Richard McCord
@rdmccord
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Retired Air Force Officer, Investment Professional, Economics Professor, Reality Checker, Happily Married. I delete DM’s.
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Joined July 2011
Part 1. Liberals worship in the church of Altruism, where the highest moral principle is selflessness. They live, however, in the country that achieved the greatest wealth in history through the freedom to pursue self-interest. They bear tremendous guilt for being citizens of this country. So, as penance, they advocate for its downfall. And because theirs is a holy mission, anyone opposing them deserves to be crushed mercilessly. That is why “MAGA” threatens them so. Part 2. America, the land of opportunity and freedom, where self-interest flourished, created the greatest wealth the world has ever seen or imagined. And that wealth has given rise to the greatest outpouring of charity the world has ever seen or imagined. The world without America would be a poorer, sadder, more suffering and more oppressed place. Part 3. In the Altruist religion, self-interest is Satan. Its adherents are sinners, as they find ways to better themselves, but without exhibiting their self-interest openly. They use their professed selflessness as a club to shame and intimidate the intelligent, talented and hard-working, many of whom are shamed and intimidated, and submit. Part 4. Altruism holds that man’s highest morality is service to others. But that belief destroys societies, because it gives others an open-ended claim on every individual’s intellect, talent and labor. Its final stage is Communism, where the individual is a slave to a society of free-riders who sneer at anyone of ability. A moral society gives individuals of ability the freedom and incentive to produce wealth that raises standards of living and creates opportunities for everyone to have and achieve dreams.
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What happened under Trump 1.0?
To be clear, what the @DOGE team and @USTreasury have jointly agreed makes sense is the following: - Require that all outgoing government payments have a payment categorization code, which is necessary in order to pass financial audits. This is frequently left blank, making audits almost impossible. - All payments must also include a rationale for the payment in the comment field, which is currently left blank. Importantly, we are not yet applying ANY judgment to this rationale, but simply requiring that SOME attempt be made to explain the payment more than NOTHING! - The DO-NOT-PAY list of entities known to be fraudulent or people who are dead or are probable fronts for terrorist organizations or do not match Congressional appropriations must actually be implemented and not ignored. Also, it can currently take up to a year to get on this list, which is far too long. This list should be updated at least weekly, if not daily. The above super obvious and necessary changes are being implemented by existing, long-time career government employees, not anyone from @DOGE. It is ridiculous that these changes didn’t exist already! Yesterday, I was told that there are currently over $100B/year of entitlements payments to individuals with no SSN or even a temporary ID number. If accurate, this is extremely suspicious. When I asked if anyone at Treasury had a rough guess for what percentage of that number is unequivocal and obvious fraud, the consensus in the room was about half, so $50B/year or $1B/week!! This is utterly insane and must be addressed immediately.
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RT @GrantHarryF: Elon Musk's DOGE Agents Gain Access to FEMA’s 'Sensitive' Disaster Data – Agency Previously Skippe…
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RT @ken_tx4598: @charliekirk11 Trump should immediately fire all the lower-level appointees, since he IS the Chief Executive Officer of the…
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@charliekirk11 Their strategy is to resist every attempt by the Trump administration to govern. This is a natural for SCOTUS.
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RT @DixiDarlen: Btw have y’all seen these posts saying Elon has spent $40M of his own money for 5 commercials to expose the waste that D.O.…
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If you’re a communist, this is how you would destroy the richest, most powerful economy in the world. Spend all of its wealth on altruistic goals, and bury it under a mountain of debt. Once bankrupt, all of its institutions will collapse, and you can blame it on the capitalists. Then the people will be ready to accept a dictatorship. Self-government isn’t free or guaranteed. It imposes a heavy responsibility. We the people are responsible, and we can’t leave our country to others to run. We must all think like CEO’s. America is our company, and as CEO’s, we must have a vision for its success. Let us reclaim our company while we still can.
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@nettermike @VirgoTheSixth There’s nothing in the Constitution that bans illegal immigration. There are laws, though, that address those things.
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RT @MarioNawfal: 🚨🇺🇸DEMOCRATS HAVE LOST—AND MAY NEVER RECOVER A new Gallup poll shows Democrats pushing further left—55% now identify as l…
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@CreasonJana @TheDemocrats @DNC @SenateDems @dscc @HouseDemocrats @SpeakerPelosi She was arrested two years ago, and only now in court? WTH?
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RT @WallStreetMav: We are paying 535 members of congress MILLIONS to do NOTHING meanwhile we pay Nothing for President Trump to do EVERYTHI…
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