If given the choice between large State with closed borders and generous handouts, or small state with open borders and no handouts, I'd choose the later every day. Immigrants from anywhere, so long as they get no handouts and are not permitted to violate private property, are little threat to anyone. And the immigrant that violates property is no worse than the citizen who does the same. In America, it's white citizens in DC who do the vast majority of the looting, and who cause the vast majority of harm to the country and its people. Because the scale of the State is so large, it necessarily invites special interest groups of all manner to organize and struggle for benefits. The danger of these factions over time, which the Founders wrote about explicitly, grows in proportion to state size. Identity politics (just a more contemporary name for such factions), which is wholly disintegrating any national concept of the people of America, is less a consequence of immigrants than of the game theory of an ever-growing state that dishes out loot to whomever demands it. Property prices in and around DC is a much more damning indictment of modern America than any perceived border issue. It is not the barbarians at the gates but the kleptocrats within which most endangers this country. If you want to deport people, start with Nancy Pelosi.

BREAKING: The top 0.1% of Americans now hold more than six times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of the country. The top 0.1% control about $28 trillion, roughly 15% of all U.S. wealth. The bottom 50% hold about 2.5%.

FLORIDA MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST FINANCIAL TRAP IN AMERICA… Moved here thinking I was escaping expensive states. No state income tax. Lower cost of living. Sunshine year round. Everyone made it sound like I’d finally get to keep more of my paycheck. Then came the homeowners insurance renewal. Then the property taxes. Then the HOA fees. Then car insurance, groceries, utilities, rent, and every other expense that somehow costs more than expected. You save money on state income taxes, but one insurance renewal can wipe out a huge chunk of those savings. And if you own a house, the property taxes and HOA fees never stop coming. At this point, Florida isn’t “cheap.” It’s just an expensive state with better marketing. PEOPLE KEEP BRAGGING ABOUT NO STATE INCOME TAX, BUT HOW MUCH MONEY ARE YOU ACTUALLY KEEPING? 🤨

Under Biden, the highest inflation in any one calendar year was 7% in 2021. The seeds for that high inflation were sown under Trump in 2020. Annual inflation then fell every year under Biden. It will rise every year under Trump. Both 2027 and 2028 will likely see gains above 7%.

I doubt he said this since humans don’t talk like AI Agents: “I didn't get smarter when I went to SpaceX. I got faster. The intelligence was always there. The system was in the way”

who makes the rules? who enforces? these are the questions which crypto supposedly divorces... (in your fascist network state known as farcaster, the answer is: not you) bid on the 1/1: songaday.world/6498

Let me help some of you guys out.... 1. 40% of homes are owned free and clear (no mortgage). Not distressed sellers so can be patient, wait around, hold firm on price, etc 2. Average homeowner who has a mortgage has 55% equity. Again, not distressed or forced to sell 3. You need to zoom WAY OUT to better understand inventory Example #1 New Listings for sale this week: 64,00 Same week in 2009: 280,000 Same week in 2010: 380,000 Same week in 2011: 349,000 Example #2 Currently there's 1.6M of active inventory on the market. In a normal market, there's 2.0M - 2.5M of active inventory on the market In the last RE crash, guess how much inventory was active on the market? 4.0M We got a LOT of inventory that would have to come online (assuming demand doesn't increase significantly) before you'll see major drops That is all

I doubt he said this since humans don’t talk like AI Agents: “I didn't get smarter when I went to SpaceX. I got faster. The intelligence was always there. The system was in the way”

A perfect depiction of the decay that comes with a high velocity trash economy enabled by fiat money.