The question is who is doing the polling?? How do they ask the questions.
Robert Reich did some polling by comparing Trump's agenda to that of Biden without mentioning the candidates, 80% liked Biden's agenda better.
The problem is that the media especially Fox don't mention what we are going to lose.
With tariffs prices will go up not down, removing most of the essential workers/migrants will destroy farmers, close down factories and hurt construction and many other businesses.
Trump is a cruel sadistic man who enjoys hurting people, he is a psychopath with some grey matter missing in his frontal lobe (just like Musk). The cruelty of watching TV for 3 hrs while his mob savagely beat 143 policemen and were trying to kill his own vice president. Calling it a "love fest". Can you imaging if Biden had done that?? He would have been in jail the next day and we would never hear the end of it. The Dems are no match for the "GOP"/white supremacists.
Tariff's are a confusing thing. If applied right they foster economic growth.
Here is an example: My 14th great grandfather was a wool dyer, an acher in the levy of Sir John Pilkington (a family tradition). When a Pilkington dtr got pregnant out of wedlock, by a royal heir, he was bribed with land and mentorship, to marry that teenage girl (no the child was not my ancestor, nor anyones ancestor).
With he Pilkington land, connections and mentorship, the lad built up a raw wool dynasty.
Along came Henry Tudor, claimed the throne of England, discovered that he had fought to wear the crown of a country that was the poor man, the armpit of Europe. So poor that oxen paths had potholes big enough to drown a mule cart. (Google picture of Henry VII), then google same or his son, see he difference.
H7 set about to remedy the problem, he imposed an export tax, a tariff) on raw wool, which was England's main export, and tariffs on the import of silverware, swords, muskets and fine goods including clothing.
This forced the English to develop their own industries. Within 50 years my ancestral family had built fulling mills, textile mills, bought up land, became landlords, even leased a coal mine to Abraham Shaw.. My 10th great grandfather a wealthy merchant of London, gave his third son a purse of silver, he bought shares in the Virginia Company and boarded a ship for Virginia.
His son, H8, inherited an England so well off, that even the commoners dressed like nobility, which angered the nobility, causing H8 to issue a Sumptuary Law, that forbade commoners from wearing silks, furs, fine linen, feathers, ruffles and dressing like nobility,; So wealthy that the sons of commoners could go to university, become lawyers and even sit at the right hand of H8 like Thomas Cromwell
So wealthy that in a hundred years it led to a Civil war of commoners versus royalty.
And there in lies the motivation behind the Powell memo, and the oligarchic takeover of America.
The goal is to reduce Americans to hard scrabble neo serfs.
As your Congresswoman, your priorities are my priorities. I have received your inquiry on Elon Musk and the Treasury Department and appreciate you bringing it to my attention!
I reached out to the Treasury Department to get clarity on the recent happenings of the department and here is their response:
I am writing in response to your letter … regarding payment systems operated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
The Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service) operates vital payment systems for the federal government, and those systems should promote financial integrity and operational efficiency. The Fiscal Service disburses nearly 90 percent of all federal payments, in over 1.2 billion transactions per year. Treasury is committed to ensuring that the Fiscal Service is functioning in a manner consistent with the highest levels of efficiency and in accordance with the expectations of taxpayers to prevent waste, fraud and abuse.
Treasury has no higher obligation than managing the government’s finances on behalf of the American people, and its payments system is critical to that process. In keeping with that mission, Treasury is committed to safeguarding the integrity and security of the system, given the implications of any compromise or disruption to the U.S. economy. The Fiscal Service is confident those protections are robust and effective. Therefore, expanding on efforts that began under the prior Administration, Treasury has been undergoing a review of these systems to maximize payment integrity for agencies and the public.
Importantly, the ongoing review of Treasury’s systems is not resulting in the suspension or rejection of any payment instructions submitted to Treasury by other federal agencies across the government. In particular, the review at the Fiscal Service has not caused payments for obligations such as Social Security and Medicare to be delayed or re-routed. To be clear, the agency responsible for making the payment always drives the payment process. Currently, Treasury staff members working with Tom Krause, a Treasury employee, will have read-only access to the coded data of the Fiscal Service’s payment systems in order to continue this operational efficiency assessment. This is similar to the kind of access that Treasury provides to individuals reviewing Treasury systems, such as auditors, and that follows practices associated with protecting the integrity of the systems and business processes.
