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Trump plans to keep Social Security. I have been hearing this rhetoric from liberals for years. His plan is to stop the taxation of Social Security.

People in blue states are overtaxed. In my former state of NJ, taxes were exceedingly high, in particular, in Willingboro where the schools were among the worst, with no supplies and with metal detectors that we employees walked through along with the students.

Higher taxes do not always help students or the general population.

I am in my late fifties and have decided to finish my college degree. My first choice was Liberty University, but the tuition was high. I decided to go for SNHU where the tuition is lower and I can finish in just a year.

Unfortunately, it is full of liberal slanted material, including this author, H.W. Brands. I have to read this liberal book, American Dreams. It is clearly biased.

Brands calls Mamie Eisenhower "dowdy" and then says her maiden name was after all, Dowd. Her maiden name was Doud.

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Thank you for pointing out that error. I appreciate the close reading.

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1) Brands doesn't produce "liberal slanted" material. He speaks facts. He is the greatest living American historian

2) As Brands stated, nobody (not even Trump himself) knows for sure what he's going to do during his second term. Since his cretin Cabinet picks keep getting shot down, he might end up with a moderate Cabinet that tempers a lot of his populist passions. Or he might end up with a bunch of cretins (ex. RFK Jr.) who indulge his populist passions. Only time will tell

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A major reason red states receive more in federal funds than blue states is retirement (Social Security & Medicare) spending.

Many people earn in blue areas and then retire to red states. The NY to Florida senior "pipeline" is well known.

This is often downplayed by some degenerate financial planners (with hidden agendas). At a company meeting about 401k policies, I noted that NY State tax deferred contributions to a 401k WILL NEVER BE TAXED by NY State if you retire and take disbursement in Florida. He mentioned afterward that it was his company policy not to mention that fact due to possible regulatory pushback from the state. So much for integrity and feduciary duty.

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fiduciary

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