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  • A New American Platform

    A New American Platform

    After an đť•Ź history filled with plenty of bogus ideas, my stances have obviously evolved, so consider the following my most current platform.

    Don’t reform the failed systems of the past or indulge the inaction of extreme libertarianism.

    Platform Overview

    Signature National Initiatives

    • Launch a 21st Century Manhattan Project: Secure absolute American technological, energy, and military supremacy. Focus on topics such as: nuclear engineering, the development of sovereign AI, and the construction of a ‘Golden Dome’ missile shield. Absorb and accelerate other critical advanced projects: like directed energy, hypersonics, and cybernetics. Participation in this project, at all levels, will be restricted exclusively to U.S. citizens.
    • The Phoenix Mandate: A plan to eliminate the national debt by revolutionizing the U.S. healthcare system through personal health tech, ending the nursing home model, funding “moonshot” cures via a public-private “Titan Mandate”, issuing a “Stargate Ultimatum” for AI to slash costs, and enforcing a “Patriot Price Mandate” on pharmaceuticals.

    Taxation, Revenue & An American Dividend

    • Abolition of Income Taxes: Immediately abolish all Federal personal and corporate income taxes. The IRS’s role as a tax collection agency should be eliminated.
    • Strategic Capital Gains Tax: A modest capital gains tax will be retained for the sole purpose of preventing rampant short-term speculation, designed to heavily incentivize mid-to-long-term investment.
    • An American Dividend (Hybrid System): A hybrid system should be implemented immediately. A significant portion of all tariff revenue should be used to aggressively pay down the national debt, while the remainder should be returned directly to The People as an immediate “Freedom Dividend.”
    • Full Dividend Potential: Once the debt is paid, the full revenue from the baseline 15% tariff will be returned directly to The People, potentially translating to more than $1,700 per U.S. citizen, per year.
    • Mandatory Cash Option: The United States cannot become a cashless society. Physical cash must always be preserved as a valid form of payment.

    Economic & Financial Policy

    • Multi-Level Strategic Tariffs: Implement a 15% baseline tariff. Additionally, POTUS must have full discretionary authority to impose massive strategic tariffs (e.g., 50%, 100%, 400%, 1000%) on critical sectors like microchips.
    • Prohibit Peacetime Cryptocurrency: Cryptocurrency is a national security threat and its use by the general public should be prohibited.
    • The Wartime Digital Asset Act: Treat the underlying crypto technology (blockchain, ASICs) as a strategic military asset to be deployed only in times of declared war.
    • Prohibit Hostile Financial Systems: Expose and ban the integration of Sharia-compliant finance into the U.S. economy.
    • Reject Corporate Bailouts: The $10 billion investment in Intel is a bailout.
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  • The Art of the Missile

    I have a hunch about something I call ‘the art of the missile,’ and it makes me question if tariffs alone are a durable solution to our debt. It’s a feeling that we are underestimating how fragile our entire economic system is in the face of modern warfare tactics.

    My concern is that the strength of tariffs depends entirely on a functioning economy with intact infrastructure like ports, power grids, and manufacturing hubs. What happens to the power of those tariffs when the Axis of Evil decides to use a few well placed Zircon cruise missiles or a swarm of advanced drones? They have these weapons stockpiled and ready to mobilize. If Putin or another adversary starts shooting, not necessarily at people, but at our critical economic infrastructure, the entire tariff structure could collapse overnight. Your solution to the debt would be gone in an instant.

    Beyond that direct military threat, you cannot deny there seems to be a significant media cover up suggesting things are not what they seem on the world stage. How do we explain the reports where Ukrainians and their helpers conveniently evacuate a key area right before it gets hit, or when the Russians do the same thing before a major strike on one of their important targets? It points to a level of coordination or information control hidden from the public. It all feels managed, especially when you see players like JP Morgan lining up with Biden to talk about rebuilding everything afterward. It suggests the conflict itself is just a phase in a larger economic plan for the global elite.

    This is why when people bring up other solutions, like AI and technological dominance saving us, that argument feels way too pie in the sky for me. So much of that future hinges on one single company in one of the most volatile places on earth, TSMC in Taiwan. That one company is both the crown jewel of the modern world and its most glaring Achilles’ heel. Any project or economic model that relies so heavily on that single point of failure is not a serious plan, it is a fantasy.

