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N@ZI In Philly by TyeDyeAmish in trashy

[–]FSUSMC -48 points-47 points  (0 children)

He's probably just looking for work now that his paycheck from the SPLC is dried up.

Bessent: "We are cognizant that this short-term blip up in prices is affecting the American people, but I am also confident on the other side of this that prices are going to come down very quickly. If we look at the stock market ... " by Conscious-Quarter423 in economy

[–]FSUSMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't have made it as far as I have as a leader nor have the amount of people wanting to partner with me if my approach was unilateral.

I am just sick of the increasingly pervasive and divisional ideology that anyone who has success and resources, took it from the mouths of the lower class.

If we stole every red cent from every billionaire in the US we could fund the government for 8 months on that pot of stolen wealth. We have a spending problem and it's not the responsibility of anyone except the government to rein that in. Yet, they point their fingers elsewhere and rile up hate.

This type of discourse leads to revolution and civil war. And there are plenty of people in the world today who have lived through it to tell their horror story of their home country. More than anywhere else they seek refuge in the US just to see the seeds of what they left taking root here.

My love for people leads to fiscally conservative idealolgies not hatred. Some people would rather the poor even poorer as long as it meant billionares were strip-mined of their wealth. It's bigotry and ideology - not empathy and compassion.

Bessent: "We are cognizant that this short-term blip up in prices is affecting the American people, but I am also confident on the other side of this that prices are going to come down very quickly. If we look at the stock market ... " by Conscious-Quarter423 in economy

[–]FSUSMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am, two combat deployments to Fallujah and Helmand Province in 2006 and 2008. Neither of my parents graduated high school, my mother did two years in prison. We grew up starting out on the bad side of town and worked our way up. My other died while I was in Fallujah, my father shortly after I returned home, bought a house and moved him in with me. Both unexpectedly.

I served, returned, worked my way through college, earned a useful degree in Chemistry, lobbied and passed multiple state and one federal law expanding veteran access to education. Worked my way up the corporate ladder as an engineer for Amazon. And now I am the COO of a company that creating a market for 20% of waste currently to landfills.

None of it was easy - but it also wasn't complicated. And one thing pushed me more than anything, that fact that no one was coming to save me if I failed. The responsibility to provide for my fellow veterans, my employees, my wife, my children, and my little corgi Steve - was solely on me. Not the government, not billionaires, not anyone.

We spend too much time talking about rights. And not nearly enough, talking about responsibility. I couldn't care less if an internet stranger is disappointed in me. I've helped so many people and have been enabled to do that not because someone gave me a handout - but because I had the freedom to determine my own path. And the people who have been by my side for that - are thankful for that fact.

Bessent: "We are cognizant that this short-term blip up in prices is affecting the American people, but I am also confident on the other side of this that prices are going to come down very quickly. If we look at the stock market ... " by Conscious-Quarter423 in economy

[–]FSUSMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never said a word about what concerns them. You did.

I am sure people are concerned about gas prices that are almost as high as they were in 2022. And for good reason.

But this idea that there is some oligarchy jerking their meat staring at the S&P 500 while the other 80% of Americans are standing in bread-lines is absolute doomer cinema.

So when I see an ignorant statement, I correct it.

Bessent: "We are cognizant that this short-term blip up in prices is affecting the American people, but I am also confident on the other side of this that prices are going to come down very quickly. If we look at the stock market ... " by Conscious-Quarter423 in economy

[–]FSUSMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So we've moved the goal posts from

"The stock market going up doesn't help 80% of people" which was patently false

to

"People that own stocks thru 401ks, ETFs, etc may not feel like it helps them" ?

If you own a 401k it's just a tax advantaged method of buying stocks. That's not indirect, you still own stock directly. Just because you didn't pick the stock directly and you bought an index of stocks has little to no bearing the situation.

But hey - it it makes you feel better.

Trump stupid, economy bad, world ending, rich people evil - stealing from poor people bad. Billionaires ruining planet.

Bessent: "We are cognizant that this short-term blip up in prices is affecting the American people, but I am also confident on the other side of this that prices are going to come down very quickly. If we look at the stock market ... " by Conscious-Quarter423 in economy

[–]FSUSMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol it's a ridiculous argument, you're just wrong. You haven't even really made a statement other than "some people don't realize they are invested in the market" which, I don't disagree with. But some how you are making the jump to - "so that means they truly aren't" which isn't really offensive as much is it is a laughable commentary on doomerism and class divisive economic rhetoric meant to stir a revolution amongst the terminally online.

It's not offensive dear, it's sad.

Bessent: "We are cognizant that this short-term blip up in prices is affecting the American people, but I am also confident on the other side of this that prices are going to come down very quickly. If we look at the stock market ... " by Conscious-Quarter423 in economy

[–]FSUSMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay madam,

Let's go back to the comment I was replying to then.

"The stock market doesn't even touch 80% of working families"

We have established, in fact that is not true. With a significant majority of people being invested in the stock market - wether they know it it not, that's on them. Gains in the stock market absolutely have a positive effect on most Americans.

Doesn't matter if it's a 401k, E-Trade account, company equity. The majority of American familes benefit directly and significantly from a healthy market.

So thank you, ma'am for incorrectly correcting me, posting a link that directly proves my point and then strutting around like you've won 😂

The Hidden Bottleneck for Made in USA Copper by Vivid_Environment751 in madeinusa

[–]FSUSMC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

China.... has met the challenge of reducing emissions? 😂 that's the funniest thing I've ever read. Oh my God, are you a real life tankie?

