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US Colonel Douglas Macgregor gives a REAL State of the Union
Posted on 3/9/24 at 10:19 pm
Posted on 3/9/24 at 10:19 pm
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 5:46 am to RiverCityTider
He makes a lot of good points, but I wasn't sure what he meant about bringing industry back to the US by way of AI and robotics. I'd be interested in more clarification there.
I've listened to a lot of his comments lately and people routinely bring up Trump. I don't think he has antipathy for Trump, but I also don't think he has much confidence in him.
I've listened to a lot of his comments lately and people routinely bring up Trump. I don't think he has antipathy for Trump, but I also don't think he has much confidence in him.
Posted on 3/10/24 at 5:52 am to RiverCityTider
I typed notes as he was talking so they may be a little sloppy, but if anyone is curious:
Alternative view of the state of the union
State of the union is fragile and deteriorating
Constitution mandates general welfare, secure basic necessities, energy, food, shelter.
Economy propped up by govt, 42%, fed state local, similar to USSR before collapse
Rapid inflation. You can't buy food. Eggs $1 in 2019 but are $3 or so today.
Income up by 9% but many items up well over 100%.
High interest loans make home ownership impossible.
Foreign interventions hurt debt and hurt energy independence.
Govt employees 2.9M people unless you include grant and contract then it goes between 12 and 25M.
We add 1T in debt every 100 days.
DC controlled by donor class, enabled by central banking with privileged access to capital, and fueled by endless war.
Open borders strain resources. (Can't have welfare state and open borders)
LE underfunded and understaff and cannot keep the peace. Open border is explosion of criminality.
Over 100k deaths each year from fentanyl.
Crime is undercounted.
Missing children each year over 800k
Overt sexualization.
Child are our future and they are exploited and abused and dumbed down.
14T in war this century
Proxy war with Russia is a waste
Trillions wasted during covid, enriching big biz, silicon valley etc, while small biz destroyed
Trillions wasted on green energy while destroying domestic resources.
Where do we go from here?
- Must secure borders, airports, harbors. Defending states and people must be our #1 priority.
- Avoid conflict unless attacked. Prosperity at home demands peace abroad. Natsec cannot be hostage to foreign interests or their agents domestically.
- Restore rule of law. remove activist judges.
- Military demands merit based. Reduce overhead. Too many generals. 43 4stars for less than 1.5m active, in WWII with 12m in uniform we had only 7 4stars.
- Revitalize economy. Energy independence using all of our resources. Harness innovation.
- Pump up agriculture, prevent outsiders from buying farmland. Increase family farms.
- Advanced manufacturing max use of 3d printing, AI, robotics. To staff these jobs we must make education a path to employment.
- Give one time tax breaks to incentivize companies to bring back jobs to the US.
- Must reduce size of govt.
- Audit federal reserve. Failed to maximize employment and maintain price stability.
- Debt must be restructured.
- Must reclaim our birthright as a free and sovereign people. Restore american dream, renew faith in our country. Time for course correction, return to principles that guided us, recommit to representative govt where officials are accountable. Bad one must go. Nation depends on unity and resolve to put America first.
Ruling class cannot be allowed to enrich themselves at the expense of the American people.
Cause is just. Return of prosperity, equality before the law, peace.
Alternative view of the state of the union
State of the union is fragile and deteriorating
Constitution mandates general welfare, secure basic necessities, energy, food, shelter.
Economy propped up by govt, 42%, fed state local, similar to USSR before collapse
Rapid inflation. You can't buy food. Eggs $1 in 2019 but are $3 or so today.
Income up by 9% but many items up well over 100%.
High interest loans make home ownership impossible.
Foreign interventions hurt debt and hurt energy independence.
Govt employees 2.9M people unless you include grant and contract then it goes between 12 and 25M.
We add 1T in debt every 100 days.
DC controlled by donor class, enabled by central banking with privileged access to capital, and fueled by endless war.
Open borders strain resources. (Can't have welfare state and open borders)
LE underfunded and understaff and cannot keep the peace. Open border is explosion of criminality.
Over 100k deaths each year from fentanyl.
Crime is undercounted.
