IMF Calls Out US Government? Ripped From The Headlines, April 16, 2024
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“The US House of Representatives agreed to reauthorize a controversial spying law known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act last Friday without any meaningful reforms, dashing hopes that Congress might finally put a stop to intelligence agencies’ warrantless surveillance of Americans’ emails, text messages and phone calls.
The vote not only reauthorized the act, though; it also vastly expanded the surveillance law enforcement can conduct. In a move that Senator Ron Wyden condemned as ‘terrifying,’ the House also doubled down on a surveillance authority that has been used against American protesters, journalists and political donors in a chilling assault on free speech.
Section 702 in its current form allows the government to compel communications giants like Google and Verizon to turn over information. An amendment to the bill approved by the House vastly increases the law’s scope. The Turner-Himes amendment – so named for its champions Representatives Mike Turner and Jim Himes – would permit federal law enforcement to also force “any other service provider” with access to communications equipment to hand over data. That means anyone with access to a wifi router, server or even phone – anyone from a landlord to a laundromat – could be required to help the government spy.
It’s not supposed to be that way. In most cases, the Fourth Amendment requires the government to have a court-approved warrant to obtain an American’s communications. But intelligence agencies have used Section 702 as a loophole that allows them to vacuum up and comb through communications between an American and a foreigner who can be targeted under the law – all without a warrant.”
THINGS TO PONDER:
Sadly, we knew this was coming…
You see, “the government keeping you safe” now trumps the government’s responsibility, BY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, to stay out of your personal business…
And now they are letting you know just how much they don’t care about your Fourth Amendment rights.
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“The International Monetary Fund leveled an unusually direct criticism at US policymakers Tuesday, saying the country’s recent standout performance among advanced economies was in part driven by an unsustainable fiscal policy.
‘The exceptional recent performance of the United States is certainly impressive and a major driver of global growth,’ the IMF said in its annual World Economic Outlook. ‘But it reflects strong demand factors as well, including a fiscal stance that is out of line with long-term fiscal sustainability.’
Washington’s overspending, the report said, risks reigniting inflation and undermining long-term fiscal and financial stability around the world by ratcheting up global funding costs.
‘Something will have to give,’ the IMF warned.
US deficit spending has been driven in recent years by Covid-related stimulus, aggressive investments in infrastructure and clean energy, and exploding interest costs. Debt held by the public is expected to reach $45.7 trillion, or 114% of GDP by 2033, up from 97% at the end of 2023, according to the Congressional Budget Office.”
THINGS TO PONDER:
Oh my…
When the true masters of the grifter-verse… the IMF… call out the US for acting like a crackhead in a room full of crack, you know the train is about to come off of the tracks…
Ripped From The Headlines readers are well-versed with the ability of the US government to screw up just about everything it touches, but it’s rare that one of the biggest funders of the IMF gets called out publicly like this.
We’re wondering the same thing that you are:
What does the IMF know that the rest of us don’t?
That’s the right question.
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“If it seems like you’re not getting a tax refund like you used to, you’re not alone.
The share of taxpayers who get money back at tax time is slowly and, a little mysteriously, shrinking. At the same time, the number of people having to cut a check to the government has been rising.
The number of refunds so far this year is down by 3.3 percent, according to the latest IRS statistics that came out before Monday’s filing deadline. It was down last year too, and the year before that.
While no one is exactly sure why, some point to changes in the way people work. Others suspect it has to do with the way the government calculates how much in tax should be withheld from people’s paychecks. And the reversal of fortune could have consequences for how and whether people comply with tax laws.
‘We want to make sure that people are, in fact, filing,’ said Bob Kerr, a former longtime IRS official, now a Washington-based tax practitioner. ‘And there are a whole bunch of people who do it because it pays to do it.’
‘I think this is really going to be a problem.’”
THINGS TO PONDER:
This may be the stupidest headline we’ve ever run in this publication…
Returns are “shrinking” because the government is taking more of your money…
Because they can’t manage money (or anything else) correctly…
The answer?
“We’ll just take more from you, debt slave!”
Then publications like Politico have the nerve to run stories like this, acting like they don’t know what’s happening…
And they do it to you EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.
You need to start asking LOTS of questions… and waiting to pay what you supposedly owe until you get some answers.
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