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Just to confirm it says inflation adjusted in the image, under the chart.

Not a fan of Dr. Oz. Got a WTF reaction from me.

I don't understand. The current SS model will run out of funds. Without changing anything to progressive taxes and payouts, pooling the collective revenues into an indexed fund investment has historically returned better than not. And when the market regresses for shorts times as it does, the government can take on debt as it always has. The difference is that when the market more than pays what's needed, those excess funds could be used pay down the debt.

Hmmm what specific action did Media Matters do later that Media Matters and others did not originally do? Specifically, Media Matters knowingly presented a false narrative to damage X's business, which if proven, meets the legal standards for defamation...

That's fine that they don't replace board members and restructure the company to be sold, like what happened to my last company based on an investor with 1.2% stake... BlackRock is the top shareholder for many companies. Their leader helps shape corporate behavior through engagement, setting expectations, and leveraging its voting power. Their influence is significant due to their scale. --- https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.ft.com/content/92512bcc-48b3-11ea-aee2-9ddbdc86190d

May 3, 2022! Media Matters and others in the activist coalition call for a boycott. https://accountabletech.org/wp-content/uploads/Letter-to-Twitter-Advertisers.pdf

Hmmm "Angelo Carusone, the chief executive of the progressive nonprofit Media Matters for America, said on the call that he had worked on several efforts to use advertiser boycotts to pressure social media companies to clean up their platforms. Usually, he said, some of the advertisers he solicits will turn down his requests, saying that reaching potential customers is a higher priority than making a point to Silicon Valley. But after the activist coalition reached out this week to Twitter’s top 20 advertisers, including Anheuser-Busch, Disney and Procter & Gamble, Mr. Carusone said all the companies he had been in contact with..."

The lever is money. BlackRock uses its role as a major investor (significant ownership in many companies) to steer corporate behavior. They have voting power at shareholder meetings. They can vote on board elections, executive compensation, and sustainability initiatives. BlackRock can decide to invest more heavily in companies that align with their ESG criteria or divest from those that don't. Larry Fink's letters to CEOs are a form of soft power. By publicly stating what BlackRock expects from companies, they set an expectation. By advocating for ESG reporting, BlackRock indirectly pressures companies to change how they operate, knowing that their investment decisions hinge on this information. Anheuser-Busch InBev has adopted DEI policies and reported on these initiatives, partly in response to investor pressure from firms like BlackRock, who emphasize ESG factors in their investment decisions. https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/investor-relations/larry-fink-ceo-letter --- Larry's words sound like coercion to me. "DO THIS OR LESS PAY."

In November 2022!, Media Matters was already working with companies to boycott advertising. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/04/technology/twitter-advertisers.html The activists were upset that suspended user accounts were being activated because of “hate” speech, which they consider “violence.” Note that some of these companies were adopting DEI. Their largest stakeholder was Black Rock, who is on record of using their influence to coerce change.

Inauthentic based on their recap

Its also part of why Musk "went off."

One lady said she will wake up a slave. One lady said that people wish she did not exist. My niece cried because all the pregnant women were going to die without health care and go to jail for mis carriages. People on this forum are saying Trump is Hitler and will never leave office. Their perception is real to them. My wife was like this with Covid lockdowns. The anxiety was off the chart! Kept journals of who went where. Thought I would die or kill the family when I got it. She got the vaccine and was immediately mentally better. She was still weary about germs until returning to work last year. It had been 10 years since her last employment. —- So while the psychosis is sad, the music videos are still a laugh!

we are dead again

speechless

Media matters actually is malicious…

yes - https://www.space.com/14380-republican-debate-florida-president-space-program.html

Once they collect the 12.4% tax on net earnings per worker, how they choose to utilize those funds is entirely at their discretion. The government makes the laws that go against the principals of liberty. Might as well be more efficient with it.

$400B Slash to Defense budget, with $250B granted with detailed expense report, leaving $150B cut objective $200B: Reduce Fraud $150B: MAHA to increase health through diet and exercise, thus cutting medicare and medicaid expense $10B++: flipping social security to S&P500 and using access funds to pay down debt, reducing interest payments $20B: Fossil Fuel Subsidies $100B: Corporate Subsidies $80B: Cut department of education ~$120B+ potentially through cuts to Energy, Housing, Commerce, Interior ( I voted for Ron Paul before! ) Review additional subsidies... over a $1 trillion to review bringing back to the state level Some sort of hair cut across the board (with exception). Like 20% hair cut to achieve objectives. Something based on results to increase or decrease the allocations for the current and future years. Show me where the money went, show me what it accomplished, fully auditable... There is a reason this will take manpower to go through the risks and mitigations...

They should be! Flipping social security to S&P500 and using increased funds to pay down debt would reduce waste on the interest payments.

This is not helpful. 1989, AP: "Entire nations could be wiped off the face of the earth by rising sea levels ... by the year 2000." 2000, The Independent: Quoted a scientist saying that in just a few years, the UK could have a 'hothouse climate' by 2008, with 'monsoon conditions' and summer temperatures reaching 135°F. 2004, The Guardian: "Major European cities will be sunk beneath rising seas as Britain is plunged into a 'Siberian' climate by 2020." 2005, The Pentagon: A report suggested that by 2020, climate change effects could include massive droughts, leading to famine and sparking global conflicts over resources. 2006, Al Gore: "The North Pole will be ice-free in the summer by 2013 because of man-made global warming." 2007, Dr. James Hansen: Warned that unless drastic measures to reduce greenhouse gases were taken within the next 10 years (by 2017), the Earth would reach a point of no return, leading to severe climate impacts like the rapid melting of polar ice caps. 2008, Prince Charles: Stated there were only 96 months left to save the world from climate change, setting a deadline for action around 2016. And John Kerry talking "we're looking at the largest economic opportunity...." Bonus discussion that predicts (in 2022) what's going to happen in 2024 with the election because of liberals... Nailed that one.

Scientists have said the global average temperature has been increasing at a rate of about 0.30°C per decade in recent times where as the temperature rose 10°C (18°F) in a decade. Greenland - end of Younger Dryas, 11.5K years ago. https://web.archive.org/web/20161222172141/https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/abrupt-climate-change/The Younger Dryas

lost opportunity is waste

My friend from childhood, that I still see and talk to, who works and manages government employees, must have lied to me.

The government is the only place I know where workers with under 40 weekly hours can sleep at their desk and stay employed.

WKN has said before in this topic that Musk is killing twitter.com Musk says it is the advertisers fault for pulling their ads from a company whose owner uses its product to support anti-Semitic ideas. Musk attempts to dress the whole thing up as freedom of speech or censorship. People are stupid enough to fall for that thinnest of arguments. I'll agree that there are consequences for actions and that Musk can be an idiot that warrants criticism. However, the Media Matters smear job was real and there should be financial consequences for it. Their role in the advertising problem should be acknowledged given it was such a large contributor.