Invite ye felawes and frendes desirous in gold to enter the gates of Shrewd'm, for they will thanke ye later.
- Manlobbi
Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
No. of Recommendations: 2
Well Sheeple, I promised you French debt issues, in response to your latest personal attack. The following isn't "Cancel WA PO!!!!" so i realize it's real life events which won't matter to you in the self segregated non diverse bubble. BUT..... as always, my reply, in real events. 3,2,1......
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/business/france-deb..."Fall of yet another premier will make it hard for France to fix its finances. What’s behind its debt problem?"
"France is Europe’s biggest spender relative to its economic output. Its debt burden is behind only those of Greece and Italy, which were at the heart of the European debt crisis in 2011."
On TMF I had promised the lazy ass racist French and their "way of life" will end one day. Well Sheeple, i've started to work on that. As you can see.
"By far the biggest strain on the French public purse comes from what is known as social protection, which covers pension payments, unemployment benefits and other outlays."
Part of this is Lazy Liberalism...ingrained in people Sheeple.
Now stop the attacks....or i'm going to jack up their retirement age and cut some spending on social services (part of which is needed due to bad culture - hahahah)
Or should i let it just blow up?
Sheeple, it's not too late.
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
No. of Recommendations: 4
They're headed for some austerity...and so are we. I'm blessed that we won't have to rely on Social Security.
No. of Recommendations: 3
Didn't know the whole situation in France. But I'm the US we need to tax the about it of the rich, and reinstate estate/inheritance taxes. Likely some austerity will be necessary, too. But first we have to fix our taxation system.
No. of Recommendations: 2
Part of the problem is culture ---- more people now rely on government for things that *families* used to be responsible for.
Also in France - because of their march away from evil patriarch traditions and religions - birth rates declined and they had to import lots of people.
Trouble is they went Sheeple and brought in 'people' who don't quite square with French culture and that has led to sones of Sheeple Punishment there not just via Freedom Fighter violence, but strife in Hijab bans, lifeguard outfits, even school lunch menu items.
Oh, and Sheeple used to whine "racist" "Buchanan" when someone talked assimilation.
Well, France's welfare system doesn't encourage immigrants to climb the ecoonomic ladder so they are slower to integrate and assimilate to French society.
So now, it's my solemn duty to present yet *another* plate of punishment to the Sheeple who couldn't bother to look up from the latest substack or npr link or liberal orthodoxy.
I'm winning Sheeple. Boom.
No. of Recommendations: 5
Trouble is they went Sheeple and brought in 'people' who don't quite square with French culture and that has led to sones of Sheeple Punishment there not just via Freedom Fighter violence, but strife in Hijab bans, lifeguard outfits, even school lunch menu items.
Yup. At least along our southern border are millions of people who have strong familial structures and work ethic who put their families first. People who immigrate LEGALLY and assimilate into the US become some of the very best Americans we can have.
But libs don't want that. They just want future lib voters they can bribe with more services, more dependency - anything they need to secure votes. Never mind the POISON the dependency mentality is to the national fabric.
You've been on this for years. They'll never get it because they just don't care about anything other than power.
No. of Recommendations: 10
More factual errors. Folks on the southern border tend to vote conservative. Mostly for social reasons, i.e. they don't like LGBTQ, gay marriage, tend to be Catholic, etc.
You try to speak for "libs", but don't really know much about them. In this case, you engaged in the strawman fallacy.
No. of Recommendations: 7
You try to speak for "libs", but don't really know much about them. In this case, you engaged in the strawman fallacy.
It's the best he can do with his limited intellectual faculties...
There was only one demographic Trump actually won, uneducated, low-income men.
Trump lost college educated women 61% to 37%.
Trump lost non college educated women 53% to 45%.
Trump lost college educated men 49% to 48%.
Trump won non college educated men 61% to 37%. (MAGA)
"Smart people don't like me!" ~Donald Trump
No. of Recommendations: 4
It's the best he can do with his limited intellectual faculties...
There was only one demographic Trump actually won, uneducated, low-income men.
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And you LOST them.
Gee, I wonder why.
:) I think the 7-2 SCOTUS is so cool, along with troops in streets.
Dont you?
No. of Recommendations: 4
Logged out and took a look at what some of the morons I ignore are saying. Of course it's the usual stupid personal attacks from people who don't have a clue what anyone is talking about -or- accusations of fallacies from people who also miss the point. Same people just push the same populist TAX EVERYBODY BUT ME stuff that merely proves a lack of understanding of simple math.
