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Im curious to know who you think the Powers That Be are?

A reading of the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 suggests that the Right knows they can't eliminate Social Security. Instead, they seem to advocate for privatization. This raises the question: who do you trust? I've paid my contributions faithfully, and while it isn't a lot, what it provides helps keep the alligators at bay. I'm not sure I trust private-sector CEOs with their multimillion-dollar salaries to truly understand that.

Someone once said 'What happens in your house is more important than what is happening in the White House". My stock portfolio was up 26% in 2024. This year I am down 9%.

Here's a pretty good one. I think taking a pix of a moon landing site with Hubble would be a bit of a bitch.

Isn’t it amazing that with possibly several billion high quality cameras in the world alien images are always grey and blurry.

The account can now be accessed online and, although I have not requested it, an ATM card can be issued.

One of my favorites.

Good job Mr President! That should bring down the price of eggs.

All of these savings will end up in a massive tax cut for the fat cats.

Just one small problem... DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/upshot/doge-contracts-musk-trump.html

here's what they found!

All the arguments excusing Trump for the cutoff are reasonable until you realize that the money saved by depriving the poorest will go to finance Trump's tax cuts for the wealthy.

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. H. L. Mencken

So assuming my monthly transfer will continue until next December I should be able to delete the 800k account in April 2025?

Apologies. I am still confused. My real world situation: I received my current extension this month based 800K in the bank. I also started an overseas deposit last month greater than 65K. I intend to apply for my next extension (Dec 2025) using the monthly income option. When can I remove the 800K account? thanks.

My bad. Thanks for the correction.

I am currently on a retirement visa, which expired in early December. I went to the immigration office and renewed my extension (TM7) for another year. My first 90-day report following the extension was due in late December. Although it was said that this report cannot be submitted online, I decided to give it a try, and it worked!

It was, that's why I responded to the post.

I did it yesterday and received approval today. First one since December 2024 extension. I have no idea why it worked.

I am unsure about the sore part, but I agree that anytime money is involved in elections, the people are the losers.

We really don't need elections in America anymore , we have billionaires. Vox Populi, Elon.

Why would the U.S. withdraw from Ukraine? At a cost of less than 10% of an annual defense budget and with no troops deployed, the U.S. has significantly weakened the Russian military. This situation appears to be a favorable deal for the United States. Moreover, Ukraine's efforts have reportedly led to the destruction of approximately 50% of Russia's military capabilities, forcing Russia to spend over $150 billion on military replenishment. . The strategic benefits for the U.S. include not only supporting an ally but also degrading a major adversary's military strength at a relatively low cost Maintaining support for Ukraine seems advantageous for the U.S., both in terms of financial investment and geopolitical strategy.

Which goes to prove the point I was making.

wrong list Here is the correct list. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/20/presidents-ranking-trump-biden-list

Normal is nice. The only time it goes off the rails is when tRUMP is involved