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It has been a wild week. The blizzard of executive orders from Trump was quite a thing to behold, not only because of their content. The fact that he could go after birthright citizenship and affirmative action in government contracting speaks to the shift in attitudes. Five years ago, a public official could mention birthright citizenship but never proposed ending it. No one dared speak about affirmative action, unless they were headed to this side of the great divide.
Things will settle in a bit now that his initial shock and awe campaign has ended, but there are other big items on the agenda. Trump is supposed to begin his campaign to revise the tax code. He was in Vegas talking up his scheme to make tips tax free. Everyone making a living on YouTube is praying for this one, as it means a chunk of their income would be tax free. That is like getting a 40% raise. My guess is that more people get paid super chats than with physical tips.
Again, the stunning thing about what we are seeing is the lack of hysteria. It is as if the people running the simulation updated the system to remove Antifa and blue haired females. Those characters have been dropped from game play. The real reason is the money has dried up for these people, so they are going back to the fever swamps. The reason for that is the economic elite have decided that things must change, and they cannot change with the crazies in the way.
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