Mr. Krause is conducting this effort in coordination with veteran career Treasury officials, and all operational processes continue to be conducted only by career Treasury staff in accordance with all standard security, safety, and privacy standards. Mr. Krause is a longtime technology executive. His decades of experience in building companies and managing balance sheets as a chief financial officer are of great benefit to this review. In order to allow him to perform this function, he has been hired as an expert/consultant by the federal government and designated in a role commonly used across Administrations—a “special government employee” —pursuant to applicable law. This role involves a hiring process that includes a review of a candidate’s credentials and background, and demands the same ethical standards of privacy, confidentiality, conflicts of interest assessment, and professionalism of other government employees.[1] These assessments are conducted by career legal and ethics officials. Mr. Krause is subject to the same security obligations and ethical requirements, including a Top Secret security clearance.
Treasury will continue its efforts to promote efficiency and effectiveness in its operations, and to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.
Please let it be noted as well that on Saturday February 8, 2025 a federal judge in New York filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration essentially blocking persons within Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from making financial assessments. This is an evolving matter that myself and my team are closely monitoring at this time.
By learning what is important to my constituents, I can effectively represent Florida’s 27th District. My staff will be looking further into ways we can address this issue.
As always, I truly appreciate the opportunity to address your concerns. Please continue to send me your thoughts on how I can better represent you. The best way to keep up with my office is through Twitter (@RepMariaSalazar) and Facebook. You can also subscribe to my weekly newsletter here.
I'm sure you are paid via the Treasury from budgeted funds that Congress authorized.
SSA retirement and disability and Medicare funds come from trust funds that do not come from budgeted funds.
I wonder whether the FBI performed a background check on people like Mr. Kruase?
Also, I understand that he is enjoined and must destroy any records.
I had written to you previously in support of donations to trust funds so that they can remain solvent even if Congress does not act. I hope you will pursue it.
Thank you also for your interest in protecting humanitarian visas. I expect that most of the sponsorged aquiesence to Russs live here, many in your district. Please pursue this with other people who are similarly situated.
I also hope you have challenged any attempt to elevare Russia, a second rate world power, as a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. You have supported Ukraine's sovereignty and this is the time to stand up against Putin, a war criminal.
The question is who is doing the polling?? How do they ask the questions.
Robert Reich did some polling by comparing Trump's agenda to that of Biden without mentioning the candidates, 80% liked Biden's agenda better.
The problem is that the media especially Fox don't mention what we are going to lose.
With tariffs prices will go up not down, removing most of the essential workers/migrants will destroy farmers, close down factories and hurt construction and many other businesses.
Trump is a cruel sadistic man who enjoys hurting people, he is a psychopath with some grey matter missing in his frontal lobe (just like Musk). The cruelty of watching TV for 3 hrs while his mob savagely beat 143 policemen and were trying to kill his own vice president. Calling it a "love fest". Can you imaging if Biden had done that?? He would have been in jail the next day and we would never hear the end of it. The Dems are no match for the "GOP"/white supremacists.
Tariff's are a confusing thing. If applied right they foster economic growth.
Here is an example: My 14th great grandfather was a wool dyer, an acher in the levy of Sir John Pilkington (a family tradition). When a Pilkington dtr got pregnant out of wedlock, by a royal heir, he was bribed with land and mentorship, to marry that teenage girl (no the child was not my ancestor, nor anyones ancestor).
With he Pilkington land, connections and mentorship, the lad built up a raw wool dynasty.
Along came Henry Tudor, claimed the throne of England, discovered that he had fought to wear the crown of a country that was the poor man, the armpit of Europe. So poor that oxen paths had potholes big enough to drown a mule cart. (Google picture of Henry VII), then google same or his son, see he difference.
H7 set about to remedy the problem, he imposed an export tax, a tariff) on raw wool, which was England's main export, and tariffs on the import of silverware, swords, muskets and fine goods including clothing.
This forced the English to develop their own industries. Within 50 years my ancestral family had built fulling mills, textile mills, bought up land, became landlords, even leased a coal mine to Abraham Shaw.. My 10th great grandfather a wealthy merchant of London, gave his third son a purse of silver, he bought shares in the Virginia Company and boarded a ship for Virginia.
His son, H8, inherited an England so well off, that even the commoners dressed like nobility, which angered the nobility, causing H8 to issue a Sumptuary Law, that forbade commoners from wearing silks, furs, fine linen, feathers, ruffles and dressing like nobility,; So wealthy that the sons of commoners could go to university, become lawyers and even sit at the right hand of H8 like Thomas Cromwell
So wealthy that in a hundred years it led to a Civil war of commoners versus royalty.
And there in lies the motivation behind the Powell memo, and the oligarchic takeover of America.
