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Reduced imports from Chyna hopefully means more purchases of Made in America.
That’s a really good article linked. Here it is for those not on X:
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US–China Decoupling Gains Irreversible Momentum
https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/us-china-decoupling-gains-irreversible-momentum-6016288?
Or…
Archive link in case you have a paywall block:
https://archive.is/zpMzo
Hopefully it’s because they are fed up with the anti-American behavior of Dims and not a primaries sabotage effort.
Property tax – aka, the “you only rent it” tax.
LOCAL MAN DISCOVERS HE IS SECRETLY A REAL ESTATE MOGUL AFTER COUNTY INVENTS $186,000 FOR HIM
MIDLAND, TX — In a stunning financial revelation this week, a local homeowner learned he has apparently made a massive profit without selling anything, receiving any money, or otherwise participating in reality.
“I had no idea I was doing this well,” the man said, reviewing a notice informing him his modest home—purchased for $60,000 in 2009—is now worth $246,000, according to a highly sophisticated system known as “a guy with a clipboard and vibes.”
Despite never listing the property, fielding offers, or seeing so much as a nickel of this newfound wealth, the homeowner confirmed he is now expected to pay taxes as if he recently closed a blockbuster deal.
“I checked my bank account just to be sure,” he said. “Nothing. No mysterious deposit. No wire transfer. Not even a congratulations email. But apparently I’m crushing it.”
County officials reassured residents that the system is working exactly as intended.
“You’re not being taxed on money you have,” one official explained patiently. “You’re being taxed on money you could hypothetically have in an alternate universe where you sold your house but didn’t need a place to live afterward.”
Experts clarified that this differs significantly from other forms of taxation, where individuals are typically taxed on actual income or realized gains.
“For example, if your stock portfolio doubles, you don’t owe taxes until you sell,” said one analyst. “But your home is different because… well… it just is. Please stop asking questions.”
Local residents have reportedly begun experimenting with applying the same logic elsewhere.
“If my neighbor can assign value to my house and bill me for it,” the homeowner said, “I’m assigning value to my free time. I’ve determined the county now owes me $500,000 annually for emotional distress and inconvenience.”
At press time, officials were exploring ways to increase property values even further, noting that if numbers can be written down once, they can absolutely be written down again—higher.
Meanwhile, the homeowner confirmed he is considering selling the property just to finally meet the rich guy everyone keeps telling him he is.
Note – I’ve actually seen trailers like that pictured being on the “property for sale” websites for that much due to them being on 5 acres of land since the insane real estate rise of 2020-2022.
I kid you not that I had seen properties listed in Maine for ridiculous prices similar to that back in 2022.
I’ve seen $250,000+ for a 1/4 acre with a 20 or 30 year old manufactured home on it in need of a remodel. Some likewise also had a shed or small garage in need of maintenance. Inflated! Smh
…”City Councilwoman Virginia Maloney urged Mamdani to reverse the order in a Thursday letter exclusively obtained by The Post, warning it’ll wipe out a season’s worth of free neighborhood programming across the Big Apple.
“City parks host thousands of free events each summer, and this order threatens to cancel all of it,” she warned in the letter, joined by fellow Council members Gale Brewer, Ty Hankerson, Oswald Feliz and Justin Sanchez.”…..
https://nypost.com/2026/05/01/us-news/mamdani-is-ruining-nycs-summer-with-order-blocking-park-events-during-world-cup-lawmakers/?edium=socer
Communists hate anything that is for free – they don’t have any way to extract wealth from it via taxes or surcharges.
I would also add that Commies cannot stand anyone experiencing happiness without their blessing off on it.
It’s never about actually protecting anyone – it’s about control, of the ever more totalitarian type. Additionally, it’s the parents’ responsibility and right to raise their children – not the government’s.
it seems the left/uniparty/owo uses sex (transgendeism/gay/female/tree) with an awareness that sex drives culture, and in turn culture drives politics. If that tracks/pass sniff test, Then, it would follow that: If they can control sex they can control politics.
That might explain the current trends the democrat party is gravitating towards of white washing basic obvious truths about sex.
Those who tell portions of the truth in order to decieve are craftsmen of destruction…
Anti-Christian attacks in Jerusalem are growing. “A European diplomatic source in Jerusalem also noted the assault ‘occurred in a context where anti-Christian acts have become commonplace, with insults and spitting by [Jewish] extremists targeting clergy in religious dress on a daily basis.” Earlier this month, the military removed two [IDF] soldiers from combat duty after they destroyed a statue of Jesus Christ in a southern Lebanon village, an act that drew widespread condemnation.