This picture has been making the rounds on liberal social media accounts:
So you need a background check and a waiting period to purchase healthcare with your own money? Is healthcare not permitted in certain cities? Do some cities require a permit to see a doctor?
Or are they saying that they support giving everyone all of the guns they desire, free of charge?
They call us the stupid ones, but then post stupid, easily refuted drivel like this…
Just as many so-called “conspiracy theorists” have been telling us, at least one government has admitted that it has been withholding data that may link the COVID jab to excess deaths. Of course, this news is nowhere near new. We knew they were hiding data at least three years ago:
So-called “scientists” who receive all of their funding from the government called those who made these claims “disinformants” and called this opinion “misinformation.” Study after study was published about the dissemination of false narratives concerning the COVID vaccine. Every one of those studies was based upon the “fact” that COVID vaccines were safe and effective.
We were lied to.
Those who released information that COVID itself was manmade or that the vaccine was ineffective were summarily deplatformed, fired, and otherwise had their lives destroyed. There is nothing so evil that our government won’t do it.
Alarm bells should be ringing with the news that the government sold $694 billion in Treasury securities spread over 9 auctions in only three days. Yeah, our national debt now stands at $38.2 trillion. The most alarming thing about this news is that T-bill yields are rising. The 10-year Treasury yield is now at 4.15%. At that rate, the interest on our debt will be more than $1.5 trillion per year. Since Americans only pay about $2.4 trillion in Federal taxes each year, we are edging closer to the point where our debt will begin to grow like a snowball rolling down a mountain.
The only way to keep the government solvent at that point would be to inflate the currency in order to pay it with lower valued money. At that point, inflation will be higher than interest rates, and it will no longer be financially possible to invest in government bonds. This will in turn cause higher rates, which will also create a need for higher inflation. In other words, hyperinflation is the only way out, but that will cause a complete collapse of the US dollar.
Anything you own that isn’t a physical asset will evaporate overnight: currency, stocks, bonds, bank accounts. As you can imagine, the government can’t let that happen, so what they will do to deal with it is the real question…
What we are all watching right now is a collapse of the old Democrat party. Pelosi is out- I think they are pushing her out for her role in replacing Joe with the Hoe. Schumer is about to be forced out by AOC as part of the end of the government shutdown, and all of a sudden the crazy old man who was seen as the outlier is mainstream. The democrats took a hit for shutting down government, then caving to the Republicans without getting a single concession.
That’s right, with Mamdani winning the NYC election, commie Bernie Sanders is now the mainstream. That’s the pitfall of drawing a line in the sand over what you call a non-negotiable, then backing off of your so-called non-negotiable without a whimper. You come off looking weak and ineffective, something that Republicans have been the best at for decades. Until now.
It’s going to be interesting to see if the US is willing to keep voting in communists.
Listen to this rant, then read all of the comments about how “Boomers” have ruined it for today’s youth because they used up all of the opportunity by living life on “easy mode.” .
In 1960, the U.S. homeownership rate stood at 62.1% of households, meaning a majority but not all adults achieved it through steady work. Labor force participation for adults 16+ averaged about 59% in the early 1960s, with prime-age men often exceeding 90%, though many worked multiple jobs amid economic growth. Poverty afflicted 22% of Americans in 1959 (around 39 million people), dropping to 14.7% by 1966 due to expanding opportunities and policy shifts, yet struggles persisted for the unskilled or disadvantaged.
As of late 2024, the U.S. homeownership rate hovers around 65.7% of households, higher than 62.1% in 1960 despite rising costs. Civilian labor force participation for those 16+ is 62.3%, up slightly from the early 1960s’ 59% average, though prime-age rates remain strong amid dual-income norms. The official poverty rate dropped to 10.6% in 2024 (35.9 million people), far below 22% in 1959, reflecting broader access to opportunities even as entry barriers feel steeper for youth.
So total people in poverty dropped, both in real numbers and per capita. Homeownership rates are higher than in 1960, and labor participation is up.
