz4 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

More cheerleader support for the corporate health care vendors.

Sorry it came across that way. Given that the cited NHS (Scotland) was 4% * income tax (significantly less than 100% unless you're rich), I was saying that a flat rate of 5% of your pay would fund a much better national health service. The NHS, if you weren't aware, is currently having a bit of a funding crisis because the government-in-power cut all of its funding and then got distracted by Brexit.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

So it's a self-induced crisis.
Get a yellow vest and head to the streets.

It's still better then a greed induced corporate crisis that forces the middle-class into bankruptcy, and punishes the poor for being poor.

[–]wizzwizz4 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Get a yellow vest and head to the streets.

It's not quite that bad yet. We're mostly focused on not wrecking the economy at the moment – those who are politically active, that is. (There's a surprising amount of disagreement about how to do that.)

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

It's far worse than should be tollerated. The economy is rigged, and the only way to fix it is to head to the streets.

I'm close to certain that a depression was planned for this very moment, but they didn't anticipate Trump. Hillary was part of the scam.

If they crash it now, then Trump will call out the FED (he already has) for the fraud that it is, and the people force congress to change the game.

They're barely keeping a lid on the system. Power does reside with the people.

[–]wizzwizz4 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Erm. Not quite sure how to respond to this. Try reading some anti-Trump news; your faith in a particular leader doesn't really fall well with your general criticism of The System, so I don't see how you're not experiencing cognitive dissonance.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Trigger warning:

Try reading some anti-Trump news; your faith in a particular leader doesn't really fall well with your general criticism of The System.

I do not have a "leader", as you put it. Nor do I have "faith" in any "leader". I simply support/condemn policies on a case by case basis. If a given politician has a historical record of better policies, then I may support that candidate.

The Fed is an illegitimate institution of banksters.
Trump has criticized the Fed on numerous occasions. I am unaware of any president since Kennedy criticising the Fed. This presents an rare opportunity for economic progress.

Most Americans are unaware of what the Fed actually is, or how it operates. I strongly suspect that you are also unaware.

The Fed magically conjures money into existence, and then charges the US interest for every dollar created with this magic trick.

If the public actual understood that they are being robbed by the Fed with every dollar created, then they would force Congress to dismantle the Fed.

Americans harbor deep resentment for the Obama administrations financial betrayal. Trump has a platform to remind the public who it was that betrayed them, and why they were betrayed (the banksterers own the Democrats).

Inducing a recession could/would be catastrophic for the banksters.

No cognitive dissonance required. Rather, an informed world view.

You need to get with the program.

[–]wizzwizz4 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Trump has criticized the Fed on numerous occasions.

He's criticised everyone. I'm tempted to claim it "mere prattle without practice", because he hasn't made policies against it. Saying "Oh, this is so, so bad." is all well and good, but doing something about it is another matter.

Trump has a platform to remind the public who it was that betrayed them.

I'd be inclined to say that he reminds the public of whatever keeps him in power.

views expressed by me do not necessarily represent my views.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

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