The United States is between a rock and a hard place on this, and it does not matter who the President is. The war between Israel and Muslims is not going to end with this. It will not be resolved in our life times. The notion that Israel will end this in Gaza or by eradicating Hamas is...
As I have said elsewhere on the board, I really think that betting on college football games at this point in the year is a fool's errand. Other than teams at the tippy top i.e. UGA and Ala, (and to some degree even including them) the NIL/tranfer portal component is such a wildcard that you...
I hope GOPers are giving at least some thought to the long term consequences of standing by Trumplestilskin. While every opponent at that level claims the other side is being untruthful, in Trump we have a guy that EVERYONE acknowledges lies virtually every single day, about at least one thing...
"Cannot lose any principle."
You will have to explain to me how privatizing social security ENSURES, with a 100 % GUARANTEE, that the amount available to be paid to a beneficiary will be AT LEAST what it would have been had their benefit been paid as planned.
I just don't think you can.
Sigh.
Do those funds deliver those returns EVERY SINGLE YEAR?
Do these funds GUARANTEE in an enforceable way, those returns for any given five year period?
No. They don't. They can't. And if you force people to invest a portion of their retirement savings (SS or otherwise) in such funds...