The Office of Congressional Ethics has been left defunct all year so far.
Do you think that's because legislators have stopped breaking rules and laws? Anybody? Anybody?
The Office of Congressional Ethics has been left defunct all year so far.
Do you think that's because legislators have stopped breaking rules and laws? Anybody? Anybody?
Microsoft is sending messages to people telling them that after October 14, their Windows 10 installs will no longer receive updates. And that they should just trash their "old" computers.
Actually, what you can do is not buy a new computer with Windows 11 and just install Linux on that computer that is most likely not old.
Capitalism really sucks.
@nocontexttrek Sarah knew exactly what she was doing.
🤌 delivery on point
@nocontexttrek that caption 🤣
"BOI-YOI-YOING"
@Nonya_Bidniss @GottaLaff love it! good advice tbh.
I like the push for physical assets. physical assets hold value, though it's completely dependent on demand.
property is a great example. Bill Gates has been buying farmland for something like 20 years. The tax burden is low since he leases the land to farmers and it generates more wealth than cost.
added benefit, should he need to liquidate he can do so at little risk of initial investment.
invest in what you can, that retains value well.
Good time to bump up this memo from November. I’ll revise it a bit tomorrow, but it’s pretty spot-on as is. “Managing Financial Instability in 2025”
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1iwjijEK_6oyN4hV2QahTN0pHcztDNjX5GeeUqWBq_Rw/mobilebasic
MANAGING FINANCIAL INSTABILITY IN 2025 By David Troy, Publisher + Editor, America 2.0 Published November 7, 2024; Last Updated March 10, 2025 The Trump/Vance administration has the potential to unleash widespread economic harms, many of which are not on people’s radar. This document is not finan...
@inpc @GottaLaff I have zero financial background and can't speak to specifics.
what I mean by diversify is this; right now you have one payment type to buy goods or services, cash (USD to be specific). I have invested in other forms of wealth like precious metal, jewelry, skills, medicine. IMO what's coming is going to be world impacting. I fully expect the USD to tank hard regardless of if he stays in power.
IMO, it's a "smoke 'em if you got 'em" moment if you have free cash right now.
@Nonya_Bidniss @GottaLaff I really don't have anything that's solid advise. I'm not a financial advisor, just an armchair captain with my own opinions.
leave the US economy if you want to minimize damages to your savings. it's still going to be a globally impacting event, so don't expect to go unscathed.
personally, I've pulled out cash, bought high dollar jewelry with paperwork, bought silver and gold bullion.
I'm also investing in myself by learning new hard skills for what comes next.
@GottaLaff if you ever questioned if crypto was a scam, look no further for the proof.
1) lower the entry cost
2) use the money from the doge "relief fund"
3) buy in low
4) embezzle billions from tax payers
5) walk away
I've been through a hostile corporate liquidation before. that's EXACTLY what's going on here.
If you plan on staying in the US economy, you should have started preparing for the death of the dollar 45 days ago.
diversify your bank holdings and hope it's worth more than USD.