244 million international migrants living abroad worldwide, new UN statistics reveal (Year 2015) https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/01/244-million-international-migrants-living-abroad-worldwide-new-un-statistics-reveal/
What The Combined Wealth Of All 1,426 Billionaires Could Do (2013 approx 5 Trillion, today bout 7) https://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2013/03/04/what-the-combined-wealth-of-all-1426-billionaires-could-do/#433196cf5b65
Your Pension Is a Lie: There’s $210 Trillion Of Liabilities Our Government Can’t Fulfill
How about Texas not give big business every tax break in the book and then some.
The government’s ability to tax us peasants is at the root of what has become a Ponzi Scheme. And like all Ponzi Schemes, eventually, they collapse.
The ones run by governments last longer than the others, because they can throw you in prison or kill you if you don’t play along.
Of the 25 worst states as far as unfunded pension obligations is concerned, 18 of those states have been controlled by the Democrats for decades.
No surprises.
Don’t move to E. Tenn. You’ll hate it here
Little diversity, monochromatic
Lots of trees, mountains, hills, lakes and streams. No room for stores.
It’s really easy to buy a gun.
Prices for housing are too low.
Food is cheap.
Most of the people are patriotic. What’s worse, they’re honest.
There’s no income tax, so I don’t think the state will improve much.
Those TVA lakes are just miserable
Dolly Parton music is high art
The Smokies are crawling with damn Yankees and tourists from Floriduh
Towns like Oak Ridge are just intellectual wastelands
color Orange is everywhere
Save yourself, stay away
I live here, and I’m an asshole.
Tennessee... no state income tax, conservative except for Nashville and Memphis. Nashville may come around now that we got ride of the super liberal mayors Barry and Briley. They wanted to make Nashville a sanctuary city and paint the sidewalks in rainbow colors. The new mayor is a democrat but does not seem to be crazy liberal.
It should be noted that government pensions are not backed by the US Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Let’s see. If the Liberals get control of states and drive them into bankruptcy. ie no police departments no fire stations no government offices, what might be the solution to that. Maybe the state government will have to assume complete control of everything. By the way, surrender all your arms.
Note that this does not include Federal unfunded liabilities.
The Dems were counting on a President Hillary, who would have ordered the printing of as much money as it took to bail out the states, just as a decade ago we bailed out the banks.
They are terrified of what Trump may do, or refuse to do, if things come to a head during his Administration.
When you extorted your unjustifiable contracts, you didn’t care about the Taxpayers that will be forced to pay for your salary and benefits that is more, and better, than theirs, no…
You said: Either give me what I want, or I will hurt you.
I will GO ON STRIKE and I WILL HURT YOU!!!
NOT, If you don’t give me what I want, I will quit, and get a different job… NO!
It was, GIVE ME WHAT I WANT OR I WILL HURT YOU!!!
You were told over, and over, and over again, through the years, and extorted contracts, that it was unsustainable.
But YOU didn’t listen, and YOU didn’t care.
And the local government said OK, because there was nothing they could do, And, knowing it would be somebody else’s problem down the road, well...
Well, guess what?
It’s down the road, and now… it’s YOUR problem!!!
The trough is empty, and the teat is dry.
Can you hear ME now???
You were all fat dumb and happy as long as your snout was in the PublicTrough up past your eyeballs,
but now…
Now… that the food level has dropped below Your eyes, even YOU can see the writing on the wall as well as the rest of us.
There WILL be reduced benefits to be sure, if not outright eliminations…
And guess what???
I, DON’T, CARE!!!
step 1 cut services to illegals
step two cut public pensions
rinse and repeat
Two and a half million unelected impossible to fire Federal employees with gold plated benefits... this is the Deep state
Currently Wisconsin has over a $600 million surplus, but the chart says it does not. Who’s right - the State or the people who made the chart?
and neither can the federal government pay its debts
so we are fated for continued currency depreciation (for as long as the feds can get away with it, anyway)
Good! Government is too big, and that will eventually solve the problem.
This can’t be right. John Bel Edwards is running around Louisiana saying he created a $600,000,000 surplus in 4 years! He’s an Obama dem so he can’t be lying. La. is no. 40 on the burden list.
Offer them a one time bailout in return for becoming territories then make new states out of the red counties.
Good. Cut spending.