The average non-American will spend roughly 89% of their life reading and chatting about America.  90% of them are unable to go there.  

 

Love it.  

Happy independence day, former colonists

 

 

 

9 minutes ago, Quentin Zen said:

The average non-American will spend roughly 89% of their life reading and chatting about America.  90% of them are unable to go there.  

 

Love it.  

Neither are they interested to go to the USA. Canada is their first choice for immigration as it has the easiest country to move. As for tourists, France is most sought after. 

1 hour ago, gamb00ler said:

I don't like the part that is not true!  Oh wait.... that's 100% of his promise that's not true!

I got an email from SSA confirming this thats why i posted it

1 hour ago, FritsSikkink said:

You really don't understand that companies in the USA and consumers in the USA pay these taxes, what a joke.

So IF a company passes cost to the consumer is that the not greed of the company,  shareholder & profits?

But please show specific cost to you and other US citizens.

Waiting for specific costs youve incurred

 

8 minutes ago, angryguy said:

I got an email from SSA confirming this thats why i posted it

You must have received a  'special' email.... that's not what mine said.

 

The fecal GOP bill added an additional exemption for ANY kind of income for the 65+ crowd.  It could be used to exempt income from drug dealing.  You are reporting yours, right? 😆😆

2 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

Paid by the USA consumer.

Do tell how you have been affected directly... not 'the consumer' or 'tax payer' MSM BS,.. you personally

13 hours ago, WDSmart said:

I consider Trump, my president, to be despicable.

 

That must be pretty bad.

I've hardly heard anyone use that word since Bugs Bunny. 

 

 

4 hours ago, frank83628 said:

How have the cost voters, specifically ?

I was an importer for a while. As an importer, I was the one to pay the tax [tariff] - - I had a choice to pay it myself or pass along the tax to my customers - your average consumers... though I don't know if they voted or not. 

9 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Trump is indeed winning. I wish we had our own Trump. 

Come join us. You can have guns again.

18 minutes ago, JulesMad said:

Yes, the greatest liar, the greatest rapist, the greatest racist, the greatest war-criminal, the greatest **shole in history and many more negative attributes that are only possible in usa. And no, not yet the greatest felon, but give it some time and he will be that too!
I just hope he goes DOWN!!!

Sucks to be you, huh, spittlescreeching the same nonsense through two terms and he wins, wins, wins as you lose lose lose.

 

Schadenfreude!

12 hours ago, Tug said:

That win after win comment seems more like blow after blow .now after the big rotten tax break for the rich got passed adding more debt the Betrayal of Ukraine the attacks on our erstwhile allies the constant trolling the ignoring of the constitution the distruction of our educational system naa that’s delivering blow after blow.hope my fellow citizens come to their senses before it’s to late.

If someone doesn't like the new bill, they can always keep paying higher taxes on their retirement Social Security earnings.   Do you even know what the bill provides?  Especially for older/seniors, and how the bill affects your taxes on Social Security.  

Amazing how much treason money can buy.

6 hours ago, angryguy said:

Midterms are pretty much decided, id be surprised if democrats still have a party left by 2028

They won't. Their already is no republican party. And I doubt t the midterms will be held, or open. Welcome to being a 3rd world Oligarchy.

6 hours ago, angryguy said:

No tax on social security. Whats not to like?

For now,  Be patient. And when it happens, remember you  like it!  

3 minutes ago, DarthChuckler said:

They won't. Their already is no republican party. And I doubt t the midterms will be held, or open. Welcome to being a 3rd world Oligarchy.

You are actually living in the third world, with a government that doesnt represent the people

1 minute ago, angryguy said:

You are actually living in the third world, with a government that doesnt represent the people

for sure.... have you seen how effective the Thai government isn't?

4 minutes ago, gamb00ler said:

for sure.... have you seen how effective the Thai government isn't?

Its like politics for kiddos

4 hours ago, frank83628 said:

Do tell how you have been affected directly... not 'the consumer' or 'tax payer' MSM BS,.. you personally

Not at all because I got no connection with the USA at all, am neither left or right, just look impartial to the data.

4 hours ago, frank83628 said:

So IF a company passes cost to the consumer is that the not greed of the company,  shareholder & profits?

No, it means they want to keep their business alive. It is obvious that you don't have a clue how economics work.

 

On 7/4/2025 at 4:58 PM, riclag said:

He created thousands of federal law enforcement jobs! The bill creates a formidable law enforcement agency ,ICE.

The dems call it the Gestapo! 

