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Tenhigh Posted 19 hours ago Posted 19 hours ago On 11/3/2025 at 8:03 PM, nedboy7 said: Trump wants to build nuclear power plants. He has chosen Westinghouse to build them. He will pay Westinghouse $80 billion for the projects. In return he has compelled Westinghouse to pay him the government 20 percent of any “cash distributions.” Between now and the end of January 2029, the government can compel Westinghouse to go public via an IPO, at which point the government will be awarded 20 percent ownership of the company, likely making it the single largest shareholder. This is literally seizing the means of production. But to, you know, make America great again. Or something. I don't think seizing means what you think it means. 1 1
nedboy7 Posted 19 hours ago Posted 19 hours ago 41 minutes ago, Tenhigh said: I don't think seizing means what you think it means. I dont think you understand what socialism means. its not my quote but it is stated perfectly. MAGA loves to use big words they have no clue about. Other of Trump’s national socialist policies include: • Refusing to enforce the 2024 law requiring the sale of TikTok until he was able to compel that the business be sold at an extortionately discounted price to his political allies. • Creating a Golden Share of U.S. Steel for his government. • Requiring Nvidia and AMD to pay the government 15 percent of all revenues from chip sales to China. • Acquiring a 10 percent ownership stake in chipmaker Intel. • Acquiring a 15 percent stake in rare earth producers MP Materials, a 10 percent stake in Lithium Americas Corp., and a 10 percent stake in Trilogy Metals Inc. • Creating a “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile.” • Taking steps to create a sovereign wealth fund to be used as a vehicle for government investment. • He has demanded that Microsoft fire an executive he does not like and demanded that private law firms commit to doing pro bono work on behalf of clients he chooses for them. This is not quite the economic regime of China or Saudi Arabia. But it’s in the same zip code. And it’s heading in their general direction and away from the regulated American free market economy as it had existed until ten months ago. So why is it so hard for people to just say, out loud, what is obvious: Donald Trump is a socialist who is trying to make the American economy function more like Communist China? On 11/7/2025 at 10:08 AM, B-Man said: The week before President Donald Trump unveiled bruising new tariffs that sent the stock market plummeting, a key official in the agency that shapes his administration’s trade policy sold off as much as $30,000 of stock. Two days before that so-called “Liberation Day” announcement on April 2, a State Department official sold as much as $50,000 in stock, then bought a similar investment as prices fell. And just before Trump made another significant tariff announcement, a White House lawyer sold shares in nine companies, records show. More than a dozen high-ranking executive branch officials and congressional aides have made well-timed trades since Trump took office in January, most of them selling stock before the market plunged amid fears that Trump’s tariffs would set off a global trade war, according to a ProPublica review of disclosures across the government. All of the trades came shortly before a significant government announcement or development that could influence stock prices. Some who sold individual stocks or broader market funds used their earnings to buy investments that are generally less risky, such as bonds or treasuries. Others appear to have kept their money in cash. In one case unrelated to tariffs, records show that a congressional aide bought stock in two mining companies shortly before a key Senate committee approved a bill written by his boss that would help the firms. https://www.propublica.org/article/us-officials-stock-sales-trump-tariffs
Tenhigh Posted 18 hours ago Posted 18 hours ago 9 minutes ago, nedboy7 said: I dont think you understand what socialism means. its not my quote but it is stated perfectly. MAGA loves to use big words they have no clue about. Other of Trump’s national socialist policies include: • Refusing to enforce the 2024 law requiring the sale of TikTok until he was able to compel that the business be sold at an extortionately discounted price to his political allies. • Creating a Golden Share of U.S. Steel for his government. • Requiring Nvidia and AMD to pay the government 15 percent of all revenues from chip sales to China. • Acquiring a 10 percent ownership stake in chipmaker Intel. • Acquiring a 15 percent stake in rare earth producers MP Materials, a 10 percent stake in Lithium Americas Corp., and a 10 percent stake in Trilogy Metals Inc. • Creating a “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile.” • Taking steps to create a sovereign wealth fund to be used as a vehicle for government investment. • He has demanded that Microsoft fire an executive he does not like and demanded that private law firms commit to doing pro bono work on behalf of clients he chooses for them. This is not quite the economic regime of China or Saudi Arabia. But it’s in the same zip code. And it’s heading in their general direction and away from the regulated American free market economy as it had existed until ten months ago. So why is it so hard for people to just say, out loud, what is obvious: Donald Trump is a socialist who is trying to make the American economy function more like Communist China? The week before President Donald Trump unveiled bruising new tariffs that sent the stock market plummeting, a key official in the agency that shapes his administration’s trade policy sold off as much as $30,000 of stock. Two days before that so-called “Liberation Day” announcement on April 2, a State Department official sold as much as $50,000 in stock, then bought a similar investment as prices fell. And just before Trump made another significant tariff announcement, a White House lawyer sold shares in nine companies, records show. More than a dozen high-ranking executive branch officials and congressional aides have made well-timed trades since Trump took office in January, most of them selling stock before the market plunged amid fears that Trump’s tariffs would set off a global trade war, according to a ProPublica review of disclosures across the government. All of the trades came shortly before a significant government announcement or development that could influence stock prices. Some who sold individual stocks or broader market funds used their earnings to buy investments that are generally less risky, such as bonds or treasuries. Others appear to have kept their money in cash. In one case unrelated to tariffs, records show that a congressional aide bought stock in two mining companies shortly before a key Senate committee approved a bill written by his boss that would help the firms. https://www.propublica.org/article/us-officials-stock-sales-trump-tariffs What part of this post did you write yourself, Neddy?
