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The #1 Reason Why Donald Trump Is What America Needs (And Deserves)
Submitted by Simon Black via SovereignMan.com,
Just a few weeks ago, US talk show host Stephen Colbert was asked if he thought that Donald Trump had a chance of becoming President of the United States.
Colbert responded sincerely. “Honestly, he could. And that’s not an opinion of Trump. That’s my opinion of our nation.”
He’s right. The Land of the Free may very well be ready for something completely different. And Trump certainly seems able to deliver.
He is, after all, unique in his field. Donald Trump has never served in politics, and his blunt style is almost the exact opposite of every other major candidate.
But there’s one thing that really sets him apart, that, in my opinion, makes him the most qualified person for the job:
Donald Trump is an expert at declaring bankruptcy.
When the going gets tough, Trump stiffs his creditors. He’s done it four times!
Candidly, this is precisely what the Land of the Free needs right now: someone who can stop beating around the bush and just get on with it already.
As history shows, a default is inevitable.
The calculus is quite simple: when governments take on too much debt, they start having to divert a huge amount of their tax revenue just to pay interest.
This means that, at a minimum, the government has to sacrifice many of the promises they made to their citizens. They cut other programs in order to have enough money to pay interest.
But that’s not too popular. So instead they typically just borrow more money… until they’re borrowing money just to pay interest on money they’ve already borrowed.
This makes the problem exponentially worse.
Debt skyrockets. And soon the government is spending more on interest payments than national defense. (The US is almost at this point).
Eventually a bankrupt government has no choice: either default on their bondholders, or default on the obligations they made to their citizens. Or both.
This could take the form of a ‘selective default’. For example, the US government could default on the $2.4 trillion that it owes the Federal Reserve.
Or the $1.2 trillion that it owes China.
These are both possibilities.
But the prospect of default on “risk free” US government bonds would throw the global financial system into a tailspin; not to mention it would be the final nail in the coffin for the US dollar’s dominant reserve status.
Fortunately there are easier options for Uncle Sam.
The biggest debts that are owed by the US government are the obligations they owe to you.
Specifically, all the benefits like Social Security and Medicare they promised to American taxpayers.
The US government’s own numbers estimate these obligations at nearly $42 TRILLION, completely dwarfing what they owe China, or anyone else.
Then there’s the obligation they have to preserve the purchasing power of the $12 trillion held by the American people.
That’s the current value of the money supply in the United States right now.
History shows that debasing a nation’s currency is one of the easiest and most effective ways for bankrupt governments to plunder their citizens’ wealth, little by little over time.
As I explain in today’s podcast, the hard reality that most people don’t seem to get is that the US government is bankrupt.
This isn’t some wild assertion or conspiracy theory; their own financial statements show that the government’s ‘net worth’ is NEGATIVE $17.7 trillion.
And yes, the US is already borrowing money just to pay interest.
In fact the combined expenses of interest on the debt plus mandatory entitlements like Social Security nearly exceed their entire tax revenue.
In other words, you could eliminate nearly everything we think of as government– the EPA, the IRS, Homeland Security, etc. and it wouldn’t make a dent in the national debt.
When things get this dire, it doesn’t matter who sits in the chair.
You might as well elect a chimpanzee in the hopes that Mister Bubbles might accelerate the decline.
Donald Trump may very well be that chimpanzee. Especially given his unparalleled experience in declaring bankruptcy.
Nations that pass the economic point of no return can’t rebuild until they hit rock bottom.
And the US is way past that point. So let’s get on with it already and hit the reset button.
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Join me for more in today’s podcast as I break down the details of the US government’s $60 trillion in liabilities– and what you can do about it.
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He is a puppet, masters want USA bankruptcy
Even IF he is just another tool of control placed in front of us for the illusion of choice I would rather he be the one over any of those others choices.
At least then I could feel like I was being beaten by a competent and worth adversary.
I remain skeptical of him and his true intentions though I feel he is the most genuine of any of them.
Unfortunately the real truth of anything like this is only known in retrospect if ever so will any of them even try to do any of what they say were they to be elected? Nobody really knows and only time will tell.
Is that the smell of another Presidential Pardon?
Obama and the Clintons: Top Dems mingle on Martha's Vineyard
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEM_2016_CLINTON_OBAMA?SITE=AP...
No it's just Hillary and Bill asking Obama if he would call off the vendetta which has been unleashed by Valerie Jarrett. The leaks of criminal investigations concerning Clinron is being orchestrated straight from the White House.
So much fun to watch!!!
Obama made a deathbed promise to Ted Kennedy....now he's keeping it.
Stranger things have happened.
Bedtime for Bonzo Star Reagan became Governor of Mexifornia.
Jesse Ventura became Governor of Minneso-ta.
Donald Trump is like a Glitch in the Matrix. The illusion is dissolving and TPTB are assuming battle positions.
Nothing brings out the dumbasses and cowards better than Trump. The kind of people who support Trump are former neocon supporters, who are still dazed and confused from their ass-kicking in the middle east. They desperately need an idol to rally behind and not surprisingly it's the first flag-waving asshole that comes along. However, I do agree, he is a perfect president for the ugliness that is now 'merica. A paper-tiger president for a paper-tiger nation.
I haven't posted on ZH in months now because the comment section has completely gone to shit. Yeah, that's right, peeps.
Gone. To. Shit.
Asshats on here are actually buying Trump's loud-mouthed, man-of-the-people schtick the same way asshats bought Obama's hope and change garbage. Wha-huh??? This is ZH, for fuck's sake. I am Jack's raging disappointment...
Unpopular opinion time: I want Bernie Fucking Sanders for president! I know, right? That shit's fucked up! So why did I pick Bernie the Dirty Hippie? Because he voted against NAFTA. Because he voted against the repeal of Glass-Steagall. Because he voted against the Iraq War. Because he voted against the Patriot Act. Because he voted against TARP. Because he won't get us involved in yet another pointlessly stupid war, one that could in all honesty destroy the whole world. Because he would waste just as much money as a Republican — but he'd waste it here at home instead of air-lifting it to the other side of the planet and incinerating it. Because he'd probably waste even more than a Republican and bring on The Great Reset that much quicker. The US of A needs one hell of an ice water enema. Time to wake people up and clean out the shit.
