@justhuman @johnglavine @Andre @DuaneCates @SLAG @JFAnon
That last point is excellent.
Trump did not run for office because he wanted to be president.
Being president was necessary for him to do what he wanted for the country. He may not even need to be that anymore.
This is as opposed to Hillary, for instance (and pretty much all others), who was in it for herself and probably had wanted, her whole adult life, to be the first female president. Just because.
@h53pilot @justhuman @johnglavine @DuaneCates @SLAG @JFAnon
Trump is in the WIN, for the USA and for the world.
The baubles of office mean nothing to him. Results are all that matters.
Watch Pompeo even more closely!!
@Andre @h53pilot @justhuman @johnglavine @DuaneCates @SLAG
Pompeo is instructive, perhaps moreso. Trust Kansas.
@JFAnon @Andre @h53pilot @justhuman @DuaneCates @SLAG
Former CIA Director. Must be privy to lots of information we can only dream of.
That in turn could be a nightmare for the adversaries.
Noted with interest that he apparently is (could be) a member of the Alfalfa Club.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Alfalfa_Club_members
Doesn’t say when his membership may have commenced.
Regardless it is is intriguing.
@johnglavine @Andre @h53pilot @justhuman @DuaneCates @SLAG
I'm still digesting Will Zoll's Substack vis a vis the existence and meaning of the Alfalfa Club
@JFAnon @johnglavine @h53pilot @justhuman @DuaneCates @SLAG
There are tons of these cliques. Some overt, some utterly secret.
They all serve one purpose:
To conspire to use their wealth to their mutual advantage while simultaneously hide it all from public view & as much taxation as possible.
Shine sunlight on it and it all turns into seedy little clubs with no substance to them beyond their grasping for more wealth.
Seriously, these'll be the easiest elements of the swamp to sweep aside.
@Andre @johnglavine @h53pilot @justhuman @DuaneCates @SLAG
I've never understood the notion of chasing wealth. I've had plenty of opportunities to do so.
I want to secure a financial future for my kids. But the idea of building wealth for the sake of wealth is beyond me.
@Andre @johnglavine @h53pilot @justhuman @DuaneCates @SLAG
I could talk for yonks about how important it is to me that that I have 50+ employees (that represent 150+ souls) that choose to work for my company. We pay so far above market that even my mentors question it. Our health insurance plan is on a par with unions and state health plans. Does it cost me $$? Yep. But I sleep well, knowing that I'm doing everything I can to make sure my employees are solid.
@Andre @johnglavine @h53pilot @justhuman @DuaneCates @SLAG
I spent 3.5 yrs looking for a business to purchase. I looked at a ton of companies and potential startups. The most relevant to this discussion was a payday loan company. The margins for these companies are crazy...buy one for $1mm and you can expect to have your full investment returned in 2-3 years, not even counting a salary
Question for you since you’ve researched payday loan companies;
Is it true that a significant portion of their income comes from illegal immigrants who cannot get a bank account?
I’ve heard this somewhere and wondered if it was true. There seems to be a ton of these businesses out here in California.
Great question!
They also put a hook in the jaw of senior citizens trying to pay bills on scant retirement income. I know of two who had their retirement income sucked right out of them one 23% loan at a time. It was a horror to watch what it did to their lives in real time, but when they asked if I could take their beloved pet because they could no longer afford to feed it...I cried right along with them.