Obvious doesn't need to be argued.
US and Iran conflict thread. ( merged threads)
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Obvious doesn't need to be argued.
Steal2B
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Bullshit
The United States of America is the intersection of Wall Street and Main Street. They are deeply linked and inter-dependent. Main Street needs Wall Street for investment returns, while Wall Street requires capital and transactions from individual investors.
spat
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spat
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About 60% of the US has stock in a retirement account (401k or similar).
For the majority of people the stock market *is* main street. It's not just "the rich".
Yes you are talking retirement. Unfortunately More than 70% of the Country lives paycheck to paycheck. Heating/Cooling, Rent, Gas, Groceries... Thru the roof! That is Mainstreet!
spat
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If 60% of Americans have a retirement account, then 60% of them have a direct interest in the stock market.
The price of groceries and gas doesn't factor into that at all.
Yeah sure, Tell that to people on Mainstreet! lol
spat
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The ones with their retirement tied up in the stock market ?
Just curious - do the people on main Street live on the underside of the flat earth?
What about their retirement? That hinges on how well one invested. Gas, Groceries, heating not so much. BTW, 401k's are a shame as they hold your own money hostage. Same hold true for S.S.
Beerman
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I want to know if the Moon is flat, too. And the other planets. And the Sun. The stock market sure hasn’t been flat this week, though.
“War and Peace, invest in these. Peace and War, invest some more!”
livingston
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Recap of tonight's Hormuz Crisis Expert Panel:
Tonight I hosted a 2.5 hour expert panel on the Hormuz crisis. Eight speakers across military strategy, energy markets, information warfare, China and the Indo-Pacific, the Kurdish frontline from a journalist on the ground in Iraq, and a voice from inside Iran that will stay with everyone who heard it. Without editing or applying my opinion, here is what was covered and said.
https://x.com/ThePowerAudit/status/2052599700486771148
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@ThePowerAudit: Recap of tonight's Hormuz Crisis Expert Panel: Tonight I hosted a 2.5 hour expert panel on the Hormuz crisis. Eight speakers across military strategy, energy markets, information warfare, China and t...…
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Tonight I hosted a 2.5 hour expert panel on the Hormuz crisis. Eight speakers across military strategy, energy markets, information warfare, China and the Indo-Pacific, the Kurdish frontline from a journalist on the ground in Iraq, and a voice from inside Iran that will stay with everyone who heard it. Without editing or applying my opinion, here is what was covered and said.
https://x.com/ThePowerAudit/status/2052599700486771148
Robin
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Cliffnotes? I don't have X on my computer.
Robin
Robin
Steal2B
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Key takeaway - Kharg Island is 90% of Iran oil traffic and the IRG ATM. Easy to destroy but allies would be pissed, easy to take but Iran would blow it up in a heartbeat for the PR victory and US political fallout empowering Democrats of Iran wiping out a Marine Battalion.
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It's Friday, you have no say in what is going on anywhere, same same different day.
Happy to get you up to speed.
Oh, tomorrow, see yesterday.
Yes, so is Congress!
And this is outdated too! By a year.
spat
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The discussion was about the stock market.
60% of Americans have the vast majority of their retirement tied up in the stock market.
So it is very important to them.
Even if gas and eggs get expensive, that doesn't suddenly mean they stop caring about their retirement funds.
Any way you slice it, 60% of Americans is going to include most of "main street".
Saltwater60
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Retirement matters to Main Street and people living paycheck to paycheck after they retire.
Saltwater60
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Well we contracted a ship and then Iran took it back from us. This looks bad, real bad.
We need to get this under control and it appears to be getting out of control. Facts aren’t lining up.
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We need to get this under control and it appears to be getting out of control. Facts aren’t lining up.
Iran seizes US-sanctioned tanker carrying Islamic regime’s oil in Gulf of Oman
Iran seized a US-sanctioned tanker carrying Iranian oil in the Gulf of Oman, Iran’s army said Friday — as US and Iranian forces clashed in the Strait of Hormuz.
nypost.com
Yes it matters but young people with families are much more concerned about the gas, eggs etc. I hear it all the time with the young folks at work.
Saltwater60
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Absolutely. Now ask them what they paid for their house, their cars, what they did with their furloughed student loan payment money, how much they spend on fancy beers and going out to eat every weekend.
I get it costs are high, it sucks, I complain about it as well. I make good money and work hard, but I spend way less than many others. It’s not what you make but it’s what you spend.
I know people that make half what I make and have two newer cars than I do, a $65,000 boat, go on $15,000-$20,000 a year vacations, have hot tubs and more. I can tell you they have nothing saved, no retirement, nothing. Their kids got vacations but now they can’t afford car insurance or cars and can’t get jobs. They can’t afford college either. Is that the parents responsibility? No, but I can assure my kids are and will be better off than they will.
Ask those you know what they spend their money on and it will all soon make sense to you.
Oh I agree it's what you spend no doubt. Problem is your Dollar is being devalved as we speak. When all things go up in expense all at once that is the weaking dollar.
Hopefully it's not accurate, but there are Internet rumors a US ship was hit yesterday that's what made Trump choose to retaliate and launch a strike.
Will post and share if anything somewhat credible is out there.
Will post and share if anything somewhat credible is out there.
holdover
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I read 3 destroyers were attempting to enter the straights and came under intense heavy fire , where one ship was hit
Cant confirm anything because we live in the land of the internet where everything is possible and everything is a lie , no real way to verify information
Oh no.... not a figure made out of cement and plaster... The horrors.