No. of Recommendations: 8
They're headed for some austerity...and so are we. I'm blessed that we won't have to rely on Social Security.
I think you used we two different ways possibly. "We", as in America, are headed for austerity. Check, got that. Then, "we" won't have to rely on Social Security. Can't be America as plenty of Americans rely on Social Security. "We" as in you and your partner won't rely on social security? Does he agree with you?
No. of Recommendations: 5
They're headed for some austerity...and so are we. I'm blessed that we won't have to rely on Social Security.~Dope
Unfortunately all your MAGA friends will be reliant on it to survive. (And medicare as well.)
No. of Recommendations: 2
And you LOST them. Gee, I wonder why. :) I think the 7-2 SCOTUS is so cool, along with troops in streets. Dont you? ~Wilton
Just stating the facts...
The only demo Trump won was low-income, uneducated men.
Trump lost college educated women 61% to 37%.
Trump lost non college educated women 53% to 45%.
Trump lost college educated men 49% to 48%.
Trump won non college educated men 61% to 37%. (MAGA)
"Smart people don't like me!" ~Donald Trump
And actually the GOP lost me!
I used to be a republican until the uneducated morons took over the party.
Them the facts.
No. of Recommendations: 1
They just want future lib voters they can bribe with more services, more dependency - anything they need to secure votes.
So you recommend Spankee REMOVE ALL SUBSIDIES TO RED STATES. Reason: They are DEPENDENT on blue states for funding those subsidies. No subsidies = RED STATE INDEPENDENCE FROM BlUE STATE WELFARE.
Let us know how that worked out in Brownbackistan. Remember THAT? OR NOT? LOL !!!
No. of Recommendations: 4
I think the 7-2 SCOTUS is so cool, along with troops in streets.
Watcha gonna do when they come for you....
No. of Recommendations: 1
And actually the GOP lost me!
I used to be a republican until the uneducated morons took over the party.
Same here. Trump was such an obviously incompetent candidate that the GOP lost me after the 2016 primaries.
I couldn’t believe that people couldn’t see that. Of course, your stats bear out why.
—Peter
No. of Recommendations: 5
TAX EVERYBODY BUT ME stuff that merely proves a lack of understanding of simple math.
You have just publicly admitted Spankee CAN'T DO MATH. Duh !!!
No. of Recommendations: 1
"We" as in you and your partner won't rely on social security? Does he agree with you?
Do horses, cows, etc speak to him? Where IS Dr. Doolittle, anyway? Or his daughter?
No. of Recommendations: 1
Unfortunately all your MAGA friends will be reliant on it to survive. (And medicare as well.)
You are assuming he has friends.
No. of Recommendations: 2
And actually the GOP lost me!
I used to be a republican until the uneducated morons took over the party.And actually the GOP lost me!
I used to be a republican until the uneducated morons took over the party.
I'm a Democrat, but I could have been happy with John McCain or a similar centrist/real Republican POTUS. Trump is NOT a real Republican. How he captured the "Grand Old Party" is no mystery, but still strange and sad.
No. of Recommendations: 5
There was only one demographic Trump actually won, uneducated, low-income men.
Trump lost college educated women 61% to 37%. Trump lost non college educated women 53% to 45%.
Trump lost college educated men 49% to 48%. Trump won non college educated men 61% to 37%. (MAGA)
Whenever you post these stats EchoBaaa/Sheeple gets triggered HARD. (He never really recovered after losing his job @Target.)
If you're going to post them in the future can you please include a trigger warning?
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
No. of Recommendations: 1
I'm a Democrat, but I could have been happy with John McCain or a similar centrist/real Republican POTUS. Trump is NOT a real Republican. How he captured the "Grand Old Party" is no mystery, but still strange and sad.
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You people used McCain.
Then trashed him when he was nominee.
Then were happy at the end with him.
Stop it.
Your tribalism, is no different than MAGA TRIBALISM.
Don't pretend otherwise.
Signed, someone who has recently and multiple times voted for both parties. UNlike you, I am a voter.
No. of Recommendations: 1
VeryStable can only attack me personally which is fine.
BUt that's ok.
Its your national debt exploding :) It's France's debt exploding. It's Europeans exploding at the hands of Freeedom Fighters of hte Religion of peace and it's your democracy that literally got shit on :)
Haha - works for me. Keep up the attacks....i'll keep replying with events.