nedboy7 Posted 18 hours ago Posted 18 hours ago 5 minutes ago, Tenhigh said: What part of this post did you write yourself, Neddy? Wow. I guess you didn’t read it.
Tenhigh Posted 18 hours ago Posted 18 hours ago (edited) 5 minutes ago, nedboy7 said: Wow. I guess you didn’t read it. No. What did YOU write vs copy paste. Any of it? Edited 18 hours ago by Tenhigh
nedboy7 Posted 18 hours ago Posted 18 hours ago 2 minutes ago, Tenhigh said: No. What did YOU write vs copy paste. Any of it? If you didn’t read it we don’t need to engage. Take care. Stay clueless.
Tenhigh Posted 18 hours ago Posted 18 hours ago If you want to discuss the definition of seizing the means of production, we certainly can, but a government hiring Westinghouse to build nuclear plants ain't it. I'm not going to argue a propublica post someone else wrote. 1 minute ago, nedboy7 said: If you didn’t read it we don’t need to engage. Take care. Stay clueless. You weren't engaging me, you were trying to engage me with someone else's work product. Have your own opinions Neddy.
nedboy7 Posted 18 hours ago Posted 18 hours ago 4 minutes ago, Tenhigh said: If you want to discuss the definition of seizing the means of production, we certainly can, but a government hiring Westinghouse to build nuclear plants ain't it. I'm not going to argue a propublica post someone else wrote. You weren't engaging me, you were trying to engage me with someone else's work product. Have your own opinions Neddy. It’s states facts. Why would I rewrite it. You are arguing some weird angle cause you are an idiot without an argument against what it says. People post others writing and tweets all day on here. You’re exposing yourself as a moron with noting to say tenny. We’re done.
Tenhigh Posted 18 hours ago Posted 18 hours ago Just now, nedboy7 said: It’s states facts. Why would I rewrite it. You are arguing some weird angle cause you are an idiot without an argument against what it says. People post others writing and tweets all day on here. You’re exposing yourself as a moron with noting to say tenny. We’re done. Nor DONE?!?! Dear Neddy, what do you want to talk about first? That you don't know what the word seize means? At least summarize something we can discuss. Who did you steal the first part from so I can discuss with them? The second part definitely needs to be investigated, Scumbags in the US Govt have traded in insider info for way too long. Ill shoot an email to the authors. 1
Pokebball Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago On 11/4/2025 at 5:37 AM, All_Pro_Bills said: Westinghouse is owned by a joint venture of Brookfield Asset Management and uranium producer Cameco. Both Canadian entities. Work will not start until 2030. Per the Washington Post - The partnership is designed with “profit sharing mechanisms” that provide U.S. taxpayers returns “once certain thresholds are met,” according to the announcement. Under the agreement, after the U.S. government signs final contracts for the construction of at least $80 billion in Westinghouse reactors, it would be entitled to receive 20 percent of Westinghouse returns in excess of $17.5 billion. The U.S. could also require Westinghouse to go public if the company’s valuation surpasses $30 billion. If it does go public, U.S. taxpayers would be entitled to a 20 percent equity stake in the company, according details released by Brookfield" Its common in the resource sector, uranium is one product, to use royalty arrangements for cash up front to be paid thought future income streams. I assume somebody familiar with those arrangements advised the government. I don't see anything wrong with this type of arrangement. don't let facts get in the way of a perfectly good rant 1
Wacka Posted 3 hours ago Author Posted 3 hours ago On 11/6/2025 at 12:38 PM, milfandcookies said: I admire her as an Italian-American woman She got her "financial smarts" from her dad who was the mayor of Baltimore and was reputed to have mob ties.
milfandcookies Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 2 hours ago, Wacka said: She got her "financial smarts" from her dad who was the mayor of Baltimore and was reputed to have mob ties. “that’s a stereotype. And it’s offensive “
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