78% of top farming counties voted for Trump and his clearly defined policies less than a year ago, so I fail to understand the complaints.
If they wanted cheap migrant farm labor and global markets to buy their goods, they should have supported another candidate for President loudly and overwhelmingly.
As a result, farmers can raise what they pay to entice American labor and sell their soybeans cheaper domestically. If they didn't do the math to determine if their politics were profitable, they can relinquish the businesses they mismanaged, and better people/companies can take over the land or it can return to nature.
Cheap healthy plant protein, more intelligent replacement farmers, and/or less factory farming dumping nitrates in the Gulf seems like a win for everyone but those who willingly chose this path.
Yes, the credit card spending is technically a rebate, hence why it is tax free. However, I am going to purchase an identical basket of goods and services whether or not I use credit, so it is functionally identical.
Debt, used properly, makes you wealthy. Every billionaire you know has debt because of the advantages.
I grew up middle class. To afford my prestigeous university, I took out debt (before grant only financial aid). The value of my education allowed me to earn a higher salary to pay it off in two years. I kept earning that salary and more after the debt was paid. It had a high present value.
I bought my latest house four years ago. Mortgage rates were so low I decided to finance part of it at 2% even though I had the cash. I now earn 4.5% in money markets. After taxes, I earn 0.72% every year not to pay off my mortgage. With $350,000 remaining, this is an extra $2,500/year right now.
I shop with credit cards that give me 2-5% back on purchases. I pay off my balance every month and have never paid one penny in interest or penalties in over a decade. My credit cards therefore pay ~$1,500/year tax free.
Larry Ellison likes controlling Oracle and being a billionaire. Rather than selling stock of Oracle to fund his lifestyle, he instead borrows against the value of the stock. As Oracle appreciated, he got to keep the gains he doesn't trigger capital gains taxes.
Most Americans do live paycheck to paycheck. They live at the ragged edge of their means and remain ignorant of finance. However, this is a global phenomenon. The difference is that much of the United States tax code is set up to benefit the wealthy. Adopt their habits and your wealth starts to snowball.
Democrats have known from the moment he was elected. Republicans are starting to figure it out now that they are feeling the effects. Of course, they were the ones who caused it so....
I think we've solved it several times but ignorance stops the implementation. France reprocesses, but other countries are scared to ship to be reprocessed. The US built Yucca Mountain then we failed to commission it.
I disagree completely. This text is oddly biased and in parts, completely false. It also dates from 2021.
Nuclear power is the single safest power source ever devised and does not suffer from intermittency. The fearmongering from anti-nuclear, anti-science campaigners in the 1970s was nothing but a gift to coal and advanced climate change by five years.
Climate change is an existential threat. Nuclear power is one of the answers.
78% of top farming counties voted for Trump and his clearly defined policies less than a year ago, so I fail to understand the complaints.
If they wanted cheap migrant farm labor and global markets to buy their goods, they should have supported another candidate for President loudly and overwhelmingly.
As a result, farmers can raise what they pay to entice American labor and sell their soybeans cheaper domestically. If they didn't do the math to determine if their politics were profitable, they can relinquish the businesses they mismanaged, and better people/companies can take over the land or it can return to nature.
Cheap healthy plant protein, more intelligent replacement farmers, and/or less factory farming dumping nitrates in the Gulf seems like a win for everyone but those who willingly chose this path.