Hopes for 2025

[jross]

Wishlist

1. Shift in Mass Media
   News should focus on truth and transparency, with less sensationalism and more objective reporting.

2. Independent Thinking
   Encourage people to question simplistic, “bumper sticker” ideas and think critically for themselves.

3. Make America Healthy Again
   Promote a healthier America through better public health and wellness initiatives.

4. Government Accountability
   Require regular audits of government agencies to improve efficiency and transparency.

5. New Cities and Opportunities
   Develop affordable cities with housing and jobs for entrepreneurs and innovators.

6. Reduced Foreign Interference
   Limit foreign interventions and focus on respecting other countries' sovereignty.

7. Revised CHIPS Act
   Restructure the CHIPS Act to better support local manufacturing and tech production.

8. End Identity Politics
   Move away from divisive identity politics to build unity and collaboration.

9. Election Overhaul

   • Verifiable and Secure: Create an election system that's transparent and secure.
   • Same-Day Results: Enable quick, reliable results on election day.
   • Substantive Debates: Promote longer debates to help voters understand the issues.

10. Immigration Reform
    Strengthen borders to reduce illegal immigration, while opening up more legal pathways.

 

Other Priorities

1. Eliminate Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Victim Mindset from Education
   Remove CRT-based teachings, focusing instead merit.

2. Appoint More Conservative Supreme Court Justices
   Prioritize replacing retiring justices with conservative appointees.

3. Ban Shorting in the Stock Market
   Propose a ban on short-selling to stabilize the market.

4. Increase Americans' Take-Home Income
   Find ways to let Americans keep more of their income by reducing taxes and government take.

5. Support the Trump Republican Platform
   Support policies outlined in the Trump Republican Platform (link)

 

What Will Remain Unchanged Under a Trump Presidency

1. Abortion
   Abortion laws will stay a state matter, with each state setting its own rules.

2. Marriage Equality and Anti-Discrimination Laws
   Existing protections for marriage equality and anti-discrimination laws will remain.

3. Transgender Rights for Adults
   Adults will keep the right to make personal choices about identity and healthcare.

Edited November 6 by jross

[WrestlingRasta]

Agree with alot of this, strongly agree with some of this.  One big exception would be more conservative supreme court justices.   I'm more conservative, but for the country as a whole we need balance.   I'm not in favor of a 2-1 ratio in either direction, and certainly wouldn't be in favor of even more.  It's not a country of me.

[jross]

3 minutes ago, WrestlingRasta said:

Agree with alot of this, strongly agree with some of this.  One big exception would be more conservative supreme court justices.   I'm more conservative, but for the country as a whole we need balance.   I'm not in favor of a 2-1 ratio in either direction, and certainly wouldn't be in favor of even more.  It's not a country of me.

There are two conservative justices that will be replaced.  

What do you do?

[WrestlingRasta]

5-4 split on the conservative side would be my ideal scenario.  

[Bigbrog]

I agree with all this...nice work jross!

[Wrestleknownothing]

41 minutes ago, jross said:

Wishlist

1. Shift in Mass Media
   News should focus on truth and transparency, with less sensationalism and more objective reporting.

2. Independent Thinking
   Encourage people to question simplistic, “bumper sticker” ideas and think critically for themselves.

3. Make America Healthy Again
   Promote a healthier America through better public health and wellness initiatives.

4. Government Accountability
   Require regular audits of government agencies to improve efficiency and transparency.

5. New Cities and Opportunities
   Develop affordable cities with housing and jobs for entrepreneurs and innovators.

6. Reduced Foreign Interference
   Limit foreign interventions and focus on respecting other countries' sovereignty.

7. Revised CHIPS Act
   Restructure the CHIPS Act to better support local manufacturing and tech production.

8. End Identity Politics
   Move away from divisive identity politics to build unity and collaboration.

9. Election Overhaul

   • Verifiable and Secure: Create an election system that's transparent and secure.
   • Same-Day Results: Enable quick, reliable results on election day.
   • Substantive Debates: Promote longer debates to help voters understand the issues.

10. Immigration Reform
    Strengthen borders to reduce illegal immigration, while opening up more legal pathways.

 

Other Priorities

1. Eliminate Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Victim Mindset from Education
   Remove CRT-based teachings, focusing instead merit.