Missing children each year over 800k
Overt sexualization.
Child are our future and they are exploited and abused and dumbed down.
14T in war this century
Proxy war with Russia is a waste
Trillions wasted during covid, enriching big biz, silicon valley etc, while small biz destroyed
Trillions wasted on green energy while destroying domestic resources.
Where do we go from here?
- Must secure borders, airports, harbors. Defending states and people must be our #1 priority.
- Avoid conflict unless attacked. Prosperity at home demands peace abroad. Natsec cannot be hostage to foreign interests or their agents domestically.
- Restore rule of law. remove activist judges.
- Military demands merit based. Reduce overhead. Too many generals. 43 4stars for less than 1.5m active, in WWII with 12m in uniform we had only 7 4stars.
- Revitalize economy. Energy independence using all of our resources. Harness innovation.
- Pump up agriculture, prevent outsiders from buying farmland. Increase family farms.
- Advanced manufacturing max use of 3d printing, AI, robotics. To staff these jobs we must make education a path to employment.
- Give one time tax breaks to incentivize companies to bring back jobs to the US.
- Must reduce size of govt.
- Audit federal reserve. Failed to maximize employment and maintain price stability.
- Debt must be restructured.
- Must reclaim our birthright as a free and sovereign people. Restore american dream, renew faith in our country. Time for course correction, return to principles that guided us, recommit to representative govt where officials are accountable. Bad one must go. Nation depends on unity and resolve to put America first.
Ruling class cannot be allowed to enrich themselves at the expense of the American people.
Cause is just. Return of prosperity, equality before the law, peace.
Posted on 3/10/24 at 6:34 am to POTUS2024
Spot on assessment.
Unfortunately it will never happen. We’re on a speeding train headed for a cliff and unable and unwilling to stop it.
Unfortunately it will never happen. We’re on a speeding train headed for a cliff and unable and unwilling to stop it.
Posted on 3/10/24 at 7:54 am to RiverCityTider
i hope trump makes him sec of defense to go in and completely overhaul the pentagon. we need to completely re-think our global peacekeeping strategy.
Posted on 3/10/24 at 8:39 am to RiverCityTider
Watching through right now, but I had to pause a minute in… where in the world is he getting the 42% of GDP coming from government? Did he mean 42% of the growth in GDP?
Because total 2024 GDP is estimated at 27.94 trillion, while total government spending (federal, state, and local) is estimated at 4.86 trillion. That’s 17%. Even if that estimate is off by a factor of 100, that would still be well short of the 42% assertion.
bea.gov
Anybody able to clear up what he was trying to say with this sentence? I have to assume he just fumbled with his teleprompter a little and accidentally presented the intended statistic incorrectly.
Because total 2024 GDP is estimated at 27.94 trillion, while total government spending (federal, state, and local) is estimated at 4.86 trillion. That’s 17%. Even if that estimate is off by a factor of 100, that would still be well short of the 42% assertion.
bea.gov
Anybody able to clear up what he was trying to say with this sentence? I have to assume he just fumbled with his teleprompter a little and accidentally presented the intended statistic incorrectly.
Posted on 3/10/24 at 9:50 am to funnystuff
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Anybody able to clear up what he was trying to say with this sentence? I have to assume he just fumbled with his teleprompter a little and accidentally presented the intended statistic incorrectly.
I do t know but either way that figure is concerning
Posted on 3/10/24 at 11:20 am to funnystuff
[quote]Watching through right now, but I had to pause a minute in… where in the world is he getting 42% of GDP is coming from government? Did he mean GDP growth?[quote]
Probably.
I know deficit spending via the federal government has juiced the shite out of GDP while debasing the USD.
If we took the 20-25% cumulative inflation over the past 18-24 months and applied that to the equities markets you can see where a lot of that money has gone.
Probably.
I know deficit spending via the federal government has juiced the shite out of GDP while debasing the USD.
If we took the 20-25% cumulative inflation over the past 18-24 months and applied that to the equities markets you can see where a lot of that money has gone.
Posted on 3/10/24 at 1:31 pm to thebigmuffaletta
I mean, not if it’s just flat out wrong
Posted on 3/10/24 at 1:36 pm to RiverCityTider
His rebuttal was based on common sense and not emotion and lies.