No. of Recommendations: 6
VeryStable can only attack me personally which is fine.
Just looking out for you Bro.
You lose your $hit every time those stats are mentioned.
Have a blessed day, blessed be the fruit.
No. of Recommendations: 11
You people used McCain.
Then trashed him when he was nominee.
McCain pushed back on GOP love of torturing brown people. He lost.
Romney pushed back on GOP love of invading countries. He lost.
My take is McCain and Romney both committed the crimes of being intelligent, willing to think for themselves, and relatively moderate. The Tea Party/MAGA goober base did not come out for them.
Bush #43, a low grade, alcohol and drug addled moron, loved torture, violation of Constitutional and human rights, war, and his Bible. He was elected twice.
Of course the GOP would embrace Trump. He took everything #43 favored, and turned it up to 11.
Steve
No. of Recommendations: 3
And actually the GOP lost me!
I used to be a republican until the uneducated morons took over the party.And actually the GOP lost me!
I used to be a republican until the uneducated morons took over the party.
The GOP lost me in the run up to GW2.
No. of Recommendations: 7
They're headed for some austerity...and so are we. I'm blessed that we won't have to rely on Social Security. -Dope
Is Dope one of those 401K fascists Echbaa/Sheeple is so disdainful of?
No. of Recommendations: 6
Is Dope one of those 401K fascists Echbaa/Sheeple is so disdainful of?
Only if he’s a Democrat. If he’s a Republican, he’s a thrifty saver showing responsibility for his retirement.
No. of Recommendations: 4
Only if he’s a Democrat. If he’s a Republican, he’s a thrifty saver showing responsibility for his retirement.
Republicans work hard, save money, and read/understand the tax laws. Then plan accordingly.
It's a winning formula.
-dope, has life insurance annuities and other guaranteed cash flow vehicles in addition to stocks/401k/etc.
No. of Recommendations: 2
read/understand the tax laws. Then plan accordingly.
Nice try, epic fail.
Reality?
Have your tax lawyers figure out how to eliminate TAXES THEY PAY and shift the cost burden to the non-wealthy. That is what Spankee DID.
Key point? He did NOT do what you said (above).
No. of Recommendations: 3
Again, looking at the insane scribblings of people with nothing better to do than yell at clouds, I shake my head.
-Diversify your assets
-Have stuff that's a great guaranteed income floor to hedge for risk
-Keep some assets in risk-bearing classes that net bigger returns
Then if Social Security is still there...spend it. I know *I've* earned it.
20 years ago on the Fool I would have made a deal with the libs on them keeping some of what I contributed and me exiting the 'defined benefit' side of Social Security in exchange for more of a 'defined contribution' model under my control. They declined.
Oh, well. They can pay me what I'm owed in a few years :).
No. of Recommendations: 1
read/understand the tax laws.
That's an important thing to do. I've just met plenty of MAGA in the PI who had some money, but nowhere near enough. PI is cheaper to live. They didn't plan well. The Health Care system was dirt cheap, but they changed it so many of them couldn't afford health care. The grand plan if they got ill was to fly back to the USA if they had a health problem. There were many conservatives who did very well and were happy. Some of them started families. And they were happy. It's harder to be happy here in the USA. There's a certain tension that isn't in the PI.
No. of Recommendations: 3
They're headed for some austerity...and so are we. I'm blessed that we won't have to rely on Social Security. -Dope, MAGABOTYes millions of children will die so Dope can get his tax cuts...
Trump ended USAID funding, which will lead to a staggering 14+ million deaths globally by 2030, including approximately 4.5 million children under the age of 5.
USAID programs have saved over 90 million lives over the past two decades.
Deplorable.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/0...
No. of Recommendations: 1
Yes millions of children will die so Dope can get his tax cuts...
Trump ended USAID funding, which will lead to a staggering 14+ million deaths globally by 2030, including approximately 4.5 million children under the age of 5.
USAID programs have saved over 90 million lives over the past two decades.
Deplorable.
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You mean Evil Imperial Ugly Bully America was spending all that on others, despite having needs at home?
First off Banksy, it's good to see you realize that your Red Hat "America First" nonsense is not good. Commended.
Anyhow, after Ugly America --- stopped spending this money ---- didn't your European friends make up the shortfall? After all it was them who raped and colonized all over the world.
(Ps: Germany, you cut development aid by 8% recently. But you are European - White Liberals are ok with that...in the end, they dont give a shit but for their agenda)