2. Appoint More Conservative Supreme Court Justices
   Prioritize replacing retiring justices with conservative appointees.

3. Ban Shorting in the Stock Market
   Propose a ban on short-selling to stabilize the market.

4. Increase Americans' Take-Home Income
   Find ways to let Americans keep more of their income by reducing taxes and government take.

5. Support the Trump Republican Platform
   Support policies outlined in the Trump Republican Platform (link)

 

What Will Remain Unchanged Under a Trump Presidency

1. Abortion
   Abortion laws will stay a state matter, with each state setting its own rules.

2. Marriage Equality and Anti-Discrimination Laws
   Existing protections for marriage equality and anti-discrimination laws will remain.

3. Transgender Rights for Adults
   Adults will keep the right to make personal choices about identity and healthcare.

Banning short selling is an insanely bad idea.

[jross]

11 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Banning short selling is an insanely bad idea.

It is not completely and insanely bad.

The current regulations (or the enforcement thereof) are inadequate for addressing rampant market manipulation.

Edited November 6 by jross
added 'enforcement'

[wrestlingguy]

10 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Banning short selling is an insanely bad idea.

We can throw in there banning trading securities as a member of congress and senate. 

[jross]

And term limits on senators

[Wrestleknownothing]

3 minutes ago, jross said:

It is not completely and insanely bad.

The current regulations are inadequate for addressing rampant market manipulation.

Where is there rampant market manipulation?

[Wrestleknownothing]

Just now, wrestlingguy said:

We can throw in there banning trading securities as a member of congress and senate. 

As long as they cannot / will not enforce the current rules, then this one needs to be on the table.

[jross]

It’s a real problem for those investing in individual stocks. I learned this the hard way after switching from index investing to picking individual stocks.

Here’s how it works: A stock with strong earnings and a positive outlook drops 10% due to orchestrated panic selling, triggering stop-loss orders. The price quickly recovers, and sometimes even rises by 5-10%, suggesting manipulation designed to profit from the dip.

Short sellers often spread false rumors to drive down the stock price. Once the price drops, they cover their short positions at a lower price, making a profit from the manipulation.

It’s unfair and illegal. Retail investors sell in panic, only to watch the price bounce back, leaving them with losses while manipulators make money.

[wrestlingguy]

6 minutes ago, jross said:

It’s a real problem for those investing in individual stocks. I learned this the hard way after switching from index investing to picking individual stocks.

Here’s how it works: A stock with strong earnings and a positive outlook drops 10% due to orchestrated panic selling, triggering stop-loss orders. The price quickly recovers, and sometimes even rises by 5-10%, suggesting manipulation designed to profit from the dip.

Short sellers often spread false rumors to drive down the stock price. Once the price drops, they cover their short positions at a lower price, making a profit from the manipulation.

It’s unfair and illegal. Retail investors sell in panic, only to watch the price bounce back, leaving them with losses while manipulators make money.

When you talked about stock manipulation my immediate thought was the whole Gamestop fiasco.

[Wrestleknownothing]

5 minutes ago, jross said:

It’s a real problem for those investing in individual stocks. I learned this the hard way after switching from index investing to picking individual stocks.

Here’s how it works: A stock with strong earnings and a positive outlook drops 10% due to orchestrated panic selling, triggering stop-loss orders. The price quickly recovers, and sometimes even rises by 5-10%, suggesting manipulation designed to profit from the dip.

Short sellers often spread false rumors to drive down the stock price. Once the price drops, they cover their short positions at a lower price, making a profit from the manipulation.

It’s unfair and illegal. Retail investors sell in panic, only to watch the price bounce back, leaving them with losses while manipulators make money.

While you tell a tidy story, that is all it is. A story to explain why an investment did not turn out the way you thought. It could be that you are just wrong. It could be that you are fooling yourself about your skill. You are proposing a radical solution to an anecdotal problem and ignoring the public benefit of short selling.

[Wrestleknownothing]

8 minutes ago, wrestlingguy said:

When you talked about stock manipulation my immediate thought was the whole Gamestop fiasco.

If anything Gamestop is an example of what happens when short selling is not present

[wrestlingguy]

10 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

If anything Gamestop is an example of what happens when short selling is not present

I thought the hedge fund managers were trying to drive the price down because they had shorted it. Maybe I am remembering incorrectly.