Now, will I actually drag my ass down to the polling station and pull the proverbial lever for Bernie? Hell no! If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. The only voting I plan on doing come election day is when I vote on which brand of whiskey will best drown out the realization that this sad excuse of a country deserves everything that's coming to it.
I declare bankruptcy, bitchez!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuGIgf-ICHM
I've come to understand the bushs, clinton, and obongo have all been perfect presidents. A president is suppose to represent the people of his nation, and these filthy scumbags have represented the ugliness that is the typical 'merican very well. The problem isn't bad government or bad money. The problem is bad genetics and bad culture.
never voted in my life. why? do you have to ask?
You might as well elect a chimpanzee in the hopes that Mister Bubbles might accelerate the decline.
I thought we already did...
“US of A needs one hell of an ice water enema”
I might suggest that it would take liquid nitrogen to do the job.
magic thermite might do the trick.
.. or Tannerite and a high powered rifle.
(more readily available)
eliminate nearly everything we think of as government– the EPA
Why? They are too busy turning rivers orange in CO.
Saunders is a FDR retread and Trump is a third party spoiler. Get over it, none of these people will change a damn thing.
Everyone vote Rand Paul. He will open up the mint to the people and bring us back to a gold standard, if hes not fake...
Bankruptcy isn't a bad word. It's protection from becoming a debt-slave. Loaning money means risks to both the debtor and the creditor. Both should be on the hook.
Now apply that to Student Loans.
Those bastards have crushed generations.
This site is losing more and more credibility by the day.
Gold is tanking (err, correction: it has tanked already and will probably tank even more!), most people here missed a gigantic stock market rally because of the doomsday predictions, China is a mess, Russia is a mess, and now Donnie Trump will bring salvation to the USA and the rest of the 'civilized' world? Please!
This site is becoming the Tom Stolper version of doomsday sites: we are the Muppets so act contrary to all the 'advice' given!
Yeah sure, vote me down, spew out more xenophobic, redneck and anti-semite drivel.
p.s. yes I know that multiple parties are a new phenomenon in the US, but if you look at Europe (excl the UK) where most countries have 3, 4, 5 big political parties, you can see that in the end of the day it all doesn't fucking mater. Socialist, conservatives, Christian democrats, Green parties etcetera. It doesn't fucking mater because nothing really changes, and Trump is also just another selfish megalomaniac politician/businessman, there to fill his pockets and the pockets of his buddies. WAKE UP you fools!
This site is losing more and more credibility by the day.
You are welcome to leave anytime that you want...
You are not being forced to read it...except maybe as a term and condition of your employment, perhaps?
Why do you VOLUNTARILY subject yourself to such misery...especially if you do not have to subject yourself to it. (Personally I do not consider this site miserable. It is actually entertaining. If I did find it miserable then I'd be elsewhere as life is too short.)
But since you do find it to be miserable then do not let the door hit you in the arse on your way out.
See you and would not want to be you.
BUt I think that you are PAID to be here. So I am having some fun...at your employer's expense. I am actually laughing at your constant whining and complaining.
<p>Fuck off muppet. The funny thing is that this site offers little in the way of investment 'advice'. And what it does offer is usually pretty solid (I took a rather large stake in the U.S dollar bull run based on Faber's comments, got in when AUD was at parity, exited at .72). The only real 'advice' given on gold here is that it is prudent to keep a % of your portfolio in physical bars, in your posession. Sounds reasonable to me.</p><p> </p><p>This site has as much credibility as ever, poking holes in the status quo narrative. The credibility of the commenters though... sure, it has slipped over time, but if people as idiotic as you would just fuck off, it might swing back into an uptrend.</p>
So I guess you drank the kool-aid?
100% correct, we get the president we deserve.
Trump is a perfect reflection of American culture at the moment: he's just one enormous Selfie. "Hey Look At Me!", no need to be anything, or accomplish anything, or contribute anything, or inspire anything, just turn the camera around on yourself and start mugging up. Facebook, reality TV, popular media, participation trophies, the culture has turned into a singularity of self-licking narcissism, there's even a "selfie stick" so you don't have to hand the camera to some passing "not-you" any more to get yet another image of yourself-self-self.
The other explanation for Trump is this fine quote: "A demagogue tries to sound as stupid as his audience so the audience can think they are as smart as he is".Perfect one.
That quote could as well suit Hitlery.
Whatch ya'll sayin'? Ya'alls knowse I kin code-shift whit the best ob dem!
Rather moronic rant considering the success Trump has had in real estate, entertainment and media... What is your measure of success, how long a person can suck on the government's tit at the expense of those that are willing to work?
So what's your measure of sucess, how long a person can suck on thievery's tit via bankruptcy and at the expense of the people he screws and at the expense of little old women who's property he tries to steal?
As you said, rather moronic rant.
at first I thought Trump might, MIGHT just be an "america-first" clown...
then i read this:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.zerohedg...
then I read this:
Last fall, Time magazine declared Paul the "most interesting man in politics" and stamped him on its cover. Paul launched his campaign earlier this year pledging that he was a "different kind of Republican."
Four months later, though it's still early in a crowded, fluid race, it's clear that many Republicans want different — but not him.
His campaign is struggling to keep up with his rivals in fundraising. Two of his political allies running an outside super PAC supporting his candidacy were recently indicted on campaign-finance fraud charges. Significant plunges in polling are starting to correspond.
And Trump has an aggressive counterpunch. In a raging statement responding to Paul, the real-estate tycoon took him to task for running for reelection to the Senate at the same time he's campaigning for president.
"I feel sorry for the great people of Kentucky who are being used as a back up to Senator Paul’s hopeless attempt to become President of the United States — weak on the military, Israel, the Vets and many other issues. Senator Paul has no chance of wining the nomination and the people of Kentucky should not allow him the privilege of remaining their Senator," Trump said.
