A 16 billion dollar settlement sounds like accountability until you realize it’s just Meta buying a permission slip to keep the addiction machine running. I called this in 2006, and the playbook hasn’t changed.
Renamed lakes. Cartoon geese. Viral memes. Meanwhile, your government just proved again that it has zero actual intention of fixing a $40 trillion debt crisis. I am calling it out because nobody else will.
They are going to sell you a VAT tax as a fix for the national debt, and most people will not even realize what hit them until the price of everything they buy goes up. I have been watching this play develop for years, and here is exactly how the political class is going to pick your pocket while calling it fiscal responsibility.
A few million dollars becomes $3 billion in 18 months, and the financial press can’t figure out why. I can. And so can you, if you’re paying attention.
A few million dollars becomes $3 billion in 18 months, and the financial press can’t figure out why. I can. And so can you, if you’re paying attention.
Before you share another excited post about Venezuela’s massive oil reserves saving America, let me walk you through what this deal actually looks like up close. Because I have been to Venezuela. I have stepped in their oil on the beach. And I can tell you it is not what you are being sold.
I watched a family throw food at hotel workers in Greece and berate a manager like they owned the place. That moment clarified everything I believe about why some people build lasting wealth and others burn through it.
The system doesn’t reward honesty. It rewards the carefully managed lie, the manufactured expert, and the commentator who knows exactly which hand is feeding them. I’ve been kicked off enough platforms to know exactly how this works.
The poverty rate in America is virtually identical to what it was in the 1960s. Trillions spent, decades wasted, and every politician on your TV screen is still pointing at someone else. I’m done pretending this is anything other than a con.
The Treasury Secretary went on CNBC and delivered one of the most baffling economic performances I have seen in years. Weak jobs are apparently a feature, $40 trillion in debt is apparently fine, and tariff pain was apparently your gain. Let’s tear this apart.