Now there are some of these kids pointing out that houses were cheaper in 1960, but they are missing that wages were lower, and houses are now much larger. They talk about “tiny homes” as if buying a 500 square foot house is something that they just invented a couple of years ago.
The original video poster is a student. Students are always broke. Living on Ramen noodles and hot dogs is what people do when in college. Get a roommate. Stop being a whiny bitch.
Thought experiment: If this actually happened, how would it play out? What would you do?
Most people would stop going to work. So now what? How are you going to buy anything? Everyone quit, because they all have half a million bucks. What you don’t have is any food, electricity, water, or anything else that you need.
You see a guy with some food, so you offer him money for some of his food. He doesn’t want your money, he has half a million bucks and sandwiches. You are hungry, so you eventually get to the point where you offer him $50,000 for one of those sandwiches. Others see this and do the same.
Now dude is selling $50,000 sandwiches, but has no one to help make more. So he tries to hire someone, but because sandwiches are so expensive, he has to pay $45,000 per hour. Still, people do it because they need more money to buy things at the newer, higher prices. I mean, everyone is using their $500,000 a year to outbid everyone else. Prices are crazy high.
Now we have a nation of millionaires who are all paying $50,000 for a sandwich.
That’s how increases in the minimum wage work.
If we learned anything about the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, it’s that it is dangerous to be in liberal controlled areas, even more so if you don’t practice OPSEC. For that reason, I try to edit out any identifying information or anything that telegraphs my future movements. By the time you read this, I will be home, so security is not an issue for this post.
I have been in Boston at a conference for the past few days. The number of people who knew where I was can be counted on my fingers. We stayed at a nice hotel near Boston Common. We sampled plenty of local restaurants: Saltie Girl Seafood, Lucca Italian, Mike’s Pastries, M.J. O’Connor’s Irish Pub, and others. I spent a day riding the hop on/hop off bus to see some sights, and then it was time to come home.
Some of the things I wanted to see were closed because of the government shutdown: I couldn’t get in to the Bunker Hill memorial, the old Boston Naval Yard, the USS Constitution, or the meeting place of the Sons of Liberty because they were all closed. Shame.
Commenter billo asks how we can rifle our own, homemade barrels. Ok:
Social media is filled with posts showing Chinese cities looking spectacular, and morons claiming this is proof that Socialism works.
It’s all smoke and mirrors, and those posting it are likely paid shills for the leaders of China. The reality is that most Chinese citizens are virtually slaves, forced to live in conditions that most Americans would NEVER willingly accept.
For example, at Foxconn (also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.), which manufactures products for Apple and other companies, many workers live in company-provided dormitories that are located on or near the factory grounds. This setup is common at large electronics manufacturing complexes in China and other parts of Asia. Workers often live in shared rooms (typically 6–10 people per room). The dorms are part of large factory campuses that also include cafeterias, shops, and recreational areas.
Most Foxconn campuses (like in Zhengzhou, Shenzhen, or Chengdu) are enormous — small cities in themselves — with tens of thousands of employees. Workers live in dormitory buildings right next to the production zones. There are 6–10 people per room sleeping in bunk beds, with shared bathrooms and showers down the hall, they have only basic furnishings: metal lockers, small desks, fans or air conditioning. Laundry facilities and common rooms are available in the building.
They eat in company cafeterias with “subsidized” meals that are paid for with payroll deduction, they shop in convenience stores using that same deductions, and have security gates limiting entrance and exit to and from the factory complex. Rent to live there and for meals is automatically deducted from wages as well.
The schedule looks like this:
They largely cannot leave, so they are forced to buy from the company store. The US tried that and moved away from it. Tennessee Ernie Ford even sang a song about it. It’s called the Truck system and has been illegal in the US for decades.
