On Mon, May 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM '[email protected]' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
*> The only thing I object to is your sales pitch that Dem funders are > magically virtuous and the the Rep funders are wicked capitalists. If one's > religion is Marxism, that's the world view. It's innacurate, but as Bill > Clinton said, "We play the hand we're dealt." For example, USAID fundiung > in Haiti, post quake, looks to have been spent mostly in the US, > DC/Maryland.* > *I'm not saying there is no waste in USAID, there certainly is as there is a waste in every branch of government, but instead of fixing the problem Elon Musk killed USAID with a chainsaw and replaced it with absolutely nothing. And USAID accounts for less than 1% of government spending, if Musk was really serious about reducing government spending by trillions (not billions) of dollars then he'd have to use his chainsaw on military spending and Social Security. The trouble is Trump wants to INCREASE military spending in the next budget by 13%, and reducing Social Security is political suicide, the latest polls indicate 78% of Americans strongly oppose ANY reduction in Social Security. So Musk decided to aim his chainsaw at children in distant lands because, although the savings it produced were negligible, it generated great headlines. * *John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* 3n; > > > > On Sunday, May 25, 2025 at 03:19:22 PM EDT, John Clark < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Sun, May 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM '[email protected]' via Everything List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > *> John, we can look at the "combined wealth" also. of Bill Gates, Reid > Hoffmann, George Soros,* > > > *None of these people were in the cabinet of any presidential > administration Democratic or Republican, nor is there any evidence that > they had any substantial or direct influence on presidential policy. Elon > Musk is not in Trump's cabinet either however he has had far far more > influence than all the other members of his cabinet combined. Musk is the > richest man in the world and yet his principal occupation during the last > few months has been to find new ways to almost literally take the food out > of the mouths of the poorest children in the world. Compared with Musk, > Ebeneezer Scrooge is Santa Claus. * > > *> the American system. Payola! * > > > *Yes, let's talk about payola, and talk about double standards too! When > Hillary Clinton was first lady the Republicans made a fuss for weeks and > insisted that it was a huge scandal that 12 years before her husband became > president she made $100,000 from an investment of $1000 in cattle futures. > But just a few days ago after a luxurious dinner with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, > Jeff Bezos agreed to give Melania Trump $28 million in exchange for the > right to make a promotional video about her that praised her virtues, > that's 280 times as much money as Hillary Clinton got in circumstances that > were much less shady, but not a single Republican uttered one ward of > protest. * > > *And although the new Trump administration is only a few months old the > Trump family have already collected $320 million from a new cryptocurrency > scheme which they certainly wouldn't have been able to do if Trump was not > president. And Trump has started a new club in Washington called "The > Executive Branch" that costs $500,000 to join. If you want to ask Trump for > a favor and you told him you were a member of "The Executive Branch" I > don't imagine that would hurt your chances of him granting your wish. * > > *And then there's a small matter of the royal family of Qatar giving Trump > the most luxurious private jet in the world worth at least $200 million > that he is free to use even after he leaves office, assuming he ever agrees > to do so. That one gift was worth more than all the gifts given to all the > presidents combined since the time of George Washington. * > > *And Trump has plans to build a $1.5 billion resort in Vietnam near Hanoi > that includes three 18-hole golf courses.* > > *A Trump International Hotel & Tower is planned for Dubai.* > > * There's going to be a 47 story Trump Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia * > > In Qatar there is going to be a $5.5 billion > Trump International Golf Club and Trump Villa > > In Oman Trump is building yet another > Trump International Golf Club and Hotel. > > *And I remind you the Trump administration is still young, just imagine > what the level of corruption will be after four years! Back in the olden > days of 2017 Trump hated Muslims and wanted to ban all of them from > entering the country, it's amazing how 10 or $15 billion in bribes can > change one's point of view.* > > > *> I thought the collective plan here was to hang-on till AGI gets > running, and, or, Kurzweil's life-enhancing Bio-Bots hit our bloodstream?* > > > *That's still the plan, but I would have a hell of a lot more confidence > that plan will work if, during this super critical period, the most > powerful man in the world wasn't an amoral ignorant imbecile that lacked an > ounce of empathy and was so stupid he didn't realize he was stupid. * > > *John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis > <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* > > bt7 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv2YL%2BL1mP0%2BLgvmgF%3DgBJbhZLmcEnkefx_okOKOip49wg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv2YL%2BL1mP0%2BLgvmgF%3DgBJbhZLmcEnkefx_okOKOip49wg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/1446200529.754523.1748260726048%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/1446200529.754523.1748260726048%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. 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