Trump further called Paul's operation a "total mess" and said the senator should leave the race.
"Rand should save his lobbyist’s and special interest money and just go quietly home," he declared. "Rand's campaign is a total mess, and as a matter of fact, I didn’t know he had anybody left in his campaign to make commercials who are not currently under indictment!"
Is the Trump campaign just a giant Nixonian "dirty trick" to kneecap the early GOP field champion, Rand Paul on behalf of Jeb Bush or....?
(By the way, that #blacklivesmatter protest at Bernie Sander's rally had ALL the earmarks of a good old fashioned political "dirty trick"...)
I'm going with Bernie Sanders too and for the same reasons listed by McMolotov above...also, I am further declaring him the official candidate of zerohedge... :)
WHY is Trump, a veteran "black bagman" and bullshit artist, even IN the race? We KNOW he aint gonna win.
We KNOW he aint gonna win.
I wouldn't bet on that.
Yeah, let's all vote for Bernie the old socialist and pickpocket putz who wants to confiscate the wealth of the wealthy.
So is Bernie also for confiscating the "wealth” of Warren Buffett, George Soros, Tom Steyer, Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Matt Lauer, Michael Moore, Bill Maher — or just the Democrat's political opposition?
Anybody not on the 1% list but making more than $37,500/annum.
I'm all for everything pointed out that Bernie voted for. Absolutely.
But I will not support higher taxes to fund a continually growing Leviathan
Corporations ARE 'People', RIGHT?
The Supreme Court spoke.
Hit 'em with the same INCOME TAX RATES as 'People'.
APPLE, GOOGLE, MSOFT, EXXON ...ALL OF THEM.
-Sentance them to PRISON when they are found guilty crimes. The CEO's/Boards are the de-facto embodiment of these Coroporate 'People' aren't they?
-Let them stand against Civil and Criminal Charges just as other People do.
-Live by the same rules for IRA and ROTH IRA maximums -and time to forced disbursments of accumulated unspent capital, etc.
-Live by the same rules for offshore held profits and offshore assets as other 'People', etc. etc. etc...
The LOT.
-Let 'er rip.
PEOPLE. LOL. MY ASS...
Exactly my thoughts on Corps. If they are 'people' then they can become citizens, they can vote, they can be imprisoned, etc, etc. if they can't, then how in the hell did the SCOTUS say they are people? Or viceaversa, I am calling myself a corporation and and who do you send if I commit a crime? My hands did it...not the rest of my body, since you can't send one part without another notbody goes? (same principle as corporations, right).
America and it LAWS are a joke now. The only way to move forward is to take a step back to a true Constitutional Republic.
How come we're not hearing stories about parties to Trump's business deals getting screwed or mistreated employees? Could it be that beyond his bluster that Trump is actually pretty damn competent leader/decision-maker?
This is a good point. I've worked a few events in the Trump Tower and found the place very clean, professional and well run. Years ago I did roadshows in most of the major NYC Hotels/Centers and TT was well above average.
All presidents serve those who put them into office!
Trouble is, it's never those who cast the votes.
That's a helluva comeback McMolotov. I am glad to have you back. Missed your wit, rage and thoughtful commentary.
Calling John Bohner a "weeping cheetoh" was classic. Please participate and elevate us. :)
Since when is a moronic rant considered "wit and thoughtful commentary"... Back on the lithium because you obviously need it...
lol dis nikka said bernie sanders. dafuk outta here
Agreed. A decision to engage a war is the utmost issue confronted by any society.
There are too few gems in the comment section here anymore. Too many disinfo agents and stupid people. This used to be a place of intelligent discussion and information sharing, now it is mostly one line cliche's and false dichotomies.
Big brother will find all of your mental sanctuaries and destroy them.
a lot better during the 2012 election cycle. This place is overrun with the neocon type now. there arent many of us left these days. A lot have either gotten bannedor just said 'fuck it'
G Carl, what do you see as being better in the '12 cycle? Who got banned? Inquiring minds wish to know.
Thanks,
- Ned
francis sawyer, akak, fonz, Lennon Hendrix, TruthInSunshine just to name a few.
i know francis got banned. I was honestly pretty surprised he lasted as long as he did after they put up the racial discrimination thing(for those not familiar with FS, he wasn't a fan of jewish people), i think most of the rest of them did too, except for fonz. He said he was leaving, fed up i guess, and hasn;t been back since. I think you can add ekm to that list too. Im sure a couple of them are lurking about under other screen names though. I do miss fonz and akak.
Thx, any more? I'd say that Leo got embarrassed b/c of his over the top and obviously front-running of Chinese Solarz, unfortunately robo got spammed outta' the joint (even tho' he's been proven right over several years) and others. Haven't seen the flak-unter-thang, another embarrassing situation where self-immolation might have been the best way out.
Tough business to stake one's reputation on a position (and make it widely public) then, ... well ... the facts don't fulfill that position (yet) and then get croaked for it.
- Ned
I think EKM is on Haitus. All those guys are probably back under new Sir Names.
Francis is articulate at one thing. (blabbering)Francis understands NOTHING about actual transactions, and monetary flows. Tyler grew tired of his hypothethetical bull~shit.
Yes, we can argue certain groups, and sects. We can argue and postulate sunken ships and burried treasures.
Francis is a wonderful mind restricted by it's fallacies and bigotry.
Akak didn't get banned, he left on his own volition.
I'm a'sniffin' lawyers around these here parts. e_g, it's quiet, ... too quiet ...
His name was Francis Sawyer. His name was Francis Sawyer. His name was Francis Sawyer.
one line cliche's (Just asking, why did you use an apostrophe when "cliches" was correct?) It's too late for me to be witty. Does that qualify?
and
false dichotomies. (war is peace) Happy?
Fuck you. Twice. With McMolotov's dick.
Ass fucker. Dick licker. Go somewhere you're not in control.
McM, Bernie also wants to dismantle the spying apparatus and I read that he supports having a border, saying something to the effect that no sovereign nation can have an open border.
It's truly bizarre that we live in times where the platform of an avowed socialist has more planks in it that appeal to libertarians than anyone else.
