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Prosper

Prosper's Journal
Prosper's Journal
May 12, 2020

Payroll tax cut would be the beginning of the end of Social Security.

Trump would be delirious to end the payroll tax because that would be the beginning of the end of Social Security and Medicare et al. Trump would reserve his place as the lowest despot in history.

April 23, 2020

How is Trump's greatest economy ever doing?

How is Trump’s greatest economy ever doing?

- [ ] How is the economy doing?

- [ ] Harley-Davidson US sales slump for a fifth consecutive year
- [ ] By Ollie Barstow 28 Jan 2020


- [ ] Visordown › news › industry
- [ ] Web results
- [ ] Harley-Davidson US sales slump for a fifth consecutive year - Visordown
- [ ] Jan 28, 2020 · Harley-Davidson motorcycle sales have dropped in the United States for the fifth year in a row as the American company continues to

- [ ] US 2019 Auto Sales Were Lowest In Five Years


- [ ] Jan 3, 2020 · Global vehicle sales are expected to fall by about 3.1 million in 2019 — the steepest year-over-year drop since the Great Recession a



- [ ] Wolf Street
- [ ] US New Car & Truck Sales in 2019 Fell Below Year 2000 Level, 3rd Year in a Row Below ...


- [ ] Jan 6, 2020 · Nissan: Sales at the now deeply troubled automaker dropped 9.9% in 2019 to 1.35 million units and were down 15.5% from the peak in 2017, and ...



- [ ] CNBC
- [ ] That 50-year low in unemployment isn't helping worker paychecks


- [ ] Oct 7, 2019 · Unemployment falls to a 50-year low in September, but worker ... the 2.9% year -over-year rise in wages was the slowest increase



- [ ] BLOCKCHAIN
- [ ] The Fed Has Pumped $500 Billion Into the Repo Market. Where Does It End?

- [ ] PUBLISHED
- [ ] JAN 20, 2020 8:00AM EST

- [ ] The Fed Has Pumped $500 Billion Into the Repo Market. Where Does It End? | NASDAQ
- [ ] In September 2019, the interest

- [ ] Forbes › sites › 2018/09/25 › re...
- [ ] Real Wage Growth Is Actually Falling - Forbes
- [ ] Sep 25, 2018 · Wages used to rise faster when unemployment was this low. ... Since then, it's been trending down, except for a brief pop in 2017. And it's ... Thankfully, we are nowhere near that point


- [ ] PBS › newshour › economy › h...
- [ ] 'He lied.' Ohio voters struggle after Trump promised jobs | PBS NewsHour
- [ ] Oct 17, 2019 · Trump's economic promises helped him carry Ohio in 2016. ... But several are worried they will not be able to find jobs that pay a

April 13, 2020

Front line soldiers in Covid-19 desparately need to be recognized and compensated.

The people doing the most, earning the least and exposed the most need money immediately. All the workers still on the job at restaurants, grocery stores hardware stores et al subject to the greatest degree of exposure should receive $20,000 right now and $5000 a week for the duration of the Covid-19 and at least 1 year past recovery time if they get infected.

April 10, 2020

Pay roll tax holiday.

Is this a way for tRump to mess with Social Security. He makes it sound like a winner but I think he is jeopardizing Social Security.

March 30, 2020

Loyalist and strategist.

I think strategist should be given some leeway in posting to call attention to weak spots in a candidates campaign. Supporting a candidate unquestionably can bury and deny short comings.

March 29, 2020

There is a potential for millions of new homeless people and families after the virus.

Power companies are suspending disconnects. The problem is for the people out of money is they won’t be able to make up for two months of power bills. The preventative solution is for the Covid-19 bill to reimburse power & utility companies for missed payments. I can see a lot of families losing cars to title loan companies. A lot of horrible ramifications for people that weren’t able to have living wage jobs.

March 28, 2020

Two ways to be in the top .001.

1. Own large thriving manufacturing businesses eliminating poverty. Promoting Prosperity, health, consideration.

2. Own large foundations and trusts that remove money from the economy creating poverty and suffering.

What makes #2 equal to and surpassing number 1? Why are #2 leaders respected admired people?

The enabling words to shun the poor and their misery by celebrating wealth: “ "You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.” John 12:8

Why would he in one sentence eliminate any responsibility to humanity? Approve wealth without responsibility?

The only way to save humanity is to show the fallacy of great wealth having no consideration for the poor? Seems to me that great wealth that benefitted the masses would have a higher eternal reward.

Somehow you will always have the poor needs to be changed to poor no more. A people focused society would have in place a response to immediately confine and eliminate Covid-19. Nobody would be saying that would cost too much.

March 27, 2020

Trump has highest approval ratings ever

Totally doesn’t make sense. Trump has some of his highest ratings ever. Positioning himself as wartime president makes me think he is getting ready to drop martial law hammer.

And: In 2018, he weakened the country’s ability to respond to pandemics when he decided to dismantle a National Security Council directorate at the White House charged with preparing for them. His Interior Department failed to update a pandemic plan that was first prepared over a decade ago. His administration failed to restock the Strategic National Stockpile, America’s store

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/trump-approval-rating-coronavirus-poll-1494637%3famp=

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.truthdig.com/articles/if-trump-declares-martial-law-due-to-coronavirus-can-he-suspend-the-election/%3famp

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