The goal is to reduce Americans to hard scrabble neo serfs.
From my Republican rep:
Dear Mr. Solomon,
As your Congresswoman, your priorities are my priorities. I have received your inquiry on Elon Musk and the Treasury Department and appreciate you bringing it to my attention!
I reached out to the Treasury Department to get clarity on the recent happenings of the department and here is their response:
I am writing in response to your letter … regarding payment systems operated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
The Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service) operates vital payment systems for the federal government, and those systems should promote financial integrity and operational efficiency. The Fiscal Service disburses nearly 90 percent of all federal payments, in over 1.2 billion transactions per year. Treasury is committed to ensuring that the Fiscal Service is functioning in a manner consistent with the highest levels of efficiency and in accordance with the expectations of taxpayers to prevent waste, fraud and abuse.
Treasury has no higher obligation than managing the government’s finances on behalf of the American people, and its payments system is critical to that process. In keeping with that mission, Treasury is committed to safeguarding the integrity and security of the system, given the implications of any compromise or disruption to the U.S. economy. The Fiscal Service is confident those protections are robust and effective. Therefore, expanding on efforts that began under the prior Administration, Treasury has been undergoing a review of these systems to maximize payment integrity for agencies and the public.
Importantly, the ongoing review of Treasury’s systems is not resulting in the suspension or rejection of any payment instructions submitted to Treasury by other federal agencies across the government. In particular, the review at the Fiscal Service has not caused payments for obligations such as Social Security and Medicare to be delayed or re-routed. To be clear, the agency responsible for making the payment always drives the payment process. Currently, Treasury staff members working with Tom Krause, a Treasury employee, will have read-only access to the coded data of the Fiscal Service’s payment systems in order to continue this operational efficiency assessment. This is similar to the kind of access that Treasury provides to individuals reviewing Treasury systems, such as auditors, and that follows practices associated with protecting the integrity of the systems and business processes.
Mr. Krause is conducting this effort in coordination with veteran career Treasury officials, and all operational processes continue to be conducted only by career Treasury staff in accordance with all standard security, safety, and privacy standards. Mr. Krause is a longtime technology executive. His decades of experience in building companies and managing balance sheets as a chief financial officer are of great benefit to this review. In order to allow him to perform this function, he has been hired as an expert/consultant by the federal government and designated in a role commonly used across Administrations—a “special government employee” —pursuant to applicable law. This role involves a hiring process that includes a review of a candidate’s credentials and background, and demands the same ethical standards of privacy, confidentiality, conflicts of interest assessment, and professionalism of other government employees.[1] These assessments are conducted by career legal and ethics officials. Mr. Krause is subject to the same security obligations and ethical requirements, including a Top Secret security clearance.
Treasury will continue its efforts to promote efficiency and effectiveness in its operations, and to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.
[1]See https://extapps2.oge.gov/Training/OGETraining.nsf/xsp/.ibmmodres/domino/OpenAttachment/training/ogetraining.nsf/D006291C1FEC02448525869C005BD4B8/Body/EthicsLawsApplicabletoSGEs.pdf
Please let it be noted as well that on Saturday February 8, 2025 a federal judge in New York filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration essentially blocking persons within Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from making financial assessments. This is an evolving matter that myself and my team are closely monitoring at this time.
By learning what is important to my constituents, I can effectively represent Florida’s 27th District. My staff will be looking further into ways we can address this issue.
As always, I truly appreciate the opportunity to address your concerns. Please continue to send me your thoughts on how I can better represent you. The best way to keep up with my office is through Twitter (@RepMariaSalazar) and Facebook. You can also subscribe to my weekly newsletter here.
It is an honor to serve you in Congress.
Gracias!
Sincerely,
María E. Salazar
Member of Congress
My response.
Thanks for your response.
I'm sure you are paid via the Treasury from budgeted funds that Congress authorized.
SSA retirement and disability and Medicare funds come from trust funds that do not come from budgeted funds.
I wonder whether the FBI performed a background check on people like Mr. Kruase?
Also, I understand that he is enjoined and must destroy any records.
I had written to you previously in support of donations to trust funds so that they can remain solvent even if Congress does not act. I hope you will pursue it.
Thank you also for your interest in protecting humanitarian visas. I expect that most of the sponsorged aquiesence to Russs live here, many in your district. Please pursue this with other people who are similarly situated.
I also hope you have challenged any attempt to elevare Russia, a second rate world power, as a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. You have supported Ukraine's sovereignty and this is the time to stand up against Putin, a war criminal.
Thanks again
Dan