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Daily News Digest - Summary for Octuber 21, 2024

Daily News Digest - Summary for Octuber 21, 2024
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How Many Years Does it Take to Save for a Condo? 🏢

This graphic shows the average number of years that a skilled worker must work in order to afford a 650 square foot condo near the city center across select markets

How Many Years Does it Take to Save for a Condo? 🏢

by visualcapitalist

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This graphic shows the average number of years that a skilled worker must work in order to afford a 650 square foot condo near the city center across select markets, based on data from the UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index 2024…

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Hurricane Response Proves Volunteerism is Better Than Authoritarianism

Following Hurricane Helene, many private helicopter pilots launched their own search and rescue missions

by Ron Paul

Following Hurricane Helene, many private helicopter pilots launched their own search and rescue missions. One would think government officials would welcome the help of these volunteers, but instead they harassed them and even threatened to arrest them!

For example, one private helicopter pilot rescued an individual stranded by Helene. Unfortunately, he was threatened with arrest if he flew his helicopter back into the impacted area to save someone left behind on the earlier flight.

In a video shared by comedian and political commentator Jimmy Dore, Jonathan Howard, a member of the Florida State Guard and volunteer for the nonprofit group Aerial Recovery, discussed how the government took credit for the rescue of an 11-day-old baby even though the rescue was done totally by volunteers. Mr. Howard stated that when he goes on a search and rescue mission he sees around forty other private helicopters and just two military helicopters…

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Trump Considers No Taxes For Police Officers, Firefighters And Military BUT They Already DON’T Pay Taxes!!

Taxes Are Paid By Productive People, Gov’t Employees Are “Tax-Receivers” Who Just Receive Less Taxes

by Tyler Durden & Etienne de la Boetie2

The race to shock and awe with the greatest number of tax cuts ahead of the November 5 election is nearing its climax.

Donald Trump said he’d consider exempting police officers, firefighters, active duty military and veterans from paying taxes, the Republican nominee’s latest campaign trail idea to deliver tax breaks to key groups of supporters...


How to Remove Fluoride From Your Water at Home

Since 1945, fluoride has been added to public drinking water supplies, but research has shown it may pose risks to our health.

How to Remove Fluoride From Your Water at Home

By Sheramy Tsai

When Grand Rapids, Michigan, became the first city to add fluoride to its water supply in 1945, it was hailed as a major public health innovation aimed at preventing cavities. Many other cities quickly followed suit, and water fluoridation became a widespread practice nationwide…

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Jerome Powell’s Fed Notches an Historic Record of $204 Billion in Cumulative Operating Losses – Losing Over $1 Billion a Week for More than Two Years

According to its own FRED data, the last time the central bank of the United States – the Federal Reserve – operated in the green was September 14, 2022, more than two years ago.

Fed Losses by the Week

By Pam Martens and Russ Martens

According to its own FRED data, the last time the central bank of the United States – the Federal Reserve – operated in the green was September 14, 2022, more than two years ago. Since then, it has been consistently losing over $1 billion a week with its cumulative operating losses now topping $204 billion as of the last reporting by the Fed on October 16, 2024.

Operating losses of this magnitude are unprecedented at the of Fed, which was created in 1913…

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