Dec 11, 2022Liked by William Whitten -- Autodidact,
Twitter like the CIA and now the FBI is an example of what happens when you take a lot of smart young people and lock them up in a building give them a little power tell them it's important. The crazies always take over and start running the show the oversight officials are either too busy or too stupid to realize what's going on and they pretend to understand what's happening though they don't because they also have to report to someone above them. Secrecy is absolutely the enemy of a democracy.
The federal government collected $5.0 trillion in revenue in fiscal year 2022 (FY 2022) — or $15,098 per person. The federal government spent $6.5 trillion in FY 2022 — or $19,434 per person — including funds distributed to states. Federal revenue increased 14.3% in FY 2022 after collecting more personal income taxes, social security taxes, and auctioning spectrum for commercial wireless and broadcast use. Federal spending decreased 12.4% in FY 2022 after remaining relatively flat in FY 2021. The federal government spent 28.7% more than it collected in FY 2022, resulting in a $1.45 trillion deficit. The national debt hit $30.9 trillion last fiscal year.
Twitter like the CIA and now the FBI is an example of what happens when you take a lot of smart young people and lock them up in a building give them a little power tell them it's important. The crazies always take over and start running the show the oversight officials are either too busy or too stupid to realize what's going on and they pretend to understand what's happening though they don't because they also have to report to someone above them. Secrecy is absolutely the enemy of a democracy.
Yes Maureen it is so true!
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The federal government collected $5.0 trillion in revenue in fiscal year 2022 (FY 2022) — or $15,098 per person. The federal government spent $6.5 trillion in FY 2022 — or $19,434 per person — including funds distributed to states. Federal revenue increased 14.3% in FY 2022 after collecting more personal income taxes, social security taxes, and auctioning spectrum for commercial wireless and broadcast use. Federal spending decreased 12.4% in FY 2022 after remaining relatively flat in FY 2021. The federal government spent 28.7% more than it collected in FY 2022, resulting in a $1.45 trillion deficit. The national debt hit $30.9 trillion last fiscal year.
Transition Integrity Project
Formation
2019
Type
Series of June 2020 political scenario exercises
Purpose
To identify risks to a free, fair and peaceful 2020 election
Location
• United States
Methods
Simulation exercises
Key people
• Rosa Brooks
• Nils Gilman
• Jennifer Granholm
• Michael Steele
• John Podesta
• William Kristol
• David Frum
• Trey Grayson
Website
transitionintegrityproject.net
‘Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.”
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