  • A Tale of Two Futures: Mamdani’s “New York Dollar” Doctrine vs. U.S. Dollar Prosperity

    A Tale of Two Futures: Mamdani’s “New York Dollar” Doctrine vs. U.S. Dollar Prosperity

    This is not a debate over minor policy tweaks; it is a battle for the soul of New York City. One path is built on the sound foundation of the U.S. Dollar and the prosperity that comes from private innovation and individual liberty. The other is the Mamdani Doctrine, a vision of state control so fiscally reckless it would effectively require abandoning the U.S. monetary system for its own “New York Dollar.” Below is a direct comparison.

    On Public Transportation & Mobility: The vision of U.S. Dollar Prosperity is to Abolish and Replace: The MTA is terminated. All public transit is replaced by a competitive, efficient, privately-operated network of autonomous “Robotaxis.” In stark contrast, the Mamdani Doctrine‘s vision is to Expand and Subsidize: The MTA is a public good to be massively funded. But this vision collides with a simple, brutal reality: it must be paid for in U.S. dollars. With the national debt exceeding $37 trillion, the Doctrine’s demand for perpetual billions is a demand that the rest of America pay through a crushing inflationary burden. This is the first clue that the plan is incompatible with the U.S. monetary union.

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  • America’s Solar Achilles’ Heel: BRICS’ Dominance and the Path to Energy Insecurity

    America’s Solar Achilles’ Heel: BRICS’ Dominance and the Path to Energy Insecurity

    Here are key problems with relying heavily on solar energy, particularly when facing a dominant manufacturing bloc like BRICS:

    1. The BRICS’ Leverage (Supply Chain Manipulation): With BRICS, and overwhelmingly China, controlling over 80% of all solar panel manufacturing stages (and nearing 95% for crucial upstream components like polysilicon and wafers), they hold immense leverage. They can strategically restrict the export of panels, components, or raw materials, effectively throttling another nation’s ability to build, maintain, or repair its solar infrastructure. This creates a powerful tool for geopolitical pressure.
    2. Cost Competitiveness (Exploitable Dependency): China is the most cost-competitive location for manufacturing all solar PV components due to massive state investment and economies of scale. This makes it difficult for other nations to establish their own fully competitive domestic supply chains. BRICS could exploit this by manipulating prices—either by gouging during periods of high demand or undercutting nascent industries in other countries to maintain their dominance, making a dependent nation’s solar ambitions economically unviable or perpetually reliant.
    3. Quality Control Weaponization (Undermining Reliability): Given their control over manufacturing, BRICS nations could, in a conflict scenario, subtly degrade the quality or introduce hidden flaws (hardware or software backdoors) into solar components destined for adversaries. This could lead to premature failures, reduced efficiency, increased maintenance burdens, and a general loss of faith in the reliability of solar infrastructure, all while being difficult to detect upfront.
    4. Trade Vulnerability (Economic Weak Point): Heavy reliance on imported solar panels and components makes a nation’s currency and economy susceptible. Any devaluation of the importing nation’s currency would drastically increase the cost of these essential goods. Furthermore, the dominant bloc could impose targeted tariffs or engage in other trade actions that specifically penalize the solar sector of a rival, exploiting this dependency. The US, for instance, imported eight times the solar modules it manufactured in 2023, showcasing this vulnerability.
    5. Investment Chill (Perceived Risk): The clear and present risk of supply chain disruption, price manipulation, or sabotage by a dominant, potentially adversarial, manufacturing bloc would create significant uncertainty. This “investment chill” would deter both domestic and foreign investment in the solar sector of the vulnerable nation. Investors would be wary of committing capital to projects that could be easily undermined by geopolitical factors beyond their control, thus slowing down the transition to solar energy and reinforcing reliance on the dominant bloc or other energy sources.
  • Thinking About Newark’s Radar Glitches: A Personal List of Ideas

    Thinking About Newark’s Radar Glitches: A Personal List of Ideas

    The following is basically a laundry list of things that personally came to my mind about what might be causing those radar screen flickers or glitches at Newark. It’s just a collection of thoughts, nothing more, nothing less.

    If this list seems pretty long or touches on a lot of different ideas, some of which might seem a bit out there, it’s just me spit-balling possibilities as a layperson. I’m no pro, so this definitely isn’t some exhaustive or official investigation plan – just my own brainstorming on what could be going on, because even a flicker could be something to look into.

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