Government

Thousands of yellow vest protesters take to the streets across France for a 15th weekend running | Daily Mail Online

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Among the many rallies around Paris and in other French cities, hundreds gathered around the Eiffel Tower, which resulted in French police using tear gas to disperse yellow-vest protesters.
— Read on www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6737693/Thousands-yellow-vest-protesters-streets-France-15th-weekend-running.html

The Illinois Pension Crisis – Giving The Pensioners All State Assets | Armstrong Economics

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The new proposal in Illinois is for the state to transfer its assets so that they are owned, not by the people, but by the state employees. These proposals will never solve the problem because no one will look at the issue long-term. If they hand ownership to state employees they still run out of money. Who then fixes the infrastructure? The final step will be to hand the tax collectors to the pensions. Then we have civil war — state employees v the people.
— Read on www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/pension-crisis/the-illinois-pension-crisis-given-the-pensioners-all-the-state-assets/

The pensioners will get thrown under the bus by the very same political party they supported.

“Medicare for All” Is Much Costlier than Most Admit | Mises Wire

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Ever since Senator Bernie Sanders centered his campaign for the Democratic Presidential nomination on “Medicare for all,” it has attracted increasing support.
— Read on mises.org/wire/medicare-all-much-costlier-most-admit

Even after watching the disaster called Obamacare and the continued failures of veterans government healthcare, they persist in pushing for more government involvement in healthcare.

With our national debt now passing 22 trillion dollars, how would we pay for it? More debt, higher taxes, or less coverage? The obvious answer is all of the above.

US debt hits record under Trump, Republicans mum

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More massive than the US economy, the national debt hit a new record of $22 trillion under President Donald Trump but Republicans who traditionally rail against debt and deficits have remained mum. The sum of borrowing to cover chronic deficits as well as growing interest payments, this mountain of
— Read on news.yahoo.com/us-debt-hits-record-under-trump-republicans-mum-020620122.html

Of course, this is the plan.

Newsalert: 1.7 million public employees earned $100,000 or more. There were 105,000 local and state government employees out-earning every governor of the 50 states at a salary of $190,000 or more.

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Newsalert: 1.7 million public employees earned $100,000 or more. There were 105,000 local and state government employees out-earning every governor of the 50 states at a salary of $190,000 or more.
— Read on nalert.blogspot.com/2019/02/17-million-public-employees-earned.html

……this is why they hunt for more taxes