 

"We got over 600,000 illegal aliens with criminal histories walking the streets of this country. We got less than 5,000 deportation officers," Tom Homan, Trump's border czar, said Thursday at the White House.

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-set-hand-trump-billions-recruit-ice-agents-rcna214990

And once they get rid of the 600,000, who do you think those ICE thugs will turn to next?

Post breaking forum rules and making veiled threats to another poster removed.

 

@Yagoda rule 9. You will not post disruptive or inflammatory messages. You will respect other members and post in a civil manner. Personal attacks, insults or hate speech posted on the  forum or sent by private message are not allowed.

 

Trump's Summer Surge: Wins at Home and Abroad Mark a Golden Moment for the President

 

That's truly a matter of opinion.  Unlike those on the Left, I'm don't have a mind-virus that's triggered anytime I hear the word "Trump."  However the dude is all over the map.  Although I was hopeful that he'd implement more positive change then negative, imho, he hasn't. His foreign policy is a mess and he domestic policy is great for billionaires and the Trump family but will ultimately leave the average American saddled with a few trillion more in national debt.  The health of the stock market or the value of crypto has little to do with the economic health of the country and the ability of its citizens to prosper. The America Dream for average, middle-class people is dead.  Those days are over, and a lot economically hurting voter are going to hand the Democrats the Congress, governorships, and other public offices in 2026, and probably the Presidency in 2028 - not that they'll do any better - they won't.

More surging simular to all this winning we are so sick of...

 

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-approval-rating-4-july-2093020

 

President Donald Trump's approval rating is negative in the majority of states ahead of July 4.

On 7/4/2025 at 12:37 PM, Yagoda said:

Sucks to be you, huh, spittlescreeching the same nonsense through two terms and he wins, wins, wins as you lose lose lose.

 

Schadenfreude!

As your role model Genrikh Grigoryevich discovered. What goes around comes around. Now that’s schadenfreude!

4 minutes ago, retayl said:

What goes around comes around. Now that’s schadenfreude!

Let me know when that happens LOL. Until then, I, as a proud American Trump supporter, am a winner.

 

You on the other hand, flamer, are not. PS, stop making a fool of yourself with my user name, try the search function, troll.

22 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Let me know when that happens LOL. Until then, I, as a proud American Trump supporter, am a winner.

 

You on the other hand, flamer, are not. PS, stop making a fool of yourself with my user name, try the search function, troll.

Woooo, touchy, Proud boy! Stand down.

There has been a string of victories for the administration of late.  hard fought to get some of them.  And I will withhold judgement on the Big Bill just passed.  Waiting to see out 5 years how his economic policies really work.  Those who think they really know are guessing.  Might be he restarted the US economy and helped the lower and middle classes massively.  Might be not.  We shall see.

 

He has had one major loss that isn't getting any playing time around here.  Elon Musk disagrees massively with Trumps economic bill/plan and has parted ways to the extent of announcing a new political party in the US.  Anyone who doubts Elon  can successfully do so hasn't paid attention to his past achievements.   The gist of it is it will appeal mostly to those who are economically conservative.  This will peel off a number of voters from the GOP resulting in handing elections to the DEM party.  

 

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5386557-musk-announces-america-party/

 

I don't think he really has time to make it significant in the near term midterm elections but the 2028 Presidential elections he might be ramped up to impact.  

 

 

On 7/4/2025 at 10:58 AM, riclag said:

He created thousands of federal law enforcement jobs! The bill creates a formidable law enforcement agency ,ICE.

The dems call it the Gestapo! 

 

"We got over 600,000 illegal aliens with criminal histories walking the streets of this country. We got less than 5,000 deportation officers," Tom Homan, Trump's border czar, said Thursday at the White House.

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-set-hand-trump-billions-recruit-ice-agents-rcna214990

 

With a larger budget that the defence spend of Italy. Its a bigger budget than the Israeli defense budget, which includes about 50-100 nuclear weapons. Two and half times bigger than the Iranian budget, and they get to build nukes from that budget.

 

With the current $4 billion a year, ICE has a headcount of 20,000, of which 7,711 are in Enforcement and Removal Operations directorate; these are the sloppy looking goons who can't afford clean tidy clothes and a shave. The $41 billion increase gets 10,000 more goons. But where is the ICE airforce and navy?

 

Its essentially the funding of a paramilitary force that is not answerable to the DoD, but instead is under the direct command of the President. Putin took the same approach, when he formed the Rosgvardiya. However, what we see now is that the Rosgvardiya and other Presidential troops has lead to a degradation in the quality of the Russian Army.