What he meant was: "No WELFARE STATE can have open borders." It's one or the other, NOT both!
"Now, will I actually drag my ass down to the polling station and pull the proverbial lever for Bernie? Hell no! If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. "
I gave up on voting after TARP was passed and the CONgress was uniformely voted back into office.
Sanders might want to do the right things; but, until Congress and the US Supreme Court and the MIC/security establishment and the bureaucracies are PURGED -and the Banking Cartel/Monetary Authorities are divested of power; there is absolutely NO hope that a bone fide Populist President can do anything even if they are truely 100% selflessly dedicated to the well being of the Citizenry.
Even a 'perfect' President will be able to accomplish little or nothing if the other three official branches of government, the MIC/security apparatuses, the bureaucracy, the Banks/FED, etc.. are ALL dedicated to preserving the Status Quo.
-& guess what???
-ALL three official branches of Gov't, the MIC/security apparatus, the bureaucracy, the banksters, etc. : ARE ALL dedicated to the preservation of the Status Quo that enriches them...
ONE MAN CANNOT CHANGE THIS.
WHOLE BRANCHES OF GOV'T MUST BE DRASTICALLY REFORMED OR COMPLETELY DISMANTLED.
I REPEAT: ONE MAN CANNOT CHANGE THIS.
THOUSANDS WILL BE REQUIRED.
EVEN IF TRUMP AND/OR SANDERS IS REALLY 'THE RIGHT MAN' TO PERFORM ONE PART OF THIS TASK OR ANOTHER...
-THE TASK WILL REQUIRE THOUSANDS OF SUCH MEN & WOMEN.
-NOT ONE.
-NOT TWO.
-NOT A FEW...
-THOUSANDS.
MCmolotov, I wouldn't make the trip to the poll for bernie either, but a pretty solid case can be made for voting for him if you don't believe our monetary system and debt load can survive another 9.5 years(the rest of obamas term plus two for whoever is next). An actual, self proclaimed socialist in charge of the biggest economic meltdown in history would be a good thing. You can be rest assured that ANY republican in office will be blamed for his "free market principles" leading to the downfall, and a lack of govt oversite and regulation. Even though we know thats bullshit, the last person with an R next to their name that really believed in that was ron paul, but many still blame lack of regulation, rather than the outright manipulations of the govt and the fed, for the last crisis. This way, it would be clear as day- all this big govt socialism shit doesn't fucking work. Never has, never will.
"An actual, self proclaimed socialist in charge of the biggest economic meltdown in history would be a good thing. You can be rest assured that ANY republican in office will be blamed for his "free market principles" leading to the downfall, and a lack of govt oversite and regulation."
Hear Hear! Precisely why the two words 'corruption' and 'Hillary' are being used in the same sentence AT ALL. I'm absolutely convinced that is EXACTLY what they're aiming for. The left are MASTERFUL in laying the blame for the failure their policies on republicans. For example, they have successfully laid the blame for well over a century of slavery, segregation, denying civil rights and racism on republicans...
Rand Paul sends me correspondence for "Auditing the FED" (and asking for 'contribution(s)'). Pity, it's far too late for an audit to make any difference!
Thank you.
Electing Bernie would be like putting a dolphin in a Sea World of sharks. Wouldn't last a term. At least Kennedy had a little killer instinct before Bush senior was sent to give the reins to Johnson. I don't know what to make of Trump. It's really tough to see past the ego. He's not a professional politician, that's a good thing. He's certainly a megalomaniac. That's not always a bad thing. A bit like curing a stomach bug with a night of rot gut whiskey.
Truth is in order to change the system, you must break the system. Really frigg'n break it. Otherwise, physics rule. A body in motion tends to continue in that motion. If you listen to Simon's podcasts, he talks about how wealth is merely the surplus of one's work/production. Bankers don't really produce any tangible goods. Professional politicians certainly don't. I can't really see that The Donald ever did, either. In 2012, the voter turnout of the population was 58.2 %. Not too far from half the people gave a shit[pretty close to those counted in the labor force]. The percentage of people who quit caring and turn away will only change when the status quo gets so uncomfortable for them that they revolt. It's never happened any differently all through out history.
The REAL question everyone should ask themself? Do YOU produce something that enriches your life and the abundance there of is of value to others? If the majority starts to answer 'no' to that question, the nation dies. As simple as that.
I suspect in this cycle the vice running mates will be more important.
I don't trust Trump, period. That said Rand Paul just doesn't have it, and if we are going down at least it would be entertaining to have somebody like Trump at the wheel while the ship breaks in half and sinks to the bottom.
Besides on the off chance he's genuine and not controlled by the Globalists, maybe he can do some good. Time will tell.
This is the deal. You must be a megalomaniac to want to be president. There isn't much of a way around that. In 2012, the entire presidential election cost 2.6 billion dollars between the two candidates and outside money.[source-opensecrets.org] Every one of the other candidates are scared shitless because Trump is saying, "sure, I'll spend a billion or two if I need to" IF HE DOES, he doesn't need to whore himself out or take orders[because politicians are not rich generally speaking]. One could ask theselves why aren't like the Koch brothers or any of these other rich bastards running? Answer again is, it takes a certain type of personality to even WANT to be president.
If you look at it on a Carl Jung type level, people are wondering in their subconscious, "WELL, even if this guy may be borderline bat shit crazy, he's not bought and paid for by all the other nepharious bastards that have owned the system. why not give it a shot?"
Shiznet, NOTHING left to loose at this point, so, "what difference does it make?" Be part of the surprise. Work it.
Release the Krackin- lose the status quo.
The US President is a frontman, bought for by the 'donors'. The real PTB have a strong aversion to sunlight, and more so, the joke 'top 10 richest man' lists. They need a frontman. That is Trump's strength. He does not need donors.
Welcome back McMate. Haven't been here awhile as well, but for reasons less topical.
