@sickburnbro People used to transition to middle class in their 30s and realize they need to protect their young family and their income and would shed their silly 20s naivety but there's no longer that pipeline. Fewer marriages, less income, fewer opportunities. They lock in gibs mindset and there is no offramp.
@IAMAL_PHARIUS Buddy does this and makes out really well. He did demo on a hibachi place and now has a hibachi kitchen island in his house, which is pretty neat.
@IAMAL_PHARIUS@binkle@sickburnbro The discretionary spend need major trimming but same for all other categories. Their procurement methods are sus for defense and the product is poor. They can find savings across the board still. Medicare needs to be a state program. Social should be supplemented from non trade related cross border payment taxes from US to LATAM. 14YO and up should not pay or be eligible for SS going forward. No forced "saving"
@IAMAL_PHARIUS@binkle@sickburnbro Those same banks are the against side for cbdc. The initial design by the Fed effectively removes banks all together. The fed would mint with seignorage and banks would effectively sell fiat and buy cbdc for deposits. But, there is parity between the deposit and the coin but the coin, was not reserved as fiat and the bank has to sell assets to make the trade. Eventually and with a full switch to cbdc the bank would be very limited in how it could make profit. Most would cease to exist.
@IAMAL_PHARIUS@binkle@sickburnbro If treasury creates a cdbc and issues with seignorage like for coin, and the budget belt is significantly tightened, there is an out. But there is no chance of survival for USD as it is today. I could see nationalizing some resources too but could be a hard sell under new admin. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@BowsacNoodle@Deplorable_Degenerate@Crux_Invictus@SuperLutheran@nugger Yeah, it was either settle or form my own. We do have have great relationships there and discuss where we think the message of the day was in error and the pastor does try to answer or research. It's at least not intentionally poor just ignorant to controversy. I do like that their mission is local only, they don't go where they can't draw members from like the big SBLCs supporting whole African nations that don't fix the problems at home at all.
@BowsacNoodle@Crux_Invictus@nugger@SuperLutheran An independent Baptist church has 8 Distinctives. Baptist conventions will use similar but modify them so that their associations and conformity with the state aren't issues. Some conventions and independents will have 7 to 11 Distinctives
@BowsacNoodle@Crux_Invictus@nugger@SuperLutheran Baptist conventions give Baptists a bad rap and are a libel. The conventions are very prot in action while the unaffiliated Baptists are certainly not prots.
@BowsacNoodle@Deplorable_Degenerate@Crux_Invictus@SuperLutheran@nugger The non-D I unfortunately attend for reasons has terrible mishmash doctrine like your menu analogy. No homos or prosperity at least. They've talked amillenial and post millennial in the same breath, used trump in slideshows, and other wacky stuff. They're rudderless but it's less than 20 people and the fellowship are good believers. For doctrine I have to go online.