Here's what happens when the world's richest man buys the presidency

[Lacessit]

9 hours ago, mrwebb8825 said:

I do: $100,000 in 1953 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as $1,181,621.72 in 2024

 

That's just the starting salary - doesn't include personal wealth.

 

https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1953?amount=100000

 

ETA: remember I said 'rich' people being presidents.

Voters not so much: Burgess, Director, Bureau of the Cen- sus, Department of Commerce. The median income of men with money incomes in 1953 was estimated at $3,200, about $100 or 4 percent greater in in 1952. The median income of women was estimated at about $1,200 in both years.

I still fail to see how what you are posting is connected to my post.

 

"An oligarch is a member of a small group of powerful people who control a country or an industry. They are typically extremely wealthy and influential, often using their wealth to exert political influence. Oligarchs are often associated with corruption and cronyism, as they may use their power to enrich themselves and their allies at the expense of the general public."

 

There is wealthy, and there is extremely wealthy. In that respect, Trump and his associates such as Musk are a few football fields away from what has been.

[thaibeachlovers]

21 hours ago, RocketDog said:

Just stating facts.

Take it leave it.

You're the one emotionally involved.

I'm very emotionally happy that Harris lost.

[Jingthing]

2 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I'm very emotionally happy that Harris lost.

So are all the dictators and oligarchs in the world. 

[thaibeachlovers]

13 hours ago, BarBoy said:

The west has given the world the best of everything.

Everyone else just copies.

 

Hip hop and rap are not the best- they are the worst. Gangsta culture isn't great either.

Forever wars are something the US should avoid exporting as well.

[RocketDog]

8 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I'm very emotionally happy that Harris lost.

I guess you're pretty excited about Christmas coming too. Will Santa Claus bring you a new bike? Maybe even a Trump action figure for your burgeoning (look it up) collection.

[thaibeachlovers]

Just now, RocketDog said:

I guess you're pretty excited about Christmas coming too. Will Santa Claus bring you a new bike?

Christmas is for kids and I don't have any, so it's just another day.

[simple1]

14 hours ago, khunJam said:

Umm…..excuse me sir but the world’s richest man did not buy the presidency. Please try not to apply your name on op’s it looks rather unbecoming.

 

When posting OP opinion pieces member's name is provided automatically. Matter of opinion right now if Musk has bought his way into trump's inner influencer circle, to my mind certainly looks as though he has done so.

[G_Money]

23 hours ago, gamb00ler said:

Doesn't matter who.... you're claiming otherwise with no backup, right?

 

https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/factsheets/HowAreSocialSecurity.htm#:~:text=Social Security is financed through,self-employed pay 12.4 percent.

 

https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/ProgData/fyOps.html

 

 

I already knew how it’s funded.

 

I was saying the funds have been used for other purposes along with SS.

[G_Money]

23 hours ago, Hawaiian said:

I read both articles prior to you posting the 2 links just to get it from "the horses mouth."  Unfortunately, some don't want to accept information even when it comes from an official government source.

 

So the government never lies?  

[Hawaiian]

44 minutes ago, G_Money said:

So the government never lies?  

Please point out what is not true in those two links.  Are you saying the statistics provided by SSA are doctored?

[G_Money]

1 hour ago, Hawaiian said:

Please point out what is not true in those two links.  Are you saying the statistics provided by SSA are doctored?

Nothing in those links indicates the money in trust fund is used solely for SS benefits.

My point is the funds have also been used for other purposes.

 

I’m well aware of how the trust fund is financed through payroll taxes.