Knew there must have been something decent about Bernie Sanders the moment I saw a bunch of #blacklivesmatter gals start to smear shit all over his campaign and sabotage his speech. The oligarchs must have been rubbing their hands in glee at such an ironic spectacle.
is that really your mouth? bet you suck a mean dick
Whats your beef withYHC-FTSE.
He's a very well Informed and polite poster on Zero Hedge.
He's refreshing and highly scientific.
Don't try to engage them with polite, logical discussion, the days of arguing the merits on ZH may be long gone. I didn't get here until about 4 1/2 years ago, the aruments were in full swing and a huge amount of useful, well thoughtout and cogent arguments were in full view for everyone's edification.
I learned so much as well as, offering and defending my view. It's amazing how being forced to defend your position on its merits will force you to codify what you really believe!
Somewhere along the way, the whole concept of fightclub has been lost...
DaddyO
President Bernie... Let that roll around on your tongue for a while...
And let's not forget the guy is 73. He should have retired by now. It's not that career politicians aren't set for life.
Has anyone actually looked at Bernie's history before he became a politician?
Let's face it, politics was his only choice. He doesn't appear to have been able to master anything else during his life.
And as was so aptly put, at least Trump knows how to deal with bankruptcy.
Standard Disclaimer: I quit voting the first time Obama was elected.
Bernie and Barrak had identical voting records in Senate!
Good suggestion.....
NOT
Bernie - from his site... Nothing will change
"The Federal Reserve, a government entity which serves as the engine of the banking industry, must eliminate its internal conflicts of interest, provide stricter oversight, and insist that the banks its supports serve the economy in a way that works for everyone, not just a few."
The Federal Reserve, a government entity...
Ummm, its a private banking cartel.
Bernie needs to do a little more reading
Uhhhm Mc, I get you, I really do. From what I've seen, Ben Carson is the man of the moment, but he, like Bernie lacks the macho persona America wants.
Would Trump make a good leader? Fuck. No. He wants Snowden behind bars fer Chrissakes.
As for whisky, my personal fave is WT101. Makes me wanna gobble at the Y.
Bottoms up!
Hit the whiskey ace and we'lll take an accomplished businessmen - who isn't macho, just a billionaire unlike you - who may just sink the entrenched incompetents. Like there is anything left to lose at this point. Killary? Jeb? Puhleeeze
So, you want an outsider who isn't really an outsider, and incidentally wants the greatest patriot of our time locked up- to 'lead' you?
Just because the other choices are worse doesn't mean that Trump is good.
Tell me, O Great Swammi, what do you have against an honorable and smart(er than you) man like Dr. Carson?
We want President Nobody because:
Nobody listens to us.
Nobody acts in our or our nation's best interests.
Nobody cares.
So did Ron Paul and he's not a douche bag socialist. Did you vote RP?
I can tell you that Sanders' solutions to the problem are like a guy with a headache trying to stop the pain by smashing his face with a bat. He's an idiot.
Yeah .... Trump has caught a lot of good press outside the mainstain because of his political incorrectness. He seems likeable enough but he is totally beholden to the chosen .....Just another POS with a slightly different odour.
Rationality never plays a role in US presidential elections. Sanders makes sense, that's why he can't become president but Trump can. To me it looks like Trump is an inside job.
End to end, that is to say, what sanders says is the problem followed to his conclusions for solving them, he makes absolutely no sense. Go ahead and tax the rich at 90%, they'll fucking leave and take their biz completely out of the us market.
He's the dumbest motherfucker that has run for office yet. Yes, even bushy is smarter than him and he's operating at an IQ of 10.
Hey, ya know what?
If you aren't happy with the comment section here, you actually have the ability to do something about it.
So, thanks for your comment.
"Because he voted against"
Because he's a socialist lunatic that will vote to put you in socialist chains.... Good luck with that.
Trump's a dick and a crook and I don't trust him any further than I could throw him, but really, you're calling people that like him asshats while pimping a socialist.... LOL!
Didn't buy into Obama's "dope and chains", dont buy into Trump's bullshit either. I refuse to vote at the national level. I will write in Scrooge McDuck just so it's clear there's no hanging chad, or any question, of my ballot. Let Diebold digest that and see what it comes out to be.
The only vote I make is/will be for local issues.
[unless, Ron Paul runs.]
If I was a registered Murcan voter, I'd write in Vladimir Putin.
Given a strong enough incentive, he's the "one man" who really could bring radical change to Washington DC: rendering it uninhabitable to higher vertebrates for the next 10,000 years.
Bernie Sanders is clearly a piece of shit: "He has supported every U.S. war including Bill Clinton’s war on Yugoslavia and Israel’s war on Gaza, as well as the U.S. wars on Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Iraq. Sanders voted for the 2014 senate resolution that backed the Israeli massacre of thousands of civilians in Gaza. He supported the Bill Clinton / UN starvation blockade that murdered over 1.5 million Iraqis, most of them children. While he voted for the Bush invasion of Afghanistan, he voted against the Bush invasion of Iraq. Yet, he continuously voted for the military budget during that war and was opposed to demands for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq. He supported the Vermont National Guard’s development of a center for unmanned drone warfare and was outspoken in his desire to have F-35 fighters built in his state." More at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/08/11/18776028.php
With Sanders you would get no end to wars for the Jews.
Maybe the comments section has gone to shit because good men have said nothing.
Maybe the nation has gone to shit because good men have said nothing.
I haven't logged on at ZH for months...you're right. Gone. To. Shit.
But I agree w/ you on most everything...except I'll vote. It's just a bad habit that I can't seem to break.
I still remember your comment about all the guys standing around with their dicks all connected w/ string...or was it rope. I get a chuckle every time I think of it. That comment really can explain a lot about the way the world works.
I declare hopelessness.
I have been reading this site for years, what is all this nostalgia about? How were the old comments so much better? Is it because there were actually discussions?
Discussions rarely survive for long on a blog, post gets buried too quickly, and with more traffic there is an influx of retards cluttering up the comment section with what appears to be attempts at comedy. It seems that people are more interested in memes than actual dialogue, and this is a reflection of the general social landscape in America. 'Declaring hopelessness' is maybe a good description of what has happened, so much dialogue and discussion followed by so little action, there comes a point when people realize the discussion itself was most probably pointless since it effected no change.
sanders is a carbon copy obama polcy wise, slow downward spiral all the way, come on, trump would hit the button sooner.
