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The Ram's avatar

Excellent post - Very few people here in the US understand the context of Trump's second term - the context of US Debt and US limitation! We will know shortly after Trump takes office whether Trump has matured in his decision making. Does Trump just cut off the US funding and allow Russia to settle the war militarily (the only real way that the war can be settled without the war reigniting in the future) OR does Trump think he can play games with the Russians and extract some really ridiculous settlement terms? I am sure the Russians don't trust Trump anymore than I do! Yes, I am American and voted for Trump - but I am deeply suspicious.

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Here's how it can be 'fixed':

Close all foreign bases.

Shutter the "Professional Army" and go back to defence militias as in the US Constitution.

Slap on a maximum wage, and apply that also to capital gains - tax can be avoided by transferring shares to the actual workforce.

Raise the minimum wage to $30 to raise local tax revenues.

Remove the long-term copyright and patents law, reverse it at least back to the 50s level.

Nationalise the health & pharmaceutical industries, and create a single-payer NHS.

Nationalise the arms industry, fire 90% of the execs, immediately scrap the high tech junk like the F35 program.

Nationalise the energy sector, and subsidise US-built solar panels for every home, and other cheap local community-owned energy production.

Immediately end ALL sanctions, incl on Swift. Apologise to a whole bunch of countries, and pray they don't demand reparations for this act of war against them.

This would stabilise the budget deficit, boost the real world economy and creative industries, increase the number of co-ops (Thereby raising incomes), slash the billionaire numbers dramatically (and thereby reduce political corruption), cut costs and increase revenues.

I have more chance to win a lottery I haven't even bought a ticket for than any of this be done, under Trump or any realistic candidate.

So its Plan B - Crash and Burn, Baby.

The 5 eyes will be right there with you, as we immolate like Aaron Bushnell - but for a far less noble cause.

Fingers crossed China avoids the same Imperial fate, and maintains the close alliance with Russia/Eurasia even after the leaders of both change.

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