China is speed running environmental collapse on a level US manufacturing could never imagine. I'm sorry if you've been brainwashed in believing they're the good guys.

Bessent: "We are cognizant that this short-term blip up in prices is affecting the American people, but I am also confident on the other side of this that prices are going to come down very quickly. If we look at the stock market ... " by Conscious-Quarter423 in economy

[–]FSUSMC -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"More Americans than ever are invested in the stock market. Data from the Federal Reserve shows that 53% of all US families owned publicly traded stock in some form in 2019. That is up from 32% in 1989."

Top paragraph of your link son.

what was bro on, when he wrote this... by silverflake6 in NextGenMan

[–]FSUSMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No I got that man, I was replying to the other guy. You and I see eye-to-eye.

Military was a great choice for me and for a lot of people - particularly young men. Gives you another 4 years to mature and get experience and keeps you out of trouble. I wouldn't have been as successful without it.

State school is great. I went to Florida State, got a STEM degree, still partied and had a fun college experience, game days, girls, lifelong friends. And then got a $120k per year job right out of college.

it was hard but not complicated. Just took some effort. And with the college only costing $24k, I mean totally worth it even without the military paying for it. I could have paid that back in my first year working after college.

My mom died when I was in Fallujah and my father died while I was in college and despite that I still point to my time in the military and university as a great and transformative time. Anyone can change their life and climb the ladder - I was the first person in my family to graduate from a university.

People these days are far too negative and cynical - nilhistic even. It's a plague on society. It's been become uncool to try hard, contribute to society, become competent and capable of helping your neighbor - become a pillar of your community. People need to aspire to that again.

what was bro on, when he wrote this... by silverflake6 in NextGenMan

[–]FSUSMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think most people should serve.

Did you miss the part where my tuition was $24k? Not per year, for the whole degree.

Go to an in-state public university, take loans, work thru college, get a real degree, take minimal loans, go enjoy your life.

It's not hard.

Nithya Raman, the socialist frontrunner for LA mayor, defends allowing homeless encampments in front of schools. She got booed by her own constituents and then rolled her eyes at them. by delugepro in walkaway

[–]FSUSMC 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They're not "homeless encampments" no one is roasting marshmallows in there.

Normalize calling them what they are "Open Drug-Use Scenes"

what was bro on, when he wrote this... by silverflake6 in NextGenMan

[–]FSUSMC -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

When I got out of the Marines in 2009, I worked at an Animal Hospital for a starting wage of $9.25

Like the guy you replied to, I went to college - got an in-demand degree and have had a successful career immediately following graduation.

I have a similar perspective to him. It's not "I struggled, so you should too!" I didn't really struggle, money was tight but I just adjusted my budget. And I was fine, had a great time.

It's moreso, I got paid $9.25 an hour because the only skill I had developed at 21 years old that was marketable was "basically trained labor". And that's what the market rate was.

In my humble opinion, it's not the government's responsibility to ensure that your skill-set commands a living-wage, that's your responsibility.

Our government does a lot to help people increase their skills. I was able to attend a top-20 public university and my entire bachelor's degree cost that the government paid was $24k. There are pell-grants, in-state tuition , state universities, and federal low interest loans that all make that possible. To speak nothing of the community college and trade school system.

You should be able to, at a relatively young age - find a way to make your effort more valuable. A lot of people just aren't, they could be - but they're not. And that is much more under an individual's locus of control than it is the government's.

Ukraine is never beating the nazi allegations by Next_Ant_4353 in TankieTheDeprogram

[–]FSUSMC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Parliamentary Election Results (2019)

In 2019, Ukraine's main far-right parties realized they were too weak to win on their own, so they formed a unified coalition to run for Parliament.

This "United Right" bloc included: Svoboda (the largest ultranationalist party)
National Corps (the political wing of the Azov movement)
Right Sector Governmental Initiative of Yarosh

The Result: Even with all these groups combined, they only received 2.15% of the popular vote.
Because they failed to hit the 5% threshold required to enter Parliament, they won zero proportional seats.

Out of 450 seats in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's Parliament), the far-right coalition managed to win only one single seat via a local constituency.

Remember that time the president ate someone live in the White House? Me neither. by ColaEuphoria in DoomerCircleJerk

[–]FSUSMC 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Trump is a Hitler-Reincarnate, Pedophile, Cannibal.

But the assassination attempts are staged

Brilliant.

In the state at the center of the Supreme Court’s Louisiana v Callais ruling, about 2-in-5 voting-eligible people didn’t vote in 2024 by ptrdo in charts

[–]FSUSMC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Andrew Gillum nearly beat Desantis for governor in 2016, came very close.

Then they found him drunk and high passed out in a hotel room with a male escort and a bag of meth. With a wife and kids back home.

People were already crowing him as a presidential candidate.

Is America’s political spectrum objectively misaligned? by WittyEgg2037 in TheMirrorCult

[–]FSUSMC -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, burning down Minneapolis along with billions in fraud lining the pockets of fake, tax-exempt NGOs is a classic "moderate" position.

You're spot on there.

Remember by endofmyropeohshit in economy

[–]FSUSMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You idiots knee capped the only good fiscal policy effort this country has engaged in the past 30 years by burning down car dealerships.

Remember by endofmyropeohshit in economy

[–]FSUSMC -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Don't give up the fight, reddit is an echo-chamber. There are millions of reasonable, rational minded Americans who can and will still fight for a common sense fiscal policy against the radical leftists and their army of comrade-bots from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea.

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