So the Choices are Stalin, Lenin or Trotsky?
Got it. One couldn't be any worse than the other, right?
Why are you slandering paper tigers?
Right, like the coronation of the illegitimate son of Frank Marshall Davis isn't the clarion call of the swan song?
@RiverRoad -- what was the promise to Ted?
Good Article, Simon Black!
Is this an underhanded compliment for Amerikans:
Colbert responded sincerely. “Honestly, he could. And that’s not an opinion of Trump. That’s my opinion of our nation.”
Trump seems to have the best chance among conservatives, however I still don't care for his statement:
Mr. Trump called Mr. Snowden, who faces Espionage Act charges for his role in leaking information about the NSA’s phone-snooping program, a “total traitor” and said he “would deal with him harshly.”
good point about snowden, that one is a deal breaker for me. If you think revealing rampant criminality of the govt is itself a crime, you have no bussiness being president. The bill of rights, specifically the 4th amendment, was written to prevent exactly what is going on right now.
Yet another example of how when it comes to real issues he is no different than clinton or bush. I certainly don't want him ruling over me, and for the life of me I can;t figure out why so many on here do
He said he would invade Iran and steal their oil. Maybe another deal breaker.
ha ya definitely another deal breaker, the snowden thing isnt the only one. it says a lot about our country and its people that politicians get high ratings by talking about thier plans to INVADE a foriegn country and STEAL the worlds most valuable commodity(referring to energy in general) from them. all oil in the world belongs to us apparently, regardless of where it is or who else may happen to live over it
Cog Dis with a dash of Stockholm Syndrome thrown in?
Bizarre isn't it?
He appeals to the disillusioned (non gov. employed) white male tax slave.
Please forgive me since I am a white male tax slave.Where did Trump mention snowdon?
Agreed on the point about Trump coming down on Snowden.
However, Trump also erroneously mentioned his support of Carl i-Con
and then publically retracted that position during his campaign speech
I think in either Iowa or Michigan. I like that Trump is not married to
his stream of consciousness and declarations made during his extemporaneous
speeches. I would not be suprised if Trump regretted his comments on Snowden
and made an about face. If he does that it would reflect a deeper and more
reflective persona than I give him credit for.
sorry, but thats a stupid sentiment. The ONLY thing I genuinly like about trump is that he seems to say what he thinks(or what he thinks the red meat republicans want to hear) without any fear of consequences. I happen to disagree with many of those things, but i do enjoy his lack of polish. His initial statement on the whole snowden thing was another candid trump moment. He is just another neocon. Yall really need to stop trying to make excuses for him
The Republican Party needs killin'.
And Trump just might be the man who can get that job done.
Trump, a "former" Democrat is no conservative.
what is a conservative? Haven't seen an economic conservative in decades, is a globalist a conservative? Trump doesn't seem to be a globalist ... to his credit but neither is Sanders to his credit as well. Every other 'candidate' is a globalist whether they advertise it or not. The last time we had a sane, non globalist candidate who wasn't beholden to some slimy special interest that hides in the shadows seems to be Ross Perot
A conservative is some one who likes "single payer". As Trump does.
And for the terminally lame: \sarc - Only you have to figure out which part is \sarc.
Ron Paul was a closet globalist huh?
Trump blew it with the Snowden quote. Nevertheless he is performing a public service by shaking up the faux choice chicken koop and exposing it for what it is.
He is shaking up nothing. Think of him as the third man in the ring at a WWE match. He just jumped in, faux kicked the two prime canditates in the nuts, temporarily tossed them out of the ring, grabbed the mic and yammered a bunch of shit about how great he is, all the while the two other wrestlers are recovering behind his back and poised to strike.
Elections = WWE
Don't ever forget that.
I agree that the threat on Snowdon was stupid. However Trump's opinion about Snowdon only suggests that he has no idea what he's dealing with in the NSA. He probably thinks that they are all loyal Americans. They will continue to protect that facade until Trump finds out the truth. He won't like it, but by the time he realizes he's been completely infiltrated it might be too late to rein them in.
you make it sound like trump is some naive neophite. He isn't, and he isn't stupid either. He knows exactly what the NSA is doing, and like most republicans, he is OK with it. As I stated earlier, if you think that revealing rampnat govt criminality is itself a crime, you have no business in the white house. period. trumps appeal is saying what he thinks, rather than making PC statements like a career politician right? well, when he made that statemnt, he was saying what he thought, like he always does, right? Again, you all need to stop making excuses for him.
I do not think that he is naive. And he is far from stupid. I think he has a poor grasp of history like most of our polititians. Most of them still adhere to the official WW1&2 versions, have no clue about Gulf War 1&2, and so on. They dutifully recite the official versions that overpaid university fops teach.
They tremble before the Federal Reserve, and pay homage to all its scammers. They warn about this or that enemy past, present, or future because it keeps the war machine oiled and fattens their bankbooks.
Wookrow Wilson sold us all into Federal Reserve slavery for $40,000. and ever since, politicians have been bought off or killed if they threaten the power mongers. Information is skewed to keep thieves and psychopaths in power. There are so many layers of deceit that falsehood is lingua franca.
When did Trump say nice things abut government? He describes them like parasites with badges. And no, I do not think that he understands the depth of treachery rampant at the NSA. He probably smells rats but has no idea how pervasive the rot is.
However if and when he wins he will learn soon enough how things really work. For the real power mongers will take him aside and read him the riot act.
I don't understand your statement about the White House, like it is a noble place of integrity. It is a cesspool. The whole town of DC needs to be flushed like the Augean Stables.
+1 for Augean Stables.
I think of Trump as a man who is willing to take out some of the garbage; many here seemed pissed that he won't take it all.
