On Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 11:53:54 AM UTC-7 John Clark wrote:
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks Organizations funded by the United States helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and Americans may pay the price. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/health/usaid-funding-disease-outbreaks.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2U4.Ce5R.ewyJM8R0Pkt1&smid=em-share *It occurred to me that Trump wants to trash Canada's economy with his 25% tariff, so he'll have an argument for Canada becoming our 51st state, in which case the tariff will cease to exist for Canadians. Also, as I've posted previously, if his tariffs produce enough cash for running the reduced in size US government, he can argue for the elimination of the income tax, to be replaced with a value-added tax, while eliminating the IRS. His billionaire and corporate buddies will be very happy to pay the VAT tax, with zero personal and corporate tax rates. AG* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/6ba60094-e40c-4f51-970e-fd3067ebeea3n%40googlegroups.com.