Posted on 3/10/24 at 3:35 pm to funnystuff
Based on the latest information available, the Bureau of Economic Analysis estimated the total annual government expenditure in the United States (covering federal, state, and local levels) at approximately $10,007.7 billion, against an annual total GDP of $27,610.1 billion as of Q3 2023. This puts the total government spending at approximately 36.2% of the GDP.
So, 22.6 trillion GNP vs 10 trillion gvt spending.
37%
Your govt spending excludes State and local.
So, 22.6 trillion GNP vs 10 trillion gvt spending.
37%
Your govt spending excludes State and local.
This post was edited on 3/10/24 at 4:01 pm
Posted on 3/10/24 at 3:50 pm to RiverCityTider
This guy is for real. President Trump should appoint Colonel Macgregor as his Secretary of Defense or at least some high level advisor. Maybe even a VP candidate? Among all the analyzing about Ukraine he's the only one with a clear understanding how the 'buffoon' got us into this proxy war with Russia in the first place.
This war needn't have happened.
To you Colonel Macgregor.....
This war needn't have happened.
To you Colonel Macgregor.....
This post was edited on 3/10/24 at 7:45 pm
Posted on 3/10/24 at 3:51 pm to POTUS2024
quote:
Avoid conflict unless attacked. Prosperity at home demands peace abroad.
These contradict each other.
You can't just sit at home and wish for peace. That's for pacifists and pageant queens.
This post was edited on 3/10/24 at 3:52 pm
Posted on 3/10/24 at 3:53 pm to YouKnowImRight
So you want the CIA to just keep spooking all over the world starting new wars.
Posted on 3/10/24 at 4:03 pm to RiverCityTider
quote:
So you want the CIA to just keep spooking all over the world starting new wars.
Keeping the fighting thousands of miles from our borders is a win win for us. Our enemies are weakened and we're not having to send troops to do it.
Posted on 3/10/24 at 4:04 pm to YouKnowImRight
We're broke.
Posted on 3/10/24 at 7:09 pm to POTUS2024
quote:
but I wasn't sure what he meant about bringing industry back to the US by way of AI and robotics. I'd be interested in more clarification there.
That means more robotics in assembly/manufacturing jobs. Not exactly sure on the AI comment but any time it's mentioned I'm automatically leery.
Sucks for entry level employees and people who rely on steady work at steady employers. Doesn't suck so much for those like myself who work on the equipment and robotics.
I love job security but I'd rather see more jobs for more people as opposed to more complicated shite that breaks down more often.
Posted on 3/10/24 at 7:39 pm to TigerAxeOK
quote:
Sucks for entry level employees and people who rely on steady work at steady employers. Doesn't suck so much for those like myself who work on the equipment and robotics.
The South had many textile factories back in the mid-196o's. Then the tariffs were dropped and tons of cheap textiles and clothes flooded in from India where wages were $0.48 per day.
Last I looked there is only one textile factory still going. It is highly robotic, but yes it still takes sales, management and maintenance.
Posted on 3/10/24 at 8:31 pm to RiverCityTider
This doesn’t look it was made by AI to you guys? The random zooming in and zooming out, the light changes, hard edits, etc. I dunno, this looks fake to me.
Posted on 3/10/24 at 8:32 pm to YouKnowImRight
quote:
thousands of miles from our borders is a win win for us
Yeah, look at our budget for 155mm and VLS reloads. Fark me. You know who can deal with Africa? The Chinese, the Belgians, and the French. And you know who can deal with Europe? Well, Europe. I'm not defending the CIA, but power abhors a vacuum. Someone is going to steer the ship, and it clearly wasn't Angela Merkel or Macron. Is the CIA better than Russia? It depends, I guess.
But let's give more money to the Iranians, who send missiles to the Houthis, and send food to Gaza that Hamas is just taking anyway. The Israelis don't need our money either, but they're not murderous arseholes like Hamas. IAI, FTW.
AI is horseshite, especially LLMs. It's easily poisoned, and can't be trusted. If any system ingests garbage, it outputs garbage.
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