Edited November 6 by wrestlingguy

[jross]

1 minute ago, wrestlingguy said:

I thought the hedge fund managers were trying to drive the price down because they had shorted it. Maybe I am remembering incorrectly.

That is correct, complete with false news articles.

[Wrestleknownothing]

6 minutes ago, jross said:

That is correct, complete with false news articles.

What false news articles?

[jross]

I could not find the headlines from memory in an initial search (its been 3 years!).  My recollection was seeing articles that the hedge fund had covered before they actually had.  Then, I was also reading information on stocktwits and reddit which is always full of disinformation and malinformation.  There was the point where Robinhood (and others) froze the ability to purchase the stock and only allowed investors to sell their current position.  There was a technical reason provided for this but it had the impact of dropping the stock price.

SoFi earnings last week is a recent example of a stock dropping 10% and immediately recovering and then continuing to go up.

Stock price manipulation happens every day in one form or another.  Pump and dump is also common...

[Wrestleknownothing]

16 minutes ago, jross said:

I could not find the headlines from memory in an initial search (its been 3 years!).  My recollection was seeing articles that the hedge fund had covered before they actually had.  Then, I was also reading information on stocktwits and reddit which is always full of disinformation and malinformation.  There was the point where Robinhood (and others) froze the ability to purchase the stock and only allowed investors to sell their current position.  There was a technical reason provided for this but it had the impact of dropping the stock price.

SoFi earnings last week is a recent example of a stock dropping 10% and immediately recovering and then continuing to go up.

Stock price manipulation happens every day in one form or another.  Pump and dump is also common...

Robinhood had to freeze purchases because they did not have enough capital to post collateral with the clearing corp. That lasted 2 days during which Robinhood hit its all time high. AFTER the restriction on purchases through Robinhood was lifted the stock lost 83.5% in four days. 

Edited November 6 by Wrestleknownothing

[jross]

Single stock circuit breakers also has the impact of killing price action.  There is both intentional and unintentional manipulation.

[jross]

I sold long term company stock over multiple days recently.  It took days due to restrictions only allowing me to sell ~1250 shares daily.

[Tripnsweep]

I don't have any hopes for 2025. Electing such a monumentally unqualified person is going to have negative consequences for years.

This is not going to be pleasant or fun. The sole reasons he even ran again were to get revenge against people he doesn't like and to avoid going to prison. Hopefully at least he is going to face some consequences, being a convicted felon is not a good look at all. Unfortunately he probably won't go to prison.

Trump is a product of lazy anti intellectualism, people who cannot think for themselves, and angry fringe racists/xenophobes. He doesn't stand for anything unless it benefits him in some way. 

Get ready for a kleptocracy that is going to put the post Berlin Wall USSR to shame. There is nothing he won't say, do, sell, or take action on if it has a positive outcome for him personally. This is going to be like watching, in slow motion, a clown car crashing into a port o potty truck. 

It's worse than his first go around because now everyone knows what he's capable of and that people voted for this train wreck again is baffling. 

[Bigbrog]

5 minutes ago, Tripnsweep said:

I don't have any hopes for 2025. Electing such a monumentally unqualified person is going to have negative consequences for years.

This is not going to be pleasant or fun. The sole reasons he even ran again were to get revenge against people he doesn't like and to avoid going to prison. Hopefully at least he is going to face some consequences, being a convicted felon is not a good look at all. Unfortunately he probably won't go to prison.

Trump is a product of lazy anti intellectualism, people who cannot think for themselves, and angry fringe racists/xenophobes. He doesn't stand for anything unless it benefits him in some way. 

Get ready for a kleptocracy that is going to put the post Berlin Wall USSR to shame. There is nothing he won't say, do, sell, or take action on if it has a positive outcome for him personally. This is going to be like watching, in slow motion, a clown car crashing into a port o potty truck. 

It's worse than his first go around because now everyone knows what he's capable of and that people voted for this train wreck again is baffling. 

Maybe it's because what you think is going to happen is completely false and absolutely ridiculous.  You were fed a narrative by legacy media and you bought into it hook line and sinker.  And the irony of it is that you are calling over half of the United States population lazy anti intellectualism, people who cannot think for themselves, and are angry fringe racists/xenophobes.  Enjoy your next 4 years living in fear of things that aren't going to happen.

[jross]

Tis a scratch compared to the Trappuccino.