As we close in on the November elections, perhaps it’s a good time to take stock of current events. Like the 15,000 candy-colored “Nerds”-disguised fentanyl pills found in CA over a week ago, or the 44,000 candy-colored fentanyl pills captured in FL this week. Both enough to kill nearly 40 million people. All coming across the southern border, along with well over 2 million people from 150 countries … this year. But the big take-away: Parents, please look closely at your kids’ Halloween candy this year!!
But I digress. Remember the “Inflation Reduction Act” that is anything but that? Here’s info I’ve researched and paraphrased that I’ll bet didn’t cross your daily feeds:
The nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) revealed in their analysis that Americans making less than $200,000 per year would have their taxes increased by $16.7 billion. For taxpayers earning between $200,000 and $500,000, the bill would increase taxes by $14.1 billion.
In June, inflation hit a 40-year-high of 9.1% year-over-year, easing slightly to 8.1% in July, but climbing again in August to 8.3%, and in September 8.2%. Core inflation is at its highest since 1982. The gross domestic product (GDP) dropped for a second consecutive quarter from April-June and the economy entered into a technical recession.
Carl Icahn (legendary and famed investor) pointed to debt and money printing as the main culprits: “We printed too much money, and just thought the party would never end. And the party is over,” he said. “The worst is yet to come”. Biden has spent over $4.1 trillion ABOVE the Fed budget of $4 trillion so far.
Meanwhile, in DC:
- The Saudis have (today) released a statement scathing Biden and reducing our relationship to “strategic” only. They went on to note that he asked them (and OPEC+) to hold off on production cuts till after November, which they refused. That is called collusion with a foreign power.
- Nancy won’t bring a bill to the floor banning stock trades by members. She and her husband have made well over $120M since she became speaker.
- Tulsi Gabbard has left the democrat party, calling them “elitist”. She’s correct. The so-called “centrists” 8 years ago are now considered conservative by the democrats in power. Think about that.
- AG Garland sent a memo to his DOJ, reiterating the policy to NOT communicate with Congress unless through official channels, after over 20 FBI and DOJ whistleblowers emerged recently on the quashed Biden-damaging investigations, especially in October of 2020.
- In courtroom testimony this week under the Durham investigations, it’s now come out that the FBI offered Christopher Steele $1M to validate the dossier he wrote for the Clinton campaign. He refused, saying it wasn’t possible. The FBI then still lied FOUR MORE TIMES to FISA courts for false surveillance warrants, saying it WAS verified.
- Freedom of Info Acts now confirm, via DHS emails, that Mayorkas was told (by his own staff!) that the “whipping of Haitian Migrants” was false and taken totally out of context – and the photographer validated that as well, and yet he went on camera a couple hours after being told that, with Biden, to call it an obvious case of racial violence, while Biden called it “disgusting” – all agents were later found to not have done anything they were accused of…
- Let’s not forget the now-ratified Kigali Amendment (Senate, September 2022), which virtually kills air conditioning refrigerant (hydrofluorocarbons – HFCs). No, HFC substitutes aren’t widely available yet, but the research is ongoing and alternatives that are less damaging are nearing reality. But things to keep in mind with this ratification:
- HFCs are the most common and affordable compounds used globally for air conditioning, refrigeration, building insulation, semiconductor manufacturing, and even fire extinguishers
- The American Innovation and Manufacturing Act in late 2020 requires the EPA to develop regulations to reduce domestic production and use of HFCs. That section mirrors the Kigali Amendment requirements.
- By ratifying Kigali, the Senate ceded control and oversite of our drawdown to the U.N., and the U.S. is held to a faster timeframe to phase out HFCs. In contrast, 146 other nations, including China and Iran, have an extra decade to comply.
- A multilateral fund was created (within the Montreal Protocol) to subsidize compliance by developing countries. American taxpayers have paid more into this fund in the past 30 years than any other country ($957,235,348). By the way: China is still considered “developing” by the UN – as the second largest economy in the world.
- Ben Lieberman of the Competitive Enterprise Institute: “The price of refrigerant used in home air conditioners shot up 4-fold, and as a result, certain repairs now cost hundreds [of dollars] more” since the EPA began implementing Kigali mandates.
- If fully complied with, Kigali will only result in a very modest increase in global temps by 2100. While many have claimed it will shave global temperatures by “as much as 0.5 degrees Celsius,” several studies have shown that to be far from true (+0.05-0.06 degrees C); here’s one: The Kigali Deal on HFCs Is Important but Won’t Save us Another Half a Degree (climateinteractive.org)
And in Colorado and Nationally:
- Major and violent crimes are up by deep double digits around the country, and that’s with almost 40% of jurisdictions being unable to fully report due to the way the data is now required to be entered to the DOJ. Colorado is now the US capital in car theft (on track for over 48,000 this year). Thank goodness our AG in CO is focusing on industry crimes, not major or violent crimes.
- Colorado rose seven places to now 16th nationally for drugs seized (300% increase YOY!!). Fentanyl deaths up 50%!!
- Colorado is second-highest in the nation for property crimes (burglary, theft)
- Violent crime is up 17% in Colorado.
- Decriminalization changes have dropped Colorado incarceration rates by 15% in the midst of rising crimes. Really??
This is all fixable. Make no mistake up and down ballots on who caused this. Anyone want to debate that? I’m studied and ready.