Historically (especially in 18th–19th century Britain and the U.S.), a truck system was when employers paid workers not in full cash, but partly in credit, goods, or services, often redeemable only at the employer’s store or housing. Workers were thus economically dependent on their employer for everything, including housing, food, and basic supplies. It effectively ties workers to the employer, reducing their freedom to leave or negotiate better pay. This practice was widely condemned and outlawed in many countries because it created a form of economic bondage. What China is doing is slavery.
In Foxconn’s case, workers are legally free to quit and spend their wages outside the factory, but the practical barriers (location, cost, lack of time, dependency on dorm housing) make that freedom constrained. It’s not legal bondage, but it can create economic enclosure: a self-contained world that keeps workers tethered. The average worker makes about $400-700 US dollars per month, but then has about $120 of that deducted for housing and food.
This is nothing more than slavery. These workers are prisoners and are being forced to work under penalty of being accused of a “worker contract breach,” which can result in criminal penalties like having social credit scores reduced, and are held there purely by economic slavery means.
The pictures of modern cities with great conditions are the result of the “owners” of the factories living large from the profits of these Chinese sweatshops. In places like Shanghai, Shenzhen, Beijing, Chengdu, and Hangzhou, the living standards can look — and often are — comparable to those in developed countries:
Prosperity is not universal. China’s growth model has relied on hundreds of millions of migrant workers from rural areas who move to cities for factory or construction work.
For them, life can still feel precarious and exhausting, with long hours, low pay, little time off. It’s not “slave labor” in the legal sense (they’re paid and can leave), but it’s often wage labor under intense pressure — especially in export manufacturing and gig economy jobs.
The city life you see in those posts is not the reality for the overwhelming majority of people in China. Of course, China claims prosperity. China officially declared an end to extreme poverty in 2020 — meaning almost no one lives below the UN standard of $2.15/day. Uh, so their claim to a workers’ paradise is that no one makes less than $2.15 a day.
The modern Chinese city is real — but it doesn’t represent everyone’s experience. Less than 1% of China’s population lives in those gorgeous cities in nice buildings.
| Region | Quintile | Per-Capita Income (RMB) | Approx. USD |
|---|
| Urban | Lowest 20% | 18,000 | ≈ $2,500 |
| Urban | Highest 20% | 113,750 | ≈ $16,250 |
Urban | Highest 1% | 515,000 | ≈ $70,000 |
| Rural | Lowest 20% | 5,400 | ≈ $775 |
| Rural | Highest 20% | 53,800 | ≈ $7,700 |
Imagine working 72 hours per week and making $2,500 per year. The fact that the AVERAGE wage for a rural peasant is around $1200 per year, you know why you don’t see many pictures of rural life in China. As I said, the US did this in the era of sweatshops during the early 20th century. Workers were locked in factories that had no fire escapes, forced to work long hours for low pay, and child labor was the norm. Workplace injury and death were fairly common, while the rich owners lived in absolute luxury. Life for the rich people that owned the factories was pure splendor. See the difference between first class and steerage class on the Titanic for an example.
This isn’t anything new. Anyhow, this post has been long enough, and I think I’ve made my point.
This article in the Daily Mail had me shaking my head. This is night and day from the US system.
My iPhone log tells me I called 999 at 10.51am. My mum was finally settled in a bed on a ward at 1.30am the next day. All in all, it had indeed taken almost 15 hours between me reporting the symptoms of a stroke in my mother, to her receiving the correct care for it.
At the end of it all, they had to pay out of pocket to see a private specialist. The issue is that by then, it is too late and the damage from the stroke is mostly permanent. Free healthcare, my ass.
Now let’s contrast that with the US:
My hospital beats every one of those metrics. The times I have given tNK or tPA were less than half of that. When someone with these symptoms enters our facility, the CT is done as quickly as we can move them to the CT room. The doctor and the ED stroke team are nearly instant. Our door to needle time is 27 minutes, on average.
The drugs must be given within 3 hours of symptom appearance or they simply don’t work very well, although some studies suggest that there is SOME benefit in getting the drugs up to 24 hours after symptoms appear. Time is brain.
Now tell me how cool it is to have ‘free’ healthcare.