If he audits the Fed that would be a good start, but they would never let him get anywhere near it. Any persistence will be countered with a threat which will be followed by increasingly severe others if he doesn't back off. He will get the message or be JFK'd.
again, he isn't stupid, and everything he could want to know about NSA spying is available on the internet, for free, to anyone that cares enough sto spend a little time reading. And trump may not say nice things about the govt, and niether do the rest of the republicans, but that doesn't mean they don't love big govt. They do, pretty much alll of them, they just want to be in charge of it. Thats their only problem. He understand the NSA just fine, or he is stupid, and I don't believe he is stupid. He is playing all of you guys.
And I did not intend to make it sound like the white house was a 'noble place of integrity', nothing could be further from the truth, As you said, its a cesspool. My only reason for referring to it was to point out that, again, if you think that revealing govt criminality is a crime, I don't want you ruling over me.
There is a difference between "knowing" and "believing." You must be sickeningly familiar by now with otherwise highly intelligent people who still believe the 19 high jacker story that kicked off the 911 hoax. Physics does not lie and yet they refuse to accept its findings. They swear they know the truth and yet their truth conflicts with fact. So they twist facts. They are in deep denial. It is this denial that makes them prey for the DC criminal psychopaths.
Now that is only one example and yet it is rife. Intelligence has nothing to do with it. It is a matter of belief. What I would like to know is how Trump explains the collapse of the towers. There is no way he can accept the official story, he knows construction/demolition inside out. Maybe he knows the ultimate price for exposing lies. But as long as ordinary people defy irrefutable, damning physical evidence and accept sweet lies, there is no reason for Trump to fall on his own sword.
True, an unfortunate remark but considering the context maybe necessary since as a wolf Trump realizes that if he doesn't throw the MIC a bone or two, he'll get deep-sixed by the deep State the closer he gets to winning the nomination.
Also consider the boxes of freedom (soap, voting, jury and cartridge) and that the Internet is re-empowering the soap box. Trump's silenced majority is not the FSA, they are the disenfranchised, mostly God-fearing type the Canninite tribe has been hell bent on to trying to destroy. There is an evolution of the Turning Point here where voters from both "parties" are coming together, are tired of the same ole lies and agenda, and who may finally realize a different mask doesn't change the agenda. Sure, the sleeping giant is slow to awaken, turning the other cheek and all but freedom has a certain momentum which follows a due course and doesn't resort to violently rebelling in the first instance. Sounds good to me anyway :P
I agree that the electorate is fed up with being double crossed and stuck with the tab thus making a non-polititian that much more attractive. After all, he couldn't be worse than previous presidents and could very well be much better. However, he is not much different from us in that he has to sift through the "news" which is nothing but fabrication. He has to work with distorted information.
That's bad enough within our own borders, but he can't confront foreign leaders with prepackaged stories that have no basis in fact and still expect policy success. It's not his fault, the history books are the same and the academians go along to get along, so they're just as bad. He will have to do his own research and remain vigilant about the deep state.
Trump probably has unpalatable ideas on most issues but maybe he has one or two good ones which would put him above any of the competition. Maybe he would do something rather than nothing, and maybe that would help and not hurt. Welcome to America 2016.
except he hasn't said he is going to declare bankruptcy if he is president. He won't. EVEN IF he is genuinely running for office and not for some ulterior motive, have yall heard his ISIS plans? everyone who reads this site should be aware that all that nonsense is a bunch of BS. While I appreciate that he was against our being involved in Iraq in the first place, saying that if he is president he is going to 'surround ISIS and take their oil" would be a huge escalation in iraq, and would also require an invasion of syria with lost of boots on the ground in both countries. He talks about how badly the govt treats its wounded veterans and the families of KIAs, which is true, while promising TO CREATE MORE OF THEM once in office. Things are worse in that region after a decade plus of our meddling, and he just proposes to do more of the same. You might as well be asking what john mccain thinks on all that stuff.He wants to talk about fiscal responsibility? we are already on the hook for 2-4 trillion by the time this is all done, and what he is proposing is adding more money to that debt trying to remake the entire middle east into what the US thinks it should be. All you people like to rail on about how we invaded iraq for their oil, and this guy actually fucking says we should do exactly that AGAIN and you still love him.
He doesn't offer ANYTHING new, no new ideas, more of the same. I am not supporting anyone who wants to reinvade iraq for the third time. And if you think 'building a wall' is going to keep the illegals out you are delusional. As long as the huge incentives to come here exist, the poor of the world will find a way to make it. no wall, or moat filled with alligators, is going to change that. dismantling the welfare state is the only way. As long as you recieve free healthcare, food stamps, housing, education, etc, once you get here, its not going to stop. And his whole "ill get mexico to pay for it" is one of the most absurd things Ive ever heard.
If America Builds a Wall to Keep Illegal Aliens Out
Goldman will Buy the Biggest Ladder Companies
No worries - a wall will never happen. The USA was able to dig a canal across Panama 100 years ago, and put men on the moon 45 years ago, but for some reason we still are just not able to build a 12' wall along the border even today.
Im not 'worried' about a wall, I just don't think it will make a difference.
Presidential pardons are part of the whole game regardless of party affiliation. Obama should have put G.W. Bush in a guarded home for the mentally challenged and hung Cheney in public for crimes against humanity. Didn't happen because he wants the same treatment from the next in line. Same as it ever was...
CAN WE GET AN "AMEN"????
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Am I detecting a change of heart? Your posts on ZH have yoU pegged as a PINKO FASCIST COMMIE. I would have guessed you were a HILLARY supporter. Wow. I don't know what to say...
if you don't have a plan,
you will become part of someone else's plan
He is also a "former" Democrat. And his political "ideas" shows it.
He favors single payer.
it only costs me between 12k and 18k a year for health care 'insurance' for my family ... it is such an awesome system we got here... the collusion and price fixing by insurance companies is totally awesome hiding true costs behind copays and what not... awesome /s
Looks like the dollar will collapse very soon, possibly this year. Buying precious metals seems like the best thing to do.
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All the leftists and cuckservatives I hate, hate him, so I want him to win. And bring the collapse. There's a race war brewing and it's going to be great.
