Higgenbotham's Dark Age Hovel

[Higgenbotham]

Manipulation and fraud are the biggest businesses in America today, and waddling up to the window for a bailout is the most in-demand job skill in America today.

Minnesota Fraud Scandal Exposes the Real Crisis Facing the West

https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/29/ ... e-problem/

Why subscriptions are so expensive

https://www.businessinsider.com/why-sub ... ive-2026-1

The second link is a good piece of journalism, but it's 25 minutes long and it's necessary to listen to the whole thing to get the big picture. I don't necessarily recommend it for that reason.

What's apparently becoming evident to those at the helm of this sinking ship is that the fraud needs to be stopped because the country is bankrupt. As in right now. Corporate fraud is a big part of this too, but in the second link there is discussion about the fact that the Trump administration is not doing anything about certain parts of that. At least not yet. But they do have their hands full.

I think the real issue with getting the criminal illegals out of the country first has to do with inflation. All the freebies they are getting is putting pressure on costs, especially housing and food. The other issue is that when the welfare benefits need to be cut off, perhaps soon, it's best to first have these criminals out of the country.

[Fullmoonn]

What's apparently becoming evident to those at the helm of this sinking ship is that the fraud needs to be stopped because the country is bankrupt. As in right now. Corporate fraud is a big part of this too, but in the second link there is discussion about the fact that the Trump administration is not doing anything about certain parts of that. At least not yet. But they do have their hands full.

It's becoming abundantly clear for anyone who thought that Mr Trump was going to be the "savior" of our nation that he is, in fact, installed for the opposite reason. Peace? No. Economy. No. Exporting illegals. No( he's just trying to foment civil war and government control).
They'll loot the remainder of whatever can be grabbed before the ship finally goes under. That's what's quite abundantly clear. It's a difficult thing to rectify because it's only been a year since we thought there was a chance for pulling out the spiral from the previous administration. Like Buffet has said regarding who's winning and it not us ( ie anyone not fabulously wealthy already). The worst part is that Trump actually changed his motto from MAGA to MIGA. He's openly stated that he's openly surrendered our nation to a separate entity not related to the Constitution and historical precedent of 250 years of American experience. Such treason was not conceivable only a year ago. The Republic has few supporters and 250 year cycle brings us to the beg of Empire.

[Higgenbotham]

Fortune

‘Some form of crisis is almost inevitable’: The $38 trillion national debt will soon be growing faster than the U.S. economy itself, watchdog warns

The United States national debt has reached a precarious milestone, hitting 100% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and placing the nation on a trajectory that could trigger six distinct types of fiscal crises, according to an ominous new warning issued Thursday by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB).

With the national debt now effectively equal to the size of the entire U.S. economy, the nonpartisan watchdog’s latest report, “What Would a Fiscal Crisis Look Like?” outlined a dangerous future ahead. “If the national debt continues to grow faster than the economy,” the report said, “the country could ultimately experience a financial crisis, an inflation crisis, an austerity crisis, a currency crisis, a default crisis, a gradual crisis, or some combination of crises. Any of these would cause massive disruption and substantially reduce living standards for Americans and people across the world.”

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/form-cri ... 55339.html