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  • IMongoose@lemmy.worldtoMildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldRetirement in the USA is a scam
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    13 days ago

    My Vanguard roth IRA is up 11% since 2020, and is up 30% just this last year. If you are investing into individual stocks yourself I would probably reconsider that strategy. Buying individual stocks is closer to gambling than investing.

    I see you did total market funds now, idk what to tell you. But if you are not retiring soon it doesn’t really matter. Time in the market is better than timing the market.





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    2 months ago

    They want research done on the cost / benefits of active shooter drills, and how they can be improved. Nowhere in this does it say “Let’s do more of these drills.”

    The gun stuff isn’t just about 3d printing but all emerging technologies that can be used to produce illegal firearms. They are again trying to gather information on what can be done about it.

    There are also a bunch of suggestions like lock up your guns and funding for counseling and red flag laws.

    I would also like to point out that one of Harris’s policies is to raise the corporate tax rate, but that’s not what this executive order is about.











  • Hmmm yes, the 10 commandments are so relevant to laws in the US. Let’s go through them.

    I am the LORD your God; you shall not have strange gods before me.

    • explicitly allowed freedom of religion

    You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.

    • explicitly allowed freedom of speech

    Remember to keep holy the LORD’s Day.

    • nope

    Honor your father and mother.

    • don’t have to, in fact the state will remove children from parents without honoring their wishes

    You shall not kill.

    • not really ground breaking stuff

    You shall not commit adultery.

    • shitty but not illegal

    You shall not steal.

    • wow, amazing

    You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

    • good rule but seems like “don’t lie maliciously” covers more.

    You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.

    • seems appropriate to teach to elementary kids

    You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.

    • coveting our neighbors goods is like 50% of the US economy. And also the basis of manifest destiny.

    Might as well have made “Treat others the way you want to be treated” state mandated curriculum, that’s more relevant than the 10 commandments.