Vesna, he is definitely a puppet, in with the bankster crowd, no doubt, but it is inevitable and they set out to bankrupt FSA, again, no doubt. However, there is no way anyone can come out of this now, every country is bankrupt. They won unless something unforeseen happens, I don't see any hope.
They can now declare bankruptcy, declare martial law, dole out survival morsels while the in crowd dines on caviar and slurps the good bubbly, not that rotgut Dom Perignon.
It appears that he got her too drunk and now she's passed out and having more troubles than any other high priced lady of the evening. Miss China can't performed as contracted. Now it is soooo screwed.
Hail to the Ivy League business schools. I died laughing when dopey Trump was high rolling Wharton. I refuse to vote for the least of 20-30 evils, this list of sign ups is far from over. LMMFAO. WB7 should get in the race as should the Tylers, Keisler, Schiff, Faber, and a hundred more that are more qualified than the current stooges. I'll give Paul a probationary pass, he ain't his daddy, Ron, though.
If anyone thinks the USA hasn't been bankrupt since the 30s, I got some news for you. What do you think that big gold grab was all about?
Maybe Trump is another "controlled zombie" (aka "puppet")..... Maybe he is another Ross Perot, who is OWNED lock stock and barrel by the federal govenrment and the REAL contollers.... zios.
Maybe.................. but maybe Trump is crowing his 45 year ego trip with the ultimate position.... which at least in the US is the "residency in the white house" where all the strings that exist for the fumbling, bumbling herd of working, paying sheeple are located.
Or.......... maybe Trump is having the biggest fiesta of his life turning all the "we got it in the bag" smirking career politicians on their heads.
I guess "time will tell".
Like I've said, "he's no prize pig, but the man know's his way around a bank." That's exactly what this country needs. The sooner everyone realizes that the better off we'll all be. If it means filing bankruptcy who better to have in office. So be it.
If America "files bankruptcy" (or the nation-state equivalent), the oligarchs get to keep the loot they've stolen over the last several decades (e.g., tax dollars that were taken at the end of a gun for social security, medicare, military spending, etc). The dollar and the average guy's purchasing power goes to the shitter, and America becomes a true third-world country. Including that all of the safety net programs we've all been paying into go poof. Sounds pretty much like what the guys behind the curtain want.
How about instead we do a good old claw back of the stolen money? Funny how no one seems to talk about that, including people here. And this despite the fact that most ZH'rs seem well aware that the bankers and the MIC have stolen the nation's wealth.
I'm all for massively defunding the government, but I want our money back from the oligarchs as a first order of business.
Realistically, whether or not we file bankruptcy is kind of a moot point, isnt it? We ARE bankrupt. That 200 trillion in unfunded liabilities is mathematically impossible to pay, no matter how much of the money you mention we are able to claw back. One way of another, a lot of people, pretty much everyone but the oligarches, are going to get shafted. The longer we put it off, the worse it will be in the end.
Even if the govt were to confiscate all that stolen wealth, theyd just use it to kick the can another couple of years and waste it on the same bullshit. Id settle for ending the federal reserve and moving back to sound money. At least that would remove the primary way they are able to plunder so much.
Carl: Facts, undisputed. And just about ALL the rethoric is "a moot point"....
The myth termed "America" was never real, it was propaganda wrapped in a flag, for the purpose of exploiting ignorant warm bodies who liked tin medals and would exchange their life and limb for one. "It" was always all about the MONEY. Camoflaged with patriotism and religion... and magical thinking.
The manipulations over the duration of the ignoble experiment have layered strata after strata of debt ... and they now have accumulated enough negative weight so that the "massive DEBT" is NO LONGER manageable. At this point the controllers have to fold up their big money tent and slip away into the shadows, put another way, they have to BAIL.... that means sinking the Titanic, and of course those money changers will always find another starting point and beginning the dog and pony show again... (with another moniker and new promises).
The pendulum swings and NOBODY is going to slow or stop it. Read history. The DOWN is accelerating and the bottom is well in sight. - Those who will focus on HOW they individually are going to worth WITH the fixed facts are going to come out on the other side. Those (75 to 90% of the general population) will NOT come out the other side.
I've supported nothing but that. First, before we declare bankruptcy, anyone who served congress or any gov't agency since 1971 needs to give up any 'financial favors' bestowed by any lobbyist or gov't agency that they received as a result of any bills or laws they authored or voted 'yes' for. Any bank, corporation, or other agency that had any gov't backstop will forfeit any taxpayer base that they received plus any gains on that amount. I think this would be a good start, although highly inadequate...If that won't fly, start the executions and broadcast them live!
If that won't fly, start the executions and broadcast them live!
I REALLY like that part. Can I help?
"How about instead we do a good old claw back of the stolen money? Funny how no one seems to talk about that, including people here."
Maybe that's because it would never work and people around here are perceptive enough to realize that?
Why would it never work? We have an Internal Revenue Service that knows if the prior iteration of my corporation did not file re-employment taxes last week. It tells me if I gift too much money to family. If the machine worked for us, it would work.
You have TOO much faith in Govt.
You would have to remove the human factor entirely.
Remove the politics, the greed, envy, pettiness, disdain, sadism, moralizing, hubris, etc. etc. etc....
Computer?
This itself entails other less predicatable problems... ...'Forbin Project' dilemma, et. al...
"How about instead we do a good old claw back of the stolen money? Funny how no one seems to talk about that, including people here. And this despite the fact that most ZH'rs seem well aware that the bankers and the MIC have stolen the nation's wealth.
I'm all for massively defunding the government, but I want our money back from the oligarchs as a first order of business. "
I DEMAND DIVESTITURE -AND DEATH SENTANCES- RIGHT HERE EVERY DAY.
Go take a peek at my attack on that gold hustler Brunhole in his post top left presently.
We may not agree on much but this much we do agree on: what was stolen is reclaimed and returned to whom it was stolen from.
I still further advocate that those that stole and aided in the thefts/frauds get taken out back and wasted.
Clean house..
More likely he'll have the banksters declaring personal bankruptcy; there's no love lost there.